Videoseven targets Home Cinema market

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By Alun Williams

Posted on 19 Jul 2002 at 16:03

Videoseven raises the curtain on a new 42in plasma display aimed at consumers.

At £2,495, the V7 P42S6 display is not cheap, but its large real-estate may just tempt who want their own Home Cinema system but don't have the space of the Odeon Leicester Square.

The display offers a range of interfaces for PC, video and audio signals. These include video and S-video interfaces, composite input, DVI output, RGB and audio inputs, as well as RGB and audio outputs. Two 5-Watt loudspeakers are built into its silver housing.

The display features a Samsung panel with a viewing angle of 160 degrees and a resolution of 852 x 480, a dot pitch of 1.08mm, a contrast of 600:1 and brightness of 500 cd/m.

The plasma display also supports a PIP (picture in picture) function for TV use with a TV tuner card - this displays a second picture within an additional small window.

Videoseven already has a 42in plasma screen on the market aimed at large-scale business presentations and showrooms. The new P42S6 is fanless, however, with its quieter operation more suitable for the home market.

The new display is stocked by various resellers in the UK, including Micro Warehouse and grouptrade.com, and a 24-month pick-up service is part of the deal. Both a stand and a wall mounting kit are part of the package.

More details can be found at the VideoSeven Web site.