This year, most TVs that are being released this year are 4K compatible, with higher end models also having HDR(High-dynamic-range) functionality built into them. HDR reproduces a greater dynamic range of luminosity than is possible with standard digital imaging or photographic techniques. In short, the bright parts of an image can get considerably brighter compared … Read more
Following on from my previous 2 posts about the general 2016 line-up from Panasonic, and a preview of the new DX902 model( TX-65DX902B ), we were briefly shown the new Ultra HD Blu-ray that Panasonic has just launched, the DMP-UB900. It is funny that 4K TVs have been out for quite a while now but generally … Read more
Plextor have been one of the leading brands for optical drives for many years so it is no surprise they are still churning out various drives to suit all needs. Today we have the Plextor PX-B310U External Blu-ray Combo Drive which unsurprisingly is a external Blu-Ray Reader and Super Multi Writer. The super multi writer … Read more
Home Cinema is a big market now, I guess mainly due to the fact it’s so expensive to go to the cinema and with the development of HD video and sound it’s just as good to watch at home that it is to go out and spend a fortune on tickets and sweets. Panasonic have … Read more
Quite possibly the best sounding Blu-Ray player at the moment, and you’ll think so too after reading about this “blighty”-fied masterpiece. The Samsung BD-C8500M is a 3D Blu-Ray player with everything and I mean everything you could possibly want or need in a media playing marvel. Not only will it play your Blu-Rays but … Read more
The 3D revolution is now in full swing with companies such as Sony future-proofing and readying its new AV tech ready for our 3D future. We’ve seen the up-coming Bravia TV’s that Sony are coming our way, well now we have some Blu-Ray players to match them. The BDP-S470 and BDP-S570 will both be … Read more
It took them a while to face the reality of losing the HD format war but eventually Toshiba buckled and decided to make a foray into the Blu-Ray market. Now we have it’s second blu-ray player on the cards the BDX2100KB, a respectable player on the market with a respectable price tag to boot. … Read more
More news on yet another Blu-Ray player. We touched on this a couple of months back but now we’ver got some UK details on it. This wireless enabled player allows a WiFi connection to your network so no wired router access is needed for internet connection for all those updates and internet extras your blu-rays … Read more
After licking its wounds from the hi-def format battle which Sony obviously won, Toshiba announced recently they would finally swallow some pride and go into Blu-Ray production. Well here it is the BDX 2000 a fully feature packed Blu-Ray player well worth looking into. Full Specs : Blu-ray playback and DVD upscaling DivX HD … Read more
After Toshiba’s HD-DVD lost the HD format war to Sony’s Blu-Ray, it has finally decided to release a Blu-Ray player. It has been 18 months since the major movie studios decided to stop producing films onto HD-DVD opting for the Sony format. Toshiba have since been working on upscaling regular outputs to HD quality. … Read more
If you’re looking for a top quality feature packed Blu-Ray player that isn’t a PS3, but don’t want to pay a PS3 price, this could be for you. On the outside the player is relatively thin and aesthetically pleasing, the inside packs power to load up your blu-rays quickly and in full HD. The … Read more
Finally BD-Live is going to become useful. Sony is teaming up with Gracenote, those lovely media database peeps that gets all the track info when you put your cd’s in your computer, have brainstormed MovieIQ. Basically its IMDB while you watch your film. If you want to know who’s who, what they’ve been in … Read more
Looking for a reasonably priced Blu-Ray player that does everything you need? Look no further. This little eco-friendly beauty should be out later this month priced at a mere £199.99, available in you guessed it……… Black!! 7.1 Surround 1080p Picture DTS-HD Master Audio & Dolby TrueHD BD-Live Profile 2.0 Eco-Friendly (20W when on , 0.7W … Read more
LG has released the BD390 which is the world’s first DivX HD 1080p certified player. It was debuted at CES this year and features an 802.11n Wi-Fi module and support for DivX streaming from a DLNA server. Priced at $399.95, the LG BD390 also features BD-Live support, a 7.1-channel audio output, a 1GB of built-in … Read more
Sanyo have developed a new more powerful blue laser diode that can burn through Blu-Ray Disks far enough to accurately write four 25GB layers allowing for 100GB of storage. Currently Blu-Ray disks are limited to 50GB of data. The new laser is reported to be very fast as well, it can burn disks at 12x … Read more
Asus is set to release the words first official Quad Core gaming notebook!
Based on the new Intel QX9300 quad-core processor the laptop comes with a 17 inch display, GeForce 9700M GT GDDR3 512MB, 4gb Ram and up to 1TB hard disk.
There will also be a 2Mpix web camera, Bluetooth V2.1, and Blu-ray writer.
A pretty nice spec if you ask me, though I am sure you will pay for it!
No word on battery life yet! 🙂
Full press release follows.