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Yamaha YHT-S400 Home Theater – Sounds Right, Fits Right


A condo unit, a cramped up apartment and a trailer home have one precious thing in common – space. So how do you fit a top of the line home audio system in limited area without having to hug the wall every time you move around the house? The answer is simple, great things doesn’t need to come in big packages – like the new and innovative Yamaha YHT-S400. Yamaha’s take on a two-piece home theater package is composed of an stylishly slim front speaker or sound bar and a unique receiver with an integrated sub-woofer. The sound bar measures 31 inches in length and a mere 2 inches in height. The slim profile let it perfectly sit in front of most monster TVs without blocking the view. For added flexibility, the base of the sound bar can be removed or even adjusted to accommodate a horizontal or vertical speaker position. On the other hand, the receiver with the built-in sub-woofer can be placed in a corner, the floor and a rack to save space. The YHT-S400 wouldn’t be high-end without HD Audio compatibility, that’s why it has three 1080-compatible HDMI inputs that can connect to three HDMI sources including Blu-ray disc players.

The YHT-S400 features the best of Yamaha’s audio technology. Yamaha UniVolume maintains the volume consistent among all channels, programs and sources. YHT-S400 also features Yamaha’s proprietary AIR SURROUND XTREME technology which can deliver a rich “virtual surround” experience. Finally there’s the Extended Stereo technology which makes the sound bar produce audio in a wider and optimum sound field.

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Popcorn Hour C200 Media Tank

popcornhourYou might be stuck in between using your high resolution LCD TV with all of your home entertainment system and with the convenience, flexibility and high accessibility to content of your computer and internet. Well juggling between those two cannot be helped but Popcorn Hour combines the two.

Popcorn Hour is a digital media tank or in more simpler terms, a digital media player. It can play the latest Blu-ray movies, high definition DVDs, music files, all sorts of images, Windows Media files, internet videos, and a whole lot more. It is like a universal media player since it has the widest array of digital content and standards. The C200 is the latest lean mean media tank machine building on the great reputation the its predecessor A110 has made. It has a faster processor, optional Blu-ray drive, and Gigabit Ethernet technology for fast data transfer speeds.

Media content can be streamed through the PC, a network attached storage drive, digital camera, or even USB storage devices such as thumb drives, portable hard disk drives, DVD drive etc. Downloading content from the internet and saving it on the C200′s hard drive is easy since it has a built-in download utility eliminating the need for a computer. Want to share the latest pictures or videos that you have? Then the C200 can also act as a file server when connected through the internet so content can be easily shared among friends and family.

The C200 Media Tank is sure to bring the next evolution in TV. If you don’t need all the bells and whistles that this latest baby has but still want the capabilities of a Popcorn Hour Media Tank, then you could get the A110 at Amazon.