Doss Launches $99 Home-Theater-In-A-Box

By Ian Bell January 4, 2005

Doss launches the DS-7927, a complete home theater system that costs less than $99.

China-based Doss designs and manufactures speakers, speaker systems and home-theater-in-a-box systems for sale under its own brand name and custom builds products within very short R&D cycles for its many OEM customers around the world. The company operates in the United States as Aspire Digital.

The DS-7927 includes a DVD player, built-in analog amplifier, and passive speakers and subwoofer.

The DVD player delivers superior-quality playback from virtually all audio or video CD formats, including DVD, CD, CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, JPEG, MP3 and Kodak Picture CD. Important features including progressive scan and 5.1 channel surround sound, plus the built-in analog amplifier, combine to provide expansive sound and crisp images. Composite video, s-video and component video out connections are provided along with coaxial, optical and analog stereo outputs.

The high-performance surround sound speaker set includes a 30W subwoofer (impedance 8 ohms, speaker frequency response: 38 Hz – 300 Hz) plus two front and two rear speakers and a center speaker capable of handling 15 watts RMS per channel (impedance: 8 ohms, speaker frequency response: 200 Hz – 20 kHz) that provide clean, powerful sound quality.

Parental lock settings and 4:3/16:9 display conversion are standard, and both NTSC and PAL formats are included for worldwide compatibility.

The DS-7927 system is designed to be very simple to set up and easy to use.

At an MSRP of $99.00, the DS-7927 is a complete home-theater-in-a-box that provides phenomenal value for a minimal financial commitment. The DS-7927 will be available in December 2004.

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