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July 1 - The very highly anticipated Blu-ray player from Onkyo now has a general release date. In an announcement from Onkyo, they detail a release date sometime in “late 2008″.
There are only very scant details about the product itself, except that it will support Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound formats with 1080p video playback.
Onkyo had previously thrown their lot in with the now defunct HD DVD camp, making some very quality HD DVD players. These high-performance HD DVD players have served to generate quite a stir about the potential quality of an Onkyo Blu-ray player, making this one of the more highly anticipated products of 2008 among home theater enthusiasts.
There is no confirmed price or further specs available at the moment.
July 1 – Onkyo has unveiled its latest addition to the very well-received line of receivers of TX receivers.
The new TX-SA706X is a 7 channel receiver with a wide range of features. On top of a very powerful output of 200 watts per channel, the TX-SA706X receiver will include support decoding for both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.
In typical Onkyo fashion, they have also thrown in 5 HDMI 1.3 ports and the highly acclaimed Audyssey Dynamic EQ processing.
Unfortunately, Onkyo’s latest receiver has yet to receive a US release date, but the unit is available for sale right now in Japan for about $1,800.
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