Tag archive: Kenwood

“Rumors surfaced today that Kenwood USA is closing their home electronics business. Contacts at Kenwood and their PR firm were not available for comment at the time of publishing. Email correspondence confirmed by sources inside the AV industry imply that the brand manager for Kenwood's home audio division, Dean Hutto, was let go by the company today. Kenwood is likely to stay the course in its car audio business where the… Read More

Kenwood has recently introduced its first 6.1-channel home theater system featuring an audio/video receiver equipped with an Ethernet connection, PCMCIA card slot, and special features for video gamers. The new NHT-815DV includes front-panel game system inputs, Dual-Source/Single-Zone audio, and Dolby Headphone for simulating 5.1 channel surround sound in standard stereo headphones. A separate, single-disc progressive scan DVD… Read More

Kenwood introduced its 2003 line of home theater audio/video receivers featuring five new models, including two with 6.1-channel THX® Selectâ„¢ audio certification and 6.1-channel THX Surround EX decoding. The top model, VR-7080, is equipped with Kenwood's new "Touch Zoneâ„¢" smart remote control, which illuminates only the buttons that are active for the component being operated. All models – finished with a sleek, silver… Read More

The VR-7080 is equipped with Kenwood's new "Touch Zone" smart remote control, which illuminates only the buttons that are active for the component being operated. All models, finished with a silver design, feature Active EQ by DSP, which optimizes performance with compact speaker systems, and three models - the VR-7080, VR-7070, and VR-7060, offer new SRSCircle Surround II, which produces 5.1-channel surround sound from any 2-channel… Read More