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Sony flagship ES Receivers and Blu-ray player debut

, Jul 6th 2010 Discuss [4]

Sony has revealed its latest range of A/V receivers and Blu-ray players, with the new models having a custom integration focus.  The Sony STR-DA3600ES, STR-DA4600ES and STR-DA5600ES all support multi-room playback, with 7.1-channels, HDMI 1.4a inputs/outputs and 3D support, while the STR-DN2010 is set up for a single room.  Meanwhile there's also the Sony BDP-S1700ES, a Full HD 1080p Blu-ray player with 3D support, integrated WiFi b/g/n and upscaling. Read The Full Story

Steve Jobs: Blu-ray will be beaten by internet downloads

, Jul 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

While the new Mac mini may have brought the HDMI output many were clamouring for, its position as the HTPC of choice was slightly undermined by the continued absence of a Blu-ray drive.  According to the latest email exchange with Steve Jobs, we shouldn't hold our breath for any Blu-ray on an Apple machine; a MacRumors reader asked the CEO about the optical drive's absence, only to be told by Jobs that "Bluray is looking more and more like one of the high end audio formats that appeared as the successor to the CD - like it will be beaten by Internet downloadable formats." Read The Full Story

Gateway NV59C Notebook Review

, Jun 30th 2010 Discuss [10]

As notebook markets go, the 15.6-inch segment is probably the most hotly contested; manufacturers are forced to look to gaming, multimedia or battery longevity in order to differentiate their wares. Gateway’s NV59C09u picks HD video as its forte, squeezing in a Blu-ray drive as standard together with easy connectivity for your HDTV. Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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Blu-ray 100GB & 128GB BDXL Specification Finalized

, Jun 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

The Blu-ray Disc Association seems to be keeping right on track with those original projections we mentioned back in April. The BDXL specification was originally designed with medical imaging and broadcast elements in mind, specifically, but we imagine that with all of the extra space the BDA is shoving into these discs, plenty of other outlets are going to jump all over it. Read The Full Story

Acer Aspire AS8943G Series packs Core i7, Blu-ray, Full HD and Dolby Home Theatre

, Jun 22nd 2010 Discuss [1]

Acer has unveiled its latest multimedia behemoth, the Acer Aspire AS8943G Series, a range of 18.4-inch Full HD aluminum-clad monsters each packing Intel Core i7 quadcore CPUs and Dolby Home Theatre support.  There's also ATI Mobility Radeon HD5850 1GB graphics and a nifty trackpad that doubles - thanks to some backlit icons - as a media controller. Read The Full Story

Acer Aspire AS5745 and AS7745 media notebooks debut, bring Aspire value line along too

, Jun 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Acer has announced two new sets of mainstream notebooks, with the Acer Aspire AS5745 and AS7745 offering up to Core i7 CPUs, discrete graphics and optional multitouch displays, while the new regular Aspire notebooks kick off from $429.99 and have a choice of Intel or AMD chips and integrated or discrete graphics.  The AS5745 has a 15.6-inch display, Core i3/i5/i7 CPUs and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M GPU, while the AS7745 gets a 17.3-inch display, Core i7 CPU and ATI Radeon HD 5650 GPU, Blu-ray and room for a second HDD. Read The Full Story

Samsung SH-B123 Blu-ray drive offers 12x read performance

, Jun 15th 2010 Discuss [0]

Samsung has been whipping out several new pieces of hardware today and the final new offering is the SH-B123 Blu-ray combo drive. The drive can read BD-ROM and burn to CDs and DVDs. The new Blu-ray drive is designed to be used inside a desktop PC. Read The Full Story

Sony BDV-HZ970W Blu-ray 3D Home Theater System Available in July

, Jun 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

It just won't stop, will it? Part of that same press release we just mentioned, Sony's also making sure that your 3D HDTVs have the best 3D home theater systems on the market. At least, that's their goal. And, we imagine that if you plug it all into one another (don't break anything), you might just get a 3D experience that makes your comfortable couch way more appealing than the stuffy movie theater with all those strangers. Here's 3 (kind of) new options for you to choose from, all promoting plenty of features to make any 3D enthusiast drool at the mouth. Read The Full Story

Gateway One ZX6900-01e Review

, Jun 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

As people grow more used to reaching out and stabbing at displays with their fingers, the all-in-one touchscreen PC market keeps expanding. Gateway could almost be considered stalwarts of the segment; their latest model is the Gateway One ZX6900-01e, a 23-inch Full HD desktop packing Intel’s latest Core i3 processor. But is it a touch of genius? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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NEC NP216J-3D is a 3D-Enabled DLP Projector Unable to Play Blu-Ray 3D Movies

, Jun 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

We can't get away from this 3D thing, can we? It's everywhere. Well, at least we have a few years before it becomes so mainstream that it's downright necessary. Hopefully by then we won't need the glasses. This new 3D-enabled DLP projector from NEC Display Technologies won't help the no-glasses cause, and we wish we could say the glasses looked even a little bit stylish. But, as you'll see after the cut, you won't be winning any fashion shows with these on your face. Read The Full Story

MvixUSA HDHome S2 and S4 HTPCs outed

, May 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

MvixUSA have unveiled their latest home media systems, and the HDHome raises the game from basic streamers of the past and delivers a full Windows 7 HTPC experience.  The Mvix HDHome Media Center is available in two sizes - S2, with two hot-swappable HDD bays, and S4 with four bays - each offering a slot-loading Blu-ray player, embedded TV tuner, RAID, WiFi a/b/g/n and HDMI. Read The Full Story

Kaleidescape offers new M500 and M300 Blu-ray players

, May 12th 2010 Discuss [0]

Kaleidescape is a name we have heard before, the company offers the Mini media server that landed in the UK last April. The company has now announced a pair of new players called the M500 and the M300. Read The Full Story
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