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- Delayed & buggy integrated graphics drivers dog Intel and AMD
- More than a year after the launch of the Intel G965 integrated-graphics chipset and closing in on the launch of the G35 replacement chipset, Intel has finally released production non-BETA Vertex Shader enabled drivers that support half-way decent medium-resolution gaming. These new drivers are only for Windows XP but Vista...
- Tags: Chipset, Playback, Graphics Driver, Problem, Driver, Video, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Intel Corp., DVD, HQV, HDV, HD, AMD 690, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-08-29
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- Insignia NS-2BRDVD
- Photo gallery:Insignia NS-2BRDVDWhen you opt for a budget product rather than a name brand, it usually means you're looking for "good enough" instead of perfect. The Insignia NS-2BRDVD, from one of Best Buy's in-house suppliers, is a classic example of the former. The Blu-ray player lacks step-up features (such...
- Tags: Home entertainment, Consumer electronics, Overall IT, Insignia NS-2BRDVD
- Product reviews 2009-02-18
- Sanyo PLV-Z3000
- The front projection category continues to grow and become more affordable to the masses. These days you can get a decent 1080p front projector for cheaper than most 60-inch plasma TVs. Of course, you do have the additional cost of a screen to factor in, but that screen can be...
- Tags: Projectors, Monitors & displays, TVs, Sanyo PLV-Z3000, Sanyo Electric Co., projector, picture quality
- Product reviews 2009-02-17
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: High-end home theater setups
- Economy be damned, you want to upgrade your home theaterâ€"and do it rightâ€"for the holidays (and/or in anticipation of the Super Bowl). If you have the means to spend more than two grand on a set and the hundreds and hundreds more to round out your...
- Tags: Plasma, Home Theater, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Samsung BD-P2500
- Editors' note: The Samsung BD-P2500 is nearly identical to the Samsung BD-P2550, the only exception being that the BD-P2550 is exclusive to Best Buy and adds Pandora streaming to the feature set. Otherwise the two products are identical and buyers should opt for the BD-P2550 unless there is a...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, DVD, Consumer electronics, Samsung BD-P2500, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung BD-P2550
- Product reviews 2008-11-26
- Vizio VP505XVT
- The first 50-inch Vizio plasma HDTV we reviewed here at CNET, the P50HDM, earned the right to be called "the best value in its class" by virtue of its very good picture quality and rock-bottom--at the time--price of just less than $2,000. In the more than three years since that...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cable, Vizio, Vizio VP505XVT
- Product reviews 2008-11-20
- Sony BDP-S550
- Sony has made standalone Blu-ray players since the format's inception, but they've always been overshadowed by the company's game console, the PlayStation 3. In many ways, the Sony BDP-S550 is the company's first standalone that might be a smarter buy than the PS3 for nongamers. The BDP-S550 is Profile 2.0...
- Tags: Home entertainment, Games, Game players, TV & Home Theater, Sony BDP-S550, Sony Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-11-17
- Samsung BD-P2550
- One of the main criticisms against Blu-ray is that the technology just doesn't offer much of an advantage over DVD. While we'd argue that the superior image quality can be worth it, we'd agree that many of the other features, such as BD-Live or animated, pop-up menus, don't offer a...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Monitors & displays, user experience, Samsung BD-P2550, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Product reviews 2008-11-15
- Panasonic DMP-BD35
- Editors' note: The Panasonic DMP-BD35 and DMP-BD55 are virtually identical in most respects, and therefore their reviews are similar as well.Over the last couple of years, the Sony PlayStation 3 has been one of the best bargains for home theater fans. It plays Blu-ray discs as well as any other...
- Tags: Home entertainment, INTERNET, Games, Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, DVD, Overall IT, Panasonic DMP-BD35, Panasonic
- Product reviews 2008-10-15
- 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
- Toshiba soups up traditional DVDs
- Toshiba soups up traditional DVDsactually, you are wrong...HD dvd has the higher capacity, and better technology, like BetaMax in the past was superior to VHS but still lost the war. I would love to be able to use HD DVD rather than blue ray for data backupsThis is a first...
- Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, toshiba, wat, Broadcast TV, Toshiba Corp., DVD, HD-DVD
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- 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
- Philips BDP-7200
- When first announced at CES, the Philips BDP7200 grabbed some headlines with its $350 price tag, which was $50 less than the Sony PlayStation 3. Well, a couple of months have passed and apparently Philips couldn't live up to its promise. The BDP7200 is now going for $400, precisely the...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Philips BDP7200, Philips Electronics N.V.
- Product reviews 2008-04-28
- Mitsubishi HC6000
- Mitsubishi's HC6000 replaces last year's model, the HC5000, as the company's entry-level 1080p home theater projector. The main improvement is higher contrast ratio due mainly to improved black level performance. It also delivers on its 1080p resolution promise for the most part, with video processing courtesy of Silicon Optix and...
- Tags: Projectors, menu system, Auto Iris feature, color temperature, Mitsubishi HC6000, projector, Mitsubishi Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-04-15
- JVC DLA HD100 - D-ILA projector
- JVC's DLA-HD100 1080p resolution front projector is the company's new flagship model, while the DLA-HD1 from last year remains in the line at a lower price point. The HD100 adds some improvements that are certainly desirable--including improved black level performance and contrast ratio--but oddly the color accuracy and light output...
- Tags: DLA HD100, DLA-HD100, JVC, menu system, projector
- Product reviews 2008-03-11
- Sony VPL VW60 - SXRD projector
- Sony's entry-level SXRD-based front projector, the VPL-VW60, is the successor to last year's price-busting VPL-VW50. Also as a 1080p resolution projector with the same $4,999 list price, it faces stiffer competition these days with more 1080p projectors available for lower prices. Based on my findings with the company's flagship VPL-VW200,...
- Tags: menu system, Cinema Black Pro menu, Sony VPL-VW60, Sony Corp., projector
- Product reviews 2008-02-21
- Samsung BD-P1400
- The format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray is showing no signs of letting up, with HD DVD players selling for a low as $99 this holiday season and Blu-ray discs continuing to outsell HD DVD discs. The price of the hardware has long been a sticking point with Blu-ray,...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Blu-ray, Samsung BD-P1400, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HD-DVD
- Product reviews 2007-12-18
- Sony VPL VW200
- Sony's 2007 flagship front projector, the VPL-VW200, uses the company's variant of LCoS, called SXRD, and like most high-end projectors, it features a native resolution of 1080p. Those specs and jargon may well impress your buddies, but the real story is in the picture. The VPL-VW200 is the most color-accurate...
- Tags: menu system, projector, Sony Corp., VPL-VW200
- Product reviews 2007-12-12
- Toshiba HD-A30
- For home theater buffs, Toshiba has been the face of HD DVD in the format war. Toshiba delivered the first ever standalone HD DVD player, the HD-A1, and followed it up with a full second-generation line including the HD-A2, HD-A20, and HD-XA2. Coming into the 2007 holiday season, Toshiba is...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Toshiba HD-A30, Toshiba Corp.
- Product reviews 2007-10-12
- Quad-HD 1600p flat panel has oodles of inputs
- Wow, that's a lot of inputs! We've seen 30" flat panel monitors before, but nothing quite like this. Thanks to its 1 trillion operations/sec Taranex video processing chip, the new "Quad HD" display from Gateway can swallow your "old fashioned" 1080p, 720p, or even (gasp!) 480i...
- Tags: Flat Panel, HDMI, Anti-theft, Video, Corporate Communications, Monitors & Displays, Security, Marketing, Hardware, Components, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2007-10-04
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