New Zealand television is going digital
With digital TV, you get better picture and sound quality, more channels and advanced features such as on-screen TV guides. Find out how you can Go Digital with Forlongs.

What is digital TV?
Going digital is a new way of receiving your TV signal.

A digital signal can carry more information than the old analogue network, which means it delivers better picture and sound quality. It also lets broadcasters offer more channels and a range of new services like on-screen TV guides.

Analogue is the way that we have received television signals since television began. The old analogue television network will be progressively switched off and replaced with a digital signal between September 2012 and November 2013.

 Fisher & Paykel Whiteware appliances

Fisher & Paykel Appliances has been developing products and markets for over 70 years. Founded in 1934 by Maurice Paykel & Sir Woolf Fisher, has grown from humble beginnings to become one of New Zealands most enduring and successful businesses.

Fused into everything we do. A foundation for every facet of business we undertake. Fluid and living we continue to evolve…

Style is about desirability, it reflects the way in which we do things. It’s not only the way we design our products; it’s the way in which we evolve in response to change.
Integrity is about building relationships with our customers, it reflects the way we go about our business; the trust behind our reputation; the way in which we build our values.
Care reflects how we look after all with whom we come in contact; our respect for the environment; and the way in which our people go about their roles.
Innovation is our heart; we are innovative in all that we do, from the big ideas through to the detail.

Panasonic Electronics

Panasonic Corporation is one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world, comprised of over 540 companies. It manufactures and markets a wide range of products under the Panasonic brand to enhance and enrich lifestyles all around the globe.

Innovative ideas are the very essence of all Panasonic products and solutions. We add new dimensions to everyday lifestyles through our consumer products and deliver safety, security, convenience, and comfort through our business solutions.
Every product we make has a central purpose to make those lives richer and more productive. This content introduces our ideas and technology that bring new lifestyle.
Panasonic inspires new lifestyles and ideas for life around the world. See how we shine. See how you shine. With Panasonic.

Samsung Electronics

Our Mission
Everything we do at Samsung is guided by our mission: to be the best “digital Company”.

Through innovative, reliable products, services; talented people; a responsible approach to business and global citizenship; and collaboration with our partners and customers, Samsung is taking the world in imaginative new directions.

Our Businesses
From stylish phones to semiconductors, from DRAM to digital TVs, Samsung encompasses a variety of businesses that harness speed, creativity and efficiency to invent, develop and market the products that are defining how we live today.  With more than a quarter of Samsung employees engaged in research and development, each of our businesses is focused on discovering new technologies, products and services that will open a new world of possibilities  for the people to use them.

 JVC Electronics

    JVC is a leading international electronics company that has achieved success by combining its excellence in audio, visual and multimedia products. Since its foundation as a manufacturer of records and phonographs in 1927, Victor Company of Japan Ltd (JVC) has been a long time leader of hardware and software development in the audio visual field

Sony Electronics

It is Sony's belief that the products should enrich people's lives and offer new value and experiences.

Being one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world, Sony is also one of the leading manufacturers of electronics, video, communications, video game consoles, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.

From tape recorders, transistor radios, video recorders and televisions to the WALKMAN, Handycam, Cyber-shot, PlayStation, VAIO, BRAVIA, etc., Sony has, from the start, created many innovative products and product brands.

Sony always strives to manufacture products that fit the Sony brand image. These products are usually classified and marketed as the "World's First," "World's Smallest," "World's Biggest," or "World's Best" products. 

                                                                   

LG Electronics

More than electronics, LG is about making life good. Our innovations enable you to create memories, pursue passions, and keep in touch with people you love. From home appliances to mobile phones, LG Electronics' great designs, technologies & compatibility are renowned throughout the world.

LG Electronics comprises of six separate companies. Digital Appliances, Digital display & Multimedia, Mobile Handsets, Information & Communications Systems, and Digital Network and Display Device.

 Parmco Kitchen Appliances

 For nearly two decades Parmco has been supplying New Zealanders with high quality kitchen appliances. 
Parmco products are made with renowned European precision and fully utilise modern technology.  Purpose built facilities based in Auckland provide complete sales, technical and stock support to our many customers and agencies Nationwide.

New Zealand owned and operated, Parmco is proud of its people who are absolutely committed to providing the best advice, best products and best service available.

 

Shhh technology

 Parmco are the leading specialists in kitchen ventilation products. Parmco have a comprehensive range of ducting and motor options that allow you to significantly reduce the noise generated by your ventilation unit.
Annoying 'ear level' noise often associated with kitchen ventilation can be greatly reduced by placing the air extraction motor away form the ventilation unit. This is known as 'remote motoring'.
By placing the motor remotely, in the ceiling space, underfloor or in side cupboards the only noise heard will be the movement of air as your kitchen is ventilated. Remote motoring can also allow more powerful motors to be used increasing the performance of your unit.  

 Harman/Kardon Digital Audio

 Now exclusive stockists of this fantastic brand in Hamilton!  High Current Power Delivery for those who demand quality audio. 

The Harman Kardon legacy is one of passion, enjoyment and innovation. Of experiencing the exhilaration of music and home cinema made breathtakingly real.
During your precious leisure hours, the movies and music you choose to enjoy are expression of yourself. You deserve to enjoy the experience of discovering new releases – and rediscovering hidden details in all of your old favourites.
Harman Kardon began defining high-fidelity audio in 1954 with the world's first high-fidelity receiver and hasn't stopped since – the first ultra wide-bandwidth amplifier – the first cassette deck with Dolby® B-type noise reduction. All are a legacy of innovative design that continues today in every Harman Kardon component.
Every Harman Kardon product represents a love affair with high-fidelity sight and sound that will reward you for years to come.

Our home entertainment systems recreate the subtlest musical sound as well as the full fury of explosive cinematic effects. Ours is a story we're proud to tell. And, at the heart of our products is the one thing that puts Harman/Kardon even further ahead of its competitors – It Sounds Better.™
Innovation is a combination of major technological breakthroughs and smaller, detail-level enhancements. To deliver the right combination of power, performance, flexibility and ease of use, Harman Kardon has always sought to strike a balance. We carefully weigh the development of key enhancements of the basic underpinnings of audio and video technology against the importance of making these enhancements accessible to both the advanced audiophile and the home theater novice.

Technologies in our products
More muscle for maximum punch: High Current Capability
Watts per channel is an incomplete measure of amplifier power. In terms of dynamic range and impact, it’s current that counts. HCC is an overall design approach encompassing everything from transformer design and storage capacitor size to discrete output circuitry and minimal use of negative feedback. This electronic equivalent of a high-torque, high-displacement racing engine results in audible benefits. You enjoy tighter bass, superb transient response and enhanced presence at any volume level.

A better approach to sound: Logic 7®
When the engineers at Harman Kardon set out to find ways to improve the playback of multichannel sound, they came up with significant improvements that build upon recent advancements in digital technology and take them to the next level: Logic 7.® Originally developed for high-end processors and now featured in luxury automobiles, Logic 7 processing is now part of every A/V receiver we offer. With Logic 7, proprietary digital algorithms are used to create a more cohesive and enveloping sound field from the tens of thousands of analog matrix soundtracks currently available. Logic 7 is not only capable of resolving either five or seven channels from a two-channel source; it increases the accuracy with which sounds are directed to the center and surround channels, for more precise reproduction of the original soundtrack.

Audio Pro Equipment

Since 1978, we have built loudspeakers with one ambition: to give you the best sound at the best price. We want as many people as possible to be able to enjoy good sound quality at home.

Our job is to make speakers that sound good, as well as scoring high in audio tests. You may think this sounds silly, but what’s really silly is that many speaker makers construct their speakers to deliver the ideal frequency curves when tested in echo-free (anechoic) testing chambers. Who lives in an echo-free testing chamber? No one we know.

Why this standard, you might ask. Many years ago, some sound engineers decided to apply what was, to say the least, a peculiar standard: namely, if a speaker had a straight frequency response in an echo-free (anechoic) test chamber, then the speaker's frequency curve would also be straight in a room at home. However, it's not that simple - the acoustics in a padded test chamber and those in your living room have nothing in common. If you've never been in an anechoic chamber, then you should know that the acoustics there resemble those of a small closet filled with winter overcoats.

In an ordinary room at home, on the other hand, all sorts of sounds are reflected as they bounce off walls, floors, ceilings, furniture, etc. If you put a conventional speaker in a room at home and measure the frequency response, it will be anything but straight.

 Listen. Look. Feel. Be inspired. Audio Pro attracts all your senses, delivering an experience far beyond the ordinary.