Review Ever since standalone Blu-ray players hit the market, there's been a great deal of anticipation for an Oppo Blu-ray player, mainly because of the company's reputation for making excellent DVD players. Oppo held out for quite some time, and in retrospect, it was a smart move. Almost all the early...
Review In 2009, it's not enough for a Blu-ray player to just play movie discs. With the ubiquity of online media streaming services, such as YouTube, consumers already expect such players to offer up a wide variety of instant-gratification online media options to complement their HD experience. Its...
Review Blu-ray may have started out as a mess, with confusing "profiles" and painfully slow load times. But beginning this year standalone players have finally gotten their acts together. Sony's entry-level BDP-S360 is typical of the new breed of Blu-ray players. It has the basics covered, with Profile...
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 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...
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...
Crave The Mitsubishi BHR300-series LCD TV is ahead of the curve, featuring an integrated digital video recorder (DVR). This is implemented via both a Blu-ray disc drive and 320GB harddisk to ...
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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...
Review In these cash-strapped times, plenty of people won't feel comfortable spending S$600 on a Blu-ray player. Thankfully, cheaper models such as the Philips BDP3000 have started to appear. Available for only S$399, the BDP3000 won't break the bank and so we were keen to see how well it performs....
Review Standalone Blu-ray players have certainly been held back by confusing Blu-ray profiles and high movie prices, but one of the biggest reasons they haven't taken off is the Sony PlayStation 3. As we mention in nearly every review, the PS3 is an excellent movie player and it offers significantly more...
Crave These days, what separates Blu-ray players from one another has less to do with how they play Blu-rays--they all do that pretty well--and more to do with the sort of ...
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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...
Review The Brother MFC-990CW is an ideal multifunction printer that can truly do it all. For US$230, you get a 4.2-inch touchscreen LCD display, 802.11 b/g wireless networking, a cordless handset with a digital answering machine, automatic duplexing function and Bluetooth connectivity, just to name a few...
Review After giving the Brother MFC-5890CN a not-so-great review, we weren't breaking down doors with excitement over the step-down model, the MFC-490CW. We expected another unstylish device marred by mechanical imperfections and unsuitable for any environment where productivity is a factor. Fortunately...
Features Still can't decide on which Blu-ray player to buy? Here are our top 10 recommendations comprising the latest entries in the market.
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