Audio

[Merlin1970]

How come FutureShop has very, very few (1 or 2) Home Theatres In A Box that have Blue-ray players instead of the regular DVD players ?

I thought originally that companies weren't making them, but after checking the websites for LG, Samsung, Sony and Panasonic, I see that's not the case.

Considering the size of the shelves on flat screen TV stands, it would be nice to have this option rather than the "high" (or thick) Harman/Kardon type receivers plus needing a separate blue-ray player.

[cxz]

there probably isnt a demand for them. I would believe this to be a result of htib's not being able to maximize hd audio, which is one of the big reasons to switch to blu-ray. Besides, the size of the speakers are too small to notice the details in a hd audio track, not to mention the quality would be bad because of the lack of proper digital audio chip and decent transformer.

[sonimax]

There was a lot of HTiB with BD player announced at the 2010 CES, watch them in the coming weeks.