We’ve found a great deal for you over at Amazon on the Yamaha RX-V1900BL 7.1-Channel Home Theater Receiver. At the time of writing this little sucker will only set you back a snip under $600, not bad for a good looking 7.1 home theatre receiver. Read on for more low-down on the Yamaha RX-V1900BL HT receiver.

The Yamaha RX-V1900 Brings Excitement to Your Home Theater System

Yamaha’s latest 7.1-channel AV Receiver offers superb HD Audio and Video realism, with the most extensive multi-zone custom installation compatibilities that will bring new versatility and excitement to the home theater entertainment experience.

High Picture Quality

The RX-V1900 features 1080p-Comaptible HDMI. High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is the first and only digital interface to combine uncompressed high-definition video, multi-channel audio and intelligent format and command data in a single digital interface. HDMI switching, providing the most advanced method of delivering high quality video signals to a home theater system to enable the reproduction of DVD and satellite TV sources with HD quality. HDMI can also send the digital audio signals from sources such as DVD Audio, CD, Dolby Digital and DTS to provide simple components connections.

* 4 HDMI Inputs and 1 HDMI Output
* HDMI Upscaling to 1080p
* Second simple remote supplied
* Has an HD Radio
* iPod Video Browser via YDS-11

Yamaha RX-V1900BL reviews

Amazon - four out of five stars
OneCall - 4.6 out of 5

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Merry Christmas everybody, and here’s a little present from the boys at Yamaha, the YHT-S400 home theatre system. A cool $600 will get you a streamlined soundbar which ‘fits in front of almost any TV’ and an intriguingly designed receiver with sub-woofer integrated. Talk about maximising your lounge’s living area! As we’ve mentioned before we’re still not convinced by soundbars but if you’re short of space then you can’t go wrong with the YHT-S400. Here are some details on the Yamaha creation

* System Frequency Response 35 Hz–20 kHz
* Driver 1-1/2″ x 3-3/4″ cone x 3
* 31.5 x 2 x 2.75 inches
* 3.4 lbs.
* Front Speakers 50 W x 3
* Subwoofer 100 W
* 5″ cone woofer
* 17.2 x 6 x 14.25 inches
* 19 lbs.

The soundbar and the subwoofer use Yamaha’s very own Air Surround Xtreme to create the surround sound experience allowing you to ‘identify sounds located around and behind you’, which you’d sort of hope a ‘surround’ system would do. There is one feature that did pop out at us though, Yamaha’s UniVolume, which ‘maintains a consistent volume level between different channels, programs, commercials and input sources’. Very handy for the TV stations that do crank up the volume during commercial breaks.

So if you’re a bit cramped for space in your lounge then the Yamaha YHT-S400 may be just what you’ve asked Santa for. If it is, let’s hope he’s picked it up for you at Amazon as they’ve already slashed $100 off Yamaha’s price tag and you can get your mits on the YHT-400S for only $500.

Source: Yamaha

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Whilst we’re not toally convinced by front surround sound systems, we do appreciate their space-saving and cable-reducing capabilities. We’ve already taken a look at an all-in-one offering from Yamaha, the YSP-500, and here’s a dual unit model, the Yamaha YAS-70. With the YAS-70, Yamaha have split out the sub-woofer unit from the main ‘soundbar’. This single change alone will probably improve the bass quality no end. Anyway here and the bits and pieces on the YAS-70

* Dolby Pro Logic II
* DTS 5.1 channel sound format
* Total 310W (35W x 6 channels + 100W subwoofer) output power
* 4 surround programs
* FM Tuner
* Digital Optical and Coaxial Inputs
* Center System 37 x 4 x 4 inches
* Subwoofer / System Control 11 x 19.5 x 13.5 inches
* 9.9 lbs. / 33.1 lbs

You can also hook up your iPod via an optional Yamaha Universal iPod Dock and crank out some tunes through this sucker as well using the same remote control.

Now here’s the real good news, the Yamaha YAS-70 is available for only US$200 over at Amazon. And judging by the users reviews which give it 4.5 stars out of 5, the YAS-70 is a hot little number.

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Seems like these sound projectors are all the rage at the moment, especially with people limited for space for their surround sound thrills or those of use fed up with speaker cables adorning their lounge floor. Well Yamaha have released an entry level unit, the YSP-500, for 75,000 yen about US$640, no news on a US launch but with Santa revving up the reindeer watch this space.

As befits an entry level model, the YSP-500 sports unremarkable specs at a mere 62W total output but does spread this over eighteen speakers of which sixteen are supposed to bounce the audio around your lounge to give a surround sound effect. The ‘IntelliBeam Automated System Calibration’ feature sets up these speakers to produce the ‘surround sound’ effect and not unsurprisingly an uncluttered room assists in this success of this process.

Although I’m all for getting rid of speaker cables and saving space around the home, I would want to test one of these systems out before purchasing as my lounge tends to be a little on the ‘cluttered’ side! Anyone out there have one of these systems? If so let us know what you think.

Source: electronista

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