DLO HomeDock Deluxe for iPod

Last Updated: Review by CNET (added on 23 March’07)

The DLO HomeDock Deluxe for iPod is an iPod dock that lets you view and select your iPod’s music on your TV screen, allowing you to navigate, select and play your songs using the included 18-button remote control. The HomeDock Deluxe will change the way you experience your iPod, your music, and now your iTunes Movies, letting you browse through Playlists, Artists, Albums, Songs, Genres and more, even watching movies on your big screen at DVD resolutions, all from the comfort of your sofa.

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+ REVIEWS (last updated: 23/03/07)

CNET reviews the DLO HomeDock Deluxe for iPod (rating: 7.3/10) and writes;

“In our testing, video and photos looked decent on a TV screen, but had a little bit of blurriness around the edges. They weren’t nearly as crisp as a regular TV show. Videos were often noticeably darker than they should have been, and photos were just slightly too dark…The bottom line: The DLO HomeDock Deluxe offers an attractive but pricey way to enjoy your iPod’s content in the living room.”

CoolTechZone reviews the DLO HomeDock Deluxe for iPod and writes;

“Other than the drawbacks we stated above, the DLO HomeDock Deluxe is flawless for the most part. Another quirk we wanted to mention was the lack of necessary cables. The package doesn’t include the S-Video cable, so that’s something you will have to purchase separately. Although the HomeDock Deluxe supports all 4th and 5th-generation iPods, iPod Mini and iPod Nano series, we wouldn’t recommend this elite device for the Nano, since it doesn’t support video. It doesn’t make sense to opt for a product with functionality that you will never utilize.”

iLounge reviews the DLO HomeDock Deluxe for iPod (rating: Recommended) and writes;

“Overall, HomeDock Deluxe is a very solid upgrade to its predecessor, but it comes at a steep price - one that in our view is impossible to overlook. If it had been offered at the same price as the original HomeDock, Deluxe would today be our hands-down pick for any iPod user with a home entertainment center - DLO got the cosmetics and feel of both the hardware and its navigation software right, and the on-screen menus work quite well for music. That said, its omissions - S-Video and USB cables, radio remote control, and video/photo navigation - leave the package a little less “deluxe” than we’d have hoped for a $150 docking solution. On-screen music navigation is a nice bonus feature, but we’re not sure that it or the unit’s other cosmetic changes are worth a $50 premium.”

MobileTechReview reviews the DLO HomeDock Deluxe for iPod (rating: 4/5) and writes;

“For now at least, if you want to navigate and play back your audio files on a television, the DLO HomeDock Deluxe is the only game in town. Fortunately, the company’s attention to detail, with elegant features such as the useful remote, will not just make you say, “I like how the HomeDock does that,” but rather, “Why doesn’t everyone do that?” If the iTV ends up having the solution to the “dual-mode” problem hidden up its sleeve, then it might put some pressure on this product. However, very little is known about the iTV at this point, and, relative to products already on the market, the one that is currently the only choice is also a good choice.”