Harman Kardon has begun selling its high-price 250GB media centre system in the UK.
Harman Kardon DMC 1000 Harman Kardon's DMC 1000: quarter of a terabyte of music storage
The DMC 1000 packs in a CD and DVD player, though while it'll auto-rip music onto the hard drive, it won't do the same with movies and TV shows. It will …
Hmm..... really, all of that? I've had a quick look and cannot see a single analogue audio port on the back of a PS3.
Or any reference to any level of quality CD playback... great if you live in the world of low bitrate MP3, but not if you appreciate higher quality audio, the PS3 simply cannot compete.
It's a good system no doubt, but it's compromised in many areas if you really push it....
The PS3 actually makes for a great CD player thanks to upsampling and various other features. All PS3 models have analogue audio outputs and if you buy the right model you'll even get SACD playback, analogue stereo and digital multichannel via HDMI. See PS3SACD.com
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Harman Kardon has begun selling its high-price 250GB media centre system in the UK. Harman Kardon DMC 1000 Harman Kardon's DMC 1000: quarter of a terabyte of music storage The DMC 1000 packs in a CD and DVD player, though while it'll auto-rip music onto the hard drive, it won't do the same with movies and TV shows. It will …
Exchange rate
Hey, at today's exchange rate that makes the UK version roughly £150 cheaper than the US!
So, are we to start a "Rip off States" campaign, encouraging yanks to take long weekends in Blighty to do all their Christmas shopping?
I spy....
Is that a Network Port?
is it capable of stereaming from a media server???
Hardon Karmon
Or buy a PS3 for less, and get all that and more.
PS3
Hmm..... really, all of that? I've had a quick look and cannot see a single analogue audio port on the back of a PS3.
Or any reference to any level of quality CD playback... great if you live in the world of low bitrate MP3, but not if you appreciate higher quality audio, the PS3 simply cannot compete.
It's a good system no doubt, but it's compromised in many areas if you really push it....
PS3 audio quality
The PS3 actually makes for a great CD player thanks to upsampling and various other features. All PS3 models have analogue audio outputs and if you buy the right model you'll even get SACD playback, analogue stereo and digital multichannel via HDMI. See PS3SACD.com