More brands, more products. Here’s Part III of our coverage of the Electronics Show from Chennai.

Whirlpool

This is yet another giant in the consumer electronics segment in India. Featured products included Microwave Owens, Refrigerators, Washing Machines, Air Conditioners and Water Purifiers.

Some Pictures from the stall:

The ‘Energy star’ and the ‘Stabiliser free operation’:

Some details about Whirlpool Products:

Refrigerators:

In the refrigerators line-up, they have Direct cool (Under which we have Genius and Genius XL), Frost Control (Fusion),Frost Free (Master Mind, Iceberg and Professional). Storage space starts from 180 litres and comes in 200 , 220, 230 , 250, 260 , 280,  310, 340, 405, 445 litres. They are also available in  variety of colors including white, blue, red, grey, steel, silver and gold.

Washing Machines:

Under Washing Machines, they have Front Loading models, Fully Automatic Models and Semi Automatic models. 5 , 6 , 6.5, 7kg. They even had a Dryer.

Sansui:

Sansui is a Japanese brand that mainly deals with Televisions and Audio equipment in India. They had a generously spaced stall, but had only televisions (CRT and LCD) and music systems on display. Their LCD TV range goes by the name Kyuten.

Also on display was a DVD Recorder. Now this is worth mentioning because none of the other giants sported this in their stalls even if they do manufacture it. You can record onto DVD’s directly from your TV.  

DVR 515 R - Rs. 9,490/- (Offer price was Rs.7,490/-)

Sansui actually has a good range of products. To know more, you can visit their Indian website.

Onida:

Onida’s stall was pretty crowded at-least in perspective of the size of their stall. Featured products included LCD TV’s, Microwave Ovens, CRT televisions, Air-Conditioners, Washing Machines, Speaker Systems.

Onida’s LCD TV range goes by the name Xaria. Candy range of DVD players was on display too.

Some pictures of their TV’s , Washing Machines, Air Conditioners and Ovens:

You may also visit Onida’s website.

Godrej:

A player in the Indian consumer market for a long long time, Godrej is still keeping up with growing foreign presence. Featured products included Ovens, Washing Machines, Refrigerators, Air-Conditioners and even Safe’s.

Pictures from the stall:

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This post is subsequent to posts Retail Plus AV Electronic Show-2008 - Coverage and ‘Retail Plus AV Electronic Show-2008-Coverage-Part I ‘.

Here we talk about the big brands and the products they had on display.

1) Sony

Sony is one of the most popular consumer electronics brand both in India and worldwide. Appliances on display included CRT televisions, LCD televisions , Home theatre and stereo systems. They also had laptops, walkmans  and other electronic accessories like cameras and storage devices. We will not delve into that in much detail.

Also featured was Playstation 3for Rs.24,990/- Playstation 2 was also available.

Here are some pictures of the LCD TV’s on display:

(If you look closely, you should be able to see both model numbers and the price of some of the televisions. The same is typed out here for easy reading.)

KLV 40V 300 A             - Rs. 99,990/-  *  (Bravia V Series,40″ LCD screen)

KLV 32D 300A              - Rs. 69,990/-  *  (Bravia D Series,32″ LCD screen)

KLV 32V 300A              - Rs. 54,990/-  * (Bravia V Series,32″ LCD screen) 

KLV 40X 350A              - Rs.1,79,900/-* (Bravia X Series,40″ LCD screen)

KLV 40W 300A             - Rs.1,29,900/-*(Bravia W Series,40″ LCD screen)

KLV 40S 310A              - Rs. 79,990/-   * (Bravia S Series,40″ LCD screen)

Pictures of Home theatres/Stereo systems:

DAV-DZ151K/DAV-DZ150K          -Rs. 12,990/- * (5.1 Channel,850W )

DAV-DZ750K                                    -Rs. 26,990/- * (5.1 Channel,1000W)

Picture of CRT televisions:

2) Samsung

The Samsung stall had most of the home appliance products. Samsung enjoys a big presence in the Indian market. Among the products on display were, Televisions (LCD, Plasma,CRT), Refrigerators, Washing Machines, Air Conditioners, Microwave Owens, Home theatre systems and optical players.

Presented below are some pictures.

Televisions:

In the LCD television segment, Samsung seems to have a wide range. The four ranges on display were  Sonoma Trenz, Bordeaux Art, Mosel Blaque and HD Plasma. (In increasing order of price; Sonoma Trenz being the cheapest.)

Typical Price Range:

Sonoma Trenz - Rs. 52,000/- (32″) , Rs. 85,000/- (40″) , Rs. 1,40,000/- (46″)

Bordeaux Art  - Rs. 21,000/- (19″) , Rs. 35,000/- (26″) , Rs. 57,000/- (32″) , Rs. 75,000/- (37″) , Rs. 95,000/- (40″) 

Mosel Blaque  - Rs. 1,20,000/- (40″) , Rs. 1,70,000/- (46″) , Rs. 3,00,000/- (52″)

Plasma TV      - Rs. 80,000/- (42″) , Rs. 90,000/- (42″) , Rs. 1,70,000/- (50″) , Rs. 4,50,000/- (63″) 

DVD Players/Home Theatres:

Refrigerators:

We found a couple of interesting things on refrigerators. The first of these is the ‘Energy Star’. ( which was covered earlier - Tips for lower emissions from homes - II ) The second of these is the ‘Stabiliser Free Operation’ (also earlier covered -  Appliances with built in voltage stabilizers )

Images of the two are shown below:

Washing Machines:

Featured washing machines included both front loading and top loading models.

Pictures of Air-Conditioners and Microwave Owens:

People interested in knowing model numbers and prices of Samsung products may put up queries on the forum. The number of models is too many to be covered as a part of this particular post.

* -Might have been the offer price. You may want to check the local prices yourself.

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Here are details of some of the stalls:

Cinebels-The Jamo Shop

A music related stall that had products including speakers, home theatres, amplifiers…etc. Brands on display included Jamo, Sherwood and BenQ.

Some pictures form the stall:

Links to Official websites:

Sherwood

Jamo

Cinebels

Tele Shopping

This stall appeared quite crowded. On display was a mini sewing machine shown below:

Lazy Bag:

A stall sporting bean bags which have become common place these days. The price of one bean bag would be around Rs. 2000. The dealer I spoke to claimed that it was pure leather. You might want to check the authenticity of the claims if you decide to go in for one though.

Pictures of the same are presented below:

Tata Sky

They featured the Tata Sky DTH. There are many schemes that one can choose from.

You can check all the details here:

Tata Sky

Softlink Panasonic:

Featured were kitchen appliances like electric rice cookers and mixers/grinders. Some images of the same are made available below:

Panasonic Kitchen Appliances

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You can find the first part of this article here. This is the second part.

Choosing one:

 Some of the factors you should consider while going in for a home theatre system are: The budget and the room in which you want it installed. Remember it’s ok to have mind blowing sound as long as it doesn’t blow your neighbors brain away. So either soundproof the room or go in for less wattage. If you are brand conscious, then you may go with the brand of your choice. If you just want to experiment with the concept of home theatres, my suggestion (to people living in India) would be Philips as they are cheap and perform pretty well too.

 For people who own a projector, a home theatre is a natural choice as the projectors support only the visuals. For someone owning a TV and isn’t really bothered about the sound quality and clarity, home theatre wouldn’t be a necessity. But then do note that most TVs support stereo at the most. So even if you are to buy an authentic disk, chances are you can’t experience the movie the way the disk manufacturer meant for you to with the TV speakers.

Setting Up The system:

 Once you have bought the system, setting up is the next thing you want to do. Wireless models are available, but you may want to check with the band of frequencies in which they operate as this may interfere with some other appliances. As for the wired ones, the connection itself should be easy as most manufacturers take the pain to even color code the wires to different channels so that people like me and you can set it up. However the acoustics of the room needs to be worked out, and you may want to consult a sound engineer for it. Else just set it up and if it works fine, forget it.

Image Courtesy : www.national-tech.com

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Just the other day I was having a real bad headache. So bad that I wasn’t even in a mood to appreciate a good movie. And here I was in my living room experiencing or rather hearing Die Hard 4.0 that my neighbor was watching. That’s when I realized how commonplace the “5.1” has become and how incredibly affordable too. (Not to mention how noisy!!) Here’s a take on home theatre sound systems.

Home theatre systems weren’t all that common say 5 to 10 years back. But all of a sudden middle class homes are inundated with 5.1 surround systems. (Often kept on one table!!) Even my friends PC boasts of a 5.1 surround. So what’s a home theatre system anyway and what’s all the fuss really?

Image Courtesy : onkyo.com

  
 We shall discuss the acoustic side of the home theatre system. (Remember that the article was inspired by a headache in the first place.)  Home theatre systems are supposed to recreate the movie experience at home. Of course you need disks supporting surround sound. (This means multichannel sound). So the mp3 you ripped off the net or the divx movie that you just finished downloading or that DVD you bought near the pavement wont work the same way a authentic DVD (or a proper copy of that) works.

Popular Channel Profiles:

 5.1 is not the only format, but definitely the most popular of the lot with two front, two rear speakers, one central speaker and one sub-woofer. 6.1 is available which has a rear central speaker as well. 2.1 systems are also prevalent. The ones from BOSE claim to be better than most 5.1s (and expensive too.) Each has its own way of decoding the sound and sending them to the different speakers. This needs what we commonly refer to as the amplifier system, No need to bother, it comes packaged with the speakers. 2.1s are also popularly available for PCs from manufacturers like Logitech, though these lack the associated electronics (amplifier).

Sound Formats:

Some of the popular sound formats include mono, stereo (I suggest the song “bang bang” by ‘Nancy Sinatra’ to fully appreciate the effect of stereo format), Dolby, Dolby Digital DTS…Etc. In the multichannel format, the sound for each channel is recorded separately and based on the band of the frequencies is played back by the appropriate speaker. 

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