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What to consider when buying an HDTV

Are you considering buying an HDTV? Do you know what to look for when you buy an HDTV? Well Philip DiStefano of Tiger Weekly released an article giving consumers advice on what they should be looking for when they buy their HDTV. A very interesting read:

The lowdown on high definition televisions
To a lot of consumers, [...]

Wireless HD for your Sony Bravia HDTV

The DMX-WL1, DMX-DVD and DMX-SW1 link from Sony streams HD quality video to your Sony Bravia HDTV from up to 65 feet away. Featuring four HDMI and one component source the DMX-WL1 goes for $800 next month. The Sony DMX-DVD is an upscaling DVD player that is retailing at only $200, use it with the [...]

Major Blu-ray and HDTV sales predicted on Black Friday

Black Friday is right around the corner and some analysts are saying that huge sales on electronic gadgets are expected from the major retail stores. Some are saying we can expect to see Blu-ray players for as low as $149 and Plasma HDTVs for $499.The day after Thanksgiving sale, dubbed Black Friday, is the unofficial [...]

Blu-ray player prices to drop this Christmas

Just in time for the holiday shopping season Blu-ray player prices are expected to fall according to PricSCAN. With the popularity of Blu-ray movies and HDTVs it’s no surprise that the price of Blu-ray players will fall as well. Blu-ray is also facing increased competition from online HD format downloads online so to stay competitive [...]

The Spanish website ZonaDVD reported that Warner Home Video has told them that The Dark Knight will bereleased on DVD and Blu-ray on December 16, right in time for Christmas. No other details or information was given, stay tuned for more details on The Dark Knight on Blu-ray.
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[Source: blu-ray.com]

Sub-$200 Blu-ray disc players coming soon?

Sources have told Blu-ray.com that one of the major Blu-ray player manufacturers will be offering a Blu-ray player for less than $200 this holiday shopping season. We’ll most likely see this deal during “Black Friday”, after Thanksgiving sale. The players expected to go on sale will most likely be entry-level BonusView (v1.1) players that most [...]

Wireless HDMI video link from Sony

Sony has announced the release of their DMX-WL1T wireless HDMI video link. The device features 1080i quality streaming video, four HDMI inputs, component video and analogue audio inputs and can transmit video up to 3Gps between the HD source and your HDTV. It is said that the device will only work with Bravia HDTVs but [...]

Waterproof Sony Bravia LCD TV

Sony recently introduced their new 4” BRAVIA LCD TV for the Japanese market. Going for about $368 the BRAVIA XDV-W600 is a portable waterproof LCD screen TV that can withstand being under 3.3 of water for up to 30 minutes. You can also record about 10 hours of content on its 2GB internal memory and [...]

DVDO EDGE 1080p upscalers

The DVDO EDGE features six HDMI 1.3a ports, two component, one composite or S-Vid inputs and converts DVDs to 1080p. The DVDO EDGE is supposed to be one of the finest upscalers on the market today, and the MSRP price of $799 shows it.
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[Source: crunchgear]

Anchor Bay Offers New Low-Cost HDMI 1.3 Deep Color Video-Processing IC for Blu-ray Players and AV Receivers

Anchor Bay introduced their new color video-processing IC for low cost format-conversion applications in STB, DVD, AVR, and Blu-ray player/recorders. Pretty interesting read.
The ABT1030’s PReP technology reverts the progressive video signal output from source equipment, such as DVD players, AV receivers, and set-top-boxes, to its original interlaced format, which is then converted to progressive [...]