HTIAB – that stands for Home Theater In A Box…a concept that usually means a “get everything in a box a cheaply as possible”, has a new big brother, the Home Cinema System. The concept comes from Epson and Atlantic Technology and takes the form of the Ensemble 1080 touted as the “first complete home cinema system designed for the consumer market”. It begs the question, “who were you designing for before?”…but let’s move on…
Ensemble 1080 starts with a 1080p 3 LCD front projector and adds a special 100” front projection screen with built-in LCR speakers and a special ceiling mounted surround speaker assembly. It’s all controlled from console with an up-converting DVD player and subwoofer with integrated amplifiers. The system has an HDMI port for external Blu-ray disc players. Speaking of HDMI, the console connects to the front speakers via an HDMI cable making hookup and cable management simpler. Add some remote control finesse (they claim no multiple remotes…hmm…) and you’re into Home Cinema for 7 grand. And just in case that’s a bit steep for you, their 720P version comes in at 5 grand. (See our discussion elsewhere about if you really need 1080p, or will 720 do youo just fine). But don’t run out to Tweeter (even if they are under new ownership) or Best Buy to find it. The system will be sold only via the custom installer channel (that’s us, folks!).
Here are the links, but as of this post, there's nothing on the Epson or Atlantic Tech sites about this yet...
Epson Home Entertainment
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