We research home theater equipment in order to make your life easier. We find the best reviews on the Internet and check out the user ratings for each product. We combine this information in our product reviews, presenting you a list with the top reviews and an overview of the user ratings. From there, you can go and read the full reviews yourself, in order to get an in-depth understanding of the specific product you are interested in. Below are the latest reviews we have compiled for you, gathered from all categories. If you are interested in a certain category of reviews (e.g. LCD TV) use the category links.
Playstation 3 supremacy is challenged now with Panasonic DMP-BD35 coming on the market. The player from Panasonic has significantly changed the scenario, introducing Profile 2 support, making it possible for users to access the Internet via the Ethernet port available in the player. It offers on-board decoding for both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.
Pioneer markets its class plasma TVs to attract the people having strong interest in home theaters. The home theater enthusiasts, who can afford the 50″ PRO-111FD are assured to have the most performing TV as compared to anything else available in the market today. Besides OLED, this TV has the best black level, and has immaculate image color balance, one which is difficult to find in any other HDTV that has been so far reviewed. The TV features “pure” picture mode, and when this is set, the TV delivers a better image quality…
With introduction of Sony BDP-S550, the first standalone player from Sony, it is the only model which seems to have proven to be the one better than Playstation 3. The Sony player has 7.1 analog outputs to accommodate older receivers. The player offers you with the facility to connect to the internet via its Ethernet port, which makes Sony BDP-S550 a Profile 2 compliant player. It has also onboard decoding for Dolby TrueHD, and like the Samsung BD-P2500, this player offers DTS-HD Master Audio feature.
The Panasonic PZ800U plasma TVs, including the 58 inch screen Panasonic VIERA TH-58PZ800U, provides one of the most stunning images compared to any other Plasma TVs. The calibrated “THX movie mode” in the TV adjusts the critical parameters of its display settings automatically, delivering the perfect movie-theater level picture viewing at home. This along with its THX display certification makes the Panasonic PZ800U plasma TV one of the best performers in the market.
The Panasonic SC-PT760 is the one of the products of “home-theater-in-a-box line” in the market, and though this product has three contenders, this product with wireless surround speakers is the most sought after model in the group. The device features 5-disc changers, and integrated flip down iPod dock. It also has HDMI which would convert your video up to 1080p.
The Onkyo TX-606 came into the market as an updated version of its previous model, with extensive features, which include 4 HDMI inputs, offering analog signals to be up-converted to 1080i resolution. The best thing about this receiver is that, even with these extra features the price remains the same as the previous model, selling at around $400.
While the Panasonic DMP-BD35 remains as the basic choice as Blu-ray favorite, the Playstation 3 is a better value if you have interest in gaming. The Samsung BD-P2500 has been able to attract Blu-ray enthusiasts, who are looking for players with additional media options. If you are looking for an added “Pandora streaming radio”, your choice would be BD-P2550.
Panasonic PT-AE2000U is a home theater projector (LCD type) with 1080p HDTV resolution. In proffessional projector reviews it ranks high, expert reviewers appreciating what this projector has to offer. Customers that bought and use this projector also have good words about it, most of them considering the image to be of very good quality. It is not the absolute best projector on the market, but it is one of the top choices at this moment. Considering its relativelly low price it offers very good value, and if you are not ready to pay the premium this is certainly a home theater projector worth considering.
LG 50PG30 is a 50 inch 1080p plasma TV that offers good quality. As you will see from the reviews, it is not great nor very good, but just good. There are other plasma TVs that offer much better quality, including some from LG, but for its price, LG 50PG30 can be a good choice for the not too pretentious buyer. Though out of the box it’s colors aren’t accurate, after calibrating it, you can improve them. The black levels of LG 50PG30 are average, some of the competing models performing much better in this area. It has good SD processing, enough connectivity options for most home theater setups and a nice design.
Coming with an integrated DVD player, LG 32LG40 LCD TV offers great convenience. As you will see from the reviews, it offers a pretty good quality as well. While its black levels dont match those of competing LCD TVs, it does have good color accuracy and an extensive array of picture controls. On the not so bright side, aside from the not so great black levels, it has a relativelly poor performance when displaying standard definition (SD) content and its image changes when viewed from an angle (a problem some LCDs have more than others). Its screen has a 720p resolution, bu this really isn’t a problem considering the size of this LCD TV.
