High Definition Optical Discs (Blu-ray and HD DVD)
Sony, no doubt because they are the originator Blu-ray, have come out with a solid Blu-ray design. Most of the Blu-ray features are supported including 1080p/24. However, as with most BR players, the lossless HD audio formats are not supported. Keep in mind the testing that they did in this review was for standard DVD only. Next gen tests are not […]
Read moreIt was only a matter of time before HQV updated their test suite to work with the next generation of DVDs. Anadtech has had a chance to look at an early version from HQV. They take you through a preview of the tests and then runs an ATI and Nvidia card through the tests themselves. It looks like they both […]
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We all know many of the first gen players stunk it up, thankfully we are starting to see second generation players come in and fix many of the problems early adopters were facing. The HD-XA2, XA1 replacement, have nice improvements incuding a much improved boot time and 1080p playback capability. A big plus to the setup is the inclusion of […]
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The format follies war took a turn for funny today. A week ago or so, we reported that a bunch of Spielberg classics like Jaws were going to make it to HD DVD this year. Welp, as it turns out they were mistaken. Since I currently own neither format, I find this a tad funny that they didn't verify this […]
Read moreAudio Video Revolution has a review of the Sony BPD-S1 Blu-ray player up today. Like most first and even second gen systems, Sony's Blu-ray player falls short in a few categories. Perhaps that biggest one is that it does not recognize CDs, of course, I am sure a firmware fix is coming down the pipe (if not already here). From […]
Read moreDigital Video Essentials, a must have tool for calibrating your TV, has yet another announced date of Feb. 27th. Blu-ray users are out of luck for now, as it's the HD DVD version that will be released. Read the rest here: Now, amid much anticipation from high-end early adopters, the HD DVD 'Essentials' is at last back on the release […]
Read moreIt looks like the Blu-ray juggernaut is starting to gain momentum. Not only are there more Blu-ray player on the markets, the DVD sales are drawing close as well. Its interesting to not that bu the end of 2006, the vast majority of Blu-ray players were PS3 players. To some, the PS3 is an overprice console, to others it is […]
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Ultimate A/V has a couple of next gen DVDs reviews up today. Clerks 2, the one that was made in the last decade, was released to HD DVD using the AVC CODEC at 1080p. The nice extra in this one is that it has support for Dolby TrueHD. Second up is their review of Alien Vs Predator. This Blu-ray disc […]
Read moreSo who's the big winner, HD-DVD or Blu-Ray??? Did you put your marbles on the right one? Well, the good news if you already bought one is…there's no decisive winner. I can't decide if that's good or bad. Where's that pr0n influence we heard would drastically sway this?? According to VideoScan, during the first two weeks of January, Blu-ray discs […]
Read more"Customers are very anxious for HD movie content. With Blu-Ray drives available now and HD DVD drives becoming available very soon, we wanted to incorporate this technology into our media centers for our customers to give them more of a choice in hi def content play back ability." said Mr. Cannon. "This is the amazing benefit of a PC based […]
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