July 2009 - "The two networked models feature Class D amplification, making them the only THX-certified audio products on the market with Class D amplification, the company noted. Elite also offered THX-certified Class D AVRs in 2008."
July 2009 - "The THX Training Program is proud to announce that it will be coming to Saddle Brook, New Jersey July 29th - 31st. THX Certified Professional Workshops offer exclusive, hands-on training to improve your technical skills and help you standout from the competition."
July 2009 - "With this latest line of A/V receivers, Pioneer is the first and only consumer electronics manufacturer to reach THX Select2 and Ultra2 Plus certification requirements using a Class D amplifier solution."
June 2009 - "Ask any of the 43 custom installers present about why they were attending the course and the overwhelming answer is to be certified by THX, and gain the right to display their badge."
June 2009 - "One company that has educated consumers and professionals on the benefits of calibrated audio and video is San Francisco-based THX, which was founded by Star Wars director George Lucas to improve the audio and video quality of the movie industry and to provide a standardized method of delivering better and more consistent audio and video."
June 2009 - "More than 300 DVD and Blu-ray movies, like “The Abyss,” the Indiana Jones series, and “Titanic,” include a range of calibration patterns created by THX, the company whose familiar certification logo precedes many movies."
June 2009 - "The BG Radia system is easily one of the (if not the) fastest and most articulate subwoofer systems I’ve heard at any price. In fact, in the critical upper bass region, it is one of the few subs that might actually sound clearer and more articulate than some of the main systems with which it could be used."
June 2009 - "Noel Lee then announced Monster had teamed with THX to offer what the company was calling “the first THX-certified cables for HDMI.” The speed-rated cables are scheduled to debut this month at Best Buy."
June 2009 - “HCD magazine is delighted to be partnering THX for this all-important workshop,” comments HCD publisher Rob Lane. “UK custom installers and retailers will benefit greatly from becoming certified THX professionals, and I’m sure that all those that participate will win new business as a result of their new-found knowledge and accreditation."
June 2009 - "THX’s recently announced, Expo-coinciding, Professional Home Theater 1 workshop is proving very popular, with 60% of places booked. The THX-certified training event takes place just ahead of CEDIA Expo, on Sunday June 21, and with only 22 places remaining plus the HCD-sponsored ‘early bird’ 20% discount set to expire on June 12, you need to move fast!"
May 2009 - "The sound system in the car is THX certified, and you can tell. The quality is better than any other OEM sound system I’ve encountered. Even the mp3 files on my phone sounded full and beautiful on the MKS’ powerful and versatile sound system."
May 2009 - "The MKT's elegant cabin is well-designed and equipped. Pleasing shades of two-tone leather, good finish quality, and a long list of available equipment ought to satisfy most sybarites. The THX stereo and navigation screen interface are superb, SYNC is available, and even the second-row bucket seats can be heated and cooled."
April 2009 - Key to this plasma's visual appeal is its integrated THX mode. In addition to blessing various audio components, the home-theater ninjas at THX began bestowing plasma and LCD certification a few years back. The end result of all that THXing is a plasma that crushed nearly every benchmark we threw at it.
April 2009 - The best training program I know of is offered by THX. Tech 1 is a 1-day intro, Tech 2 is a 2-day hands-on lab focusing mostly on audio, and Video Calibration is a 3-day hands-on class.
April 2009 - Teufel offers a range of multichannel speaker systems for lovers of bombastic home cinema, but there's no denying the power and presence of the brand's astounding THX certified packages.
April 2009 - This is where the G10 really shines. The TCP50G10 virtually nails the HDTV color standard (in the THX mode) with primary color points within .005 or less in the x and y axis of the Rec. 709 standard.
April 2009 - Panasonic steeped the G10 in extra features compared with its less-expensive brethren, adding a THX mode that's largely responsible for its excellent picture, along with VieraCast for access to a limited range of Internet extras.”
March 2009 - Onkyo excels at making this kind of system, with or without THX certification. The use of THX Integrated System Plus only makes a good thing better.
March 2009 - Panasonic crossed the river from Secaucus to The Big Apple yesterday to give us an up-close, eyes-on, hands-on unveiling of some of their many new VIERA TVs.
March 2009 - The guru himself, Gary Merson, is calling this baby the "most advanced HDTV" from Panasonic, with a native contrast ratio of 40,000:1, THX certification, a crazy color gamut, 24Hz movie playback and a separate box containing a wireless HDMI receiver, to keep the thinness thin.
March 2009 - The number 10 guilty pleasure for geeks is cranking up your home cinema system for the THX OMMMMMmmmmmm.
February 2009 - The company also exclusively revealed to HCC that it will be introducing new THX certified speakers during the Summer, including 'probably' the world's smallest THX Ultra2 system. More news as we get it...
February 2009 - Loudness Plus aims to compensate for losses in ambience, bass, and other elements that occur when you play movies, music, or games below the THX reference level. When the volume indicator reads zero on a properly calibrated system, the sound pressure at the listening position is the same as it would be on a professional movie dubbing stage.
January 2009 - To earn its certificate, the JVC DLA-HD750 has had to go through THX's rigorous testing process, covering all areas of performance from picture processing to fan noise.
January 2009 - As a youth, I was into car stereo systems and having a system like this would have been a dream come true. The overall sound quality is crisp and clear.
January 2009 - Meet the masters of audio movie magic. Find out what makes the famous Deep Note so irresistible - and how it came to be. Plus, learn where the best seat in the movie theater is and how to enjoy the THX experience.
January 2009 - ‘If you hear nothing [but your movies and music], everything is fine – you don't have to be technical to hear a dropout in signal,’ says Laurie Fincham, THX Chief Scientist and VP of R&D. ‘Wireless shouldn't be a compromise – it should offer you at least the same quality as a cable,’ he adds.”
January 2009 - “Radiient Technologies has partnered with THX to jointly license and market THX Roomcaster, an ultra-wideband wireless speaker adapter system for surround sound and stereo speakers. THX Roomcaster operates in the 3.1 to 10.6 GHz frequency range to deliver uncompressed audio to as many as eight speakers in 24-bit signal resolution.”
January 2009 - “Television Category: Panasonic Displays featuring THX and Internet Content”
January 2009 - CES 09: THX, Radiient Team on Wireless Surround Sound
January 2009 - CES 09: High-end LG Plasmas Fuse THX and Netflix
December 2008 - THX and Razer’s collaboration on the Mako 2.1 speaker set continues to blow me away.
December 2008 - Sirius Travel Link, Sync, and a hard-drive-based navigation system combine to make a killer cabin tech package in the 2009 Lincoln MKX, and the THX audio system is aural icing on the cake.
December 2008 - The surround and centre speakers are also not the sort of thing that will fit into the front room of the average British house either. But then the THX Ultra2 certification means this is aimed at rooms larger than 4m square.
December 2008 - The Klipsch THX Ultra2 is an hellacious array of THX-approved home cinema speakers. This 7.2 collection, with massive wide horns facing all directions, is aimed squarely at the home cinema hardcore.
December 2008 - About this time last year, Cadillac's CTS added CNET's Tech Car of the Year to its increasingly crowded trophy case. Lincoln makes the list for its THX-equipped MKS and Infiniti's EX35 Journey gets recognized for its lane-departure warning system and park-assist cameras.
December 2008 - Perhaps the most widely available setup program is THX Optimizer, which many consumers already have, even if they don't know they have it.
December 2008 - One I like is the THX Optimizer, which actually comes bundled for free on many THX-certified DVDs. (Hint: Most Pixar and Lucasfilm DVDs have it.) However, to use it, you’ll need a pair of THX’s special blue-filtered glasses ($2 plus shipping). The blue filters provide a known color tint, which will help you adjust the settings.
November 2008 - “Besides offering convenience and a relatively low price, home theaters in a box have another possible advantage: The entire sound system can be THX Certified to work properly.”
November 2008 - The THX Optimizer is a quick and simple calibration tool that I have found gets the job done well enough for most of us non-fanatics. And it comes with a free movie! (OK, it comes free with a movie.)
November 2008 - Panasonic's TH46-PZ800U is among the first on the market to include THX mode - this is promoted as being a pre-set calibration to industry picture standards (brightness, contrast, color temperature, saturation, etc.), right out of the box, with no tweaking required. And I'm happy to say: it works extremely well.
November 2008 - The BG Radia BGX-4850 ($6,995) is the first THX Ultra2 in-wall subwoofer, co-developed with THX and designed by BG’s chief scientist and vice president of R&D, Laurie Fincham.
November 2008 - Panasonic plasmas consistently score well in our tests, and this 1080p set and its 42-inch sibling ($1,200) continue the trend. The THX setting provides theaterlike picture quality with vibrant colors, exquisite detail, and rich blacks. See more on flat-screen TVs from ConsumerReports.org.
October 2008 - Today, the HT-S9100THX system was announced and it has its sights set on HD theater buffs across the country. The 7.1-channel system (130W/channel) includes THX’s Loudnes Plus technology and comes with four HDMI v1.3a ports. The more HDMI ports, the better, I say.
October 2008 - Onkyo began shipping a second-generation THX-certified home theater in a box (HTiB) system that adds multiple new features and technologies compared to its predecessor. The $1,099-suggested HT-S9100THX packages an A/V receiver, seven speakers and a powered subwoofer.
October 2008 - High-end stereo makers are joining with luxury auto makers to offer concert-hall-quality sound in cars. Naim Audio Ltd. is working with Bentley Motors, Bang & Olufsen with Mercedes-AMG and THX Ltd. with Ford Motor Co.'s Lincoln division to build cars with integrated sound systems designed to enhance audio quality.
October 2008 - Teufel, Germany's premier online speaker-system retailer, debuted its speaker kit in the UK market for the first time today in spectacular fashion. The cream of the crop was a THX-certified Teufel System 9 THX Ultra 2.
October 2008 - The THX guys demoing the unit made it clear that to achieve the vaunted THX Ultra 2 certification requires the manufacturer to meet an incredibly demanding set of requirements and enough power to blow the double glazing from your neighbours' windows if you turn it up loud enough. But if you do turn it up that loud, it certainly won't distort the sound.
October 2008 - TechRadar had a brief chat with THX at Teufel's UK launch event yesterday, and grilled the sound bods about the state of the speaker industry. THX was present at the event, because of the company's committed association to the Teufel brand.
October 2008 - Fresh on the heels of the THX-certified “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” release on Blu-ray yesterday, THX announced today that it’s working with BluFocus, a Blu-ray quality assurance provider, to ensure the latest titles are up to THX snuff.
October 2008 - THX-certified is a term well known in the audio and cinema world. Whether attached to a well designed movie theater, or a piece of audio gear that performs to a certain standard, THX has come to be synonymous with higher performance. Recently, THX started certifying video displays as well.
October 2008 - Gripes aside, this is one of the best Panasonic plasmas I've seen, and one of the best TVs you can buy right now. It creates a punchy, reasonably accurate, extremely low noise image. At $1000 less (and more accurate than) a Pioneer KURO, it makes a strong case for itself for value as well. THX has certainly helped out Panasonic here, and I can't wait to see their next collaboration. This audience member, at least, is viewing.
October 2008 - It's safe to say that the audio power of the MKS surpasses all the speakers and amps in my house combined, and the actual audio experience blows it away completely.
October 2008 - Earlier this year we awarded the 50-inch Panasonic TH-50PZ800U our Editors' Choice among 50-inch plasma TVs, and now that we've reviewed the newly released 58-inch version, it predictably gets a similar review, with an identical score and Editors' Choice award. Part of the reason has to do with its color accuracy, for which the TV's THX Display Certification deserves credit.
September 2008 - We were blown away by the clarity, how the audio system brought out details in songs that we had never noticed before. The sound of a horn section or the strumming of an acoustic guitar will bring tears to music lovers when heard through this system.
September 2008 - Judging from our two previous reviews of THX Display Certified HDTVs, the Panasonic TH-50PX800U and the LG 50PG60, the certification gets at least one thing right: primary and secondary color accuracy. Our recent review of LG's best 60-inch plasma, the 60PG60, finds that those color points are still dang accurate, regardless of size
September 2008 - The 60PG60 is the largest flat-panel HDTV this year to feature THX display certification, which is largely responsible for its excellent primary color accuracy.
September 2008 - OK, take that image you have of a big black subwoofer box that hogs space in your media room, and chuck it out the window. Just as loudspeakers have migrated into our walls and ceilings, subwoofers are changing with the times, too. One of the coolest examples I’ve seen in this area is the BGX-4850 in-wall subwoofer system from BG Radia, which I had the good fortune of hearing at the CEDIA Expo 2008
September 2008 - Everything’s getting tiny. The once sexy V8 engine is now an automotive pariah while the Smart Car gets all the chicks; HD video cameras are now damn near Twinkie-size, and we’ll probably be implanting the next-generation iPod in our molars.
September 2008 - Announced just now from JVC are four 1080p projectors (DLA-HD750 and DLA-HD350) and two of them happen to be THX certified (DLA-RS10 and DLA-RS20) with 30,000:1 native contrast ratio. Said THX certified projectors have a THX movie mode that’s been pre-calibrated for DVDs, Blu-ray discs and regular broadcast television to bring the best cinema experience possible.
September 2008 - Always pioneers themselves, the goal of everyone at THX remains unchanged since founder George Lucas set out “to improve the way movie audiences experience the sights and sounds of feature films on the silver screen.” With Neural-THX, the audience is listening now even before the movie starts.
August 2008 - THX is another premium audio supplier that offers excellent value. I've often pointed to the $995 THX Certified Premium Sound System in the Lincoln Zephyr as an example of excellent bang for the car audio buck.
August 2008 - It might be like that for the first and, thus far, only reasonably scaled home theater to have been constructed to THX-certified standards — from the technical components to the construction methodology.
May 2008 - We believe THX certification offers a simple value proposition to the consumer: if a display or projector is THX Certified, it will deliver exceptional performance regardless of price point, brand or display technology.
April 2008 - On the scale of sophistication most PC speaker systems are a boom-boxed Fiesta compared to the Sydney Opera houses of the hi-fi world.
April 2008 - You’re going to the store to look at video displays. This is a happy time. Until you encounter a wall of TVs, all showing the same animated movie—and all looking the same. What to do?
April 2008 - If I had the money, the very next purchase would be Razer's Mako 2.1 speaker system ($400, razerzone.com). I'd never seen anything quite like the overgrown pucks that make up the left and right speakers.
April 2008 - The Razer Mako 2.1 computer speaker system features new THX-developed technology that employs down-firing drivers. By using the surface of a desk as a reflective tool, the Mako is supposed to be able to disperse sound more evenly throughout a room. Do these pod-shaped speakers actually deliver on this promise?
March 2008 - Just a few short years ago, multimedia desktop speakers were a pretty sexy category. They had evolved into some impressive configurations, including an amplified Klipsch 5.1-channel speaker system, a Logitech 5.1-channel system with Dolby Digital/DTS decoding, and even a Creative 7.1-channel powered system, all THX-certified.
February 2008 - This 2.1 desktop system is one of the finest we've ever laid eyes or ears on. First off, the giant mushroom black matte speakers are gorgeous — they’re striking enough to amp up even the most grayscale office drone cubicle.
February 2008 - The results are impressive, and we're going to have a hard time going back to our old-school standard speakers when our date with the Mako's ends
January 2008 - The Razer Mako 2.1 Desktop Speakers ($399), a collaboration with audio standard-bearer THX, address the problem by spraying the sound downward, using the hard surface of your desk as an aural mirror.
January 2008 - “Put simply: these speakers were actually living up the THX logo that graced each of them.”
January 2008 - THX wants to take the headaches and confusion out of the audio/video/gaming experience for consumers.
January 2008 - Well-known A/V companies look to ensure music and movie experience by preserving the integrity of the signal from post-production.
January 2008 - Formerly known under the informal project name of Blackbird, the THX Media Director has emerged from R&D and we got a sneak peak.
January 2008 - The flagship PZ800 line consists of four different units, offering 42-, 46-, 50- and 58-inch diagonal form factors. All four meet the new THX Certified Display specification, include four HDMI inputs, an SDHC slot and a new "single sheet of glass" design concept.
December 2007 - We sat down with Marco d'Ambrosio, sound designer and composer at MarcoCo. Studios, and Jerry Zernicke, director of professional services from THX Ltd., to get the lowdown on the sound that has become synonymous with awesome theater experiences.
December 2007 - I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Gamers like great video, but also great audio too.
That’s right, they have more multi-channel home audio rigs and HDTVs than most CE manufacturers or game developers realize.
December 2007 - Before that new car smell has a chance to dissipate, audiophiles often tear into their dashboards and interior panels, gutting the factory radio and speakers for a custom setup. Not being completely blind to this, auto manufacturers are responding with their own original-equipment configurations worthy of a listen.
November 2007 - Moviegoers with an eye and ear for quality are in for a treat this holiday season: a brand new THX trailer playing in front of movies screening at THX Certified Theaters.
November 2007 - Our comprehensive HDTV guide will help you figure out the best ways to setup your new TV from getting the best possible picture to making the right connections. Here's what to do once you get it home.
November 2007 - For those who don’t have room for a full 5.1 surround sound system, the Razer Mako 2.1 THX Certified Multimedia System is the next best thing with two 50W bi-amplified satellite speakers and one subwoofer.
October 2007 - A decade after high-definition television technology was first introduced in the U.S., a whopping 89% of consumers say they lack a complete understanding of its benefits and downsides.
September 2007 - It was a long, long time ago it seems when I first encountered THX Home Cinema. I happened to find myself at an A/V store waiting for a friend who was there to negotiate purchasing a subwoofer.
While he gave the salesperson a hard time, I wandered the rows of keenly displayed electronics, my eye taken with a certain logo I recognized from my love affair with movie theaters: the LucasFilm name.
September 2007 - AQUOS TVs always looked awesome, but they didn’t have the thumbs up from George Lucas—until now. THX has partnered with Sharp to give a few of their new TVs the true cinema experience.
September 2007 - The THX booth at CEDIA featured two new A/V receivers that claim to improve the listening experience at lower volume levels, and the company presented its first public showing of an upcoming technology codenamed "Blackbird" that may one day make our multimedia content a bit "smarter".
August 2007 - “Kinepolis Oostende is first and foremost designed for people, and offers an exceptionally high standard of comfort and convenience and a wide range of entertainment. It is also a multifunctional facility.”
August 2007 - Yamaha, which dropped THX certification from its range of AV receivers in 2006, is back in the fold with a new flagship to be announced in Europe at the end of the month.What?s more, the upcoming RX-Z11 will be the first AV receiver in the world to feature THX...
July 2007 - Recently, I attended THX Level 1 and Level 2 training along with DL.TV's Robert Heron, who also happens to be PC Magazine's HDTV guy. These two classes are designed to give people a leg up on designing, installing, setting up, and calibrating pricey home theaters. Although I've been following home theater gear for years, the classes presented me with quite a few eye openers.
July 2007 - In 1983, Star Wars director George Lucas took aim at decrepit theater sound systems. Whirring air conditioners, fuzzy-sounding speakers and nearby noisy lobbies were obscuring his carefully crafted sound effects.
July 2007 - Hi-fi specialist Onkyo has unveiled four THX-certified AV receivers for home cinema fans.
The quartet of new THX-certified 7.1-channel models will come in black or silver, all offer full HDMI 1.3a compatibility, including internal decoding for DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus.
June 2007 - Atlantic Technology has redesigned its popular System 6200 home theater speaker line with improved cabinets, pared configuration options, and lower prices, while adding THX-Ultra2 certification.
June 2007 - The design of the 2007 Lincoln MKZ incorporates a subtle boldness we appreciate from an American carmaker. Too often, a company produces homogenous products designed to offend no one, which end up appealing to no one either, especially when that company is drowning in red ink. But the Lincoln MKZ drops a retro grille among a thoroughly modern-looking front end, a look that some might find cacophonous, but we like.
June 2007 - Among audiophiles and home theater fans, all-in-one receiver + speaker packages, otherwise known as Home Theater in a Box (HTIB) kits, do not get much respect. Generally composed of extremely cheap components and sold at a nasty markup on the basis of high perceived-value, most HTIB packages serve only to disappoint their owners by delivering absolutely anemic audio performance. Fans of IGN Gear's HDTV Q&A Series may recall we've recommended against them quite often.
May 2007 - The European HD DVD release of the Oscar-winning "Pan's Labyrinth" is the first live-action HD DVD to be THX certified, raising the question of when similarly spectacular releases will be in the U.S.
May 2007 - Here’s the scene: You’re at a stop light and some teenager pulls up next to you in his mom’s hand-me-down ‘96 Ford Taurus. He hits a switch, and you swear to deuce your ears are going to bleed.
May 2007 - May- 2007: It has a flawless THX-certified audio system that plays music loud and lacks some of the quirks that color (or shape) music in other high-end systems. Only Lincoln (most of the line) and BMW (in the Z4) are THX-certified.
April 2007 - All in all, my favorite speakers were the Razer Mako 2.1's (available starting in June around $300; razerzone.com). Their cool design (they look like shiny plastic mushrooms) aims the sound down onto the surface of whatever they're sitting on, using the area to help create, in effect, a bigger speaker. It seems to work -- they have an excellent subwoofer, a very good high end, and they're even THX certified.
April 2007 - Listen up. If you're looking for reasons to buy the Lincoln MKZ, you could start with the THX II, a 14-speaker, 600-watt cinematic quality system that will blow any audiophile away.
April 2007 - This is not your father’s theater—unless your father is George Lucas. Instead of simply designing a high-end home theater to show off equipment options to clients, Johann Peters, co-founder of Longview, Wash.-based custom installation firm Charisma Productions, helped create a place that would make friends, clients and almost all others jealous.
March 2007 - A video game based on the Scarface license was always going to be a huge challenge to get right. The license itself has a huge following, not only among the original fans of the movie, but among a newer more urban audience who identify directly with the character of Tony Montana in terms of their own experience of rising from nothing, particularly among the hip hop community.
March 2007 - Two years ago, at a retirement dinner for outgoing Ford exec Nick Scheele, we asked if he really planned to give its attractive new Lincoln sedan a moniker so dated and strange sounding as Zephyr.
March 2007 - THX is setting a new standard for picture quality and making shopping for HDTVs easier.
February 2007 - The 1080p plasma offerings from Vidikron just got bigger. Adding to its lineup of 42-, 50- and 60-inch plasma displays, the company has introduced its 65-inch VP-6500VHD model.
February 2007 - BG Corporation and THX introduced the BG BX-4850, an in-wall subwoofer that incorporates design concepts and technology developed by THX into a unique design suitable for today´s homes.
February 2007 - We first peeped these units way back at CEDIA '06 and now are glad to report that Runco is shipping the world's first THX-certified projector lineup. These bank account breaking units are the first 1080p HD product to sport the new THX Certified logo that guarantees that the second mortgage you took out to buy one of these was worth it.
January 2007 - You've probably never heard of the small company that makes this set. But watch 'The Godfather,' 'The Matrix,' or some other classic on it and you'll see a different movie. Really.
January 2007 - THX II Certified System in the Lincoln MKZ (Zephyr) named the Best Audio System by the Car Tech Editors at CNET.
January 2007 - Designed by engineers from THX, the Razer Mako speakers get props for trying something new.
January 2007 - Most manufacturers of architectural speakers get around this by using a back box to provide the correct acoustic loading. THX's Laurie Fincham (who is going to hate me for referring him as one of the grand old men of English audio) had a different idea.
January 2007 - High-end gaming speakers for the PC tend to target multi-satellite configurations: 5.1 or 7.1. Razer is bucking the trend with a new set of THX-certified 2.1 speakers for $300.
December 2006 - While the editors at CNET Car Tech do appreciate the sound of a howling V-8, we're more interested in the sound of in-car stereo.
November 2006 - Onkyo HT-S990THX Integrated Home Theater System - Home Theater Magazine November 2006 "Is a THX-certified integrated system the electronic equivalent of high-end chocolate? It's a tempting analogy, with your average compact system as the humble Hershey bar and the Onkyo HT-S990THX as, say, Côte d'Or Noir de Noir Intense."
November 2006 - If you’ve got an A/V geek in your home, they’re going to love these gift ideas. These connected components can send music and video through every room in the house, and your A/V lover will delight in customizing to his or her heart’s content.
November 2006 - Moderation? Forget it. The holidays are a time to indulge and to enjoy, even if you can afford only window-shopping. Let us be your fantasy-gift concierge: we've rounded up 15 ultimate luxuries that every tech connoisseur would love to receive. And for a closer look at some of this luxury gear, be sure to watch our video.
October 2006 - More impressive, however, is the littlest Lincoln's THX sound system - with 14 speakers, two subwoofers and 600 watts of power.
September 2006 - THX and Tivo collaborated to design a HD DVR that delivers a true to broadcast experience.
September 2006 - "The TiVo Series3 is also the first THX-Certified DVR, which means TiVo recordings will preserve the video and audio clarity of the original broadcast. Anyone who's watched a Series2 program in medium or low quality will appreciate the THX upgrade ("Hmm, is that a football game or a soap opera?")
September 2006 - “The certification covers both audio and video output, with THX certifiers testing frequency response, deinterlacing, signal to noise ratios, color levels and doing side-by-side comparisons of TiVo content with original over-the-air material, according to a statement."
September 2006 - Return of the Jedi opened six years to the day after A New Hope on May 25, 1983, and brought with it Lucasfilm's new theater sound quality assurance system: THX. Audiences at special THX-certified theaters were able to experience the acoustic qualities of the film as the filmmaker intended, due to a stringent set of technical requirements and special equipment outlined by the certification.
August 2006 - For our yearly report on sound, Film Journal International asked experts from leading sound companies to reflect on the most common problems confronted by movie theatre operators in their quest for a first-rate audio experience, and what can be done to overcome them. Listen up for some sound advice!
August 2006 - In the olden days we had Hafler surround by simply connecting up a pair of ‘rear' speakers a bit oddly. Then the Dolby people created a home cinema revolution, courtesy of their licensed surround technologies and a little piece of magic called Pro Logic (hands up who was into AV back then?).
August 2006 - When you see a product with THX branding, you know its performance is up to par with some of the toughest standards in the industry. Polk Audio's RTS100 is the first in-ceiling speaker that meets THX Ultra2 standards, delivering sound through a 14-inch diameter featuring dual 5-1/4-inch midrange drivers and a one-inch Ring Radiator tweeter.
August 2006 - The good: The Onkyo HT-S990THX is the world's first THX-certified home-theater-in-a-box system. The package combines seven large two-way, multidriver speakers; a 12-inch, 230-watt powered subwoofer; and a full-size A/V receiver that offers generous connectivity, component video conversion, and ample power. It's also XM Satellite radio-ready with the latest XM HD Surround.
August 2006 - If you're looking for speakers, you can't go wrong with THX-certified ones. Klipsch has added to their line of custom THX speakers with the KL-7800-THX in-wall LCR and KS-7800-THX in-wall surround, designed for home theaters and delivering the same performance as their box counterparts.
August 2006 - Nearly a year after Polk introduced its first THX Ultra2 certified in-wall speaker, the RTS105, the self-proclaimed genius-based speaker company has announced an in-ceiling version. According to Polk, the new RTS100 is the first in-ceiling speaker to receive THX Ultra2 certification.
July 2006 - Everyone values a quiet home. When it comes to home theater, it is essential. Sound considerations both inside and outside of the theater can effect how much enjoyment homeowners can get out of their entertainment investment.
July 2006 - They are some of the best audio systems in the world equipped with amplifiers that push hundreds of watts of power, speakers in custom-designed enclosures and multi-channel surround sound audio technology fit for a movie theater.
June 2006 - Onkyo has introduced the HT-S990THX, a home theater package system with THX certification, which consists of an XM-Ready 7.1-channel A/V receiver and a 7.1-channel speaker package.
June 2006 - THX originally brought its knowledge of creating great sound in defined spaces on the road with the debut of the THX Certified Premium Sound System in the 2003 Lincoln LS. Now a sweet second-generation version is available as a $995 option in the less expensive, sportier '06 Lincoln Zephyr (sticker price around $29,000).
January 2006 - THX is almost a quarter century old, and its Consumer Branch has been around since 1990, yet people still do not have a proper understanding of THX. Maybe that's THX's fault, maybe it's ours (the press), maybe it's the sales people's at the local A/V store. Probably, it is a combination of all three, so we're going to at least do our part and tender to you, our readers, this explanatory article.
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