Sony All in one BD HTiB

[j_garcia]

From Gizmodo:

It was only a matter of time before Sony squeezed out an all-in-one Blu-ray home theater system, and their new Bravia BDV-IT1000 seems to fit that void quite nicely. Some of the highlight features include: 700W of total power, slim speakers thanks to finger-sized full-range drive units, wireless rear speakers, two HDMI inputs and support for Dolby Digital Plus, TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. No word on a price or a release date, but I wouldn't doubt that this beauty will be stateside in the near future.

BDV-IT1000 at a glance

* Super-slim speakers made possible by finger-sized full-range drive units
* All-in-one home cinema system with integrated Blu-ray Disc drive
* Full HD 1080/24p picture quality with Deep Color and x.v.Colour
* Wireless rear speakers for great surround effects without cables
* BD-Live Ready: upgradable to Profile 2.0 for extra content and downloads via Ethernet port
* DVD upscaling to 1080p
* Two HDMI input terminals for connection of games consoles, HD TV decoder boxes or other sources, and one HDMI output
* Optical digital and analogue stereo inputs. Also composite/component video in
* Upconversion to HDMI for analogue sources
* Fast, perfect ‘one-touch’ set-up with Digital Cinema Auto Calibration
* BRAVIA Sync for integrated operation with other Sony components
* XrossMediaBar onscreen display for simple, logical operation of all functions
* Connectivity with Network WALKMAN® and iPod® players, Bluetooth devices and home Wi-Fi networks via DIGITAL MEDIA PORT, plus Portable Audio Enhancer
* 700W total power: 5x100W plus 2x100W for subwoofer, using efficient, high-quality 32-bit S-Master digital amplification

Only interesting thing is the speakers to be honest. How can they claim "finger size" FULL RANGE drivers? I'm skeptical, but curious.

 

[Adam]

They don't specify "human" finger-sized, and they could reference any frequency band for full-range.

They are intriguing, though.

 

[j_garcia]

Sasquatch finger size LOL I'm sure they don't mean "full range", they just mean a midrange driver that is small.

 

[jamie2112]

Not possible....full range from 500 to 3.15 k at the most looks kind of boseish...

 

[j_garcia]

Sony has definitely been aiming their stuff directly at the Bose crowd lately. They know full well there is a market out there who want looks over sound quality that is ripe for the picking.

 

[Ron Temple]

Perhaps they mean that there is no crossover. I've seen small sats with a FR from 100hz-20khz described as full range/single driver solutions.

 

[Sheep]

That thing is going to sound like piss.

SheepStar

 

[Seth=L]

That thing is going to sound like piss.

SheepStar

I wonder if that's another audiophile descriptive word like "warm, dark, proverbial foot tapping".

 

[Sheep]

I wonder if that's another audiophile descriptive word like "warm, dark, proverbial foot tapping".

"moist, sticky, smelly"

SheepStar