I'm about to order a new AV amp and will be looking to replace my DVD player etc in the near future, but wondered what the availability of black ones are nowadays. For some reason a few years back everything went silver and you rarely see any black players etc. Now if I buy my amp in black which it is at the moment, am I going to struggle to get a black DVD player/recorder etc when I come to replace my existing one?
I've had a google around and nearly everything is silver. Is this unfortunately still the way forward?
happyhotspur
04-02-2007, 9:43 AM
The OPPO981HD is black as is the Denon 1930. I too have the same problem I wanted the new Denon 1507 but they only do it in Silver.
I still have not purchased my new amp and am waiting in the hope that the next release of amps are in black.
Good luck
:smashin:
wolfgang
04-02-2007, 10:08 AM
Did you look at the colour of flat screens TV around too? I suspect that might give a good hint what trend we are heading for.
Ron240
04-02-2007, 10:29 AM
I have noticed that black is coming round to be a more popular choice again,and i am glad of that,because i think black for A/V equipment looks much better. :smashin:
I think we are going to see manufacturers offer black much more widely in future.
Take the Denon 1907 for example - Empire Direct sell the silver one ?5 cheaper than the black. Figure out for yourself what that suggests.
kyleseager
04-02-2007, 10:50 AM
Thanks guys. I was hoping that was going to be the answer. I much prefer AV equipment in black, as well as surround speakers.
I had also noticed that the majority of the new plasma and LCD TV's were in black as well. Fingers crossed for the new release of AV equipment to follow suit.
I think that has just made my mind up for which colour I can safely choose for my new amp without having a mishmash of AV equipment! :D
PlasmaVirgin
06-02-2007, 4:21 PM
Looking at all the latest BluRay players and many of the new HD-DVD playersm it seems that gloss black with funky blue lighting is all the rage!
I bet Harman Kardon are happy! :grin:
Mark@Velocity
06-02-2007, 8:16 PM
Black is definately back. Many of my installs recently have been with black equipment, including my own.
Think you can thank Thomson and Sky with their HD box.
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