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It’s Over
It’s Over
Ok it might not be official yet but it looks like the HD format war is effectively over. Following my previous post on the
Toshiba HD-EP30 and praising Toshiba for releasing a budget priced HD DVD player and making the next gen format available to the masses it seems they are admitting defeat and [...]
Toshiba HD-EP30
Toshiba HD-EP30
RRP £250
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Toshiba helped to bring DVD in to many homes in the formats early life by being one of the first to release cheap DVD players. They are now trying to do the same for HD DVD with the HD-EP30 at an RRP of £250. This [...]
Toshiba 47Z3030
Toshiba 47Z3030
RRP £1,700
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Toshiba@HomeCinemaGear from £1,207
One of the drawbacks with LCD TVs is the tendancy to suffer from motion blur. That is they loose clarity with fast moving images. One way to reduce if not eliminate this effect is doubling the standard 50Hz refresh rate to 100Hz. Toshiba was one [...]
Philips DVDR5500
Philips DVDR5500
RRP - £199
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Philips@HomeCinemaGear from £109.99
With hard disk recorders becoming more and more popular the lifespan of DVD recorders is under threat. Philips has released this and brought out a product to bridge the gap. The DVDR5500 combines both a hard disk recorder and a DVD recorder into one [...]
Sony BDP-S500
Sony BDP-S500
RRP - £599
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Convenience – and style – of a different kind is evident in the design of the BDP-S500. This model features a motorised sliding panel at the front, which opens automatically when you load or eject a disc
Another reason this player will fit so comfortably [...]
Sony XEL-1 OLED TV Launch
Sony XEL-1
Sony Launches World’s First *1 OLED TV
Realizes astonishing 3mm-thinness (at thinnest point) and unparalleled image quality
Sony today introduced the world’s first*1 OLED (organic light-emitting diode) TV, “XEL-1″. The 11-inch OLED TV “XEL-1″ proposes a ground-breaking new TV design, with its astonishing thinness measuring approximately 3mm (at its thinnest point). “XEL-1″ also incorporates Sony’s independently [...]
