Aspire Digital Launches Home-Theater-in-a-Box for under $100

January 6, 2003 -- Aspire Digital debuts the AD-3100PLUS, a high-performance home-theater-in-a-box that costs less than $100. The system provides a low price point, high-value home theater solution for mass retailers in the United States market.

The company is already selling a similarly configured home-theater-in-a-box in France through Carrefour, Europe's largest mass retailer.

The AD-3100PLUS includes components and features typical of home-theater-in-a-b ox systems costing as high as $400. The high-performance surround sound speaker set includes two front and two rear satellite speakers, and a center speaker. Each speaker's drivers are capable of handling 20 watts RMS per channel (impedance 8 ohms, speaker frequency response 250 Hz - 20 kHz) for clean, powerful sound quality.

The sleekly designed 105-watt powered subwoofer (impedance 4 ohms, speaker frequency response 38 Hz - 300 Hz) powers the entire speaker system and provides 5.1 Dolby digital audio output directly from the DVD player. Remote controls and speaker cables are included.

The system includes a DVD player with an AM/FM tuner that delivers superior-qua lity playback from virtually all audio or video CD formats, including DVD, CD, CD-R/RW, CD+G, JPEG, MP3 and Kodak Picture CD. Progressive Scan, Dolby 5.1 audio output, Dolby Digital AC-3 decoder and DTS digital audio output combine to provide expansive sound and crisp images.

Parental lock settings and 4:30/16:9 display conversion are standard, and both NTSC and PAL formats are included for worldwide compatibility. Optical and coaxial outputs are provided for higher speed digital processing.

The AD-3100PLUS system is designed to be very simple to set up and easy to use.

At an MSRP of $99.99, the AD-3100PLUS is a complete home-theater-in-a-box that provides phenomenal value for a minimal financial commitment. The AD-3100PLUS will be available February 2004.

Web site: www.aspiredigital.com.

SOURCE Aspire Digital