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3 New Portable DVD Players from Toshiba

by Nicole on February 18, 2008 · 0 comments

Toshiba SD-P91DT and SD-P71DT Portable DVD Players

Toshiba will release three new portable DVD players. The SD-P91DT has a 9” LCD, and 1Seg Digital TV tuner. The SD-P71DT has a 7” LCD 1Seg TV tuner and the SD-P71S that doesn’t have a 1Seg Digital TV tuner. All three will drop sometime soon for around $513. [Link]

Sigmatek’s SBR-1000 Player

Sigmatek has joined the Blu-ray bandwagon with their new Blu-ray player called the SBR-1000. It’s going for about €250 ($364) and will be the cheapest in Europe. The SBR-1000 supports Profile 1.1 / bonus view features along with 1080p/24, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD and HDMI 1.3 support. Look for this cheap European Blu-ray player this April.

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Kaleidescape Video Players Will Rip Blu-Ray in 09

Looks like Kaleidescape, a company that is famous for their home theater video players will be going Blu-Ray in 2009 as well as releasing a player that features Blu-Ray, DVD, and CD compatibility, up to 5 simultaneous Blu-Ray playback, H.264, MPEG2 and VCD codecs, online video streaming feature, and Blu-Ray ripping feature with a per-copy fee. There’s no word on pricing or availability.

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Archos 405 PMP Gets 30GB Upgrade

by Nicole on February 8, 2008

Archos 405 PMP

Archos has announced that their 405 PMP will receive a storage upgrade to 30GB. Archos also changed the storage format to a hard drive instead of flash along with a retail price of $293. The Archos 405 should release in Europe by the end of this month. However, it is still unknown whether or not this baby will hit the U.S and elsewhere.

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Pinnacle Video Transfer

by Nicole on January 4, 2008

Pinnacle Video Transfer

Pinnacle has created the video transfer, which is a device that can record a video source directly into an MPEG4/H.264 format and is compatible with mobile devices like the PSP or the iPod video.Itis said to be able to record onto any USB 2.0 storage device without using your computer. Although there is not set release date yet, the actual retail price of this neat video gadget is $130.

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LifeStation HD With Blu-Ray and HD-DVD

by Nicole on December 20, 2007

LifeStation HD With Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Combo

LifeStation box features Windows Media Center (integrated in Vista) and has a Blu-Ray/HD-DVD combo. The case is aluminum and uses passive cooling, so no fans built in along with 1.5TB of storage. Price is still unknown, but you can get more info from Passive’s site.

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