he HP310, however, bested the Inspiron One (Blu-ray) by mere seconds within our Handbrake video encoding test (2:56 HP, 3:03 Dell), Cinebench R11.5 (2.82, 2.7), and Photoshop CS5 (6:42, 6:56). The Inspiron One (Blu-ray) is no 3D powerhouse, nevertheless it faired well within our 3DMark Vantage test (6,572). However, it ran Lost Planet 2 with a slideshow pace of 11 frames per second (fps) on Middle quality also it couldn’t even run our Crysi…
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…
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 goes 3D. Are you 3D-ready? These Blu-ray decks are… SINCE AVATAR STORMED CINEMAS WITH its blue-hued 3D vision, home cinema has been embracing the third dimension. With a growing choice of flu-ray decks combining top-quality2D performance and 3D capability, 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 …
t it’s no sonic slouch and the spec sheet is a home cinema A to Z – DLNA networking. USB playback. wireless rear speakers. built-in Wi-Fi. dual HDMI inputs and extensive format support i-the only thing missing is 3D. For ease of use and breadth of features the C6730W is great value. Price : £550 HARMAN KARDON BDS 800 – Best Audio-Visual Quality This Harman Kardon made kit is reassuringly expensive. with slick design and perfo…
Before you balk at the almost £700 price tag of this dual-tuner Freesat+ PVR, consider that the BS880E is also a Blu-ray recorder, and can stream your digital media via ethernet and DLNA. No, fair enough, it does still seem likea pretty balk-worthy price tag. Freesat provides subscription free TV via a satellite dish. You need a dual LNB as without it you’re stuck with using only one of the two tuners, and most flat dwellers will find the…
th a couple of quirky touches on the front panel. Disappointingly, there are no sockets on the front panel for plugging in devices on the fly, while rear-panel connectivity is decent but hardly exhaustive.With Samsung pushing 3D hard it’s pleasing that all the HDMI sockets (four in, one out) are specified as v1.4. That means it’ll pass on full HD 3D pictures to a 3D-ready TV as well as extracting the necessary digital audio signal, which is parti…
quality is excellent, but it’s no different from the standard BDP-83. There’s copious fine detail and a solidity to its images, which is reassuring, but as you might expect, there’s no provision for playing 3D material. The setup menu offers a fair amount of control over image quality. In addition to brightness and contrast, you can also manage the levels of detail and edge enhancement, noise reduction, etc. Perhaps more intrig…
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…
Samsung Illusion SCH-I110 (Verizon Wireless) Review - Verizon Wireless announced that they will soon offer Samsung Illusion SCH-I110 for $79.99. Samsung Illusion SCH-I110 runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and it is powered by a 1GHz of Samsung Hummingbird processor brought by Samsung. It has so many tool that is equipped inside the Samsung Illusion SCH-I110, such as a 3-megapixel camera, 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi connector, Bluetooth 3.0, a 2GB microS…
