Samsung will be releasing the BD-UP5000, a dual format High-Definition (HD) optical disc player next October. It will fully support both HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats and their interactive technologies, HDi and BD-Java. They’ve also decided to market a dual format player focusing on the consumer demands, which are to have both formats for cheap. Samsung’s new optical disc player is expected to retail in Europe next October for around $400 (not too shabby), as for stateside… who knows?
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by Johan on June 29, 2007
Sony has released in UK its brand new portable DVD player. Known as the DVP-FX850, the player has the 8 inch TFT high resolution LCD display. Supported formats include DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW, DVD+R DL, CD, CD-R/RW, JPEG, and MP3. This portable device offers a powerful embedded speaker, twin headphone jacks to share the current movie with someone, and a rechargeable battery that offers 6 hours of continuous playback. Sony DVP-FX850 will be released on 2nd July at an undisclosed price.
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by Johan on June 14, 2007
Sony DVP-FX850 portable DVD player provides a “high-resolution” eight-inch widescreen LCD that has a 180-degree swivel. The player boasts of up to six hours of battery life and will play even those 8 cm DVDs. The device features an AV input / output, twin headphone jacks, digital audio output, a 12-bit / 108MHz DAC, and a worldwide power supply. Sony’s DVP-FX850 portable DVD player will be out sometime next month. No word on the pricing yet.
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by Johan on June 13, 2007
Priced at $12,000, the Executive Pool Table from Heiron Smith is not just a normal pool table because it comes with LCD TV set on the side of a pool table with DVD players and built-in Sony PlayStation 2. The table also features a mini bar, a place for you to put your drinks and liquors and includes a stereo with flat paneled speakers so your can play some Jazz while playing pool games. More pics after the jump.
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Here is the thinest DVD burner in the world today. Measuring at just 7mm thick, Panasonic’s new Multi DVD burner was made for notebooks. No word on pricing yet.
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Measuring at just 224mm x 230mm x 50mm, the Evergreen DivX DVD player (EG-D2500CX) is PAL/NTSC Zone Free, and plays your Divx, JPEG, WMA, MP3 and DVDs even the CPRM (Content Protection for Recordable Media). It is priced at $55. One more pic after the jump!
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