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Kaleidescape Cinema One Media Server Review
Home Theater Review - November 11, 2013
(4.5 out of 5) Performance (3.5 out of 5) Value In a world that’s now filled with do-it-yourself options, is there still a market for a higher-end dedicated movie and/or music server? That’s the inevitable question that we must address as we review Kaleidescape’s new $3,995 Cinema One. This product represents something of a departure → Read More
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Is Your AV Gear Set Up to Deliver the Best Performance?
Home Theater Review - November 4, 2013
Spend a lot of time setting up AV components, and you’ll soon realize that the default, out-of-the-box settings are not always ideal to get the highest-quality AV performance. This seems counterintuitive – why doesn’t the manufacturer configure the gear to perform its best? The truth is, many manufacturers (especially the huge, mass-market ones) just want → Read More
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Panasonic DMP-BDT230 Review
TechRadar - October 23, 2013
In the world of Blu-ray players, you get what you pay for, and if you’re after the very best in Full HD detail, Panasonic is definitely the brand to head for. As such, the Japanese manufacturer’s mid-range DMP-BDT230 could be star of the show this year. It lacks the second HDMI input, the (frankly pointless, → Read More
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Cambridge Audio Azur 752BD Universal Disc Player Review
Home Theater Review - October 14, 2013
(5 out of 5) Performance (3.5 out of 5) Value Let’s just go ahead and get this out of the way right from the start: Cambridge Audio’s Azur 752BD universal disc player is built on the same MediaTek foundation as the OPPO BDP-103 and BDP-105 universal disc players. The players boast the same video processing, → Read More
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Panasonic DMP-BDT130 Review
TechRadar - September 5, 2013
There’s nothing exciting about the Panasonic DMP-BDT130. Within Panasonic’s lineup of Blu-ray players for 2013 this budget effort is all about what’s not included, rather than what is, but for many households the arrival of this machine will still constitute a new era. With both smart TV and 3D Blu-ray included for a £129.99 (around → Read More
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Samsung BD-F5900 Review
Audioholics - August 15, 2013
The fact is the Samsung BD-F5900 Blu-ray player is a very multifaceted machine. It has apps for Netflix, MLB, Facebook, and even a web browser. If you have other Samsung devices, it’ll use HDMI-CEC to control them or AllShare for streaming content from your Samsung phone. It’s got DTS Neo:6 built in so that you → Read More
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Panasonic DMP-BDT330 Review
TechRadar - July 29, 2013
Every major manufacturer of Blu-ray players now has at least one that can upscale discs to Ultra HD (UHD) resolutions, but that does’t mean they’re the latest and greatest. While it’s got smart TV apps and networking on top of cutting-edge upscaling, there’s something decidedly old-fashioned about Panasonic’s DMP-BDT330. Gone is the touchpad remote control → Read More
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Samsung BD-F7500 Smart 3D Blu-ray Player Review
TechRadar - July 24, 2013
Why would anyone pay extra for Ultra HD upscaling? It’s a fair question, and whether this super-slim 3D Blu-ray player can answer that depends largely on the Samsung BD-F7500′s other qualities – and there are plenty of them. It plays back 3D Blu-ray discs, streams and shares digital media, supports key video formats such as → Read More
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Yamaha BD-S673 3D Blu-ray Player Review
Home Theater Review - July 24, 2013
(4 out of 5) Performance (2 out of 5) Value I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing two of the three Blu-ray players in Yamaha’s current stable. The first one, the BD-S473, was a decent performer, but there are certainly other players that offer more features for less money. Let’s see how Yamaha’s step-up model, the → Read More
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Kaleidescape Cinema One Blu-ray Movie Server
Brian Mitchell - July 23, 2013
Kaleidescape just introduced the Cinema One, an all-in-one DVD/Blu-ray player and movie server that allows instant access to 100 Blu-ray or 600 DVD-quality movies. The beauty of the component is in the simplicity of its user interface, which allows users to browse through their entire movie library in a nice graphical interface. There is no → Read More
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Toshiba BDX2400 Blu-ray Player Review
TechRadar - July 19, 2013
The Toshiba BDX2400 is a tiny Blu-ray player, measuring just 290 x 180 x 36mm (11.4 x 7.1 x 1.4 inches) and weighing a mere 800g (1.76lbs). It has BBC iPlayer and HD Blu-ray features. All for an asking price of £69/US$129.99 (around AU$115). And yet Toshiba’s entry-level Blu-ray player for 2013 isn’t much fun → Read More
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Panasonic DMP-BDT230 3D Blu-ray Player Review
Home Theater Review - July 17, 2013
(4 out of 5) Performance (4.5 out of 5) Value Panasonic’s 2013 Blu-ray line includes four new models: the 3D-capable DMP-BDT330 and DMP-BDT230, and the 2D-only DMP-BD89 and DMP-BD79. Last year’s DMP-BDT500 and DMP-BBT01 will also remain in the lineup as the company’s top-shelf players. The DMP-BDT230 ($119.99) has most of the features we like → Read More
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What Blu-rays Do You Really Need To Own?
Home Theater Review - July 15, 2013
When Blu-ray officially came to market in 2006, it was a DVD killer in terms of audio and video performance, which helped to feed new form factor HDTV‘s sales in ways the consumer electronics business had never seen. In the ensuing down economy, other forms of video distribution, such as Netflix rentals (of DVDs and → Read More
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Oppo BDP-105 Universal Blu-ray Disc Player Review
Home Theater Review - July 8, 2013
(5 out of 5) Performance (5 out of 5) Value Years ago, my penchant for Hong Kong cinema, especially martial arts films, led me to search for a region-free DVD player so that I wouldn’t be limited to viewing the titles that were sold in the United States. This was my first experience with Oppo → Read More
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The 5 Best Blu-ray Players
PC Magazine - July 2, 2013
If you want the best movie content and picture quality on your HDTV, you need a Blu-ray player. Not only do they play Blu-ray discs, which offer movies in full 1080p video, but they can support 3D video, stream content from the Web, and serve as a hub for entertainment in your home. Blu-ray players → Read More
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LG BP730 Review
PC Magazine - June 26, 2013
With fast disc loading times and tons of features, the LG BP730 is a great Blu-ray player for your home theater. (4 out of 5) Editor’s Choice Pros Very fast Tons of features Good video processing Cons Magic Remote is tricky to get used to Blu-ray players have come a long way in a few → Read More
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Yamaha BD-S473 Blu-ray Player Review
Home Theater Review - June 26, 2013
(4 out of 5) Performance (2 out of 5) Value Yamaha introduced three new Blu-ray players last year (all of which are still current), with the BD-S473 being the least expensive at $229.95. All of the new Yamaha Blu-ray players are up to date technology-wise, yet the BD-S473 takes a more minimalist approach in terms → Read More
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Samsung BD-F6500 Review
TechRadar - May 15, 2013
Video on demand is massively popular, but that’s not to say that optical disc players have had their day. Blu-ray disc sales remain strong, plus of course many of us have extensive collections of DVDs and CDs, while the future may yet yield a 4K disc format. But what makes the Samsung BD-F6500 Blu-ray player → Read More
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Oppo BDP-103 and 105 Get Free DSD Firmware Update
Audiophile Audition - March 29, 2013
A free update gives users a taste of the ultra-high end My listening room is equipped with an Emotiva UMC-200 processor, an Emotiva XPA-2 power amp, delivering 500 watts at 4 ohms into my Magnepan 3.6r speakers. Surrounds are Aperion Zona’s. Subwoofer is a Polk PSW505. A beta firmware release this week has given the → Read More
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Pioneer Elite BDP-62FD Blu-ray 3D Player Review
Big Picture Big Sound - March 18, 2013
It’s the fastest we’ve ever seen, but that perk doesn’t quite make up for this player’s other quirks. (2.5 out of 4) Life in the Fast Lane Pioneer has packed some nice perks into the BDP-62FD. The Qdeo video processor does produce a pretty dazzling image and the player has some of the fastest load → Read More