JVC's NX-BD3 system enters the Blu-ray HTIB arena

by Steven Kim, posted Aug 27th 2008 at 8:04PM

The appearance of Blu-ray HTIB systems under a number of brands is an encouraging sign that the format is at least trying to move into the mainstream living room, and now JVC's thrown its hat into the ring with the 2.1-channel NX-BD3. Of course, simply pulling bits off of Blu-ray discs isn't enough entertainment value these days, so the system also sports DLNA support, a 200-Watt powered sub and a 4x55-Watt amplifier (leaving you two channels to grow into). At £799 ($1,465) for a 2.1-channel setup, you might expect to get the latest and greatest in Blu-ray tech, but Profile 2.0, DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD didn't make the cut -- let's hope some sort of "market adjustment" happens between the time this appears next month and when it crosses the pond.

[Via Electronista]

Filed under: Blu-ray, Players, Speakers, JVC

Tags: blu-ray, htib, jvc, nx-bd3, speakers

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Gekke Henkie @ Aug 27th 2008 8:12PM

I think you guys missed the point here with DLNA, quote:

"[It is] the first dedicated Blu-ray player in the industry to feature Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) compatibility via a wireless adapter update. Thanks to DLNA support, the 2.1-channel system will be able to work with other types of DLNA-certified devices such as cellphones, PCs and others to share digital content, including MPEG videos, JPEG photos and MP3/WMA music."

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Mark @ Aug 28th 2008 4:47AM

Note the word "dedicated". The PS3 is already a DLNA client and it doesn't need some dongle to turn it into one. Why didn't JVC just stick wifi and ethernet into their device? It surely can't be more than a ten dollars worth of components.

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