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Toshiba has released its first attempt at getting near HD quality when viewing standard-definition DVDs. The XD-E500, now available from select retailers, up-converts to 1080p, and gives you three modes to improve the quality of your DVD image. In a preliminary spec sheet, Toshiba outlines how this new player will improve your viewing experience. Full Story »
Hitachi Home Electronics has announced a new HD hybrid camcorder (DZ-BD10HA) that functions in three formats and improves upon Blu-ray Disc recording capabilities from last year’s DZ-BD7HA hybrid camcorder. The new DZ-BD10HA has also improved upon power consumption and noise in the 8cm BD/DVD drive.
The three format hybrid camcorder is able to record HD video onto Blu-ray Disc, hard drive, or SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) card. It allows recording up to 4 hours and 20 minutes of 1920×1080 resolution video, or 8 hours 40 minutes of 1440×1080 onto the built-in 30GB hard drive. Full Story »
Canon introduced three new HD camcorders to its VIXIA brand. The VIXIA HF11 (Dual Flash Memory,) the VIXIA HG21 (120GB Hard Drive) and VIXIA HG20 (60GB Hard Drive) add expanded high definition capacity at 1920×1080 resolution. The HD camcorders also incorporate 24Mbps bit rate recording for high quality images in AVCHD format. Full Story »
LG announced a new BD player that has Netflix streaming capability. The LG BD300 Network Blu-ray Disc Player scheduled to be released this Fall will be able to instantly stream movies and TV episodes from the 12,000+ Netflix library. Problem is, Netflix does not currently stream high-definition. Full Story »
Sony has shipped its newest Blu-ray player, the BDP-S350. The player supports BonusView, BD-live, and features Precision Cinema HD upscaling technology. The player also makes use of a correcting drive called Precision Drive HD, which helps with scratched or bent DVDs. Full Story »
Here is an updated list of currently available DTV converters that are eligible for the government issue $40 coupon. The DTV converter will allow your non-digital TV sets to display digital broadcast signals. If you are still using rabbit ears on your old set, read on for more information. Full Story »
Todd Greenwald, an analyst at Signal Hill Capital Group in Baltimore was quoted as saying, “For the first time since the console launched, I really think there’s more reason to buy a PS3 than the 360.” He’s got good reason. Full Story »
Onkyo, who once produced HD DVD players for the now defunct format, has announced it will release a Blu-ray Disc player by the end of 2008. The player will be 1080p compatible (I would hope so) and HDMI capable. For audio the player is supposed to support Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. Full Story »
Who says you need an HDTV to watch high-definition television? You can actually watch HD shows on your computer whether it be a PC or Mac, tower or laptop. You just need a USB device from Pinnacle (an Avid company), or from Elgato (a privately held company out of Germany and San Francisco.) The devices act as tiny receivers, converting television signals and transmitting them to your PC via USB port. Full Story »
Vizio now distributes 3 new HDTV models, all under their recently announced XVT brand. Two of the new models are LCD, and one plasma. The LCD models are the SV420XVT (42″) and SV47XVT (47″) LCD HDTVs, both at 1080p. The Vizio VP505XVT (50″) Plasma HDTV is also 1080p with a 30,000:1 contrast ratio. Full Story »
JVC added three new high definition cameras to its HD Everio line of products. Two of the camcorders, the GZ-HD40 and GZ-HD30, are dual format cameras allowing AVCHD compression and the higher quality MPEG-2 compression. The GZ-HD10, a more economical model, has also been added. Full Story »
Sanyo announced the debut of a new HD camcorder branded the “Xacti” HD1010. The lightweight high-definition camera has a resolution of 1920 x 1080i and features face detection technology to improve both video and stills. Best of all, the records in slow-motion at 300fps (frames-per-second). Full Story »
How about a high-definition up-converter that costs the same as an entry level Blu-ray Disc player? Called “a power house of a DVD player”, the $399 DV-983H features processing technology from Anchor Bay Technologies, 7.1 channel audio capabilities, and HDMI and Component output with 720p, 1080i and 1080p up-scaling resolutions. Full Story »
The newest high-definition imaging technology can be seen not only at electronics conventions, but as a display/viewfinder for Sony professional cameras. OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) is the newest technology that brings unsurpassed definition and detail to imaging. Full Story »
The Samsung SC-HMX20C camcorder due out this month can record 300 fps (frames-per-second) onto a Flash drive, thereby giving you the ability to record any action in slow-motion for up to 10 seconds. And yes, it does full 1080p at 30 fps. Full Story »
Pioneer introduced today its new line of Kuro HDTVs for 2008. The high-definition television manufacturer boasts the KURO brand’s striving for “absolute black” which allows for images that have finer detail, more contrast and deeper colors. The company says this year’s KURO televisions have black levels five times greater than its 2007 models. Full Story »
If you haven’t got your Government approved DTV converter box yet, here is a current list of the eligible boxes. Major national retailers that are selling the boxes include Best Buy, Circuit City, RadioShack and Wal-Mart. You can find local retailers, online and telephone retailers on the government DTV2009 website.
The final update for the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on player is now available. Users will be asked to automatically download the update the next time they are watching an HD DVD movie and logged into Xbox Live.
Well, the camera head at least seems to be the smallest. Toshiba announced today it will be showing the IK-HD1 3CCD HDTV Camera at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in Las Vegas this month. The tiny hi def camera head only weighs 2.3 oz. and measures 1.6 inches.
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