I came across some new information about Parasound stuff soon. You all can probably understand that I can't always divulge my sources, but I keep my ears open for reliable information that I can share with our club.
Parasound DVD players - Halo D3 and New Classic D200: These are currently being certified at international HDMI test labs. One more step closer to us!
HDMI Switcher: Many people probably haven't heard that this is going to be called the "Zhd". This may already be in production! This unit will integrate with the Halo C1/C2, and the New Classic 7100 pre/pro. This will add the capability of HDMI switching to these units, bringing them up to the latest technology. So if you have multiple digital video units, like me with a HDMI DVD player, HD satellite player, and HTPC, you can now connect all of their HDMI video outputs to the Zhd, and send one signal to your projector.
Although we don't have all the official specs yet, indications are that it may also pass HDMI audio through the unit, but will not transmit it to the C1/C2/7100 itself for decoding. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed, though. The "Z" in Zhd leads me to think this may be a half-rack component style like the Z series Parasound products.
Zbreeze Cooling Fan Also may already be in production, so we could see this very soon! Indications are that this will also be a Z-series half-rack product. I think this will be great for equipment stacks. I'm planning on picking up one or two to keep my rack cool.
New Classic 2-channel 2250 amp and 2000 pre-amp: I would expect both of these to ship by the end of the month. I know a couple of our members are waiting for these with baited breath!
I also have info that an article about the Parasound company will appear in the February issue of Forbes magazine. Should be good reading.
Parasound DVD players - Halo D3 and New Classic D200: These are currently being certified at international HDMI test labs. One more step closer to us!
HDMI Switcher: Many people probably haven't heard that this is going to be called the "Zhd". This may already be in production! This unit will integrate with the Halo C1/C2, and the New Classic 7100 pre/pro. This will add the capability of HDMI switching to these units, bringing them up to the latest technology. So if you have multiple digital video units, like me with a HDMI DVD player, HD satellite player, and HTPC, you can now connect all of their HDMI video outputs to the Zhd, and send one signal to your projector.
Although we don't have all the official specs yet, indications are that it may also pass HDMI audio through the unit, but will not transmit it to the C1/C2/7100 itself for decoding. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed, though. The "Z" in Zhd leads me to think this may be a half-rack component style like the Z series Parasound products.
Zbreeze Cooling Fan Also may already be in production, so we could see this very soon! Indications are that this will also be a Z-series half-rack product. I think this will be great for equipment stacks. I'm planning on picking up one or two to keep my rack cool.
New Classic 2-channel 2250 amp and 2000 pre-amp: I would expect both of these to ship by the end of the month. I know a couple of our members are waiting for these with baited breath!
I also have info that an article about the Parasound company will appear in the February issue of Forbes magazine. Should be good reading.
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