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Hands-On With the $25,000 ITC All-in-One Home Entertainment System

SE2 Labs let us have a look at the ITC One, an integrated movie, TV, gaming and music system announced last year. The all-in-one approach purports to simplify setting up a high-end home entertainment system easier by cramming everything you could imagine into an expensive box. The concept is interesting, but so is the $25,000 price. The system is beautifully assembled and impressively spec'd, but unless you've got that kind of money just floating around and don't know what Blu-ray discs are, this probably isn't for you. More »

8:00 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By John Herrman
3,321 views, 6 comments

Latest by Pay_Me_Or_Pay_Me_No_Attention: As a native of Scottsdale Arizona where the company that makes this based, I just want to say: Biggest. Fucking. Rip-off. Ever. more »

home entertainment

First Listen: Panasonic SC-BT100 Blu-ray Home Theater in a Box Is Boomy, Not Hissy

Panasonic's SC-BT100 Blu-ray home-theater in a box made a sly appearance back at CES, but today we got up all in its face. The Blu-ray soul is basically Panny's BD-30 player (with the added mojo of the BD-50's Chroma processor). Rear speakers are wireless and produce virtual 7.1 sound, though you can add on two more for true 7.1. Supposedly the subwoofer is magically designed to reduce hissing with quiet rumblings—we certainly didn't notice any in the demo, but we heard smooth, cheesy jazz and the 18-wheeler/F-18 scene from Justin Long's fake Die Hard movie, so it was hard to gauge its effectiveness on the front. The sound certainly wasn't bad though—it'll go for $999 in late spring. Closeups and fact sheet below. More »

12:08 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By matt buchanan
5,463 views, 5 comments

Latest by n/a: How can Panasonic charge $999 for a HT system without HMDI inputs? That's absurd, it means I have to run an HDMI cable from my cable box to my TV, an optical audio cable from my TV to the more »

home entertainment

$20,000 Theater-in-a-Box Is Stuffed With Everything But Your Mom

SE2 Labs' ITC One theater-in-a-box is a slightly unattractive $20k orgy of convergence. Crammed inside of its dull, 18 x 21 x 19-inch plastic shell is over 100 pounds of brand name home theater goodness: Xbox 360 w/ HD-DVD player, video iPod dock, a DVR, AMX automation, cable and satellite TV tuners, surround-sound receiver, preamp, amp, video processor, power conditioning, a custom control system and sadly, more. But no Blu-ray. Where's the love guys? [CEPro]

11:50 AM on Tue Sep 11 2007
By Matt Buchanan
4,729 views, 29 comments

Latest by b_lcky: This actually isn't as terrible of an idea, or as ugly a contraption as I first thought. When you see a picture of the thing with the front door closed, it doesn't look half bad. When you think about more »

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JVC DD-3 DivX Networked Home Theater Unboxed, Groped Then Re-boxed (Gallery Included)


Recently I got all excited about a pretty cool-looking networked 3.1 home theater system from JVC. Since it seems most of the innovative networked products are coming from brands that aren't as easy to find at Best Buy, and since JVC said it supported a wide range of file formats including DivX, I called it in to take a closer look. More »

7:00 PM on Sun Apr 29 2007
By Wilson Rothman
5,567 views, 4 comments

home entertainment

JVC Gets the Hang of Networking; Embraces DivX


JVC today introduced its Sophisti DD-3 system, two D's for a double dose of digital pimpin'. It's a 3.1 home theater in a box, with a DVD player, subwoofer and three speakers. The front left and right speakers do a virtual surround thing so you don't need two in the rear, says JVC. (Home theater nerds can feel free to argue about this fact for hours.) More »

10:15 AM on Tue Apr 17 2007
By www.gizmodo.com
1,097 views, 3 comments

home entertainment

Samsung's Holiday Surprise: Home Theatre in a Box

To all the fellas out there with ladies to impress, it's easy to do, just follow these steps:
1: Get home theater in a box
2: Go and open that box
3: Set up what's in the box More »

5:00 PM on Sun Jan 7 2007
By Adam Frucci
696 views, 1 comment

home entertainment

Mighty Morphin' Sony TAV-L1 HDTV and Audio System


Just look at this morphing TV/audio contraption from Sony: the TAV-L1 first presents itself as a big speaker cabinet, but then the front part slides down to reveal a 32-inch HD LCD screen. Equipped with a DVD player on board, it's a 2.1 home theater in a box with a 100-watt sub along with left and right speakers that use Sony's S4 processing to simulate surround sound. Available in a glossy white or black finish, it's expected to be available in May for $6,000. Sony says a 40-inch model is soon to follow. More »

11:11 AM on Sat Feb 25 2006
By Charlie White
912 views, 4 comments

Latest by deziner: that stand is a tribute to sony's attention to detail more »