JVC 4.1 Soundbar Home Theatre System

JVC have just announced their latest soundbar systems, the TH-BA1 and TH-SB100. Whilst both units are a 4.1 sound system with wireless woofer, the SB100 sports a freestanding JVC Blu-Ray player too. The TH-BA1 rocks in at US$400 and the Blu-Ray player enhanced TH-SB100 sports a price tag of US$700.

* Power output 30W x 4
* Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic, Dolby Pro Logic, DTS decoders
* 35-3/8 x 4-9/16 x 3/3/16 inches (900 x 115 x 80mm)
* 11.46 lbs. (5.2kg.)

Wireless Powered Subwoofer

* 6-5/16 (16cm) Cone
* 100W
* 8-1/2 x 13-7/8 x 10 inches (215 x 352 x 254mm)
* 12.7 lbs. (5.8kg.)

XV-BP1 Blu-ray Player (included only with TH-SB100)

* BD Live™
* Plays BD-ROM/BD-RE/BD-R, DVD-Video/DVD-R/-RW, DVD +R/+RW, BD-ROM, BD-RE, BD-R, DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD-RW (Video/VR), +RW/+R, CD/CD-R/-RW video
* MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), VC-1, AVCHD, JPEG Digital Still formats
* Handles LPCM, Dolby Digital/Dolby Digital+, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS HD, MPEG-1/-2 L2, MP3, WMA ausio formats
* NTSC - PAL Conversion
* 1080p Upscaling
* Inputs/Outputs HDMI Digital Out (Audio/Video), Component, Composite, Audio Out, Analog 2ch, Coaxial Digital, Optical digital, USB Host (2), Network (Ethernet)
* 16-15/16 x 2-5/16 x 10 inches (430 x 58 x 253mm)
* 6.2 lbs (2.8 kg.)

The $400 and $700 price tags seem a touch high with the Yamaha YAS-70 still available at Amazon for US$280 and it has a bit more oomph too at 310W compared to these JVCs at 220W.

But of course beauty is in the ear of the listener, so if you’ve got one of these JVC soundbars please let us know what you think.

Source: JVC

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