Harman Kardon also introduced their new Bridge II docking station for the Apple iPod or iPhone. The Bridge II is designed to work with a Harman Kardon “The Bridge ready” A/V receiver and brings the iPod to the home theater environment. You’ll be able to play your iPod through your home theater system, enjoy on-screen iPod menu display, remote control operations, and charging of the iPod. The Bridge II will connect to the Harman Kardon DMC 1000 digital media center, the new AVR 354 receiver, the HK 3490 stereo receiver, and other Harman Kardon The Bridge-ready receivers. Harman Kardon’s The Bridge II will be available early this summer at $129 dollars. It will also be included as part of the new AVR 354 A/V receiver.

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Harman Kardon announced five new receivers today - the 7.1 channel AVR 354 and AVR 254 A/V receiver, the 5.1 channel AVR 154 A/V receiver, the HK 3490 stereo receiver, and the HK 3390 stereo receiver.  The new 7.1 channel A/V receivers come with features such as HDMI 1.3a capability, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding, a new graphical on-screen menu, and improved iPod interface via The Bridge II docking station. All the multi-channel receivers offer HDMI 1.3a support and pass video signals at 1080p resolutions. The AVR 354 and 254 has a cool high definition full-color on-screen menu system that guides the entire home theater setup.

Here are some of the specs for the systems (from the Harman Kardon website).

The AVR 354 features:

• HDMI 1.3a support
• Upscaling to 1080p
• Full complement of Dolby and DTS decoding technologies
• HDMI repeater capability
• Faroudja DCDi Cinema processing
• EzSet/EQ equalization and multi-room capability
• Full-color graphical user interface
• Eight device programmable remote
• Suggested retail price of $899

The AVR 254 features

• Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding
• Faroudja DCDi Cinema video processing to 1080p
• Three HDMI inputs
• EzSet/EQ technology
• RS-232 port
• Suggested retail price of $649

No word on the actual specs of the AVR 154 but it has a suggested retail price of $399 and will be available in late spring of this year (which means it’s soon!)

The HK 3490 features:

• High performance phono preamp
• preout/main-in jacks
• high-current amplification
• Digital audio inputs
• Dual subwoofer outputs
• Dolby Virtual Speaker technology
• Suggested retail price of $499

The HK 3390 features:

• High current, ultrawide bandwidth amplification
• Four high quality composite video inputs
• Front panel inputs
• Suggested retail price of $399

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