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sharp bd-hp20s blu-ray player coming soon

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Sharp BD-HP20S Blu-ray Player

Electronics manufacturer Sharp has revealed their first Blu-ray high definition video disc player. The BD-HP20S is expected to hit stores towards the end of this year and looks like a pretty nice player overall.

The BD-HP20S will feature full 1080p resolution with 24 frame-per-second playback, which is ideal since most movies are shot at 24fps…

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July 6th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

blu-ray to to give away free movies

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Blu-ray Free Disc Offer

Much of the industry is already saying that Blu-ray is winning the high-def format wars, so it’s actually surprising to hear that the Blu-ray Disc Association is hedging their bets even more by giving away free discs with the purchase of their players.

That’s right…

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June 27th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

high def hqv benchmark disc finally available

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HQV Benchmark High Definition

One of my biggest frustrations with high definition television has been the lack of decent test materials for verifying image quality. Up until now, pretty much all of the test and benchmarking discs out there came in lowly 480i resolution, designed for playback on standard DVD players…

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June 7th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

pioneer elite bdp-94hd blu-ray player announced

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Pioneer BDP-94HD Blu-ray player

Pioneer today revealed their latest Blu-ray disc player, the Elite BDP-94HD.

The BDP-94HD is a true second-generation Blu-ray player, featuring such niceties as CEC to control other devices control over HDMI cable. The player also has full support for Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 channel audio…

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May 9th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

bluedot divita: disc organizer for neat freaks

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BlueDot Divita Disc Storage System

If you’ve got a big library of CDs, DVDs or other 5-inch discs, this shmancy storage system can help keep your library organized and looking cool too.

The $489 BlueDot Divita Storage Tower holds up to 100 CDs or DVDs and lets you easily access them by disc name using the built-in 1.8″ LCD screen and numeric

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March 21st, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

hd dvd / blu-ray combo players to be the norm

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HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray Format War

According to a recent report from ABI Research, the HD DVD vs. Blu-Ray format war will be won not by either format, but by dual-format players, such as the recently released LG BH100 combo player…

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January 24th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

warner total hi def: blu-ray / hd dvd combo discs confirmed

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Warner Total HD Disc Example

Even though Blu-ray has already declared victory in the high definition format war, Warner Home Video clearly hasn’t counted out HD DVD as a viable format. At this week’s CES show, the company announced a new format, called the Total Hi Def Disc, which provides both Blu-ray and HD DVD content on opposite sides of a single disc…

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January 10th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

blu-ray declares victory in format war

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Blu-ray Declares Victory

This is starting to sound like the early days of the war in Iraq… Apparently, while we were off living our lives, Blu-ray became the “overwhelming” victor in the high definition format wars…

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January 8th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

lg shows off bh100 hd dvd / blu-ray combo player

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LG Blu-ray HD DVD player

A couple of days ago, we reported that LG was planning on releasing a disc player that can handle both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats. Details of the player were announced today, so here goes:

The LG BH100 Super Multi Blue Player will handle both high definition disc formats, in full 1080p resolution, as well as offering DTS-HD audio support…

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January 7th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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