High Definition Optical Discs (Blu-ray and HD DVD)
Congratulations all you worry-warts, LG just released a combo HD & BluRay DVD player! That's the good news. The Bad news….it costs $1200!!! For the price of that combo, you could buy an Xbox360 HD DVD drive AND a Playstation 3 with it's blu-ray player. But who am I to judge. On the other hand, we couldn't help but feel […]
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Good to see features still improving on Blu-Ray & HD DVD as they continue their ridiculous battle. But then again, when you're dropping $40 on a DVD, you really don't want to have to buy a new one in a few months just to get all the new extras. Guess that's the price of being an early adopter, eh? Originally […]
Read moreAdding a trio of what can be considered, by some, three of the top ten movies in our lifetime is surely a strong a blow in the format wars. As a few of you remember, Spielburg was a hold out when releasing his movies onto standard DVD, Hopefully this won't be a repeat performance. From the article: Though not all of […]
Read more[H]ard Console has an interview up today featuring the member of the Xbox Console and Consumer Software team. It gives pretty interesting detail on HD DVD add-on. Just as a reminder, the Xbox 360 add-on player can be used with PCs. For less then two hundred dollars, you can enable your HTPC to be a high def DVD player. From […]
Read moreA significant battle in the format wars will be who wins the PC front. Microsoft got an early start buy releasing the Xbox360 add-on which alot of people are buying for thier PC's. Pioneer aims to even things out by releasing a notebook capable Blu-ray drive in Q2 of 2007. Yeesh, I hope this whole war becomes a fizzle by […]
Read moreStill trying to decide which DVD format wins the war? Maybe this review on Open Season will help you decide (probably not, but worth a shot) 😛 A direct-to-digital conversion, the image looks perfect. Unlike many recent all-CGI animated films, which often employ digital tweaks to look more "film-like" (fake grain, blurred out backgrounds, etc.), 'Open Season' doesn't bother with […]
Read moreWe saw an unboxing yesterday and today we get to see an actual review of the new LG BH100 dual player. I am not sure how you can do a review in a day, I guess those crazy bloggers get things done quicker. The downside to getting this player is that you do not get the HDi (interactive features) of […]
Read moreIn the not so distant past, a 1Ghz PC was all that was needed to keep your HTPC chuggin along. However, next gen DVD playback, HDTV, and Vista are set to change those rules. You can count on seeing dual core CPUs and 2GB of ram to ensure smooth playback. Hardware Zone takes a look at AVIVO and PureVideo and […]
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Its always best to come to an unboxing with a bundle of ones for the show. Not much else to say, except to click through to see a few sexy pictures of the new hybrid player from LG. It certainly has my interest, I am more of a movie guy and not much of an extras guy, so the lack […]
Read moreTrusted Reviews has the Panasonic DMP-BD10 up for review today. Just the fact it supports 1080p and DVD Audio means this player has a lot going for it. However, like many first generation players their are a lot of features that have been omitted that are part of the advanced 'Level 2' Blu-ray specs. Check out page 2 in their […]
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