Sharp’s Home Cinema TV Stand January 18, 2008

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Just like the noticeable increase in the availability of surround sound bars for tidy home cinema set-ups, TV companies are rolling out special home cinema TV stands.

So far, we’ve had the Evesham Sound Stage X2, the Sony Bravia Home Theatre RHT-G800 and the Sharp Aquos Rack Home Theatre System. Now Sharp is on its second generation product with the Aquos AN-ACD2 Home Theatre.

First off, it’s important to point out that despite looking like the last one it lacks the firepower. The 300W output of the first one has been trimmed to 150W in this by the way of 1x 100W subwoofer and 2x 25W speakers. However, it does come with HDMI slots so it’ll make it easy to hook it up to your HD console, HD movie player and skinny HDTV.

Let’s hope that the reduced feature set means a slimmer price. The first Aquos AV rack cost a whopping £600 – for 2.1 stereo sound!

This is one is hitting Japan first with a price tag of around £440. Expect that price to rise as it travels here but, in my humble opinion, £440 is still just way too much to spend for a 2.1 stereo home cinema system.-Martin Lynch

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