Crave Sony BDP-S560
Standalone Blu-ray players have finally started catching up with the Sony PlayStation 3 for Blu-ray playback, but Sony's game console is still the only Blu-ray player with built-in ...
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Crave In case you didn't know, Sharp makes Aquos Blu-ray players, and it's got two new models lined up for the first half of 2009, the BD-HP22U and BD-HP16U. The major difference ...
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Features The Oppo BDP-83 universal disc player, which can playback DVD and Blu-ray from any region, is now shipping.
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Crave Panasonic had a stand-out 2008 on the Blu-ray front, with the DMP-BD35 earning the first Editor's Choice award for a standalone Blu-ray player. After mastering most of the basic Blu-ray functions, ...
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Crave The BDV-E500W features wireless rear speakers.
As Blu-ray continues its meteoric progression toward commodity-hood, Sony is doing its part to speed the process by building BD players into increasingly affordable ...
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Features The consumer electronics giant's latest HD players and home theaters are both aggressively priced and robust in connectivity.
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Review Buying any piece of electronics gear is an investment and no where is this more true if you're buying a Samsung Blu-ray player. When the Samsung BD-P1500 was first released, it was a somewhat risky pick due to its S$699 list price, disc compatibility issues, and long list of promised firmware...
Crave With its unique design, built-in BD-Live Blu-ray player, Netflix onboard, and Wi-Fi compatibility, the Samsung HT-BD7200 encapsulated cutting-edge home theater this year.
The 2009 Consumer Electronics Show is history. As ...
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Features These home-theater-in-a-box systems are for HD punters who demand the best of both worlds: The latest Blu-ray playback and a compact surround sound setup.
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Review Sony has made standalone Blu-ray players since the format's inception, but they've always been overshadowed by the company's game console, the PlayStation 3. In many ways, the Sony BDP-S550 is the company's first standalone that may be a smarter buy than the PS3 for non-gamers. The BDP-S550 is...
Features CES has shed some light on the emerging audio-visual trends for the year in the US. We take a look at what's relevant for Asia plus our take on key trends here.
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Review Samsung was the first manufacturer with a standalone Blu-ray player, but in 2008 it often felt like the company was struggling to keep up with Panasonic. When Panasonic released the first Profile 2.0 player, Samsung was still shipping Profile 1.1 players with promises that future upgrades would get...
Review Samsung likes to say its "Touch of Color" design scheme elevates products to become a "work of art", but really, it comes down to three main principles: Rounded corners, translucent red highlights, and a glossy black finish. The Samsung BD-P4600 is the epitome of that design philosophy. It looks...
Review In almost every standalone Blu-ray player we've reviewed, you're likely to find a comment about its disc-loading speed and how it inevitably doesn't compare with the Sony PlayStation 3. For once, that's not the case as the Samsung BD-P3600 is flat out faster than the PS3 at loading most movies and...
Features From the slimmest full-HD plasma to the greenest phone, these are some of the "world's first" claims out in Las Vegas.
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