Denon Electronics announced today they were unveiling the first products in a new family of integrated home entertainment systems. The S-301 ($1,599) and S-101 ($999) are 2.1 channel surround sound DVD home theater systems from the S-Series. Both provide a clean way for portable digital devices such as iPods to easily integrate into them, among other things, and will be available in August.
A specially designed front-panel connector and supplied cable connects directly to third and fourth generation iPods, according to Denon. This connection allows the S-301 and S-101 to full control the popular Apple digital audio players, even offering the iPod navigational menu on the main home theater screen. The S-301 is also capable of mimicking a similar command and control connectivity to other MP3 players via a USB port in the front panel.
Other useful features of these products from the new S-Series include integrated DVD/A/V receiver, dual satellite speakers, subwoofers, an on screen remote interface, component video conversion and support of Dolby Virtual Speaker technology.
“As home entertainment products become more and more advanced, they can also unfortunately become more complicated to operate,
