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Pioneer Elite Bdp-94hd Blu-ray Player Announced
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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. In addition,… |
May 9th, 2007
Will Wal-Mart End the HD Format Wars?
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According to a recent post over on AVS Forum, Wal-Mart is reportedly working with Taiwanese manufacturer Fuh Yuan to crank out HD DVD players for a wholesale cost of just $50 per unit, based on an initial commitment of 2 million players. For those of you who flunked math, that’s… |
April 20th, 2007
Microsoft to Replace Damaged Xbox 360 Discs for $20
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I was on the Microsoft Xbox website when I stumbled across this interesting form… Apparently, Microsoft is now offering a disc replacement program for certain Xbox 360 titles. According to the site, they will replace certain discs that have been damaged for any reason for $20 bucks each. |
April 2nd, 2007
Venturer Shd7000: HD DVD on the Cheap
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With all the recent buzz about how Blu-ray is leading HD DVD in the high definition “format war,” there’s a new wildcard that could shake things up. While Sony certainly has a leg up on the race with millions of PlayStation 3 consoles out there, one big road block to… |
March 25th, 2007
Bluedot Divita: Disc Organizer for Neat Freaks
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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… |
March 21st, 2007
The World’s Most Dangerous CD Player
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This minimal CD player design looks really beautiful on the surface, with a case made from solid walnut and matching speakers to go with it. The design actually exposes half of the CD during playback, which seems highly impractical and downright dangerous. While it certainly looks cool to have the… |
February 10th, 2007
HD DVD / Blu-ray Combo Players to be the Norm
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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. According to the Steve Wilson, ABI’s principal consumer electronics analyst: “We believe that universal players … |
January 24th, 2007
Toshiba HD-Xa2: HD DVD Gets Decent Load Times
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The folks over at Home Theater Blog got their grubby little mitts on a Toshiba’s second generation HD DVD player, the HD-XA2 and we’re pleased to hear that the horrifically slow load times of the first generation HD-A1 and HD-XA1 appear to be a thing of the past. The new… |
December 13th, 2006
Disc Shredder or Spirograph?
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If you’re looking for a creative way to get rid of those military secrets your copied to CD-R, or just want to destroy your ex-girlfriend’s Justin Timberlake disc, you might want to check out Elecom’s SCR-CD001 portable CD/DVD killer. The portable device etches a nasty series of spiral patterns into… |
November 14th, 2006
