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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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- 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
- Nu CinePlayer PDP100
- Nu Technology proudly claims that the CinePlayer PDP100 ($135 list price) is the slimmest standalone DVD player in the world, and that claim is probably true. The CinePlayer PDP100 is only 0.71 inch thick and just slightly larger than the actual size of a DVD, putting so-called "slimline" DVD players...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, cable, CinePlayer PDP100, DVD, DVD player
- Product reviews 2007-09-24
- Delayed & buggy integrated graphics drivers dog Intel and AMD
- Delayed & buggy integrated graphics drivers dog Intel and AMDThanks, fixed.ntAnother typo.AMD has their share of driver problems with the 690G integrated graphics motherboard chipset drivers either. Glass houses...Could you fix the 'jaggies' images test though?The images are of quite different widths, it's not really showing a like-for-like comparison.That said,...
- Tags: Chipsets, Games, Semiconductors, Desktops, Video cards, graphics driver, Firing Squad, image, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., NVidia Corp., graphics, PureVideo, AMD 690, AMD 690G, motherboard, game
- Discussion threads 2007-08-29
- Toshiba HD-A20 - HD DVD player
- Toshiba has already announced its third-generation HD DVD players, but so far we're a little skeptical about the real-world benefits of the promised upgrades. This means Toshiba's current line of HD DVD players could become a smart value buy over the next few months, as retailers look to sell old...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Toshiba Corp., HD-DVD player, Toshiba HD-A20, HD-DVD, HD-A2
- Product reviews 2007-08-08
- AMD 690G versus Intel G965 PC shootout
- AMD 690G versus Intel G965 PC shootoutNeither won, they both need some major improvementsNeither won, they both need some major improvements. Intel has the G35 coming out very soon so we'll see how that does. We already know the P35 is a great chipset. AMD will have...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Chipsets, Games, video, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., AMD 690G, PC, graphics, Integrated Graphics
- Discussion threads 2007-07-24
- AMD 690G versus Intel G965 PC shootout
- The integrated graphics market is one of the least glamorous platforms in desktop computing, but it is probably one of the most important since 90% of the PC market is dominated by integrated graphics. Not only is the chipset itself a valuable price to AMD and Intel, but the chipset...
- Tags: Vista, Intel, Energy efficiency, Processors, Servers, Desktop, Consumer electronics, Storage, Microsoft, Hardware, Fun Stuff, Apple, AMD
- Blog posts 2007-07-24
- SharpVision XV-Z20000
- Sharp, a major player in LCD front-projection since its inception, segued into the DLP category back in 2001 with its original 720p DLP projector, the XV-Z9000U. That unit made quite a splash as one of the first 720p DLP projectors on the market. Six years later, Sharp's latest flagship DLP...
- Tags: Sharp Corp., DLP, projector, SharpVision XV-Z20000
- Product reviews 2007-03-27
- Did Intel rig test or out engineer AMD/ATI?
- When Humphrey Cheung at TG Daily wrote a glowing review of Intels G965 embedded graphics chipset beating an AMD/ATI X1600 dedicated graphics board on a video playback quality test, AMD cried foul, and other journalists echoed some concerns with the massively one-sided test. That prompted Cheung to write a follow-up...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Video cards, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Willis, ATI X1600, video, graphics, ATI Technologies Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- JVC UX-G70
- Minisystems tend to be a forgotten relic of an older era, but they shouldn't be--sometimes they're just the right size for a bedroom or den. The JVC UX-G70 is toward the high-end of these systems, but that's because it offers a little bit extra in the features department: a five-disc...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, JVC UX-G70, disc, JVC
- Product reviews 2007-02-02
- LG LF-D7150
- CD minisystems have long been a staple of kitchens and bedrooms everywhere. But in the past few years, DVD technology has become so cheap and ubiquitous that manufacturers are adding video playback to these systems, often without charging much more money. One such "home theater on a shelf" is the...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Digital music, Digital media, Media players, LG LF-D7150, USB, DVD, LG Electronics Inc.
- Product reviews 2007-01-06
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