What happened to good old Black HT components?

aphex

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Is this a thing of the past? It seems everything these days is Silver (other than Receivers)... What is it so hard to find good old black components? I was disappointed when looking at new DVD players that all of the models were silver My brighthouse HD DVR is silver as well...
 

shimsham

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seems like tvs are all silver now too, when they used to be black. maybe it has something to do with the manufacturing process, and silver is somehow cheaper to produce than black.
 

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I hate this silver trend... give me black any day. They say once you go black, you never go back.
 

zoiks

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Actually silver has been the trend in Asia for the past 7-8 years or so as the choice color of electronic components. It was inevitable that the trend would scurry its way across the pacific into our market.

 

SithSolo1

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Well my TV, speakers, and reciever are black but my DVD player is silver. I think Denon still makes black DVD players but they tend to be more expinsive. Might wanna look at the Pioneer's Elite models as well.
 

Black88GTA

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My receiver is silver. My 200 disc CD changer is the matched component for it - it's silver as well. The digital EQ is black and looks a bit out of place (although it's about the same age) and my dual tape deck is black - but it is OOOLLLLD.

The receiver, CD changer, and EQ are about 1998-1999 vintage, the tape deck is ~1987. The speakers and TV are black.
 

Injury

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Black is definately better. Nothing like turning the lights off and only being able to see a clean picture in the room.
 

Shadowknight

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For the record, I find most, if not all, of the HTPC cases to be pretty fugly. Trying to make a computer look like an oversized VHS player is not aesthetically pleasing.