Samsung Rolls Up Blu-ray Player into Sound Bar
Samsung brought a number of new innovate Blu-ray products to the Consumer Electronics Show this year. One catching eyes in the home theater in a box category is the HT-BD8200, a Blu-ray home theater sound bar which is self contained.
The HT-BD8200 features a fully integrated Blu-ray player with 1080p playback and virtual 5.1-channel surround sound. It is a wall-mountable home theater bar only 2.6-inches deep. It supports BD-Live, sports integrated wireless 802.11n, supports streaming Netflix videos, makes use of a wireless subwoofer, has an iPod dock, offers Bluetooth support and does its own volume level adjustments on the fly.
Other Blu-ray home theater in a box systems announced by Samsung include the HT-BD7200 and HT-BD1250. The former is a self contained system with simulated 5.1 channel surround sound using just two speakers and 400W output and optional wireless networking. The speaker unit is also constructed from kelp, said to provide more audio clarity compared with conventional paper cone units. The HT-BD1250 also has kelp speaker units, 1,000 watts of output and is Wi-Fi ready.
I had no idea that I wanted this! But I do!
Posted by: L3 | January 08, 2009 at 10:18 AM