Zepto Helios A32, A40 LCD TVs play nice with Media Center

by Darren Murph, posted Dec 21st 2007 at 12:59PM

We're still a bit unsure if we're looking at a couple of TVs that actually sport built-in Extenders for Windows Media Center or just a couple of pretenders, but whatever the case, the newest duo from Zepto certainly has our attention. The 32-inch Helios A32 sports a 1,366 x 768 resolution panel, an optional "integrated wireless media center," a 2,000:1 contrast ratio, eight-millisecond response time, a single DVB-T tuner plus twin analog tuners, PIP support, the firm's own ambient lighting system and an internal amplifier for speakers. As for the 40-inch Helios A40, it steps things up with a 1,920 x 1,080 panel, but otherwise remains identical to its aforementioned sibling. Price wise, you'll be looking at 15,995 Danish Kroner ($3,085) for the little guy (which is available now), or 19,995 Danish Kroner ($3,857) for the A40 (shipping next month).

[Thanks, Jakob H.]

Filed under: Displays, Media streamers, Others, LCD

Tags: a32, a40, helios, lcd, lcd tv, LcdTv, mce, media center, media center extender, MediaCenter, MediaCenterExtender, zepto, Zepto Helios A40, ZeptoHeliosA40

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Kenneth Auchenberg @ Dec 21st 2007 4:51PM

According to this (http://www.flatpanels.dk/nyhed.php?subaction=showfull&id=1198152823) danish source, the "media center solution" is developed by Linksys and its based on the 300mbit Wireless N-standard.

This must mean that the TV has an embedded Media Center Extender such as Linksys DMA2100 (http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1175239290404&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=9040440536B01)

Neutral

Kenneth Auchenberg @ Dec 21st 2007 6:00PM

Update: It seems like that the Helios series is based at technology from another danish company called http://www.viewnet.dk/ - Their HD2-series http://www.viewnet.dk/Default.aspx?tabid=2177

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