The UK HD train has picked up a little steam today with BBC's announcement of upcoming shows in its HD trials. Although HD has been slow to pick up in Europe, they do have the benefit of a more complete standardized and open TV broadcast system. There will be no waiting for Vista and CC for them. From the article: […]
Read moreEven mentioning the format wars is starting to sound like nails on a chalkboard. Audioholics is here to tell you why the next gen formats will be more of a slap fest then a full on war. A good point on number 5, PS3 and Xbox360 will not save the world. My other favorite point is that consumers are starting […]
Read moreHardware Zone has a review up of a very interesting music streaming center from Phillips. Looking at the specs, it appears to have the perfect blend of stand alone capabilities and connected capabilities. It is able to take songs from your PC, and rip and tag CDs from its internal databse on the fly. From the article: Although the WACS700 […]
Read moreAlan's law 1. Bodies at rest stay at rest with an overloaded PVR Automated Home has a few other laws worth noting in the Home Automation world. I won't bore you with my layman explanation of the article. Instead, print it out and go enjoy a nice long read on your throne. From the article: Home automation products and […]
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THe team at Secrets take the first consumer available Blu-ray out for a spin with their benchmarking suite. THe player does very poor on SD material and performs decently with HD material. For a thousand dollars, this first gen Blu-ray player kind of stinks up the place. It does support all HD resolutions, as well as upconverting standard DVDs to […]
Read moreThe biggest PVR news of the year has to be the TiVo series 3 release. To be honest, I still have sticker shock. It is hard to take a product seriously that is going to cost you a significant amount more then say a Direct TV PVR or even a five dollar a month cable DVR. The dual HD recording, […]
Read moreThe value priced Blu-ray recorders from Sony are to set to hit Japan in December. Both models have dual digital tuners and a single analog tuner capable of recording two shows at once. The high end unit has a bevy of beautiful features that include 1080p output, PSP transfer, and DLNA streaming. The usual connection suspects are present including HDMI, […]
Read moreAs 1080p projectors come onto the market, the price for 720p projectors are dropping like the proverbial rock. The Mitsubishi HD 1000U, reviewed by Projector Central today, is a 1500 ANSI lumen DLP projector with a 2500:1 contrast ration. As you might have already guessed, it is a 720p projector with support for all of the major resolution side. The […]
Read moreSONY’S GRAND WEGA SXRD HDTVS GET SPOTLIGHT AS FALL TELEVISION SEASON WARMS UP The 70-inch KDS-R70XBR2 and 60-inch KDS-R60XBR2 are full 1920 x 1080 high-definition televisions based on Sony’s Silicon X-tal (Crystal) Reflective Display technology. The two XBR sets round out the complete SXRD line announced earlier this year. The latest market share figures reinforce the company’s HDTV leadership […]
Read moreToshiba has made headway in getting SED TV's to market. The company now has plans to release them to the market in time for the 2007 holiday season. SED TVs are similar to CRT in that electrons are fired at the screen to create images. However, instead of an electron gun, electrons come from nano particles. This allows the TV […]
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