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Honeywell to release 82-inch Altura LCD this fall

by Nilay Patel posted Feb 19th 2009 at 7:53AM


Soyo's been marketing poorly-reviewed LCDs under the Honeywell name in the US for a few months now, and it looks like it's going to try and make up in size what it's lacked thus far in quality: get ready for the 82-inch 1080p Altura LE to hit a shopping channel near you. Actually, get ready for quite a few Altura LEs, since they'll be offered in five screen sizes as Honeywell's "top of the line." Hopefully that means the poor black levels and shoddy, impossible-to-defeat image processing of the original Alturas have been improved, but honestly, we're not willing to let this 303-pound behemoth anywhere near our now-precious Kuro to find out.

[Via HD Guru]

HSN secures coveted exclusive on new Honeywell branded LCDs

by Richard Lawler posted Feb 5th 2009 at 11:29AM


Remember that terrible Honeywell LCD reviewed a couple months back? Somehow SOYO and the HSN plan on convincing shut ins across the country that there will be a special debut February 7 as the Altura ML line hits the screen in 32- and 42-inch sizes with an extra long 5 year manufacturers warranty as its distinguishing feature. Who knows, maybe they've corrected the poor blacks, gamma and image processing that plagued the last model. We don't plan on picking up the phone and finding out.

Honeywell's 42-inch Altura MLX HDTV gets dreadful review

by Darren Murph posted Nov 14th 2008 at 9:24PM


We know what you're thinking: "A Honeywell HDTV?" Sad to say, the answer is "yes, really," and it fared about as terribly as you probably expected it to. The 42-inch Altura MLX, which is formally known as the MT-HWJCT42B2AB, was recently critiqued by the crew over at CNET, and honestly, all's that really important is the summary. The relatively low price ($1,064 MSRP) and accurate primary colors were minor wins, but the light blacks, incorrect gamma, impossible-to-turn-off dejudder processing, poor off-angle performance, no backlight control and a bevy of other niggles planted it squarely in the "mediocre" category. In other words: "Next?"

Honeywell offers Crystal series subwoofer cable

by Steven Kim posted Jun 22nd 2008 at 5:07AM

Honeywell subwoofer cableOkay, it's not "self-healing" or anything like that, but Honeywell has added subwoofer interconnects to its Crystal Series of HT cabling products. Subwoofer cables are pretty standard fare, but we've got to give credit to Honeywell for not over-inflating the marketing hype. With the low bandwidth requirements and run lengths that tend to be on the long side (and often next to power cords), shielding is probably the most important design consideration for subwoofer interconnects; and true to form, that's exactly what the press blurb emphasizes. The 100-percent foil shield combined with a 95-percent tinned copper braid should do a good job of keeping the hum out. The cables come complete with the requisite 24-karat gold plated RCA terminations in 5- and 10-meter lengths. No info on pricing -- hopefully the lack of marketing hype around the product nets some savings at the register.

Honeywell intros HDMI over CAT5 in-wall baluns

by Steven Kim posted Dec 16th 2007 at 6:27PM

Honeywell intros HDMI over CAT5 in-wall balunsWe've griped about HDMI before, but it's not a standard that's going to go away anytime soon and it does make for a convenient, all-in-one A/V connection. But non-captive plugs aside, cable lengths beyond about 50-feet are a dicey proposition without resorting to extra hardware. Enter Honeywell's new HDMI-to-CAT5 baluns, which enable you to distribute your HDMI whole-house stye in a package that's more decor-friendly than other solutions. The single gang wall plate style devices allow you to pipe 1080p signals up to 125-feet over CAT5 cable, and 200-feet if you've pulled CAT6 through the walls. The baluns have Honeywell's CURxE "self-healing" technology, so corrupted EDID or HDCP data is restored at the receiving end and troubleshooting of other signal issues is available. If you're building a new home or pulling new wires through old walls, look for these in mid-December (hey, that's now -- start looking!).

Honeywell, in cooperation with the Borg, develop self-healing HDMI cable

by Matt Burns posted Aug 30th 2007 at 11:35AM

Yesterday there was Monster Cable's Speed-Rated HDMI cables and today, Honeywell's CURxE self-healing cable. Sounds like someone in the marketing department decided that the error correcting built into the HDMI spec wasn't good 'nough and told the engineers to incorporate a little chip into the cable. Of course brightly colored LEDs were added to help potential suckers justify the extra expense. The last set of enhanced HDMI equipped with LEDs and "chips" didn't help the picture at all; it made the picture worse. We don't know how much these HDMI cables are going to retail for or when they are going to be available but honestly, even if we did, we highly doubt anyone would rush out and pick a set up. We have a bad feeling with CEDIA right around the corner, this is only the beginning of off the wall, greed-driven HDMI marketing.

UPDATE: Link now directs to the offical Honeywell PR - more info to come.

[Via Electronic House]

Honeywell sues myriad of LCD TV makers for anti-flicker technology

by Darren Murph posted Mar 23rd 2007 at 10:15AM

If you think LG has a mess on its hands, it's suddenly not alone, as six other manufacturers touching one point or another in the LCD TV supply chain are now facing a patent lawsuit from Honeywell. In what smells awfully like another patent instance of patent trolling, Honeywell is suing Acer, AU Optronics, BenQ, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Renesas Technology, and Denmos Technology as it claims that a patented "method of stopping liquid-crystal displays from flickering" has been unrightfully used. The firm has reportedly "sustained damages and will continue to sustain damages in the future," which they feel should translate into receiving incredible amounts of cash in order to resolve the situation. Reportedly, five of the six outfits under the lawsuit said that they "had not been informed" about the issue just yet, but we doubt it'll be too much longer before it floats to their respective legal departments.

[Via Inquirer]




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