Articles on Blu-ray Disc, Dolby Digital

Pioneer BDP-120 Blu-ray player

Review Finally, Blu-ray players are coming of age. They've taken their sweet time, but we're now seeing players that will load a disc as fast as a DVD player, do all the things Blu-ray promised and don't cost a fortune. Pioneer embraced Blu-ray early on in the race and recently announced a couple of new...

Pioneer BDP-LX52 Blu-ray player

Review Pioneer's Kuro range of plasma TVs were met with an avalanche of awards, but its Blu-ray players have also consistently been among the best performers of their type. The BDP-LX52 is the company's 2009 flagship model. Priced at about S$999, it's obviously designed to appeal to picture purists rather...

Bowers and Wilkins Panorama home theater system

Review Though it's not as recognized for its design aesthetics as Bang & Olufsen, UK firm Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) has been churning out sophisticated speaker designs for years. At the pinnacle of this is the company's insane-looking Nautilus, but with products like the Zeppelin and CM speaker range, they...

Denon DHT-FS3 home theater system

Review After you've heard a few virtual surround speakers, you realize there's not a whole lot of surround sound coming out of these things. Yes, the better ones project sound beyond the width of the speaker and well into the room, but only if you're sitting directly in front of the speaker. Move over to...

Samsung UA46B7000WM (46-inch LCD)

Review The Samsung B7000-series is one of the latest LED TVs from the Korean company. It sits right between the no-frills B6000- and flagship B8000-series, offering the best value within the lineup. For S$300 less than the UA46B8000XM, the UA46B7000WM packs all the features found in its higher-end...

Yamaha YSP-4000 home theater system

Review If you're one of those people who don't want to "live with wires and boxes all over my living room", Yamaha's Digital Sound Projector series of single-speaker surround systems might be exactly what you're looking for. The long, sleek YSP-4000 speaker has built-in power amplifiers, proprietary...

Onkyo TX-NR906 A/V receiver

Review You can spend virtually unlimited amounts of cash on home cinema equipment. Between projectors, TVs, amplifiers and speakers, there's plenty of scope for bankruptcy and severe marital discord. With a recommended retail price of S$3,919, the Onkyo TX-NR906 isn't the cheapest A/V receiver in...

Philips BDP7200 Blu-ray player

Review When first announced at CES, the Philips BDP7200 grabbed some headlines with its US$350 price tag, which was US$50 less than the Sony PlayStation 3. Well, almost a year has passed and apparently Philips couldn't live up to its promise. The BDP7200 is now going for S$899, more than the...