Westinghouse Digital LTV-40W1 reviewed

OK, I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised with the LTV-40W1 HDC. It performed a lot better than I expected (despite the problems with the DVD player) and the ESRP of $2,099 is awfully attractive, particularly when you...

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HD DVDs appear on Netflix

When picking movies, you can switch between the HD DVD and standard DVD versions by hitting the HD DVD button. You can also choose to default to the HD DVD version of any upcoming flicks by setting the option under...

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Sony BDP-S1 Blu Ray player now on Amazon

The player resembles an old style laser disc player and feels out of place in when compared to other $1000 equipment which one may have on the shelf. We also thought that the blue color was a bit out of...

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Standard vs High-def, splitscreen

Note that these are actual screen grabs directly from the mini, and I haven’t done any post processing on the images, beyond a bit of scaling work to make the two sides identical—I had to slightly reduce the size of...

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Panasonic DMR-EH80V: 3-in-1 Recorder

In this age of high-definition, flat-screen TVs, it doesn't seem quite right, but if you've got some old programmes that you just can't bear to lose, you can back them up to either hard disk or DVD with a one-touch,...

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Kiss DP-600 HD media player reviewed

The new Kiss DP-600 is described as a ‘Networked high definition DVD and media player‘, and the list of capabilities are truly impressing - examples: high definition media player, video-on-demand, IP television, online electronic program guide, webradio, online Games. It...

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Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray player

Sony Electronics today unveiled a variety of Blu-ray Disc™-based products, offering a host of new high-definition entertainment possibilities. U.S. product introductions will begin this spring and gather momentum over the summer with the introduction of a home player. BD technology...

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Upconverting DVD Players - Are They Worth It?

The newest sales thing these days are the upconverting DVD players that take the 480i information stored on DVDs and output to your TV in a HDTV format, either 720p/60fps or 1080i/30fps. There are good applications for this type of...

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Lexicon RT-20 Disc Player

Stop bugging me already! I know, I know! It’s not an HD device! But it does upconvert to HD resolutions over its HDMI outputs, so I thought that Lexicon’s RT-20 Universal Disc Player was worth a mention. Of particular note...

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NeuNeo's seriously-flawed HVD2085 1080p Upconverting DVD Player

The HVD2085 does have a rather significant Achilles heel. For some inexplicable reason, it doesn't have 3:2 pulldown detection on 720p or 1080p, but it does have it for 480p. I was so dumbfounded by this oversight that I checked...

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Entertainment PC - 2000GB media center

Now you can with an Entertainment PC media PC system. Using the very latest PC technology the EPC system combines a high quality DVD player, CD player, HD playback and a digital TV tuner with hard disc recording to give...

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Hollywood Considers Dual Format Heresy

Hollywood studios are mulling over the once-dreaded prospect of dual movie-formats following Microsoft's announcement of a HD-DVD drive for Xbox 360. Via Next Generation...

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Samsung's Blu-Ray player

The BD-P100 will be, the company claims, the first Blu-ray player to hit the market in March. Speak to anyone at the Pioneer side and they'll tell you the same thing about their player, but either way we don't expect...

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DVD player that scales to 1080i via component

DVD players with 1080i scalers are becoming a dime a dozen these days. Most of them only output the higher resolution through DVI/HDMI cables though, and what if your TV doesn't have one of those ports. What is a...

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Microsoft Takes More of your Money with the LG LRM-519 DMR

Microsoft is teaming up with LG to design the LRM-519 digital media recorder. This features all of the bells and whistles of the average consumer electronics home entertainment system: RF, digital audio, composite video, standard audio, s-video, telephone, Ethernet,...

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LG LRM-519 Digital Media Recorder First Look

Designtechnica take a first look at the new LF LRM-519 Digital Media Recorder, a DVR and DVD recorder in one unit. The main job of this piece is to record TV shows on it’s 160 GB hard drive from...

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Father of DVD Not Happy With Prodigal Son

With a nickname like "The Father of DVD," I guess Warren Lieberfarb can say pretty much anything he wants about the format these days. And yesterday, he gave a surprising speech in which he blasted Blu-ray. Taking the next-generation...

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NeuNeo's $245 HVD2085 1080p DVD player

Yeah we know the $4k Denon 1080p-capable player is too beaucoup for most of our readers so here’s the NeuNeo HVD2085. Like the Denon, this high def DVD player pumps 1080p over HDMI. Sure, you have to update the...

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