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Humax releases 32-inch LCD with built-in dual-tuner PVR
Humax continues to rock the all-in-one bizness with its latest 32-inch LCD TV, the LP32-TDR1, which manages to cram a 160GB PVR with twin Freeview tuners into its otherwise unassuming set. The usual specs like resolution, contrast ratio, and response time are a bit hard to come by, but it is apparently equipped with a CI slot for subscription content, component, composite , s-video, and "PC" ports, (not sure if that means VGA or DVI), two RGB SCART jacks and, most importantly, an HDMI connector, something Humax's earlier TVs lacked. Price is £900, or about $1,700 for those of us this side of the pond.[Via Slashgear]
Humax HDCI2000 for free-to-air and MPEG-4
Humax is joining the ranks of DISH, DIRECTV, TiVo and others in the MPEG-4 space with the announcement of their HDCI2000 high-def free-to-air satellite receivers in the UK. You won't get the new SkyHD programming on the HDCI2000, but it will provide access to the UK version of our ATSC digital TV signals or OTA. The new Humax box will support both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 streams and is equipped with optical output, HDMI and dual SCARTs. Watch for the HDCI2000 to hit the street around 299 pounds next month, which is in plenty of time for the World Cup coverage.
Humax planning satellite receivers in HD displays
Ok, this is the last "insert product name here integrated with an HD display" story for today unless Dean Kamen can put HDTV on a Segway. Actually he probably could, but Humax definitely appears poised to release a line of LCD sets with a built in DIRECTV tuner this year. A 20-inch SDTV version is slated for the first half of 2006, while a 32-inch high-definition model follows soon after, presumably just in time for DIRECTV to segue towards the MPEG-4 and HD locals they're rolling out. Is everyone on-board for dumping set-top boxes or will you still feel compelled to have stacks of component boxes next to, under and on top of your HDTV?
CES: Humax LCDs and PMPs with integrated DirecTV
Humax has some netto TVs on display at CES. They have integrated DirecTV tuners into 32 LCDs. But they are not stopping there. Oh no. They have plans on integrating more products with DirecTV tuners. The current LCD has an integrated ATSC tuner along with the usual HDMI inputs. All this rolled into one sweet looking package. They have more though too. Remember that Dish Network personal media player. Yah, DirecTV has one too thanks to Humax and it sports a 4-inch screen with a resolution of 720 x480. It does about the same thing that the Dish PMP does so it will allow people to dump shows from their DirecTV PVR onto and enjoy the video for up to 4 hours. The battery will last 10 if you are just using it for music.UPDATE: Engadget has more info on the PMP (link)
