Sony NEC Optiarc BD-M100A PC Blu-ray drive

Sony NEC Optiarc has unveiled its first PC Blu-ray burner. The BD-M100A drive can burn single and dual-layer Blu-ray discs at double speed, and can handle both write-once (BD-R) and rewritable (BD-RE) Blu-ray discs. It's also fully backwards compatible...

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Hitachi DV-DH-1000D 1TB HDD/DVD recorder - Wooo

The cool kids are all hangin' with Hitachi’s new 1TB, DV-DH1000D HDD/DVD video recorder. Yeah, that's 1,000GB of freakin' storage to fix that high-def recording jones. The rest of the details are sketchy. The best we can make out from...

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Telewest HD service review

Of the pair the HD obviously works best on Pride. The resolution of the images is superb and yes you can see so much more on the close ups of the faces of the animals than you can in SD....

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MatrixStream IMX 1020HD digital video recorder

MatrixStream appears to be one of the first (if not the first) to bring a 1080p set-top box to market. They're definitely ahead of the curve because so few HDTVs can currently accept a 1080p signal and even fewer, as...

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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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IO-DATA HVR-HD160F 160GB HD DVR

It’s alright if that headline reads like gibberish to you; we’re here to help translate. IO-DATA has been showing off their lineup of digital video recorders which connect to your TV via an iLink (aka IEEE 1394 / FireWire)...

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DirecTV HD DVR review

Normally, I don't do product reviews. Others do that much more completely and with greater expertise than I. However, I am going to make a small exception as I own this product and have copious hands-on experience with it....

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Sharp to roll out Aquos HD DVRs

If the missing piece of your HD setup is a good HD-capable DVR, it looks like Sharp’s got you covered. The company is rolling out four new Aquos HD DVRs, two of which, the DV-ARW15 and DV-ARW12, have dual...

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2005 HDTV Report, Part 12: HDTV Recorders

This section deals with HDTV recording devices, such as D-VHS for archival and DVRs for time-shifting, although there are HD DVRs included on this section, they are tuneless, the HD DVRs with tuners are included in the HD-STB section....

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