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New Blu-ray Player for Cars Released by Audiovox

Audivox has released quite a few car audio accessories over time, and for CES 2011, they've prepared yet another interesting surprise, namely their first-ever car Blu-ray player. As Audivox informs us, the AVDBR1, an aftermarket product, gets installed under the seat or in a storage compartment in the ve...

12 January 2011
09:17 GMT

New 3D Blu-ray Players From Panasonic Offer 2D-3D Conversion

Since just about everyone else had some 3D Blu-ray players in store for CES 2011, it's not really a big surprise that Panasonic also released a couple of products of this type, namely the DMP-BDT310, DMP-BDT210 and DMP-BDT110 models, accompanied by a 2D device, the DMP-BD75.Quite obviously, the main selling poin...

12 January 2011
05:07 GMT

Streaming, Wireless 3D Blu-ray Players also Released by Sharp at CES 2011

Much in the same way as most of the other CES attendees actively involved in the home entertainment segment, Sharp also revealed a few 3D Blu-ray players that also offer access to a host of online content delivery services, namely the BD-HP75U, BD-HP35U and BD-HP25U models.So, beside supporting the playback of 3D Blu...

11 January 2011
10:22 GMT

Connected 3D Blu-ray Players Also Outed by Philips at CES 2011

Since the two pretty much go hand in hand, just about every 3D HDTV manufacturer also outed at CES 2011 a couple of connected Blu-ray players, and that's exactly the case with Philips as well, the company introducing quite a few feature-packed products of this type.Philips' new CES 2011 Blu-ray lineup inclu...

11 January 2011
06:51 GMT

Samsung CES 2011 3D Blu-ray Player Lineup Further Detailed

We've already talked about one of the most interesting 3D Blu-ray offerings from Samsung, the super-slim BD-D7500 model, but that wasn't by any means the only such product displayed by the Korean company at the Las Vegas event, since they've actually unveiled a whole new lineup of high-end 3D Blu-ray p...

11 January 2011
02:43 GMT

LG 3D Blu-ray Player CES 2011 Lineup Detailed

Given the fact that it brought some hot new 3D LED HDTVs and a 3D plasma display to CES 2011, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that Korean company LG Electronics also unveiled on this occasion a very comprehensive Blu-ray player lineup, that includes quite a few 3D capable models and, much as in Sony'...

10 January 2011
14:24 GMT

New 3D Blu-ray Home Theater Systems from Philips Unveiled at CES 2011

Since we are talking, after all, about one of the world's best-known CE manufacturers, it should come as no surprise that Philips brought a few interesting surprises at CES 2011, including some advanced, 3D-capable Blu-ray systems.Beside their 3D Blu-ray playback capabilities, the new home theaters from Philips ...

10 January 2011
09:48 GMT

World's Slimmest 3D Blu-ray Player Officially Unveiled by Samsung at CES 2011

As some of you will certainly remember, Samsung touted a few weeks ago a new 3D Blu-ray player that they considered to be the world's slimmest, and now, the Korean company has decided to finally unveil it officially, on the first day of CES 2011.The BD-D7500, as this new model is officially called, is just 0.9-i...

6 January 2011
13:51 GMT

New Chip to Make Blu-ray Players Smaller, More Affordable

Although Blu-ray players have gotten both smaller and more affordable ever since they were initially presented to the world, it would seem that this slimming-down trend will be further accelerated by a new chip enabling smaller, lower-cost Blu-ray players and recorders, developed by STMicroelectronics.According to ST...

1 December 2010
06:39 GMT

NAD's New T 587 Blu-ray Player, Too Expensive for Recession Times

While we've gotten used to seeing manufacturers drop the prices of Blu-ray players as much as possible in order to keep sales up, there are also certain exceptions out there. And one such exception is the new T 587 Blu-ray player, launched by Canadian company NAD, which, despite providing a full-range of high-en...

5 November 2008
06:59 GMT

Blu-ray Players Become More Affordable

It seems that during the recent few weeks, the average retail price for mid-level Blu-ray players has been on a descending road. These devices looked rather expensive for most users until a few months ago, and couldn't be called mainstream really, but things seem to be going on a different path lately. What this...

17 October 2008
03:35 GMT

Sharp Launches World's First LCD HDTVs with Built-In Blu-ray Players

HDTVs and High-Definition signal sources (Blu-ray players) have been around for a relatively long time (given the current rate of technological development), so it was to be expected that, at some point, a device that combined them both would arrive on the market. And it would seem that the moment has finally come, s...

15 October 2008
15:11 GMT

LG BD-300: Blu-ray Playback, Netflix Streaming, Upconverting

We've talked time and time again about the fact that digital downloads would become a very serious contended for Blu-ray in the near future, and we've seen certain examples (like Vudu's HDX announcement) that bring solid proof to this theory. And even if Sony dismisses this possibility, other companies...

3 October 2008
13:41 GMT

Memorex Intros $270 MVBD-2510 Blu-ray Player

Despite the fact that Blu-ray discs don't seem to be getting any cheaper (since not enough people are actually buying Blu-ray titles yet), various manufacturers around the world keep rolling out new Blu-ray machines, some of these things retailing for huge amounts of money, while others are actually available at...

18 September 2008
09:39 GMT

CEDIA 2008: Sharp Presents Ultra-Slim TVs, Blu-ray Players

Even if Sharp has made some rather interesting product announcements at this year's IFA show, it actually managed to hold some surprises for CEDIA as well. So, besides the ultra-thin, 120 Hz HDTVs (which they've initially presented at the Berlin show), the company has also unveiled a couple of very interest...

8 September 2008
02:02 GMT

CEDIA 2008: Panasonic Does Blu-ray Too, Releases Two New BD-Live Enabled Players

What's the use of providing the largest and most advanced plasma displays in the world if you don't offer your customers a video signal source to match? Well, looks like Panasonic is keen to provide a complete and comprehensive home-entertainment solution, since, besides the huge widescreen PDPs it has been...

5 September 2008
13:31 GMT

CEDIA 2008: Pioneer's Elite BDP-09FD Blu-ray Player Up-Converts DVDs, Is Very Expensive

Since this year's CEDIA expo in Denver is in full swing, it's no wonder that the biggest names in the A/V industry are coming out with their latest and most advanced products to date. And that's also the case with Pioneer, which has just unveiled its Elite BDP-09FD flagship Blu-ray Disc player, which i...

5 September 2008
03:41 GMT

CEDIA 2008: Sony's S5000ES Blu-ray Player Upscales DVDs, Mends Scratched Discs

Although Sony has announced/launched its fair share of products lately, it would really seem that it is keen on delivering a specific model for just about any tiny niche of the CE market. For this reason, the Japanese company has just "unwrapped" at CEDIA 2008 its BDP-S5000ES Blu-ray player, a multimedia playback pow...

4 September 2008
15:11 GMT

Samsung Gets Official with the BD-P2500 Fifth Generation Blu-ray Player

A week ago, we were reporting that an upcoming Blu-ray player from Samsung, then dubbed BD-P2550, had appeared on BestBuy's website, which meant that an official announcement from the Korean manufacturer was bound to follow shortly. And it looks like Samsung didn't want to keep us waiting for too long, sinc...

29 August 2008
14:22 GMT

Meet the World's Most Expensive Blu-ray Player - $17,000

Since the format war has just come to an abrupt end a few days ago and things have become a lot clearer in the field of HD, we're expecting quite a large number of Blu-ray related announcements in the near future. And one of the first such releases comes from Goldmund, a Swiss-based manufacturer of high-end audi...

26 February 2008
14:46 GMT

Denon Among the First to Roll Out a Next-Generation Blu-ray Player

The Denon company is an important member of the Blu-ray Disc Association, so it's no wonder that it's actively involved in the development of various equipment compatible with the next-generation DVD format promoted by Sony. And their latest announcement proves just how far this commitment really goes, as t...

25 July 2007
11:21 GMT


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