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- DVD Player
- A stand-alone device that plays DVDs. It contains a DVD drive and the electronics to decode the digital video. The device may play only manufactured DVDs, or it...
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- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Budget home theater setups
- This is the first of a series of buying guides for those looking forward to this holiday season as a time to assemble a home theater system. First up: budget setups. Whether you need to create a home theater...
- Tags: Panasonic, Plasma, DVD Player, Home Theater, LCD, 1080p, Prestigo SRU8010, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, DVD, Media Players, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- LG 32LG40
- Flat-panel TVs are slim and sleek, but in the real world a lot of that style is lost when there's a DVD player and a cable box next to the TV, with a nest of wires in the back. The LG 32LG40 takes care of at least part of the...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Flat-panel TV, DVD Playback, LG 32LG40, DVD player, DVD, LG Electronics Inc., TV
- Product reviews 2008-10-29
- Philips DCP750 DVD Player w/ iPod Dock
- Although CNET did not review the Philips DCP750, we did review the Philips DCP850, which is essentially the same product with a larger screen (8.5 inches diagonal versus 7 inches) and overall size. For more information, refer to the full review of the Philips DCP850.
- Tags: Media players, DVD, Apple iPod, DVD player, Philips Electronics N.V., Philips DCP750, Philips DCP850
- Product reviews 2008-09-18
- Amadis AVI DIVX XVID to DVD Creator (exe)
- Amadis AVI/DIVX/XVID to DVD Creator is an easily used DVD Author/Burning tools. Lets you convert all favorite movies to DVD movies and burning it onto DVD Disc, and then watch them on home DVD Player, car DVD Player, or any other portable DVD Player. This version is the first release...
- Tags: DVD Player, Amadis Software, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Software downloads 2008-09-02
- Amadis FLV to DVD Creator (exe)
- Amadis FLV to DVD Creator is the most easily used DVD Author/Burning tools. It lets you convert all favorite movies to DVD movies and burning it onto DVD Disc, and then watch them on home DVD Player, car DVD Player, or any other portable DVD Player. This version is the...
- Tags: DVD Player, Amadis Software, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Software downloads 2008-09-02
- HD and region-specific encodings
- HD and region-specific encodingsPlay the DVD on your computer(?)And Amazon has branches in other countries.Might not work, but I can appreciate not wanting to miss out on past episodes of a newly discovered series. Though be wary of rentals in which the set of DVDs are rented separately. ...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Bestel WMV ASF ASX to DVD Creator (exe)
- Bestel WMV ASF ASX to DVD Creator is the DVD Author/Burning tool. Lets you convert all favorite movies to DVD format, burn movies onto DVD Disc, and then watch them on home DVD Player, car DVD Player, or any other portable DVD player. This version is the first release on...
- Tags: dvd player, bestel software, dvd, consumer electronics, personal technology, home entertainment
- Software downloads 2008-08-07
- Westinghouse VK-40F580D
- Anybody who's owned a combination TV/VCR, or its multiheaded offspring, the TV/DVD player/VCR, knows that the VCR eventually breaks, and fixing it is not easy. Happily, the DVD part seems a lot more robust, which should reassure prospective buyers of the Westinghouse VK-40F580D, which is one of the few larger-screen...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, standout, DVD, Westinghouse VK-40F580D, Westinghouse, DVD player, TV
- Product reviews 2008-07-07
- Philips DCP851 portable DVD player w/ iPod dock
- While the DCP750 and DCP850 weren't the first portable DVD players to include built-in iPod docks, the Philips brand ensured that they made a bigger splash than earlier models from the likes of iLuv. For 2008, Philips has overhauled the design, opting for a tablet configuration instead of the standard...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Consumer electronics, Media players, DVD player, Philips DCP851, Apple iPod, Philips Electronics N.V., DVD
- Product reviews 2008-05-09
- Toshiba SD P71S - DVD player
- One of the issues we've had with portable DVD players in the past is their size. In exchange for a large screen, most players are also accompanied by an enormous housing. With the Toshiba SD-P71S however, this is not the case. In fact, its compact size is the...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, Toshiba SD-P71S, DVD, Toshiba Corp., P71S, DVD player
- Product reviews 2008-04-30
- Insignia NS-PDVD10 - DVD player
- Perhaps even more than their living room counterparts, portable DVD players are among the ultimate commoditized consumer electronics products out there. The problem, then, is finding one that's a step-up from the semidisposable models littering the shelves at the discount store. With its large screen and long battery life, the...
- Tags: Media players, Consumer electronics, Tablets, Notebooks, control button, Insignia NS-PDVD10, DVD player, portable DVD player, DVD
- Product reviews 2008-03-14
- Is Blu-ray worth it?
- Is Blu-ray worth it?AgreedI'm glad this didn't degenerate into something about bitrates, etc. :)RE: Is Blu-ray worth it?I don't even bother with the upconversion! I bought a Sony XBR tube TV with fantastic upconvert circuitry - my Onkyo DVD player's upconversion isn't nearly as good as the native Sony...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVD, HDMI, Sony Corp., DVD player, TV
- Discussion threads 2008-02-13
- Best Buy, Netflix declare Blu-ray the winning high def DVD format
- Best Buy, Netflix declare Blu-ray the winning high def DVD formatDon't be so sure on thatAre they really being suckered at 1/4 of the price. If more people have more HD-DVD players than Blu-Ray then it doesn't matter what Best Buy or NetFlicks offers. They will be forced to change....
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, Best Buy Co. Inc., DVD player, NetFlix Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- 70% of US consumers not interested in high-def DVD players
- 70% of US consumers surveyed by NPD Group are quite satisfied with their current DVD players, and have no interest in purchasing a high definition DVD player, be it HD DVD, or BluRay. by AM
- Tags: DVD Player, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Media Players, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, AM
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Coby TF-DVD7307
- We've come to know Coby for the company's always-affordable line of products--not necessarily delivering the top-of-the-line innovation. So when the company's TF-DVD7307 showed up, we were hoping for a decent, no-frills portable DVD player that wouldn't put a big dent in our wallet. The 2007 model is equipped with...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, Digital media, Coby TF-DVD7307, portable DVD player, DVD, DVD player
- Product reviews 2008-01-22
- Microsoft extends the reach of Media Center
- Microsoft extends the reach of Media CenterSetup>>>I have two of these running at home, one connected to a surround sound system and 1080i display in the living room, the other connected to a 1080p display in the bedroom. Both are playing back full HD content from a Dell XPS 410...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Consumer electronics, Media players, Game players, Only Problem, Media Center PC, DMA2200, WebGuide, DVD player, wireless-G, DVD, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-10
- Acala DivX DVD Player Assist (exe)
- Acala DivX DVD Player Assist--convert AVI (DivX, XviD, MS MPEG4, Uncompressed, Cinepak); MPEG (MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Video); WMV Windows Media Video; Quick Time Apple video format for Macintosh video clips to DivX DVD Player compatible movies and burn onto DVD Disc, and then watch them on home DVD Player, car...
- Tags: DVD Player, DivXNetworks, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Media Players, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Software downloads 2008-01-10
- Economy, DVD sales slip drove Warner Bros. to Blu-ray
- Economy, DVD sales slip drove Warner Bros. to Blu-raycharging outrageous prices for blue ray is not going to helpConventional wisdom tells that during hard times people go for the cheapest things. Since HD DVD is about half the price of blue ray, one should wonder if there was some...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, HD DVD, Sony Corp., sales, DVD, HD-DVD, DVD player, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- Advanced DVD Player (exe)
- AdvancedDVDPlayer is a player to play DVDs, movies, songs, and image files. It not only lets you play and navigate DVD, it also plays popular file types such as DivX, MPEG, AVI, WMV, ASF, MP3, JPEG, and GIF. AdvancedDVDPlayer includes: the built-in explorer that lets you browse your computer for...
- Tags: DVD Player, Movie, AdvancedDVDPlayer, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Software downloads 2007-12-24
- FantasyDVD Player Platinum (exe)
- FantasyDVD is an exquisite and powerful software DVD player with the same features and controls of the living- room DVD player and support for over 70 type video and audio media files. It supports ts, tp, trp mpeg2 HDTV and WMV HDTV, also supports x264 format video file. FantasyDVD supports...
- Tags: Audio, DVD Player, HDTV, Video, FantasyDVD, Corporate Communications, DVD, Media Players, Consumer Electronics, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Software downloads 2007-12-19
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