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Panasonic DVD-LS86

As gadget categories go, the portable DVD player is a rather commoditized lot, with plenty of no-name brands available for $100 or less. To rise above the sea of mediocrity, a player needs some distinguishing characteristics: say, a large screen, improved digital file support (something beyond plain old DVD and...

Tags: Engineering, DVD, Consumer electronics, Digital music, Digital media, Panasonic, Panasonic DVD-LS86, battery

Product reviews 2008-05-05

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M2TS to AVI MP4 DVD Converter 1.7 (Windows)

ApecSoft AVCHD M2TS to AVI MP4 DVD Converter is a powerful and handy video converter for your AVCHD camcorder, Apple iPOD and PSP device . It allows you to edit footage from an AVCHD video camera and HD Camcorders in Microsoft�® Movie Maker or other video editing suite on the...

Tags: FLV, AVI, Microsoft Windows, Video, ApecSoft, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-20

Zvox Z-Base 525

Photo gallery:Zvox Z-Base 525Surround sound and its accouterments tend to dominate a living room, requiring an AV receiver, several speakers, stands, and wires to make the whole thing work. That's why many people choose to skip surround sound, opting instead for the tinny acoustics of their TV speakers. Single-speaker solutions...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Zvox Z-Base 525, speaker, HDTV, TV

Product reviews 2009-11-11

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Top Five HDTVs

Whatever the size of your wallet, every living room should have a respectable television set. Good news: HDTVs are cheaper, bigger and better than ever. Here are my top five picks for this year. Splurge: Samsung UNB8500 Series ...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV, Video, 1080p, TVs, Corporate Communications, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Poll: What kind of camera equipment do you need when traveling?

Travel CamerasI carry DLSRs for vacation memories and a small point and shoot for when I don't want attention drawn to myself.RE: Poll: What kind of camera equipment do you need when traveling?I have a 'bridge' camera - smaller than a DSLR, larger than a 'point and shoot'. It's a...

Tags: camera, camera equipment, DSLR

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

3D football, anyone? Intel offers peek at 21st Century television

TV isn't TV anymore. It's out of the box. It's off the wall and it's not going back anytime soon. That was the opening line of the final keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, delivered by Intel exec Justin Rattner, who took to the stage to talk...

Tags: 3D, Intel Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Samsung working on a 480Hz HDTV?

garbage, rubbish and Samsung too slowPanasonic already have a 600hz HDTV, so why is this news-worthy?RE: Samsung working on a 480Hz HDTV?120 is looks better than 60, but I cannot see any difference between 120 and 240.I don't like what the refresh does to the image.I've seen several LCD...

Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Energy Consumption, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

TiVo sues AT&T, Verizon over DVR patents

Seems to me..Tivo is a bit out of line.......trying to patent the digital recording of TV programs. Unless I'm missing something I was doing that 14-15 years ago on my home computer. (and that's recording one channel while watching another... it was built right into my video card)....

Tags: DVR, Digital video, AT&T Corp., TiVo Inc., digital video recorder, patent, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Samsung HT-BD1250

Photo gallery:Samsung HT-BD1250DVD home-theater-in-box systems seem to offer a lot of value from the spec sheet, but are often seriously disappointing in use, with lackluster audio and video being the norm. So far our experience with Blu-ray HTIBs has been the exact opposite; almost all of the systems we've tested...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, subwoofer, center channel, Samsung HT-BD1250, Blu-ray HTIB, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., speaker

Product reviews 2009-08-14

Dead-Finger Tech: Panasonic HD front projector

I like my toys. Dual monitors on a quad-core, 12 GB Mac Pro. Blackmagic Intensity Pro HDMI capture card. 4 TB of local disk, including my favorite, a 300 GB WD 10k Velociraptor system disk. Logitech Trackman Wheel and a Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite. Canon HV20 and...

Tags: Panasonic, Movie, Tirion, Projectors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-07-29

Poll: How much did you spend on your last digital camera?

Poll: How much did you spend on your last digital camera? Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ28K$298.99 from Amazon.comRE: Poll: How much did you spend on your last digital camera?Olympus SP-570uz,complete kitDoes this include only the body or the glass too?If just the body I spent $1,500. If it includes the glass I've...

Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, Semiconductors, camera, digital camera, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Hell freezing over? Toshiba set to release a Blu-ray player this year

The biggest supporter of the HD-DVD format, Toshiba has made no real move to support Blu-ray, which triumphed over HD-DVD as the top high-definition DVD technology. That may be changing, however, as the company is planning on releasing its first Blu-ray player, which will apparently be called the BD 18...

Tags: Toshiba Corp., Hd Dvd, Consumer Electronics, DVD, Blu-Ray, Home Entertainment, Branding, Personal Technology, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-07-19

MMshall M2TS TOD Converter 2.50 (Windows)

MMshall M2TS TOD Converter allows you to convert your HD video (M2TS, MTS, TOD, MOD...) and other format video (such as asf asx wmv mp4 vob flv dat 3gp mov...) to Divx AVI, FLV, MPEG4 MP4, PAL DVD MPG, and NTSC DVD MPG format. It allows you to edit footage...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Video, MMshall Software, MMshall M2TS TOD Converter, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-07-19

News to know: Apple, iPhone 3GS; Google Voice; Blu-ray; Bartz

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Hiner: Apple thumbs nose at Palm, reports 1 million iPhone 3G S units sold in 3 days CNBC:...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Information Technology, Voice, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Blu-ray, Carrier Strength, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Panasonic DMP-B15K

Photo gallery:Panasonic DMP-B15 The Panasonic DMP-BD15 is the first portable Blu-ray player, and at first it's easy to write it off as useless since much of Blu-ray's visual superiority doesn't translate on its 8.9-inch screen. But that's missing the point. If you're a home theater buff with a growing Blu-ray...

Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, display, Panasonic, Panasonic DMP-B15

Product reviews 2009-06-22

News to know: Apple WWDC, iPhone, Macs; Palm Pre; Google Apps; Facebook

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Apple coverage: Ed Burnette: WWDC 2009 live Jason D. O'Grady: WWDC 09: the announcements (Updated 10x)...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Google Apps, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz, Cloud Computing, Pricing, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-06-09

Panasonic debuts 'world's lightest' HD camcorders

The bane of every digital camcorder owner's existence is hand fatigue. No matter how compact a digital camcorder is, the heft makes documenting your kid's school play considerably less appealing. Panasonic today announced the release of two of the world's lightest HD camcorders,...

Tags: Panasonic, Camcorder, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-08

iStarSoft MOD Converter 1.5 (Windows)

iStarSoft MOD Converter is a powerful Canon MOD Camcorders Panasonic JVC Everio MOD Video converter which could easily convert MOD TOD files to AVI, MPG, MPEG WMV, ASF, MP4, FLV, SWF, 3GP, MOV, M4V, XviD, VOBDVD format, MKV, MP3, WMA, etc Video Audio files with fast conversion speed and excellent...

Tags: Movie, Microsoft Windows, Video, iStarSoft, iStarSoft MOD Converter, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-05-22

Sony HT-SS360

Photo gallery:Sony HT-SS360Home-theater-in-a-box systems have been around forever, but the latest marketing angle is the "Blu-ray ready HTIB." The new phrase simply means that the system consists of a surround-sound-speaker system and an AV receiver, so you only need to add a Blu-ray player to complete your home theater. The...

Tags: subwoofer, Sony HT-SS360, speaker, HTIB, Sony Corp., center channel

Product reviews 2009-05-21

Are Amazon and Real one-upping Apple?

Are Amazon and Real one-upping Apple?yeah but..."A lot of my readers this week would strongly disagree with that statement.[that people don't read any more]"... do your readers have any stats to back up their assertion? i bet Steve Jobs does..iTunes doesn't have DVD ripping ability because it's illegal... remember.....

Tags: Consumer electronics, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., DVD, HandBrake

Discussion threads 2009-05-08