DVD Player

Toshiba SD-P120DT 12 inch portable TV with DVD Player

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Toshiba announces the SD-P120DT portable TV with integrated DVD player sporting a 12 inch screen.

Besides playing DVD discs the SD-P120DT also has an integrated digital TV tuner. Via an SD card slot the player can also decode WMA and MP3 music files as well as DivX videos. Read more

Posted on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba recalls Adapters for portable DVD players

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp's U.S. subsidiary recalled 142,000 AC adapters sold with portable DVD players because they may overheat when they fail, potentially burning the user, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday. Read more

Posted on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:32:17 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Oppo DV-981HD DVD Player Review

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Our review partner Digital Trends published a review of the Oppo DV-981HD DVD Player.

Quote from the review: "Conventional wisdom says that a consumer electronic product from a “brand name” will be superior to that from a small company, So you wouldn’t expect better video or premium features to be found on Oppo Digital’s DV-981HD DVD player - which retails for $229 USD and is sold over the Internet. Read more

Posted on Tue, 9 Oct 2007 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba HD-A20 HD-DVD Player Review

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Our review partner Digital Trends tested the Toshiba HD-A20 HD-DVD player. Toshiba started selling the HD-A20 in April. Now Toshiba has a new generation of HD DVD players on the market with the HD-A30 and HD-A35.

Quote from the review: "An ongoing complaint has been the high price for a HD DVD player, but few seem to remember that the first DVD player cost upwards of $1000 USD dollars, or that it takes a few generations for the price of any electronic device to drop. So we should be patting Toshiba on the back for the rapid release of new models featuring prices well under $500 USD. Lets’ take their HD-A20 for example. Read more

Posted on Mon, 8 Oct 2007 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Harmon Kardon Cinespecial 29 Receiver and DVD Player Combo

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Harmon Kardon is introducing a new home theater package called the Cinespecial 29 that combines their 7.1 channel AVR 350 receiver with the Harmon Kardon DVD 29 DVD player.

The receiver has dual HDMI 1.2a inputs, which can pass through signals up to 1080p and process the audio signals. The DCDi is by Faroudja and enables upscaling of analog S-video or composite video signals to 720p via HDMI. Read more

Posted on Tue, 4 Sep 2007 07:45:11 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Venturer SHD7000 low-cost HD-DVD Player

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Venturer Electronics announces a HD-DVD player for the U.S. market.

The Venturer SHD7000 features only 1080i video output and is expected to be priced lower than the currently cheapest Toshiba HD-DVD player ($226).

The Ventuer SHD7000 supports DVD movie upscaling and Dolby TrueHD. Read more

Posted on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Onkyo Introduces the DV-HD805 HD DVD Player

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Since Onkyo is a high-end maker of electronics, you probably won’t be surprised to hear that the Onkyo DV-HD805 will sell for $900. Set to be available this fall, the player has an Ethernet port for connecting online for extra features.

HDMI 1.3 is included and the player supports 24 fps 1080p video, Deep color, and Dolby TrueHD as well as DTS-HD Master Audio bitstream passthrough. Read more

Posted on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Target to sell only Blu-ray DVD Players

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Target plans to carry only Blu-ray high definition DVD players through the holiday shopping season, a move that boosts the Sony-backed technology and may deal a blow to rival HD-DVD. Read more

Posted on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft announces lower Xbox 360 HD DVD Player Price

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Microsoft announces today at the Comic-Con International 2007 a lower price for the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive and a five free HD DVD movies promotion.

The new lower price for the Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive is now $179 (was $199).
If you purchase a Xbox 360 HD DVD drive between August 1st and September 30th you get 5 free HD DVD movies (from a choice of 15). Find shops selling the Xbox HD-DVD drive here. Read more

Posted on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:35:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sony DVP-FX860DT 8 inch portable DVD player and TV

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Sony introduces a portable DVD player with 8 inch screen and integrated digital TV Tuner (Wansegu).

The Sony DVP-FX860DT impresses with 6 hours of DVD playback time and 800x480px resolution on its 8 inch screen.
Other features of the new Sony portable DVD player include swivel screen, USB port to view photos, 5.1ch surround sound output connector and 2 headphone plugs. Read more

Posted on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nikko R2-D2 DVD Player and Projector available for Pre-Order

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We reported about the ultimate Star Wars R2-D2 replica last month. Nikko integrated a DVD player, SVGA LCD projector and iPod dock in the little cute Star Wars robot.

Now the first stores offer the limited edition R2-D2 DVD Projector. UK retailer Play.com has the ultimate R2-D2 available for pre-order at a hefty £1,999.99 (~$4,100).

Shipping date for Star Wars Nikko R2-D2 DVD Projector is September 1st. There are different claims on how many of these R2-D2s will be available. One source suggests that there are only 4,000 available for Europe. Another source says 15,000.

I have not found a store in the United States yet that list the Nikko R2-D2 DVD Player and Projector for pre-order. It will be interesting what the price will be state side. Read more

Posted on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:10:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Helios Labs H2000 upscaling DVD Player

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Helios Labs (former Neodigits) announces a new low-cost upscaling DVD player.

The H2000 is a region-free DVD player capable of upscaling DVD movies and a variety of formats including: MPEG-4, XviD, DivX and MPEG-2 to 1080i resolution via Component, HDMI and VGA.

With the H2000 you can upscale all your content to 720p/1080i, or you can allow it to output an unprocessed 480i/576i video signal and allow your TV/external video scaler to do the work. Read more

Posted on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba to sell HD-A2 HD DVD Player for $99?

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Toshiba informed attendees of the Home Media Expo (site) taking place in Las Vegas next week that they will be selling the HD-A2 HD-DVD Player with 3 HD DVD movies for $99.

The bargain HD-DVD player will on be available for one week starting July 22nd.
Currently the HD-A2 HD DVD player sells for $248.88 and you get 5 free HD-DVD movies with the purchase. Read more

Posted on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung BDP-UP5000 Blu-ray and HD DVD Player Release Date

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Samsung said in Germany at a IFA preparation event that they will ship the dual HD player BDP-UP5000 in October or November.

Samsung announced the Blu-ray and HD-DVD player BDP-UP5000 already in April.

LG got lots of attention for the first dual HD player BH100, when they announced it at the CES 2007. The only problem is still that the price of about $1,000 is way to high.

As long as you can buy a HD DVD player and a Blu-ray player together for less money a hybrid HD player is just not worth it, especially because it is the first generation of such a player. Read more

Posted on Wed, 4 Jul 2007 10:24:23 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba Announces Enhanced Web Content on their HD DVD Players

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Toshiba American Consumer Products announced today that they are bringing new features to users of their HD DVD players. New HD DVD titles with web-enabled network capabilities will allows watchers access to advanced content and bonus features not available before.

Toshiba says that all of their players have offered enhanced interactive functionalist like PiP and audio commentary currently available on HD DVD titles. A new firmware update for Toshiba HD DVD players supports improved network connectivity allowing downloading of web-enabled network content.

"Through web-enabled network connectivity, HD DVD is unlocking the door to an entirely new world of entertainment and once again achieving another milestone in next generation DVD," said Jodi Sally, Vice President of Marketing, Toshiba's Digital A/V Group. "With HD DVD, studios have the ability to develop new and unique content for movie fans, enabling consumers to have an entirely new way to access entertainment and customize their home movie experience that is currently not available with any other format." Read more

Posted on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

New R2-D2 Replica is DVD Player, LCD Projector and iPod Dock

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The cute Star Wars robot R2-D2 is still not out of fashion and new replicas are appearing in regular frequency. The Japanese Nikko Group is now actually getting very close to a R2D2 replica that can do things the movie version is able to do.

The new Nikko R2-D2 robot replica is a full DVD player with integrated LCD projector. An iPod dock and memory card reader is also integrated into this advanced R2-D2 replica. With a Falcon Millennium shaped remote you can actually let the robot roam around your place. Read more

Posted on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:40:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba Car HD DVD Player

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Toshiba showed a HD DVD player for cars at the Automotive Engineering Exposition 2007 in Japan.

Toshiba works with Alpine Electronics on the car HD DVD player to hit the market in 2008.

It is a natural development to bring HD into cars. Do we need it? Not necessarily today, considering most in-car movie systems have very small screens. Unless of course your car got pimped by MTV and sports now a 30 inch screen in the trunk. Read more

Posted on Sun, 27 May 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba Offers a $100 In-Store Rebate on the HD-A2 HD DVD Player

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This is a heck of a deal; Toshiba is offering a $100 instant in-store rebate on their already low cost HD-A2 HD DVD player. Right now at Best Buy the HD-A2 is going for $399 so if you pick it up in store you can run away with it for $299.

The in-store $100 rebate is good from May 20 to June 9th. Did I mention it’s an instant rebate? No stupid forms to fill out or waiting three months to get your $100 back. Toshiba also sweetened the deal and if you buy the HD-A2 along with one of their 42” or larger HDTVs and you get a whopping $200 instant in-store rebate on the HD-A2. Read more

Posted on Wed, 16 May 2007 16:55:30 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

No low-cost HD DVD Player Deal with Wal-mart

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We reported about a rumor that sprung up in China about Wal-mart ordering 2 million low-cost HD DVD players from Fuh Yuan.

Wal-mart smashed this rumor and Fuh Yuan published (via Engadget) a correction note on their site.
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Posted on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Wal-mart to sell cheap Fuh Yuan made HD DVD Players

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Potentially big news is rolling in from China that could make an impact on the ongoing high definition disc format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray.

Update 04/27/07:
Wal-mart spokes person officially denies this rumor. See PC Mag for more details. Fuh Yuan also officially denies the deal now.

Wal-mart has supposedly ordered 2 million HD DVD player from Taiwanese OEM Fuh Yuan. These players are supposed to be priced under $300.

AVSForum has a heated discussion on this news since a couple of days. The information is still sketchy on the whole story. TDK is supposed to be involved as well. TDK has been active though in the Blu-ray camp. One comment in the discussion says even maybe we the news is just about upconverting DVD players with HDMI. This story could just vaporize as I write it.
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Posted on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:34:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba sold 100,000 HD DVD Player

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HD DVD players are on the market since 1 year and the HD DVD Group is celebrating 100,000 stand-alone HD DVD players sold in the United States.

Toshiba's pricing strategy of their HD DVD player apparently paid off. The stand-alone Blu-ray player got also cheaper, but the HD DVD players are heavily discounted on retailers like Amazon.com.

The Toshiba HD-A2 sells for $329.99 on Amazon.com.
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