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iGIZMO: Having made the ill-fated decision to back HD DVD in the battle of the HD disc formats, Onkyo is doubtless relieved today to be able to rejoin the HD disc fray with its first Blu-ray player.

Designed to complement Onkyo’s widely acclaimed HD home cinema receivers, the new DV-BD606 will set you back around £400 (approx. 470 euros) for a machine designed to offer rather more performance quality than your common and garden entry-level Blu-ray decks.

With this in mind, the deck carries a v1.3 HDMI jack for Deep Color compatibility. Plus there’s MPEG and 3D noise reduction, 1080p upscaling of your old DVD collection, playback of MP3, DivX and JPEGs from disc or SD card, Burr-Brown DACs for superior audio quality, and both bitstream and decoded PCM output support for the Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio ‘next gen’ sound formats.

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CrunchGear: Tired of the tyranny of headphone wires when listening to “Headphone Silence” on your iPod 200 times in a row?

Who isn’t! Lucky for you there’s Onkyo’s MHP-UW2, a pair of unfortunately named wireless headphones that operate on the 2.4GHz frequency.

You have to plug a receiver into the bottom of your iPod in order for it to work, but once that’s out of the way you’re golden.

It’s due for release November 14.

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Tech Digest: Onkyo has announced the launch of two new 7.1-channel home cinema systems boasting THX certification and plenty of audio decoding goodness

The TX-SR706 offers 7 x 160W of power output, four HDMI ports with 1080p video upscaling and upconversion of standard definition content using the Faroudja DCDi Cinema system, plus THX Select2 Plus certified performance.

It can decode Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD, and features a music optimiser for artificially improving the quality of compressed MP3/AAC tracks.

The TX-SR806 is the 706′s slightly bigger brother, offering 7 x 180W of power output, an extra HDMI input and THX Ultra2 Plus certification.

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Techradar: Onkyo’s latest release is a new home cinema setup that consists of a DVD player, receiver and 5.1 surround system.

The DVD player (titled DV-SP406) is an entry-level system that contains 1.1 HDMI compatibility, upscales to 1080p and comes complete with USB playback for a number of audio files.

Next up is an HDMI-equipped, 5 x 130W home cinema receiver.

Named the HT-R518, the system includes such features Audyseey Dynamic EQ, three 1080p HDMI pass-through inputs and one output, and Music Optimiser which enhances compressed music files like MP3s.

To partner the receiver is a 5.1 surround setup. This consists of five magnetically-shielded speakers – two-way front channel/centre-channel speakers and full-range surround speakers – plus a 90W active subwoofer.

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Techradar.com: After selling just 2000 copies of its HD DVD player, the DV-HD805, and discontinuing the system back in February, Onkyo has decided to have another stab at a HD system and is set to release a Blu-ray player in the tail-end of the year.

Though details are sketchy the company has announced that the player has been designed to partner Onkyo’s frankly brilliant AV receivers equipped with full HDMI processing of 1080p video and decoding of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound formats.

Although this is the first time Onkyo has delved into Blu-ray players, the company has be a forerunner in pushing Blu-ray’s audio capabilities, with its AV receivers.

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HiddenWires: Onkyo unveils four THX-certified AV receivers – step-up models are the world’s first with onboard Silicon Optix’ HQV Reon-VX 1080P video processingOnkyo is proud to reveal its next wave of sector-leading home cinema receivers, a quartet of new THX-certified 7.1-channel models incorporating a range of high-end features and core technological improvements designed to deliver the highest levels of performance possible. Available in black or silver, the models are the…

TX-SR705 – THX Select2-certified
TX-SR805 – THX Ultra2-certified
TX-SR875 – THX Ultra2-certified
TX-SR905 – THX Ultra2-certified

All four home cinema receivers offer full HDMI 1.3a compatibility, including internal decoding for DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus. Each also features a sophisticated set of internal video processing capabilities, with the two upper models boasting a world first with the inclusion of Silicon Optix’s acclaimed HQV Reon-VX processing, the first time this leading-edge technology has ever been seen in an home cinema receiver.

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HDTV UK: Onkyo has announced that, over the coming two months, it will launch seven new home cinema receivers to the UK market, with prices ranging from £200 (approx. 295 Euro) to £1400 (approx. 2064 Euro), which it claims will give it the one of the most comprehensive receiver ranges of any manufacturer.

In addition, all of its models priced over £400 (approx. 560 Euro) will feature integrated on-board decoding for the high definition audio formats Dolby Digital Plus, True HD, DTS-HD, and DTS-HD Master Audio.

All models will feature 1080p compatible HDMI 1.3a inputs and outputs, plus Audyssey microphone-based auto setup.

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AVZombie: Onkyo has won the race to become the first Japanese hi-fi major to introduce a range of receivers with decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio, the advanced sound systems used by Blu-ray and HD DVD players.

Leading its line-up is the £400 (around €590) TX-SR605 (pictured), on sale late June. It will be joined over the summer by a THX Select 2 model at £600 (around €885), and three THX Ultra 2 models.

In addition to the HD lossless codecs, the TX-SR605 features CEC HDMI control which is fully compatible with Panasonic Viera Link products, multi-zone expansion, Audyssey 2EQ automatic speaker calibration, a 7 x140w power plant and enhanced compatibility with the company’s optional iPod control docks.

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