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- Toshiba HD-A35
- Quick take: The Toshiba HD-A35 is the most expensive model in Toshiba's line of third-generation HD DVD players. While we have not reviewed the HD-A35, we have reviewed the similar step-down model, the HD-A30. The models are very similar, with the major difference being that the HD-A35 adds support for...
- Tags: Toshiba HD-A35, Toshiba Corp., DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby
- Product reviews 2007-10-17
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- Panasonic DMP-BD55
- Blu-ray has almost gotten its act together. After putting the stake in the heart of HD DVD, prospective buyers have had to deal with confusing Blu-ray profiles, varying audio-decoding capabilities, and standalone players with prices above $500. As we head into the 2008 holiday season, however, we're finally starting to...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, DVD, Flash memory, Consumer electronics, Overall IT, Panasonic DMP-BD55, Panasonic, SD-Card
- Product reviews 2008-10-01
- Samsung SyncMaster T240HD
- The 24-inch Samsung SyncMaster T240HD is a HDTV disguised as a $499 monitor. The OSD menu design is taken directly from the menus used in Samsung's HDTVs. It has tons of connection options--all of which face toward the back, not down as they do with most monitors--including two HDMI ports...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Corporate communications, TVs, TV & Home Theater, display, bezel, footstand, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Syncmaster, Samsung SyncMaster T240HD, OSD, connection option
- Product reviews 2008-09-26
- Memorex announces $269 Blu-ray player
- The move to mainstream Blu-ray continues with the latest low-cost player announcement. Memorex, best known for its blank media (and its "Is it live or Memorex?" commercials from the analog days), has introduced the $269 MVBD-2510 Blu-ray Disc Player, which will be available starting in...
- Tags: Memorex, MVBD-2510, Blu-Ray, Consumer Electronics, DVD, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- Toshiba XD-E500
- When Toshiba finally pulled the plug on HD DVD, nobody was quite sure what the next step for the company was going to be. Would it go back to making DVD players, or would it forget the tensions of the format war and release a Blu-ray player? Well, instead of...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Overall IT, Toshiba XD-E500, XDE, DVD, Toshiba Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-09-02
- JVC El Kameleon KD-AVX44
- The simple, blank faceplate of the JVC El Kameleon KD-AVX44 belies a plethora of features, including in-dash DVD/DivX playback, Bluetooth connectivity, and USB digital audio playback, and that's just the beginning of this receiver's abilities. DesignWhen powered off, the El Kameleon presents the user with a blank face of black...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Caller ID information, faceplate, El Kameleon, Bluetooth, JVC
- Product reviews 2008-08-28
- Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q701
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q701 marks a new look for the Qosmio brand. Gone are the subdued blacks and silvers of years past; in their place come stylized...
- Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Qosmio, Qosmio X305-Q701
- Product reviews 2008-08-21
- Insignia NS-BRDVD
- Pundits debate whether Blu-ray will be as successful as DVD, but they're relatively united on one issue: the prices of the players need to drop before the format takes off. The Insignia NS-BRDVD is part of a new breed of bargain players we've seen this year, and its $300 list...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, playback control, Insignia NS-BRDVD
- Product reviews 2008-08-18
- Ear Force X4
- Wireless headphones have been around for a while, but it's only been in the past few years that quality has gotten high enough for discerning listeners to consider using them. Many manufacturers, for instance, have turned to infrared IR technology for wireless signal transmission, which generally offers better sound quality...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Turtle Beach, Ear Force X4, headphone, ear cup, Microsoft Xbox
- Product reviews 2008-08-08
- Sony BDP-S350
- Sony has been the public face of Blu-ray since the format's inception, and while most of the focus during the bitter Blu-ray vs. HD DVD format war was on the company's PlayStation 3, Sony has been making standalone Blu-ray players from the start, beginning with the $1,000 BDP-S1. Unfortunately, that...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, Game players, Media players, Monitors & displays, TV & Home Theater, Sony BDP-S350, Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3
- Product reviews 2008-08-05
- Samsung BD-P1500
- The most important question for any standalone Blu-ray player is whether it's better than the Sony PlayStation 3. Let's answer that one right off the bat: Samsung's new BD-P1500 is not. They both cost the same ($400 list), but the PS3 has better image quality, currently supports both Blu-ray Profile...
- Tags: Overall IT, Samsung BD-P1500, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sony PlayStation 3
- Product reviews 2008-07-01
- JVC TH-F3
- When we looked at last year's TH-L1 from JVC, we were really impressed at the number of connectivity options the compact 5.1-channel home-theater-in-a-box HTIB packed in its tiny chassis. While the device didn't come with a built-in DVD player, it still was able to switch between two 1080p-capable HDMI ports....
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Digital music, Corporate communications, Media players, Digital media, JVC TH-F3, JVC, Apple iPod, DVD
- Product reviews 2008-06-16
- Panasonic DMP-BD50
- Sony may be the face of Blu-ray, and Samsung made the first Blu-ray player, but lately Panasonic has been leading the technological race among standalone (non-PlayStation 3) Blu-ray players. Last October, the company released the DMP-BD30K, which was the first Blu-ray Profile 1.1 player on the market, beating its competitors...
- Tags: Game players, Panasonic DMP-BD50, Panasonic, SDHC, SDHC card slot
- Product reviews 2008-06-06
- Sony HT-CT100
- It's a familiar story in consumer electronics: start with a luxurious, expensive, and exclusive product category, and within just a few years, you'll see a sea of imitators delivering the same basic item with more features, less money, and--ideally--better performance. Take single-speaker audio. Once the exclusive domain of Yamaha Digital...
- Tags: Sony HT-CT100, speaker, HDMI, subwoofer, Sony Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-06-05
- Apogee HDMI 3x1 Mini Switcher
- HDMI connectivity is quickly becoming a must-have connection type for all kinds of gadgets. But while the list of gadgets with an HDMI output is growing, the number of HDMI inputs on HDTVs and receivers is limited. That's where HDMI switchers come into play, allowing you to add more HDMI-enabled...
- Tags: HDMI connectivity, takeaway, switcher, HDMI, IR Receiver, HDMI switcher
- Product reviews 2008-06-05
- Xbox 360 HDMI Conversion Kit
- Unlike every version of the PlayStation 3, the first batch of Xbox 360 consoles didn't include an HDMI-out port. Yes, firmware updates eventually added 1080p output via the console's component cables--despite the fact that the matching inputs on most TVs didn't support that resolution. HDMI eventually came to the Xbox...
- Tags: Game players, HDMI, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, adapter, cable
- Product reviews 2008-06-02
- Yamaha YSP-900
- The YSP-900 may be the entry-level model in Yamaha's YSP single-speaker surround lineup for 2008, but it sounds largely the same as its immediate step-up model, the YSP-3000, with which it shares the same basic design. Yamaha's single speaker surround systems all use advanced technology to project sound into the...
- Tags: Construction, Consumer electronics, DVD, metal grille, Yamaha YSP-900, Yamaha Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-05-21
- Stream PC content to every HDTV in the house via coaxial cable
- In a similar vein to yesterday's post about wireless HDTVs, today's news arrives with a media streamer by ZeeVee that plugs into one's computer and sends on-screen content to every TV in the house over existing coaxial cable. In effect, the unit, called the ZvBox, enables users...
- Tags: PC, HDTV, Cable, Computer, ZvBox, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Easy DVD to VCD Burner (exe)
- Easy DVD to VCD Burner is an easy-to-use DVD ripping, backup, and burning software for Windows. You can copy DVD to VCD (MPEG1), SVCD (MPEG2), or DivX (MPEG4)AVI files with just a few clicks. It produces movie with excellent audio/video quality and smaller file size compared with other softwares. The...
- Tags: EasyDVDCDBurner, Movie, VCD, Video, Corporate Communications, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Software downloads 2008-04-30
- Lenovo's 11-inch laptop now available
- Lenovo announced today that its new 11-inch widescreen laptop for consumers is now available online. The IdeaPad U110 was one of three notebook models Lenovo announced at CES in January when the company rolled out its new consumer brand, which includes IdeaPad laptops, and outside of the...
- Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Face Recognition, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
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