12-Jun-07 12:25:34
Toshiba has unleashed two killer HD DVD players/recorders in Japan, the RD-A600 and the RD-A300. Both of them record to HD DVD-R and DVD media, but the A600 takes it one step further with its built-in 600GB hard drive. Each model comes with two tuners, HDMI, and FireWire (iLINK) ports. The A600 is going for about $1,600 while the A300 hits the $1,200 price point, which is more than what you'll find here, but then again, we're talking a 600GB HDD here. – Louis Ramirez
galleryPost('ToshibaRDA600', 4, 'ToshibaRDA600'); Toshiba HD DVD Recorder [Impress]
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Source: Gizmodo
12-Jun-07 09:20:00
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Check it Sony, Toshiba just unleashed a new VARDIA hybrid HD DVD / HDD recorder in Japan. The 600GB RD-A600 and 300GB RD-A300 feature a pair of digital hi-vision HD tuners, Firewire, and HDMI and can write to HD DVD-R and DVD-RAM/R/RW media in addition to their respective hard disks. In fact, the HDD is the only point of divergence between the models. They'll cost a tad more than $199: as much as ¥200,000 (about $1,643) for the RD-A600 model when these start shipping later in the year. Read-on for a few more pics including a shot of the backside ports.
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Check it Sony, Toshiba just unleashed a new VARDIA hybrid HD DVD / HDD recorder in Japan. The 600GB RD-A600 and 300GB RD-A300 feature a pair of digital hi-vision HD tuners, Firewire, and HDMI and can write to HD DVD-R and DVD-RAM/R/RW media in addition to their respective hard disks. In fact, the HDD is the only point of divergence between the models. They'll cost a tad more than $199: as much as ¥200,000 (about $1,643) for the RD-A600 model when these start shipping later in the year. Read-on for a few more pics including a shot of the backside ports.
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Source: Engadget
11-Jun-07 21:41:00
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
You should know by now that these brief claims of superiority won't mean much when the other camp flips the numbers around and cranks out a jaw dropping figure of its own, but the North American HD DVD Promotional Group has recently announced that it's currently livin' the high life. Supposedly, standalone HD DVD players now hold 60-percent of the market share amongst standalone high-definition disc players, and the recent "aggressive spring retail and marketing campaigns" are to thank. Unsurprisingly, Toshiba's heavily (albeit momentarily) discounted HD-A2 was dubbed the "best-selling next-gen DVD player model to date," and we were even told that over 75,000 HD DVD titles were sold in the final week of May alone. The countdown for the Blu-ray rebuttal starts... now.
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
You should know by now that these brief claims of superiority won't mean much when the other camp flips the numbers around and cranks out a jaw dropping figure of its own, but the North American HD DVD Promotional Group has recently announced that it's currently livin' the high life. Supposedly, standalone HD DVD players now hold 60-percent of the market share amongst standalone high-definition disc players, and the recent "aggressive spring retail and marketing campaigns" are to thank. Unsurprisingly, Toshiba's heavily (albeit momentarily) discounted HD-A2 was dubbed the "best-selling next-gen DVD player model to date," and we were even told that over 75,000 HD DVD titles were sold in the final week of May alone. The countdown for the Blu-ray rebuttal starts... now.
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Source: Engadget
11-Jun-07 14:59:00
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
Now this is more like it. Sure, we've seen the prices of HD DVD players slowly but surely sinking over time, and while there's been more than a few inconvenient rebate offers of late, it looks like a new precedent has been set. Crutchfield is now offering up Toshiba's HD-A2 HD DVD player for a mere $199 after a $100 instant rebate, but we wouldn't count on this thing showing up anytime soon. According to the site, not only is inventory sitting at zero, but it also admits that the ship date is unfortunately "uncertain." Still, $199 for a second-generation HD DVD player ain't too shabby (have you seen one for less?), so be sure to check out the previous impressions before grabbing your place in the ever-growing line of customers trying to take advantage.
[Thanks, Andrew]
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Now this is more like it. Sure, we've seen the prices of HD DVD players slowly but surely sinking over time, and while there's been more than a few inconvenient rebate offers of late, it looks like a new precedent has been set. Crutchfield is now offering up Toshiba's HD-A2 HD DVD player for a mere $199 after a $100 instant rebate, but we wouldn't count on this thing showing up anytime soon. According to the site, not only is inventory sitting at zero, but it also admits that the ship date is unfortunately "uncertain." Still, $199 for a second-generation HD DVD player ain't too shabby (have you seen one for less?), so be sure to check out the previous impressions before grabbing your place in the ever-growing line of customers trying to take advantage.
[Thanks, Andrew]
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Source: Engadget
11-Jun-07 14:27:01
After rolling out its Elite receivers with the latest HDMI 1.3a connections late last month, Pioneer figured it might fill in the midrange of its AV amplifier line with a couple of nice-looking units that can pump out Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio for some mind-boggling 7.1 sounds. Yeah, that's going to work well with HD DVD and Blu-ray discs.
What else can these babies do?
They bring some serious connectivity to the game, that's what. Sure, these are amplifiers, so they don't have all that satellite radio stuff or AM/FM tuners, but who really needs that in a serious home theater, anyway? You can plug pretty much any audio or video into them and they'll spit it out digitally, including composite and component video, S-Video, optical digital audio, and of course, there are a couple of HDMI 1.3a inputs, too. It's iPod friendly, too, with a USB port. And if it matters to you, these are both THX certified.
First out of the gate in June will be the VSA-AX...
What else can these babies do?
They bring some serious connectivity to the game, that's what. Sure, these are amplifiers, so they don't have all that satellite radio stuff or AM/FM tuners, but who really needs that in a serious home theater, anyway? You can plug pretty much any audio or video into them and they'll spit it out digitally, including composite and component video, S-Video, optical digital audio, and of course, there are a couple of HDMI 1.3a inputs, too. It's iPod friendly, too, with a USB port. And if it matters to you, these are both THX certified.
First out of the gate in June will be the VSA-AX...
Source: Gizmodo
11-Jun-07 14:27:01
After rolling out its Elite receivers with the latest HDMI 1.3a connections late last month, Pioneer figured it might fill in the midrange of its AV amplifier line with a couple of nice-looking units that can pump out Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio for some mind-boggling 7.1 sounds. Yeah, that's going to work well with HD DVD and Blu-ray discs.
What else can these babies do?
They bring some serious connectivity to the game, that's what. Sure, these are amplifiers, so they don't have all that satellite radio stuff or AM/FM tuners, but who really needs that in a serious home theater, anyway? You can plug pretty much any audio or video into them and they'll spit it out digitally, including composite and component video, S-Video, optical digital audio, and of course, there are a couple of HDMI 1.3a inputs, too. It's iPod friendly, too, with a USB port. And if it matters to you, these are both THX certified.
First out of the gate in June will be the VSA-AX...
What else can these babies do?
They bring some serious connectivity to the game, that's what. Sure, these are amplifiers, so they don't have all that satellite radio stuff or AM/FM tuners, but who really needs that in a serious home theater, anyway? You can plug pretty much any audio or video into them and they'll spit it out digitally, including composite and component video, S-Video, optical digital audio, and of course, there are a couple of HDMI 1.3a inputs, too. It's iPod friendly, too, with a USB port. And if it matters to you, these are both THX certified.
First out of the gate in June will be the VSA-AX...
Source: Gizmodo
10-Jun-07 20:00:48
In case you've been considering an HD-DVD player, Best Buy and Circuit City are both offering two free HD-DVDs with the purchase of an Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive (up $59.95 in value, which is decent). And if you consider Jackson's King Kong a real movie, you are scoring three free HD-DVDs with purchase.
Ain't nothing wrong with that. Deal ends with this week.
Best Buy Deal
Circuit City Deal [via 360fanboy]
Ain't nothing wrong with that. Deal ends with this week.
Best Buy Deal
Circuit City Deal [via 360fanboy]
Source: Gizmodo
09-Jun-07 15:45:48
The Oscar-winning Departed is the first hi-def-disc-movie-thing to break the 100,000 mark in sales. Why the long, awkward hyphenation? This sales number is a combined total, drawing reserves from both the Blu-ray and HD DVD camp.
If I were a movie studio, I'd be ashamed to celebrate this achievement. (Actually, I'd probably walk around covered in Crisco an be ashamed of nothing.) But nonetheless, hats off to Warner Bros. for providing their customers the option to fanboy out on either side of the fence—while solidifying that the only way either of the new DVD formats will survive is together. – Mark Wilson
Most Sold Hi-Def Title [hidefdigest]
If I were a movie studio, I'd be ashamed to celebrate this achievement. (Actually, I'd probably walk around covered in Crisco an be ashamed of nothing.) But nonetheless, hats off to Warner Bros. for providing their customers the option to fanboy out on either side of the fence—while solidifying that the only way either of the new DVD formats will survive is together. – Mark Wilson
Most Sold Hi-Def Title [hidefdigest]
Source: Gizmodo
08-Jun-07 21:10:08
It seems like only yesterday Toshiba was showing off their first HD DVD equipped notebook, and now they've decided to make HD DVD standard in all of their notebooks by next year. While this may not be as big of a competitive advantage as Blu-ray in every PS3, it will definitely help out the HD DVD camp with its install base numbers. That is as long as they're smart enough to eat some of the increased costs.
It's nice to finally see some commitment to next-gen drives in something other than video game consoles for once. Now if only we could pick a format and end this video war before the industry goes completely digital anyways.– Ben Longo
Source: Gizmodo
08-Jun-07 19:53:00
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Media PCs
Hard to believe (well, maybe not so much) that you've had to twiddle your thumbs nearly half a year to see VidaBox actually ship those well-spec'd all-in-one media centers, but thankfully for those who've waited, deployment starts now. The firm's highly customizable LAX and MAGNUM rigs sport both Blu-ray and HD DVD support (though not in a single drive like some offerings), CableCARD, 7.1 Dolby Digital HD and DTS HD surround sound, up to four OTA tuners, 4GB of RAM, and up to 9TB of onboard storage on select models. Unfortunately for those already whipping out the credit cards, placing your order won't be as easy as you'd expect, as we imagine that "call for price" bit really means "too enormous to list."
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Hard to believe (well, maybe not so much) that you've had to twiddle your thumbs nearly half a year to see VidaBox actually ship those well-spec'd all-in-one media centers, but thankfully for those who've waited, deployment starts now. The firm's highly customizable LAX and MAGNUM rigs sport both Blu-ray and HD DVD support (though not in a single drive like some offerings), CableCARD, 7.1 Dolby Digital HD and DTS HD surround sound, up to four OTA tuners, 4GB of RAM, and up to 9TB of onboard storage on select models. Unfortunately for those already whipping out the credit cards, placing your order won't be as easy as you'd expect, as we imagine that "call for price" bit really means "too enormous to list."
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Source: Engadget
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