Syntax-Brillian’s 47″ Olevia LCD (pictured here) is riding high on the kudos it got from Wired, and now the company builds on those laurels with a line of LCD displays with 120Hz technology along with 1080p resolution. Olivia is doing a full-blown rollout of the line, with five sizes from 42 inches to 65 inches. If their price/performance is even better than the whopper 65-inch Olevia 265TFHD which you can now find for as little as $US5,500, this is going to be worth a close look. We’ll take a close gander at them at CES and see if their 120Hz technology actually makes a difference. [Syntax-Brillian]
Blackfriday.info has both Kmart and Target’s Black Friday ads up, showing off girl’s sweaters ($7.49) and eight piece luggage sets ($49 – great deal!), but what you really care about are electronics.
Well, over at the ‘mart, they’ve got a Polaroid A801 8-megapixel camera for $US79, as well as the Wii for standard price, Guitar Hero II Xbox 360 bundle for $US59, and three PS2 games for $US8.99. Target’s game list is slightly longer so we won’t list them here, but their electronics deals have an Olevia 37-inch 1080i HDTV for $549, which is a pretty good price for those of you just getting into the HD game. Be prepared to fight both the cold and other cheap people if you plan on lining up for these deals. [Target via Kmart] More »
After a post about Olevia’s new lower-priced 65-inch HDTV ($6999), we were wondering just the other day exactly how good these Olevia TV sets are. Now our estimation of the brand just raised up a notch or two when we saw a big thumbs up from Wired for the 47-inch 1080p Olevia 747i LCD TV, topping a roundup of nine flat panels including some pretty stiff competition from the likes of Sony, Samsung, Philips, Westinghouse, Panasonic, Toshiba, Visio and Polaroid. Gushed Wired in its upcoming “Test” issue: It’s smarter, with a killer video-processing chip that helped it ace all our tests, syncing up and smoothing out the noisiest screwball video we threw its way.
The reviewer also liked the set’s pretty appearance, called its built-in speakers the best he tested, and even liked Olevia’s 3Dish menus and remote control. The nine out of ten rating bestowed upon this $2499 HDTV constitutes quite an endorsement. Might be one to examine come Black Friday. [Wired] More »
Syntax-Brillian cranks out some cheap Olevia LCD TV sets, but now it’s outdone itself with the 265TFHD, a 65-inch LCD HDTV that’s the lowest price on one of its generous size we’ve seen yet. It’s a mere $US6,999. That’s not a bad price, considering that the Sharp 65-inch LCD we’ve had our eyes on is hard to find for less than $10K. This Olevia TV’s specs aren’t too shabby, either, with a Silicon Optix Realta Hollywood Quality Video (HQV) processor, a couple of HDMI inputs, and of course, there’s that 1920x1080p resolution. We’d really like to lay eyes on this baby before we pass judgment, but on paper, so far so good. [Business Wire]
The new Olevia 665H uses a 6-megapixel LCoS light engine and Pixelworks DNX video processing to project a Full HD 1,920 x 1,080 progressive image. With a 2,000:1 contrast ratio and 4ms response time, Olevia says their new screen is great for fast-action scenes —as the picture I used to fill the screen, I hope it comes ready for detailed slow-motion too. Full feature list after the jump. More »
Syntax-Brillian joined the huge-screen LCD club today at Infocomm with its Olevia 665i 1080p LCD TV (similar model pictured above), featuring a big ol’ 65-inch screen and that Silicon Optics Realta HQV video processor that’s captured the hearts of many a TV watcher. That’s a great little piece of electronics to have around if you’re scaling up standard definition video from DVDs into that much-coveted 1080p format. Heck, it’s occupying space in all the toniest receivers, Blu-ray and HD DVD players, so it must be good. More »
