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Sony MEX-DV2000

The Sony MEX-DV2000 is a single-DIN car stereo with three features that differentiate it from the competition: the ability to play discs in Sony's proprietary Super Audio CD SACD format; a karaoke function designed to allow car occupants to sing along to the music; and the ability to act as...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Sony Corp., SACD, Sony MEX-DV2000, disc

Product reviews 2007-08-27

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Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Blu-ray Players/Home Theater Systems

With prices for both players and discs plunging, this may be the holiday season for Blu-ray. Already online movie streaming is making inroads—even on Blu-ray players themselves. Some of these picks are integrating on-demand video services into their feature sets, hoping to keep themselves relevant in...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Disc, Blu-ray, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Grado PS1000

Grado is one of America's oldest hi-fi companies. In the 1950s it manufactured phono cartridges, turntables, and speakers. While Grado still makes a full line of highly regarded cartridges (budget-priced all the way up to high-end models), it's perhaps better known today for its headphones, which spring from the professional...

Tags: ear cushion, Grado, headphone

Product reviews 2009-10-15

Oppo BDP-83

Photo gallery:Oppo BDP-83Ever since standalone Blu-ray players hit the market, there's been a great deal of anticipation for an Oppo Blu-ray player, mainly because of the company's reputation for making excellent upconverting DVD players. Oppo held out for quite some time, and in retrospect it was a smart move; almost...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Home entertainment, Blu-ray, DVD, Oppo BDP-83

Product reviews 2009-09-02

CDs still sell: Who are these people?!?

who buys cds? why buy cds?own/control music no DRM issues!control quality/type of rip (mp3, wma, bit speed etc)!if you want the entire cd's music why buy track by track?RE: CDs still sell: Who are these people?!?I buy um. Always nice to have the real thing around. They often have...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, CD, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Blu-ray buzzkill: the death-spiral

Blu-ray buzzkill: the death-spiralThey're kidding themselves if they think we'll pay more for it.They f'd up, plain and simple. Like all consumer electronics tech, be it tv, smartphone, mp3, whatever, the customers expectation is next year we get more features for less money. BluRay quality audio/video should have been...

Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, BluRay

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Blu-ray buzzkill: the death-spiral

Will consumers upgrade to Blu-ray? The CEO & co-founder of fast growing Netflix believes mailed DVDs shall be replaced by web-sent movies. And a recent Harris [no relation, darn it] Poll finds that people today are less likely to buy a Blu-ray player than they were last year. ...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., Blu-ray, Harris Poll Number, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Sony DAV-HDX589W

The big upgrade in home-in-a-box systems for 2009 is a built-in Blu-ray player. But those models start at $500. If you don't want to spend that much--and you're not ready for Blu-ray--there are still plenty of home theater systems with "just" DVD. Sony has three such models, each of which...

Tags: surround speaker, speaker, subwoofer, satellite, DCAC, Digital Cinema Auto Calibration, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2009-05-29

Can 3D save Blu-ray?

Can 3D save Blu-ray?No upgrade plannedI already have an HD TV. Cable provides me with movies and TV shows in HD. I see no compelling reason to upgrade to Blu-ray. Maybe when my current DVD player inevitably dies, I'll go with Blu-ray.I am blind in one eye,...

Tags: 3D

Discussion threads 2009-04-27

Ace Computers to release $999 CableCard-equipped home theater PCs

Ace Computers to release $999 CableCard-equipped home theater PCsHTPC must turn into iSTBThe concept of an HTPC makes perfect sense from the engineer's perspective... but it does not reflect the reality in terms of what the market demands.That does not mean that the market would not demand Media Center technology...

Tags: Media Center PCs, computer, STB, Media Center PC, iSTB, HTPC, PC, CableCard, home theater

Discussion threads 2009-01-01

Blu-ray is dead: the sequel

Bill Hunt, Blu-ray defender? Over on The Digital Bits blogger Bill Hunt rebukes me for calling Blu-ray dead. Then he goes on to agree with almost everything I said - except for the conclusion. With friends like that, Blu-ray doesn't need me! Industry...

Tags: HD, Storage Price, Blu-Ray, Corporate Communications, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-10-31

Blu-ray is dead - heckuva job, Sony!

Blu-ray is in a death spiral. 12 months from now Blu-ray will be a videophile niche, not a mass market product. With only a 4% share of US movie disc sales and HD download capability arriving, the Blu-ray disc Association BDA is still smoking dope. Even $150...

Tags: Job, Sony Corp., Time Warner Inc., Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray Disc Association, Blu-Ray, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-10-28

Apple TV: End of an error?

Apple TV: End of an error?Microsoft crushed Apple in the living room.First off, AppleTV was only called a hobby by Jobs AFTER it was clear that it was going to be an unmitigated disaster. Has he EVER released any sales figures on this thing? Second, the combination of Windows Media...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Apple Inc., Apple TV, TV

Discussion threads 2008-09-29

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

Samsung HT-X810T

If the primary appeal of soundbar speakers is based on their significant reduction of wires and clutter--as compared with 5.1-channel home theater-in-a-box systems--then Samsung's new HT-X810T soundbar should be a winner. While it's not the first single-speaker system with a built-in DVD player or a wireless subwoofer--that'd be the Philips...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, Wi-Fi, subwoofer, Samsung HT-X810T, speaker, sub, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., TV

Product reviews 2008-06-23

Oppo DV-983H

When we reviewed Oppo's last DVD player, the DV-980H, we summarized our feelings in the last line of the introduction: "The DV-980H is a top-notch DVD player with excellent enthusiast-friendly features and performance, but with the falling price of HD DVD units, we have a feeling it may be the...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, Engineering, Oppo DV-983H, DVD

Product reviews 2008-04-17

Panasonic SC-PT660

Panasonic's 2008 home-theater-in-a-box line has three contenders in the sub-$500 range. At the top of the line is the SC-PT960, which includes wireless speakers in the rear, tallboy speakers up front, and is XM-ready. In the middle is the $400 SC-PT760; it loses the satellite radio compatibility, but retains...

Tags: Digital music, Panasonic SC-PT660, speaker, Panasonic, iPod Dock, Apple iPod

Product reviews 2008-03-26

Panasonic SC-PT760

Panasonic's 2008 home-theater-in-a-box line has three contenders in the sub-$500 range, and we think the midline SC-PT760 will be the most popular model of the group. It comes with a smooth running five-disc DVD changer, wireless surround speakers, an integrated, flipdown iPod dock, and upscales video over HDMI up...

Tags: Panasonic SC-PT760, speaker, Panasonic, iPod Dock, Apple iPod

Product reviews 2008-03-18

Apple TV update delayed two weeks

Apple TV update delayed two weeksMovie CategoriesThe rentals are a nice addition but will I be able to put my movies into categories?Is 2 weeks of any signifcance?Apple must love it when delaying their product roll out by 14 days is newsworthy. I suppose it's good to know...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, rental, audio quality, TV, Apple TV, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-30

HD DVD vs. Blu-ray ad nauseum

HD DVD vs. Blu-ray ad nauseumThey could always......develop a common standard or someone else could do it for them. That is what ended the 56K modem wars and is probably in the interests of both factions. When we start seeing vendors sell "dual-mode" players, I think reason will...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Network technology, LG Electronics Inc., HD-DVD, ethernet port, Sony PlayStation 3, Ethernet, advertisement

Discussion threads 2007-11-29