The Dell Inspiron One 2305 (Blu-ray) ($1,099 direct) is an all-in-one desktop PC using a touchscreen technology, Blu-ray, and competitive performance numbers. While it isn’t really planning to usurp the HP TouchSmart 310 ($1,159 direct, 4 stars) of the Editors’ Choice, the Dell Inspiron One is certainly a viable alternative-especially if you’re searching for a primary media-center PC. Design & Features The Inspiron One (Bl…
bility, and the PS3soon offering a 3D firmware upgrade, future-proofing yourself is easy and cheap. for once. SONY PS3 SLIM – Best for Gaming A simple firmware that can be found on the PlayStation Network, will turn your PS3 into a PS 3D, at least for games, £24 buys the update plus demos of 3D games WipEout HD and MotorStorm- Pacific Rift. The 3D Blu-ray upgrade wasn’t available in time for this test, but the PS3 is more than capable of d…
Video may be the future of the internet, but until we can get internet based video to our favored viewing medium - the living room TV – it’s hard to imagine it replacing more traditional formats like DVD, BLU-Ray or broadcast. With this device , however, Philips comes a step closer – a box designed to replace your DVD or Blu-Ray player while adding useful extras, such as PC streaming from a media server and downloading legal mo…
BLU-RAY SURROUND SOUND SYSTEMS COME in all shapes and sizes, from cheap one-boxers to decadent separates that attract coos of delight from everyone including your credit card provider.All-in-ones should offer better VFM and easier-setup than separates, although arguably not quite such good performance. SAMSUNG C6730W – Best Overall Value Samsung’s l.330W. 7.l-channel system includes a sleek Blu-ray receiver that boasts super-sharp H…
3D SPINNER The first Blu-ray deck to play 3D movies. Now if only there were more than two of said movies available… The BD-C6900 is a feature-proofed and rather handsome device that plays 2D and 3D Blu-rays, up-scales DVD’s to 1080p and suck video from your computer, mobile device and the net via Wi-Fi. Picture quality in 2D is sharper than Odd-Job’s hat. We sampled a selection of our favorite movies on it as both Blu-rays an…
ky and standard-def is pretty good 100, Thanks to an ethernet port you can access BBC iPlayer,with lTV Playe rto be added later this year. Image quality is perfectly acceptable on a 42-inch TV,despite the fact that it streams in “High Quality” rather than true HD. You can also access Panasonic’s Viera Cast portal. with Twitter,Daily Motion and Accuweather apps. The 500GB PVRcan store up to 76hours of HD or 212 hours of SD. You c…
m NuForce. NuForce is an American brand, which is best known for selling high-performance amplifiers and pre/power solutions. It offers a CD player and media server, but this modified Oppo is the company’s first venture into the world of Blu-ray. At the time, the brand was on the verge of setting up a UK base to develop its Blu-ray range. At the last minute, though, that plan seemed to collapse, and the BDP-83 was never given its proper rel…
We’ve certainly seen some interesting combos in the past: VCRs with onboard surround hard disk recorders, TVs with built-in DVD players, and iPod-ready melons. Okay,we might have made the last one up. Taking us back to into the solid realms of reality, though, is Sony’s KDL-40EX43B, which updates the DVD/TV concept by combining a smart-looking 40in LCD TV with a Blu-ray player. This CCFL-backlit full HD TV also boasts a Freeview HD tuner and ne…
Actually since James Cameron’s Avatar thrust cinema-goers in to the third-dimension of movie, the idea of 3D within the home has turn out to be a reality. Now Sony, the large force behind the Blu-ray 3D format, has gone 1 step further, cramming a 3D show into a laptop computer equipped with 1 of Intel’s newest Sandy Bridge processors. It might be substantially much more transportable than your average 3D Tv, but even so, you are unlikely to wis…
The art of designing AV kit to look contemporary and even attractive is a skill that seems to have passed Panasonic by -its designers refuse to match the exterior aesthetics or the menu systems of its products to the technological innovation that lies within their often dour exteriors. The BTT350′s main unit, for example, looks almost the same as one of the brand’s early DVD players, or dare I say it, a late VCR. Yet, this innocuous…
