10-Oct-06 16:40:00
Filed under: Features, Home Entertainment, Portable Video
So we've had a Slingbox Pro kickin' around the joint for a couple weeks now, one of the three new Slingboxen released late last month; we figured it was time to let you know whether it was worth plunking down for, especially if you are already a current owner. So let's get on with it.
The Pro, much like the classic Slingbox, features an analog cable input, as well as an S-Video input. But unlike the previous Slingbox, the Pro features an analog cable passthrough (thanks!), as well as composite and S-Video ins (and their respective passthroughs, as well). Of course, the Pro in the title less likely comes from all those standard def inputs, and more likely from the long awaited HD support the unit now features. There are just two catches, though. First: it's not HDMI -- which we can live with. Second: to use the high def, you have to pay another $50 for the dongle, bringing your price up to $300 total. Read on...
So we've had a Slingbox Pro kickin' around the joint for a couple weeks now, one of the three new Slingboxen released late last month; we figured it was time to let you know whether it was worth plunking down for, especially if you are already a current owner. So let's get on with it.
The Pro, much like the classic Slingbox, features an analog cable input, as well as an S-Video input. But unlike the previous Slingbox, the Pro features an analog cable passthrough (thanks!), as well as composite and S-Video ins (and their respective passthroughs, as well). Of course, the Pro in the title less likely comes from all those standard def inputs, and more likely from the long awaited HD support the unit now features. There are just two catches, though. First: it's not HDMI -- which we can live with. Second: to use the high def, you have to pay another $50 for the dongle, bringing your price up to $300 total. Read on...
Source: Engadget
10-Oct-06 16:40:00
Filed under: Features, Home Entertainment, Portable Video
So we've had a Slingbox Pro kickin' around the joint for a couple weeks now, one of the three new Slingboxen released late last month; we figured it was time to let you know whether it was worth plunking down for, especially if you are already a current owner. So let's get on with it.
The Pro, much like the classic Slingbox, features an analog cable input, as well as an S-Video input. But unlike the previous Slingbox, the Pro features an analog cable passthrough (thanks!), as well as composite and S-Video ins (and their respective passthroughs, as well). Of course, the Pro in the title less likely comes from all those standard def inputs, and more likely from the long awaited HD support the unit now features. There are just two catches, though. First: it's not HDMI -- which we can live with. Second: to use the high def, you have to pay another $50 for the dongle, bringing your price up to $300 total. Read on...
So we've had a Slingbox Pro kickin' around the joint for a couple weeks now, one of the three new Slingboxen released late last month; we figured it was time to let you know whether it was worth plunking down for, especially if you are already a current owner. So let's get on with it.
The Pro, much like the classic Slingbox, features an analog cable input, as well as an S-Video input. But unlike the previous Slingbox, the Pro features an analog cable passthrough (thanks!), as well as composite and S-Video ins (and their respective passthroughs, as well). Of course, the Pro in the title less likely comes from all those standard def inputs, and more likely from the long awaited HD support the unit now features. There are just two catches, though. First: it's not HDMI -- which we can live with. Second: to use the high def, you have to pay another $50 for the dongle, bringing your price up to $300 total. Read on...
Source: Engadget
10-Oct-06 16:40:00
Filed under: Features, Home Entertainment, Portable Video
So we've had a Slingbox Pro kickin' around the joint for a couple weeks now, one of the three new Slingboxen released late last month; we figured it was time to let you know whether it was worth plunking down for, especially if you are already a current owner. So let's get on with it.
The Pro, much like the classic Slingbox, features an analog cable input, as well as an S-Video input. But unlike the previous Slingbox, the Pro features an analog cable passthrough (thanks!), as well as composite and S-Video ins (and their respective passthroughs, as well). Of course, the Pro in the title less likely comes from all those standard def inputs, and more likely from the long awaited HD support the unit now features. There are just two catches, though. First: it's not HDMI -- which we can live with. Second: to use the high def, you have to pay another $50 for the dongle, bringing your price up to $300 total. Read on...
So we've had a Slingbox Pro kickin' around the joint for a couple weeks now, one of the three new Slingboxen released late last month; we figured it was time to let you know whether it was worth plunking down for, especially if you are already a current owner. So let's get on with it.
The Pro, much like the classic Slingbox, features an analog cable input, as well as an S-Video input. But unlike the previous Slingbox, the Pro features an analog cable passthrough (thanks!), as well as composite and S-Video ins (and their respective passthroughs, as well). Of course, the Pro in the title less likely comes from all those standard def inputs, and more likely from the long awaited HD support the unit now features. There are just two catches, though. First: it's not HDMI -- which we can live with. Second: to use the high def, you have to pay another $50 for the dongle, bringing your price up to $300 total. Read on...
Source: Engadget
10-Oct-06 14:41:00
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
It's just one small step on the rough road towards a unified player that will bring peace and unity to a consumer electronics world torn by format war -- or something like that -- but NEC just announced that they're now shipping a dual-format chip that can power the playback of Blu-ray as well as HD DVD discs. We've still got to wait for a optical pick-up lens that can handle the dual formats, but supposedly Ricoh has that in the bag, so no worries, right? Well, we suppose there are a million things that could go wrong along the way, but so far most manufacturers are holding to their "early 2007" predictions for the hybrid player, with NEC promising monthly chip shipments of 300,000 by April of '07. The good news is that the chips will be selling for 10,000 yen ($84 US), which is roughly equivalent to the current costs for chips that only read one format. Also, it seems much more likely that the tech industry will be launching a hybrid play...
It's just one small step on the rough road towards a unified player that will bring peace and unity to a consumer electronics world torn by format war -- or something like that -- but NEC just announced that they're now shipping a dual-format chip that can power the playback of Blu-ray as well as HD DVD discs. We've still got to wait for a optical pick-up lens that can handle the dual formats, but supposedly Ricoh has that in the bag, so no worries, right? Well, we suppose there are a million things that could go wrong along the way, but so far most manufacturers are holding to their "early 2007" predictions for the hybrid player, with NEC promising monthly chip shipments of 300,000 by April of '07. The good news is that the chips will be selling for 10,000 yen ($84 US), which is roughly equivalent to the current costs for chips that only read one format. Also, it seems much more likely that the tech industry will be launching a hybrid play...
Source: Engadget
10-Oct-06 14:41:00
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
It's just one small step on the rough road towards a unified player that will bring peace and unity to a consumer electronics world torn by format war -- or something like that -- but NEC just announced that they're now shipping a dual-format chip that can power the playback of Blu-ray as well as HD DVD discs. We've still got to wait for a optical pick-up lens that can handle the dual formats, but supposedly Ricoh has that in the bag, so no worries, right? Well, we suppose there are a million things that could go wrong along the way, but so far most manufacturers are holding to their "early 2007" predictions for the hybrid player, with NEC promising monthly chip shipments of 300,000 by April of '07. The good news is that the chips will be selling for 10,000 yen ($84 US), which is roughly equivalent to the current costs for chips that only read one format. Also, it seems much more likely that the tech industry will be launching a hybrid play...
It's just one small step on the rough road towards a unified player that will bring peace and unity to a consumer electronics world torn by format war -- or something like that -- but NEC just announced that they're now shipping a dual-format chip that can power the playback of Blu-ray as well as HD DVD discs. We've still got to wait for a optical pick-up lens that can handle the dual formats, but supposedly Ricoh has that in the bag, so no worries, right? Well, we suppose there are a million things that could go wrong along the way, but so far most manufacturers are holding to their "early 2007" predictions for the hybrid player, with NEC promising monthly chip shipments of 300,000 by April of '07. The good news is that the chips will be selling for 10,000 yen ($84 US), which is roughly equivalent to the current costs for chips that only read one format. Also, it seems much more likely that the tech industry will be launching a hybrid play...
Source: Engadget
06-Oct-06 17:04:41
You want to know? Really? Ok, it's the kindly folks at Audi, Mio, Best Buy, Google Checkout, Radio Shack, Texas Instruments, AT&T, General Motors, HD-DVD, SV Supreme Vodka, Maxtor, Business Software Alliance, Sprint, DICE, Logitech, Blackberry, Battlestar Galactica, and Intel. I'm in charge of a news outlet that is both sponsored by fine German automobiles, alcohol, and a sci fi show...mission complete. You want some of this love? Sponsor Giz, and we'll give you the shout out, too.
Source: Gizmodo
06-Oct-06 16:34:40
Toshiba rolled out a prototype of its next HD DVD player at CEATEC in Japan, and from the looks of it, it's about half the height of Toshiba's first outing into the HD DVD player world, the HD-A1. The remote looks to be slightly improved as well with its easier-to-read labels, but still suffers from ranks and rows of nondescript chiclet-like buttons.
This is a more attractively-designed box than its predecessor, which looked like its makers took an old VHS case and crammed HD DVD innards inside. But we're still thinking Toshiba is feeling the flop sweat for HD DVD, and might have a difficult time recovering from the shameful showing of its debut models as well is the paucity of studios delivering movies in the doomed format. – Charlie White
CEATEC - A Toshiba HD-DVD player prototype [Akihabara News]
This is a more attractively-designed box than its predecessor, which looked like its makers took an old VHS case and crammed HD DVD innards inside. But we're still thinking Toshiba is feeling the flop sweat for HD DVD, and might have a difficult time recovering from the shameful showing of its debut models as well is the paucity of studios delivering movies in the doomed format. – Charlie White
CEATEC - A Toshiba HD-DVD player prototype [Akihabara News]
Source: Gizmodo
06-Oct-06 14:45:00
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
We wish we had a bit more info to be getting on with, but we can't say a spec sheet would have us drooling any more than we are already. Mitsubishi is showing off a sexy new Blu-ray recorder of theirs at CEATAC, which sports a HDD for doing HDD-ish recording stuff too. That's all we can really tell you about this unit, but by mere heft analysis we're going to guess this one falls somewhere between Sony's BDZ-Vx recorders and Toshiba's RD-A1 HD DVD monstrosity. But to be perfectly honest, even if the internals of this thing were packed with sawdust and Jolly Ranchers, we'd probably buy one anyways.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
SPONSORED BY: BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time.
We wish we had a bit more info to be getting on with, but we can't say a spec sheet would have us drooling any more than we are already. Mitsubishi is showing off a sexy new Blu-ray recorder of theirs at CEATAC, which sports a HDD for doing HDD-ish recording stuff too. That's all we can really tell you about this unit, but by mere heft analysis we're going to guess this one falls somewhere between Sony's BDZ-Vx recorders and Toshiba's RD-A1 HD DVD monstrosity. But to be perfectly honest, even if the internals of this thing were packed with sawdust and Jolly Ranchers, we'd probably buy one anyways.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
SPONSORED BY: BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time.
Source: Engadget
03-Oct-06 20:46:00
Filed under: Desktops, HDTV, Laptops, Storage
These days there aren't a whole lot of flavors to PC HD DVD drives, but Toshiba is hoping to remedy that with their new line-up of players and burners they're showing off at CEDIA. Most notable is the external USB drive they had under glass (pictured), which should be out by the end of this year, bringing plenty of HD DVD good times to all sorts of laptops and desktops that weren't privy to a built-in drive. Keep reading to spy a few internal editions, including a slot-loading version, along with a 0.37-inch thick model for stuffing into ultraportables -- which bests the 0.5-inch version we spied yesterday.
Toshiba SD-U9131 (9.5mm, 0.37-inches)
Toshiba SD-T913A (12.7mm, 0.5-inches; slot-loading)
Toshiba SD-L902A (12.7mm, 0.5-inches)
Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
SPONSORED BY: BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transfo...
These days there aren't a whole lot of flavors to PC HD DVD drives, but Toshiba is hoping to remedy that with their new line-up of players and burners they're showing off at CEDIA. Most notable is the external USB drive they had under glass (pictured), which should be out by the end of this year, bringing plenty of HD DVD good times to all sorts of laptops and desktops that weren't privy to a built-in drive. Keep reading to spy a few internal editions, including a slot-loading version, along with a 0.37-inch thick model for stuffing into ultraportables -- which bests the 0.5-inch version we spied yesterday.
Toshiba SD-U9131 (9.5mm, 0.37-inches)
Toshiba SD-T913A (12.7mm, 0.5-inches; slot-loading)
Toshiba SD-L902A (12.7mm, 0.5-inches)
Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
SPONSORED BY: BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transfo...
Source: Engadget
02-Oct-06 17:15:57
The guys over at Movies @ Home Theater Blog have already posted a review of Batman Begins and it looks like a winner. From the pristine 1080p transfer to the Dolby TrueHD soundtrack the reviewer dubs the disc an easy recommendation. Here are a few other quotes from the review.
“I was hard pressed to pick [...]
Source: HD-DVD Blog
Welcome to the US HD-DVD Locator - helping you find a HD-DVD player for sale. Interested in Blu-Ray?
