Alongside the fanfare for its Bose VideoWave soundsystem-in-a-telly Bose has also launched the Bose Lifestyle 235, a 2.1 home entertainment system made up of an head unit, subwoofer, iPod dock and dinky speaker arrays, and while it’s not quite as exciting as the Bose VideoWave, it gives out great sound for such a small bundle, if you can afford to shell out.
The Bose VideoWave was presented in a small room, dotted with what appeared to be a speaker system, mounted on the walls around the room, plus a sub on the floor, each unit covered in a black veil. The music started up, the band began to play, and with the crash of a cymbal and the boom of a bass drum, spotlights flashed on each speaker, and the veils dropped to the floor one by one, leaving empty spaces, and bare walls, save for a rather large Bose branded TV screen.
Dell has revealed an update to the Inspiron Zino HD. Aimed at the home entertainment market, this looks like it could give the Mac Mini a serious run for its money.
We got a look at the Sony 3D home cinema projector, a new high end projector called the VW90ES. It projects full 1080p HD video, and is an absolute beast of a thing, but if you’re looking to shell out to turn your spare room into a home cinema, have just come into a great wad of cash, then have a drool over this.
Virgin has boldly been challenging Sky for the space under your telly for some time now, offering all manner of music, sport and entertainment channels on its V+ box, without the need for any ugly satellite dishes to be installed on the side of your house.
Eye-popping upscaled pictures? Check. Ear-pounding sound? Check. 10.1 virtual surround sound? Che… wait. What? That’s right, the the LG HT953TV may be a 5.1 surround sound home cinema system, but it also has 10.1 virtual surround sound.
