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Top 5 Home Theater In A Box Systems Descriptions and reviews of the top 5 home theaters in a box systems.   |
PC World
August 2004
Yardena Arar |
Home Theater Sets: Convenient, Feature Rich These devices bring high-quality digital audio to your stereo or home theater. Nevertheless, we haven't yet found one that offers a perfect combination of sound and video quality. |
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Home Theater Systems For Under $300 Samsung HT-TQ85... Panasonic SC-HT940... JVC TH-C30... Philips HTS6500... Panasonic SC-HT640W... |
PC World
August 2004 |
Home Theater in a Box These five all-in-one systems pack cinema-style sound, DVD players, and more--just add popcorn, a big-screen TV, and your favorite movie. |
Home Theater
July 31, 2001
HT Staff |
Sony Ships "DVD Dream Systems" Intended for music and movie fans with space and/or design constraints, the Dream Systems combine multi-channel receivers and multi-format disc players in one unit, with a powered subwoofer and five matching speakers. |
Home Theater
September 10, 2002 |
Home-theater-in-a-box Takes Off The past year has been a boom time for the home theater industry. One huge growth area has been so-called "home-theater-in-a-box" (HTiB) systems, typically a package with disc player, surround sound receiver, five speakers and powered subwoofer -- typically priced at under $1000. |
Home Theater
June 2007
Darryl Wilkinson |
Sony DAV-HDX500 BRAVIA Theater System It's a fun system to use and the auto calibration makes getting the best sound possible out of the system as brainless as possible. It looks good, and if you're a Sony TV owner, it'll look especially nice next to your TV. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2005
Lawson Wong |
Surround Sound Showdown Getting 3D acoustics at home is a tough challenge. Can virtual systems keep up with multispeaker setups in a listening test? |
Home Theater
November 15, 2001 |
Onkyo Breaks Price Barrier with Bundled System Onkyo has introduced a very affordable complete home theater system, with surround-sound receiver, DVD/CD player, and multichannel speakers... |
Home Theater
July 22, 2002 |
Onkyo 1ST with 6.1 HTiB Onkyo USA continues to push the performance envelope for affordable home theater systems. Its new 6.1-channel "Home Theater in a Box" claims to be the industry's first affordable six-channel system. |
AskMen.com
March 13, 2001
Peter Richmond |
Buying The Best Home Theater If you're going to buy a home theater system, do it right the first time. Is it really worth the expense and trouble of shopping around? Yes... |
Home Theater
June 2007
Darryl Wilkinson |
Onkyo HT-SR800 Home Theater in a Box Onkyo's new $599 HT-SR800 7.1-channel Home Theater System is a system for anyone interested in a system with serious substance rather than fancy fluffiness. |
Home Theater
June 20, 2002 |
Onkyo Envision Theater Do you have an apartment, condominium, guesthouse, or mother-in-law suite where you'd like to install a low-cost home theater system? If you've got a monitor, Onkyo can supply the rest in one affordable package. |
Home Theater
March 8, 2005
Darryl Wilkinson |
The Incredible Shrinking Home Theater Slim, thin, or built-in? New gear takes up less space in your place. Onkyo's TX-LR552 6.1-channel home theater receiver with 65-watt six-channel digital amplifier... etc. |
Home Theater
April 16, 2005
Darryl Wilkinson |
Wireless Home Theater - with an Asterisk Three affordable new home theater systems are wireless-ready but don't cut the cord completely. Here's Panasonic's SC-HT730, SC-HT830V, and SC-HT930. |
Home Theater
June 21, 2001 |
Home Theater in a Box Gets Serious: JBL ProPack 600 Affordable one-brand systems are the fastest growing sector of the home theater market. Many companies now manufacture "home theater in a box" speaker systems in the $1200-$1500 range. JBL has taken that concept to a new level with the Cinema ProPack 600... |
Home Theater
May 2007
Darryl Wilkinson |
Denon DHT-487DV Home Theater in a Box In spite of the painful remote control and a few other oddities, this is one of the better HTIB systems you can buy for under $700. |
Home Theater
August 2003
Kevin Hunt |
Panasonic SC-ST1 & SC-HT900 HTIB Another case of separated at birth? If you close your eyes during a movie, it's difficult to distinguish Panasonic's top-of-the-line SC-ST1 from the middle-of-the-pack SC-HT900. Open your eyes, and it doesn't get any easier to tell these two home-theaters-in-a-box apart. |
Home Theater
December 2007
Darryl Wilkinson |
Boston Acoustics MCS 130 Home Theater Speaker System Boston Acoustic's MCS 130 system offers excellent performance for the money, and it's a perfect system for small to moderate size rooms. |
Home Theater
May 2003
Kevin Hunt |
Onkyo Envision LS-V500C HTIB Divide or unconquerable? Onkyo's speakers-optional HTIB. |
Home Theater
September 3, 2003 |
Coming Attractions Have you been trying to re-create your home theater's sound in a small room? Denon's new D-M71DVXP DVD receiver system may be able to help you out... The Mosaic floorstanding loudspeaker features MartinLogan's Advanced Thin Film transducers. Whoever said beauty's only skin deep was lying. |
Home Toys
April 2006
Steve Faber |
Home Theater Design and Construction Part 5 Time to Start Shopping -- The equipment you decide to purchase should be based on your sources, performance requirements and budget. Here's what to look for. |
PC World
September 2005
Kalpana Ettenson |
Surround Sound in a Box Skeptics might disagree, but it's possible to get great sound from a one-box unit. These four options save space and reduce hassles. |
AskMen.com
May 30, 2002
Christian Lander |
How To: Set Up A Home Theater System There's almost nothing stopping you from quickly and easily setting up a home theater system for a reasonable price... |
Home Theater
January 2004
Kevin Hunt |
Toshiba SD-43HT HTIB An instant home theater system, Toshiba's SD-43HT includes a flashy, silver DVD receiver, five speakers, a subwoofer, and no-fuss, color-coordinated wiring for the setup-impaired. |
PC Magazine
December 19, 2007
Tim Gideon |
Boston Acoustics TVee Model 2 The TVee Model 2 home theater speaker set packs a wireless subwoofer and minimizes the messy cables. |
Home Theater
March 7, 2007
Darryl Wilkinson |
Va Va Va Verve The new NHT "Verve" system speakers look good, but with prices for full home theater systems staring at $1,999, their advertisement term "affordable" is definitely relative. |
Home Theater
October 2, 2001 |
ICBM Improves Surround-sound Bass Recognizing that many home theater fans have satellite-and-subwoofer systems, or systems that don't go very low, Durham, NH-based Outlaw Audio has introduced an add-on device to send the bass where it will sound the best: from the subwoofer... |
Home Theater
November 2001 |
The Good, The Better, & the Best We construct the best home theater systems at three price points: $1,500, $3,000, and $5,000... |
Home Theater
May 2004 |
Five for Five Five great home theater systems for $5,000. |
Home Theater
August 1, 2003 |
Coming Attractions You know that a product is going to be good when the designer is also the company's founder. Such is the case with PSB's new Platinum Series, designed and developed by founder Paul S. Barton... A good deal is hard to come by, but Onkyo's newest receiver is a good place to start... etc. |
Home Theater
January 2003
Adrienne Maxwell |
Yamaha DVX-S100 HTIB Yamaha's DVX-S100 has all the makings of a good home-theater-in-a-box. |
Home Theater
July 2005
Adrienne Maxwell |
Atlantic Technology System 920 Speaker System and Onkyo TX-SR503 A/V Receiver This Atlantic Technology/Onkyo combo proves that you don't have to spend a lot to break free from the confines of the home-theater-in-a-box. |
Home Theater
May 23, 2003 |
Coming Attractions Onkyo DV-CP701 six-disc DVD changer... Pinnacle's Black Diamond Series speakers... |
Home Theater
June 9, 2003 |
Integra's DTR-6.4 THX Select Receiver An increasing number of home theater enthusiasts are adapting the Super Audio Compact Disc and DVD-Audio formats. Many also have "whole-house" or distributed A/V systems. Integra has introduced a versatile, affordable receiver designed with just such movie-and-music fans in mind. |
Home Toys
February 2006 |
Media Center Audio System Logitech Z-5450 Digital Wireless 5.1 Surround System Logitech, combining its expertise in wireless technology with its leadership in high-performance multimedia speakers, has delivered an original new surround-sound speaker design that solves the unsightly cord problem without adding any additional components. |
Home Theater
May 30, 2001 |
Polk Audio Ups Price:Performance Ante with DS 7660 System Not everyone wants or needs a cost-no-object home theater. Many movie fans are completely content with affordable systems, and companies like Polk Audio are working hard to keep them happy... |
BusinessWeek
March 1, 2004
Larry Armstrong |
Jazzing Up Your New Car For Less Forget the dealer. Buy that killer stereo or DVD player from a retailer. Buying new gear for your car in the auto aftermarket is usually cheaper than ordering it with the car. |
PC World
September 25, 2007
Dan Tynan |
The Sound of Things to Come This year, high-def audio. Next year, the connected receiver. Before long, we will all be surrounded by sound. |
Home Theater
March 2002
Kevin Hunt |
Denon DHT-700DV HTIB With the DHT-700DV, Denon takes one small step into the home-theater-in-a-box arena... |
PC Magazine
December 17, 2007
Jeremy A. Kaplan |
Philips Prestigo SRM7500 With the release of the SRM7500, Philips claims the title of being the first to ship a Windows SideShow-capable remote... Bose Companion 5 Multimedia speaker system... Boston Acoustics TVee Model 2... Samsung BD-P1000... |
Home Theater
April 20, 2004 |
Onkyo TX-SR502 Get more for your money with this budget 6.1-channel home theater receiver. |
PC World
February 28, 2008
Darren Gladstone |
Razor Mako 2.1 Advanced Desktop Audio System This pricey two-speaker system sounds as good as some 5.1 speaker kits. |
PC Magazine
October 5, 2004
Bill Howard |
Great Sound for Everyone For spacious audio from one compact unit, consider the ZVox 315 Sound Console. |
Home Theater
July 2007
Steve Guttenberg |
Boston Acoustics Reference E Series E70 Speaker System The Boston Acoustics Reference E Series E70 Speaker System has superb build quality and impressive sound. |
Home Theater
May 2002
Geoffrey Morrison |
Face Off: HTIB 4U A home theater in a box? Can it really be that simple? Do you really get everything you need in one package? HTIBs are huge sellers, and we tested three systems that fall around $1,200 retail... |
Home Theater
June 10, 2001 |
Aperion Audio Announces Compact, Affordable Subwoofer Passive radiators fell out of favor with loudspeaker manufacturers in the early 1980's, but the technology always showed promise for extending the low-end response from small cabinets. Aperion Audio has revived the design with the introduction of a new 150-watt powered subwoofer... |
Home Theater
March 18, 2004 |
Sony Moves into Custom Install Sony Electronics leverages expertise with turnkey solutions for custom home theater and multizone audio systems. The new solutions should deliver many benefits to home builders, A/V installers and homeowners. |
Home Theater
November 2005
Chris Chiarella |
Binaura Sound Environment B102A This is clearly a lifestyle product: Its choice of colors makes it decor friendly, and it is compact and easy to install and use. And, yet, it has an impressive sound -- a richness and complexity of sound beyond what should logically emanate from one small loudspeaker cabinet and a subwoofer. |
Home Theater
December 2006
John Higgins |
LG LH-T9654S HTIB Functionally, this home theater system has lots of options for a decent price. |
