PS3 Blu-ray settings: Ask the Editors

Tags: blu-ray, hd player, sony, panasonic, hdtv, Tagged: 24 August 2008
The Sony PlayStation 3 has a lot of settings that pertain to Blu-ray playback.(Credit: CNET)I had a question regarding hooking up my PS3 to my Panasonic TH-50PZ800U HDTV. I want to use my PS3 as a Blu-ray player for my TV. Would you be able to tell me the best settings/configurat...

Pioneer reveals new Blu-ray players in Europe

Tags: hd broadcast, blu-ray, hd player, pioneer, hdtv, 1080, Tagged: 12 July 2008
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Remember how your curiosity level shot through the roof when Pioneer abruptly discontinued the BDP-LX70A Blu-ray player in the UK? We're willing to bet this is why. Announced over on Pioneer's European website, we're being treated to three fr...

panasonic ae 900 and blu ray

Tags: blu-ray, projector, hd player, panasonic, hdtv, 1080, Tagged: 02 July 2008
when i output my blu ray player to 1080 interlaced to my panasonic hd projector why do i get a soft image if i set the player to its basic resolution i find the picture appears sharper .

Kodak Theatre HD Player: at last, a reason to sit on your ass and stare at the TV

Tags: hd player, home cinema, hdtv, digital media, 720, Tagged: 12 July 2008
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Many have tried to be that other box that sits under your TV. You know, the DVD player, the cable box, the TiVo, the consoles are all well and good, but somebody somehow needs to solve they mystery of getting web and PC content onto your TV,...

Projector compatability

Tags: blu-ray, projector, hd player, hdtv, 1080, Tagged: 30 July 2008
I'm interested in buying a AE2000, more so now as I've just received a BD50 Blu Ray Player. What I would like to know is whether a 60" wide screen (only watching full HD) would be comfortable viewing from a 2.8-3.0m viewing distance? How dramatic an effect would our white cei...

Philips trumpets 5000 / 7000 / Eco series HDTVs

Tags: blu-ray, hd player, philips, home cinema, hdtv, ces, Tagged: 12 July 2008
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment It's right around the midway point between last CES and the one to come, and for Philips, that means it's time to dump a few new HDTVs onto the unsuspecting public. Announced today from atop a New York City hotel, the outfit got off...

New KODAK Theatre HD Player Transforms Living Rooms into Personal Home Theatres

Tags: hd player, home cinema, hdtv, digital media, Tagged: 24 July 2008
Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) today unveiled the KODAK Theatre HD Player, a High Definition (HD) media player that enables consumers to interact more freely and creatively with their most valuable possessions - - their memories. Harnessing Wi-Fi and HD technologies, a wide arr...

pioneer PDP-4280XD and 1080p/24fps help please

Tags: hd-dvd, hd player, pioneer, 1080, Tagged: 01 July 2008
Hi all, Just a quick question for fellow Pioneer Plasma owners. I have a Tosh EP30 HD DVD player that apparently outputs at 1080p/24fps. When in play back my PDP-4280XD displays '1080p' when pushing the 'i' button. My (slightly paranoid) question is this - How do I know my HD D...

REVIEW: World First Blu-ray Player Recorder An Expensive Beast

Tags: blu-ray, hd player, panasonic, hdtv, Tagged: 13 August 2008
Following the victory by Blu-ray in the high definition content war we have seen a slew of new Blu ray products to hit the market during the past 6 months. One of them is the Panasonic DMR-BW500 which is the first 500GB dual tuner Blu-ray recorder in the world outside of Japan.

Details on Samsung's new BD-P2550 Blu-ray player leak out

Tags: blu-ray, hd player, yamaha, samsung, panasonic, Tagged: 24 August 2008
Samsung's new Blu-ray player already seems to available, but information about it is strangely scarce.(Credit: Best Buy.com) Panasonic and Yamaha have already had their Cedia Blu-ray plans leak out, and we suspect the same may have just happened to Samsung. A new Samsung Blu...

Onkyo announces Blu-ray plans

Tags: hi def dvd, blu-ray, hd player, onkyo, Tagged: 01 July 2008
After backing the wrong pony in the HD disc war, Onkyo has now revealed that it's going to launch its first Blu-ray player. That's pretty much all the information we've got on the deck at present, though, other than the fact that the new deck will appear 'in late 2008'...

Pioneer Elite VSX84TXSI w/which Blu-ray player?

Tags: blu-ray, hd player, pioneer, home cinema, Tagged: 24 July 2008
Potentially less processing. Bit stream would/should be the raw data off the disc sent into your receiver. Method of processing or conversion in the receiver. If PCM it will have to go through ano...

Kaleidescape's overpriced upscaling DVD players get reviewed

Tags: blu-ray, hd player, home cinema, Tagged: 12 July 2008
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Let's get real honest with one another here: if folks are legitimately arguing that a $700 Profile 2.0 Blu-ray player is overpriced, there's absolutely no way a DVD player is worth over four times as much. That being said, the folks over at S...

Kodak's answer to Apple TV: The Theatre HD Player

Tags: hd player, apple, Tagged: 11 July 2008
Kodak's new little black media player.(Credit: Kodak)I'm not sure whether I should call the new Theatre HD Player Kodak's answer to Apple TV, but that's the best analogy I can come up with on short notice. Whether it is or not, Kodak is ...

New Samsung Blu-ray Player at Best Buy

Tags: blu-ray, hd player, samsung, Tagged: 22 August 2008
Magically the new device is now available at BestBuy.com.

Men in Black on Blu-ray: Woohoo! Haha!

Tags: blu-ray, hd player, Tagged: 01 July 2008
If you want to make your Blu-ray player work for its dinner, the Blu-ray of Men in Black features all sort of interactive alien jiggery pokery and of course, Will Smith's cheery rapping