Designed to compliment its popular Twenty Series speaker systems first launched some six months ago PMC’s latest speaker edition is the Twenty.C Centre Channel Loudspeaker.
The Twenty.C will now enable users of the Twenty Series to transform their speakers into one for home theatre application.
Measuring a petit 6.75” x 20.5” x 10.6” the Twenty.C features dual 5.5” bass/midrange drives flanking a 27mm Sonolex soft dome tweeter. The drive units are identical to those found in the Twenty.21 out Twenty.23 models.
As with all PMC speakers the Twenty.C features its proprietary Advanced Transmission Line (ATL) bass loading technology which is said to offer a superior bass extension from a box of comparatively compact dimensions. The enclosure also features a sloped and angled dimension which, apart from aesthetics reasons, allows PMC to extract the lost ounce of soundstaging performance from the Twenty.C.
Claimed usable bass extension is 45 hertz, admirable for a speaker box of such a compact stature. With a sensitivity of 90db at a nominal 6 ohms impedance the Twenty.C can be easily driven by any high quality modestly powered amplifiers.
The Twenty.C can be auditioned along with the rest of the Twenty Series of other PMC speakers at the coming KL International AV Show 2012 from July 20 – 22 at the JW Marriott Hotel.
Hailed as what’s probably the world’s first 4K home cinema projector Sony’s VPL-1000 ES is capable of delivering up to 4096 x 2160 native resolution. That is said to be more than four times the resolution of current full HD projectors at 1920 x 1080p resolution.
A 3D compatible design, the VPL-1000ES features 4K native SXRD imaging panel that when used in conjunction with its Advanced IRIS 3 technology is capable of achieving a claimed contrast ratio in excess of 1,000,000.1.
Loosely translated this means the VPL-1000ES should be able to deliver the blackest gradation of blacks to deliver a super vibrant picture.
To ensure that all the stunning 4K images are brought successfully to fore the VPL-VW1000ES is equipped with Sony’s proprietary All-Range Crisp Focus (ARC-F) lens that is made from a unique Extra Low Dispersion Glass.
The ARC-F lens and 4K SXRD chip is further supported by another proprietary Sony video technology, its 4K Reality Creation upscaler.
All input signals including BluRay’s 1920 x 1080p video are upscaled to output at 4K resolution.
The VPL-VW1000 ES’s other notable features include a super bright 2,000 ANSI LUMENS light output which makes it powerful enough to be used in a mid to large room and deliver bright, vibrant 3D images.
In addition there is a picture memory that enables the VPL-VW1000ES to be used with a 2.35.1 aspect ratio constant height video projector system.
The Sony VPL-VW1000ES which comes with a pair of active shutter 3D glasses reatails for RM75,000/- and can be auditioned at the KLIAVS 2012 at room Starhill 9, Level 4, J.W. Marriott Hotel, on July 20 – 22 .
Toshiba recently announced the launch of its unique 55RZ1 LED/LCD TV. What’s so unique about the 55RZ1 ? Well, at the point of writing the 55RZ1 is probably the world’s first 3D TV that eschews the use of glasses. In another word you do not need cumbersome glasses to get 3D effects from the 55RZ1.
In addition, it is also one of the world’s first 4K resolution digital flatscreen TV to hit these shores. Yes, the 55RZ1 is capable of producing a native 3,840 x 21160 pixel resolution that is approximately four times the resolution of a 1920 x 1080p full HD TV.
The 55RZ1 which will be on special preview at the KL International AV Show 2012 this July utilizes a powerful Regza Engine Cevo Duo 5 video engine in tandem with a specially designed set of lenticular lenses to deliver a selection of nine viewing zones for optimum glassless 3D performance.
It achieves each of this nine zones via an inbuilt face tracking algorithm that optimizes the face of the viewer and therefore his eyes, to adapt them for best 3D performance possible.
The 55RZ1 which utilizes edge let LED backlights also feature the company’s proprietary 4 x Super Resolution + video upscaler that upscales all standard and 2D HD resolutions images to 4K resolution.
The Toshiba 55RZ1 retails for RM54,000 and can be auditioned at the KL International AV Show 2012, July 20 – 22 at the JW Marriott Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
