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Zidoo Releases UHD8000 8K Media Player & Music Streamer All Image Credit: Zidoo Zido of China, who are known for their range of high-end home theater media products, have just released their top-of-the-range 8K UDH8000 Media Player. The UHD8000 is compatible with both Dolby Vision and HDR10+ and is a […]

Zidoo Releases UHD8000 8K Media Player & Music Streamer

August 2, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News / Video tagged 8K / Media Player / Music Streamer / UHD8000 / Zidoo by fromvinyltoplastic

JVC New High Contrast 4K/8K Laser Projectors All Image Credit: JVC JVC continues to push the boundaries of the performance of their range of D-ILA projectors with the release of their new; DLA-NZ900/DLA-RS4200 and DLA-NZ800/DLA-RS3200 models. Both projectors support 8K60p and 4K120p resolutions and boast significant improvements over the current […]

JVC New High Contrast 4K/8K Laser Projectors

May 6, 2024 in Equipment / News / Video tagged 4K / 8K / DLA-NZ800 / DLA-NZ900 / DLA-RS3200 / DLA-RS4200 / High Contrast / JVC by fromvinyltoplastic

Marantz Unveils The Cinema 30 AVR All Image Credit: Marantz Earlier in 2022 Marantz released the original Cinema Series together with AV 10 and AMP 10. Adding to that original line up Marantz have now added the Cinema 30 flagship home cinema 8K AVR. It boasts seven 8K inputs, two […]

Marantz Unveils The Cinema 30 AVR

February 2, 2024 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / AVR / Cinema 30 / Marantz by fromvinyltoplastic

Onkyo Release TX-SR3100 8K AVR – First Look All Image Credit: Onkyo Onkyo has just announced the launch of a new 5.2-channel AV receiver that brings a solid range of future-ready features to system builders with a limited budget. The TX-SR3100 is the least expensive AVR in Onkyo’s lineup, supporting; […]

Onkyo Release TX-SR3100 8K AVR – First Look

November 11, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / AVR / Onkyo / TX-SR3100 by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon Flagship AVR-X6800H – Preview All Image Credit: Denon Denon has just announced a replacement for the AVR-X6700H, the AVR-X6800H that is to be made in Japan. It should be available for delivery in 2024 and features a number of upgrades, including an 11.4 architecture with eleven 140 watt channels […]

Denon Flagship AVR-X6800H – Preview

September 12, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 11.4 / 13.4 / 8K / AV Receiver / AVR / AVR-X6800H / Denon / Flagship by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon Launches DRA-900H Stereo 8K Network Receiver All Image Credit: Denon Denon is soon to release their 8K replacement for the DRA-800H stereo network receiver, the high performance two channel DRA-900H stereo network receiver. This new 8K model delivers up to 175 watts per channel and is equipped with six […]

Denon Launches DRA-900H Stereo Network Receiver

August 30, 2023 in Audio / News tagged 8K / AVR / Denon / DRA-900H / Network Receiver / Stereo AV Receiver by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon AVR-X1800H 8K AVR – First Look All Image Credit: Denon Back in September 2022 I posted on the upcoming Denon X series of 8K AVR’s, with the lowest cost option then being the AVR-X2800H 7.2 channel at $1,199.00. Well if finances are a little stretched their latest AVR-X1800H is […]

Denon AVR-X1800H 8K AVR – First Look

August 26, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / AV Receiver / AVR / AVR-X1800H / Denon by fromvinyltoplastic

JVC DLA-25LTD – 25th-Anniversary 8K Projector All Image Credit: JVC Costing as much as some cars, the DLA-25LTD is a limited edition model celebrating the 25th anniversary of the D-ILA. Developed by JVC, the D-ILA device is the company’s version of Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS), a reflective liquid crystal […]

JVC DLA-25LTD – 25th-Anniversary 8K Projector

September 29, 2022 in Equipment / News / Video tagged 25th Anniversary / 8K / DILA / DLA-25LTD / JVC / LASER by fromvinyltoplastic

New Denon AVR-X2800H, AVR-X3800H, AVR-X4800H & More All Image Credit: Denon *UPDATED: 3/25/2023* – DIRAC Live now available, see end of post. Just like the leaked 2022/2023 Marantz receiver information here is the latest leaked information about some of the 8K Denon AV receivers for 2022/2023. This is just preliminary […]

New Denon AVR-X2800H, AVR-X3800H & AVR-X4800H

September 18, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / AVR-A1H / AVR-S570BT / AVR-S970H / AVR-X2800H / AVR-X3800H / AVR-X4800H / Denon by fromvinyltoplastic

8K TV Take-Up Is Looking Bleak My support for and opinions of 8K have been well documented on this web-site. I see absolutely no reason for it, see the links below. Well according to the research company Omdia the worldwide general public seem to be in the same boat as […]

8K TV Take-Up Is Looking Bleak

May 3, 2022 in Equipment / News / Video tagged 8K / TV by fromvinyltoplastic

Arcam AVR11, AVR21, AVR31 and AV41 – Preview All Image Credit: Arcam Arcam of Cambridge, UK, has premiered its AVR11, AVR21 and AVR31 home theater receivers together with the AV41 high-performance AV processor. These new receivers and processor are claimed to be their most comprehensively equipped AV hardware released to-date. […]

Arcam AVR11, AVR21, AVR31 and AV41 – Preview

March 1, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / Arcam / AV41 / AVR / AVR11 / AVR21 / AVR31 / HDCP 2.3 / HDMI 2.1 / Home Theater / Processor by fromvinyltoplastic

McIntosh MX180 16-channel, 8K AV Processor Released All Image Credit: McIntosh The latest high end home theater A/V processor offering from McIntosh is the MX180, supporting 9.1.6 surround and 8K on all seven HDMI ports. This beast of a processor offers 16 balanced audio outputs for 15.1 or 9.1.6 surround […]

McIntosh MX180 16-channel, 8K AV Processor Released

February 17, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / AV Processor / McIntosh / MX180 by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon AVR-S660H, S760H and X1700H. 8K and Immersive – First Look Immersive HT On A Budget. All Images Credit: Denon Overview Denon has released three new AV Receivers each with three 8K HDMI inputs and all for under $700. With the S760H and […]

Denon AVR-S660H, S760H and X1700H. 8K and Immersive – First Look

October 26, 2021 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 8K / AVR-S660H / AVR-S760H / AVR-X1700H / Denon by fromvinyltoplastic

Denon AVS-3 and Marantz VS3003 8K HDMI 2.1 3 Port Switchers All Image Credit: Denon & Marantz Do you own one of the latest 8K AVR’s from Denon or Marantz that only have one HDMI 2.1 compliant 8K input? Tired of swapping HDMI cables for your PS5, Xbox Series X, […]

Denon AVS-3 and Marantz VS3003 8K HDMI 2.1 3 Port Switchers

September 11, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged 8K / AVS-3 / Denon / HDMI Switcher / HDMI2.1 / Marantz / VS3003 by fromvinyltoplastic

JVC Releases Three 8K HDMI 2.1 Laser Projectors – First Look I just sat through an very informative on-line presentation of this new range of 8K laser, HDMI 2.1 projectors that was arranged by The Screening Room, Chris Deutsch of JVC and Kris Deering of Deep Dive AV. See the […]

JVC Releases Three 8K HDMI 2.1 Laser Projectors – First Look

September 3, 2021 in Equipment / News tagged 8K / BLU-Escent / DLA-NZ7 / DLA-NZ8 / DLA-NZ9 / DLA-RS2100 / DLA-RS3100 / DLA-RS4100 / HDMI 2.1 / JVC / LASER by fromvinyltoplastic