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Panasonic’s first 3D Blu-ray Disc Player, 2010 Blu-ray Lineup

, Jan 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

Panasonic today revealed three new Blu-ray Disc player (DMP-BD45, DMP-BD65 and DMP-BD85) for its 2010 lineup, and introduced its first-ever 3D Blu-ray Disc player, the DMP-BDT350, which coupled with a 3D HD television set and 3D glasses, gives the consumer the ultimate home 3D experience. Read The Full Story

Sony Blu-ray Players and Home Theater Systems get WiFi and iPhone control

, Jan 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

If you're looking for a 3D-capable Blu-ray player or Blu-ray equipped home theater system to go with your new Sony HDTV, it should come as little surprise that Sony have a few options on hand.  The company has announced three standalone players together with three home theater setups, and they offer such niceties as WiFi (integrated on some models, optional on others) and - using a free Sony app from the Apple App Store - remote control from your iPhone or iPod touch. Read The Full Story

Samsung BD-C7500 super-thin Blu-ray player outed

, Jan 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

The new Samsung BD-C7500 is truly a sight to behold, one of the most, if not the most beautiful devices on the market. And while beauty is in the eye of the beholder I'm sure Samsung would be hard pressed to find someone who does not share my sentiment. The C7500 is an extremely thin (1.1 inches thick) and elegant unit which can either be wall mounted or laid flat. Read The Full Story

Toshiba Blu-ray 3D BDX3000 player arrives at CES 2010

, Jan 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

Toshiba have outed their latest range of Blu-ray players, including a model that's compatible with Blu-ray 3D.  The Toshiba BDX2500, BDX2700 and BDX3000 all have online connectivity for streaming Netflix, Pandora, VUDU and Cinema Now content, and can upscale DVDs to HD; the BDX3000 also offers compatibility with the recently-finalized Blu-ray 3D specification. Read The Full Story

Blu-ray 3D specification finalized and PS3 compatible

, Dec 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

Like Blu-ray high-definition?  Got two eyes?  Then you'll be excited to hear that the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) have finalized their Blu-ray 3D specification, which promises 1080p HD resolution to both eyes.  The specification is display-agnostic, so it doesn't matter if you're using an LCD or plasma display, or in fact what type of 3D viewing technology you're employing. Read The Full Story

Broadcom BCM7632 single chip Blu-ray solution supports 3D

, Dec 16th 2009 Discuss [1]

Broadcom is big into many areas of the electronics industry and many of the consumer electronic products we use each day have Broadcom technology inside. Yesterday Broadcom announced a new 1080p capable media processor for mobile devices. Broadcom is now unveiling a new single-chip Blu-ray solution called the BCM7632. Read The Full Story

VIA VN1000 northbridge promises frugal Blu-ray 1080p performance

, Dec 11th 2009 Discuss [0]

Ah, the humble northbridge; neither as earnest as the processor nor as glamourous as the dedicated video card, it works its subtle charms and waits in vain for recognition.  If VIA have their way, though, the northbridge will soon be declared the saviour of the proletariat: the new VIA VN1000 is intended for entry-level all-in-ones, SFF machines and budget desktops, instilling them with DirectX 10.1 support and the ability to play back 1080p Blu-ray content. Read The Full Story

ASRock ION 330-HT and 330HT-BD nettops up for pre-order

, Dec 7th 2009 Discuss [1]

ASRock's latest NVIDIA Ion toting nettops have appeared for pre-order on Amazon, and based on our very positive experience with the ION 330-BD back in August we're quite excited about the 1080p-capable systems.  The ASRock ION 330-HT and ION 330HT-BD each use a dual-core Atom 330 processor together with the Ion GPU and WiFi b/g/n, but the latter throws in a Blu-ray drive. Read The Full Story

Dell Precision M6500 Core i7 Extreme mobile workstation debuts

, Dec 1st 2009 Discuss [0]

Dell have updated their mobile workstation range of notebooks with the Precision M6500, packing a range of Intel Core i7 quad-core and Core i7 Extreme quad-core processors.  There's also a considerable 17-inch 1920 x 1200 display - with various degrees of LED backlighting - together with up to 16GB of DDR3 memory, space for up to three hard-drives (up to 500GB HDD or 256GB SSD in each bay; various RAID setups available) and a choice of ATI FirePro M7740 1GB, NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M 1GB, or Quadro FX 3800M 1GB graphics. Read The Full Story

Dell Inspiron Zino HD SFF desktop debuts

, Nov 12th 2009 Discuss [0]

Dell's compact desktop, the Inspiron Zino HD, has finally made its way out of the shadows and into your online basket.  Teased all the way back in August, the Zino HD might only measure 7.75 x 7.75 x 3.5 inches but Dell have squeezed in up to AMD's Athlon Neo X2 6850e 1.8GHz processor, up to 1TB of storage, 8GB of RAM and an optional optical drive; you can even have discrete graphics, in the shape of ATI's Radeon HD 4330. Read The Full Story

iBuyPower Battalion 101 W870CU notebook gets Core i7 heft

, Nov 12th 2009 Discuss [0]

If you're in the market for a stonkingly fast gaming laptop then your options keep getting better; iBuyPower are the latest company to dip a toe into the Core i7 pool, with their new Battalion 101 W870CU notebook.  Inside the hefty chassis there's a 17.3-inch Full HD 1920 x 1080 LCD, up to 8GB of RAM and a choice of Core i7-720QM, i7-820QM or i7-920XM processors.  Graphics are courtesy of NVIDIA's GTX280 with 1GB of DDR3 memory. Read The Full Story

OPPO BDP-83 Special Edition Blu-ray player uses ESS Sabre32 audio DAC

, Nov 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

We have talked about the high-end OPPO BDP-83 Blu-ray player before back in April when it debuted. A new version of the player is coming soon called the BDP-83 special Edition Universal Blu-ray disc player that promises better audio performance. Read The Full Story
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