Tag Archive for 'high-definition'
Back in March, Acer rather breathlessly announced that they would be pretty much revolutionising the laptop market; in the end, they produced a new range of media notebooks, the Aspire Gemstone Blue, which while not exactly earth-shattering were still vaguely attractive and capable machines. Now, two months later, the Aspire 8920 and 6920 are finally [...]
Samsung will be showing its latest LCD panel with 240Hz image frame rate next week. The prototype Samsung will be demonstrating is a 15-inch panel at the SID (Society for Information Display) 2008 International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, which takes place in Los Angeles from May 18 to 23.
The Magnavox and Sylvania branded Funai NB500 Blu-ray player were spotted at Walmart. The NB500 is Profile 1.1 Blu-ray player and it is price quite low at $298. It sports HDMI version 1.3, HD audio codec’s, and DVD upscaling. These units are obviously low end BD players and somehow outdated, but again the price [...]
After teasing us back in January with a working prototype but no plan to implement it, Toshiba have changed their tune over their graphically marvellous SpursEngine. Based on the same Cell CPU that gives the PlayStation 3 its graphical grunt, their SE1000 chip in fact contains four of those processors. Toshiba have now confirmed that [...]
As well as their new Elite BDP-05FD and BDP-51FD Blu-ray players, Pioneer have also announced a fresh projector for their high-end KURO range. The Elite KURO Projector continues Pioneer’s track record of incredibly deep black levels, and supports full 1080p high-definition. It also has the latest LCoS 1080p processor.
Panasonic have announced pricing for their upcoming BD50 Blu-ray player. Set to be the company’s flagship high-definition player, the BD50 will cost $700 and will launch, according to the company’s latest promises, before the end of Spring. The BD50 is the first unit from the manufacturer to support Final Standard Profile 2.0, which includes multiple internet-based [...]
It might not have the super-compact body of Sony’s HDR-TG1, nor the sturdiness of Sanyo’s Xacti, but DXG trounces both of them with the price of its HD camcorder. The DXG-569V can capture 1280 x 720 video at 30 fps and shoot 5-megapixel stills, all for just $169. It might only have a digital zoom (2x) but the 3-inch rotating LCD is [...]
nVidia released its new entry-level GeForce 9600 GSO without any drum beating. The card features a scaled down 9600 GT GPU that runs at 550Mhz with its 384MB memory at 800Mhz – however its unified shaders are clocked at 1375Mhz.
In the clamour to encourage us all to upgrade to high-definition BluRay players, manufacturers and disc producers themselves are touting the extra functionality above and beyond improved picture quality. Interactive web-connected games, messaging and “behind the scenes” extras all promise to enhance the movie experience. However, recent research suggest that, far from being [...]
As the war between two HD format has ended, concern arise about competitive pricing. I myself included have thought Blu-ray equipments will not take anymore freefall on its price. Well, I was wrong – Dell actually added Blu-ray to its Inspiron 1525 laptops and still put the machine’s pricing under $900 ($879 to [...]
