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Sharp BDHP20X

The Sharp BDHP20X is a fine HD performer for its money, but it lacks a few too many features for comfort.

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Sony BDPS500B

The Sony BDPS500B is an excellent sonic performer and will upscale your DVD collection — but it's outshone by cheaper players for Blu-ray playback.

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Panasonic SA-XR700

This AV receiver has been designed with Blu-ray in mind, but its degradation-free output and flexible sound modes make it a solid-looking choice for any HD home.

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Sony Vaio TT

The Vaio TT is billed by Sony as the world's smallest Blu-ray laptop. With noise-cancelling energy-saving technologies, it's designed for business users who want to watch their own movies after the work's done on long international flights.

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Sharp to release Blu-ray recorders with storage

Sharp is about to unleash some of the world's first Blu-ray recorders for HD television with four new models slated for release in Japan from next month.

Blockbuster picks Blu-ray for movie rentals

Blockbuster Inc. announced in the US on Monday that it would rent only Blu-ray discs, and not HD DVDs, in its 1,700 company-owned stores.

CES 2007: LG debuts a combination Blu-ray and HD DVD player

At a press conference at CES 2007, LG introduced the first player capable of playing both Blu-ray and HD DVD discs.

Forecast: Up to 7 million PlayStation 3s to ship soon

Following Sony's unsurprising PlayStation 3 keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show, some pundits prophesized that the console would undergo supply shortages similar to those that Xbox 360 suffered last year.

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Does the new Blu-ray Profile 1.1 make existing players obsolete?

As if buying a new HD player wasn't hard enough -- now there is a new standard to consider when purchasing a Blu-ray device.

Are all HDMI leads compatible with different versions of HDMI?

Can you please tell me if HDMI leads are compatible with the different versions of HDMI? Do I need a newer lead to access HDMI 1.3 or are the leads all the same and only the inputs outputs different?

How to connect your HDTV

In this guide, we help make connecting your TV to the rest of your system less intimidating, and explain all the relevant technologies.

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Samsung unveils new TVs, home theatre

Samsung has come out swinging with 1080p and picture quality its main weapons in order to attract your TV dollars in 2008.

Best PlayStation 3 games

At AU$700, the PlayStation 3 is the most expensive next-generation player on the market, but it can also double as a Blu-ray movie player. And when you're not watching high-def movies, try playing some of the top PS3 games in this round-up.

HDMI 1.3 - is it worth waiting for?

HDMI 1.3 is touted as a major enhancement of the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) specification. John Falcone looks at what it offers, and whether you should hold off purchases until AV gear with this HDMI update is more widely available.

Best of CES Awards: Consumer Electronics Show 2006

Best of CES -- our pick of winners by category.

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