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LG / Mark Levinson audio-video products get priced, start shipping
Not like the actual products are any surprise, but all of that LG / Mark Levinson kit that was announced at CES has finally been given a proper price tag and release date. The handful of home theater audio systems (or HTIBs, as it were) arrive in a plethora of arrangements for nearly any need, and prices on the sets range from $299.95 to $649.95. Check out the read link for the complete rundown of what the LHT888, LHT874, LHT854, LFD850 and LFA840 systems include, and head on down to Best Buy, Circuit City or any other fine retailer to pick one up right now if you find yourself duly impressed.
Mark Levinson introduces his LG LHT888 surround sound system
Short on details but with a big name behind it, the two new Mark Levinson high-end surround sound systems from LG are coming out sometime in '08. The LHT888 (pictured) is for décor-conscious movie-and-music fans, which includes a 700W 5.1-channel DVD player with near 1080p upscaling -- whatever that means. The other detail we'd love to know more about is the "built-in wireless kit." We're not totally useless as we know what HDMI-CEC does, and we know we really miss all the new audio codecs that are required to make the most of our high-def media. There is also the AP133 -- no idea what it looks like -- which is supposedly built around the Super Blu dual-format player, which is especially curious considering it also seems to be missing the latest audio codec support. But hey, at least it's HD Ready capable.
LG & Mark Levinson launching two home theater systems at CES
We didn't have to wait long to hear more about Mark Levinson's partnership with LG, resulting in two new home theater systems to launch at CES 2008. No longer limited to audiophiles searching eBay auctions for discontinued equipment, the AP3133 and LHT888 promise a high end AV experience at "astonishing" -- albeit TBA -- prices. The AP3133 HTIB puts LG's Super Blu BH200 dual-format player at the heart of a 7.1-channel system with 150 watts x 7 ICEpower output, multi-input HDMI switching, Burr-Brown PCM and Audessey Auto Room Multi EQ adjustment. The LHT888 fulfills our needs for a champagne-glass styled HT system, with each speaker in a tapered, integrated pedestal, to math the 1080p upscaling, DivX / MP3 / JPEG / DVD playing 700W 5.1-channel receiver. Prices (and pics) are due at LG's press conference January 6th.
