Countdown to Onkyo's premium HD-DVD begins
Heads up people! We have just received insider news that the Onkyo DV-HD805 will be launched at the upcoming International Sound & Sight Exhibition in Singapore on November 16. For those uninitiated, this is probably the first HD-DVD player in Asia capable of outputting Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD bitstream audio output. It will be an ideal tool to unlock the HD soundtracks recorded on HD-DVD titles, paired with a next-gen A/V receiver. A fine example is the award-winning yet affordable S$1,019 (US$818.74) Onkyo TX-SR605.
The DV-HD805 is also a competent video-upscaling DVD and CD player. The video playback performance for the former is reinforced with an enthusiast-grade HQV video processor, while high-resolution 192kHz/24-bit digital-to-analog converters are on hand to beef up stereo music reproduction. There's no official word on HDi interactive feature support, though there is short mention of "future Web-based content access" for its Ethernet port functions.
Take note that the above-mentioned features are still based on preliminary specifications and the set will be priced at a whopping S$2,899 (US$2,329.26) tentatively. On a separate note, the Onkyo DV-HD805 bears a cunningly similar resemblance to the Toshiba HD-XE1, right down to the buttons and A/V socket placements and LCD information display. Hmm… so who's the original equipment manufacturer for both players here?
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Philip Wong is an A/V, PC, photography and gaming enthusiast. Besides spending countless days and late nights fiddling with his home theater system and watercooled PC, he also hits the roads frequently on his iron horse to sweat it out. Now, who says geeks don't work out?
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