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Sony continues its series of home theater updates today with a new HTIB, the HST-S100. Like some previous Sony packages, the HST-S100 doesn’t feature a central receiver, instead integrating the 450W amplifier, 3 HDMI ports and Sony Digital Media Port right into the back of the sub. Furthering the stealth factor, the five speakers themselves are no bigger than strawberries — which has us wondering about mid-range performance, but we’ll withhold judgement until we actually hear ‘em. You get some other mid-high-end goodies for your $700 as well, like S-AIR wireless speaker capability, Bravia SYNC for Theater, which simplifies operation with select Sony gear, and and auto speaker calibration. Should be out in July, we’re told.

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Have you ever been sitting at home at night, looking at your 19-inch CRT television and listening to your Victrola phonograph and thought, “Shazam! This setup stinks!”? Well, perhaps you’re in dire need of an introduction to Onkyo’s HT-SP908, a home theater in a box which does everything… and we mean everything. The progressive-scannin’, multi-format-playin’, 7.1 system offers 90-watts per channel, an iPod dock, XM and SIRIUS radio compatibility, 720p / 1080i / 1080p upscaling, 1080i and 1080p HDMI in / out, component in / out, optical and coaxial audio in / out, plus playback of DVD Video, Video CS, CD, CD-R/RW, DVD+/-R/RW, MP3, WMA, WMV, MPEG 4-AAC, DivX, and JPEG formats. If that’s not enough, it also makes lunch, breaks up with annoying girlfriends, and organizes your t-shirts by color. The HT-SP908 is available now for $1099, a slimmed-down, 5.1 version called the HT-SP904 is also currently on shelves for $899.

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