HDTV Lounge

Philips have announced their second generation blu-ray player called the Philips BDP7200. The BDP7200 fully supports 1080p Full HD resolution output along with 24p (24 frames per second, film rate) and Deep Color (HDMI 1.3) for over 1 billion color and eliminates color banding. Read more

If your looking for a nice looking Blu-ray drive for your PC, maybe for your media center or just movie watching the new Sony BDU-X10S Blu-ray drive for the PC shoud suit you very well. The BDU-X10S is priced well at $200 making it very tempting for people who wan to make the leap over to the HD world, especial now that it seems Blu-ray has won. Read more

It seems like a good time to buy a Blu-ray player, as they seem to have won the whole HD format war. Unfortunately the players don’t come cheap. Sharp has noticed these two things, and have released the BD-HP20H blu-ray player at a very competitive price. Read more

Samsung was one of the first to release Blu-ray players in Europe, and now they seem to have perfected it with the release of their BD-P1400 blu-ray player. The Samsung BD-P1400 is their third generation blu-ray player, yes third, it’s crazy to think they are already on their third generation versions, while many people have yet to still buy any form of HD player. Read more

Great news for Blu-ray fans, Samsung have announced their new blu-ray player for release this May. The Samsung BD-P1500 blu-ray player looks great and very sleek with a black gloss finish, and the internals are just as good, with the BD-P1500 conforming to blu-ray profile 1.1. Read more

Samsung have announced their new Duo HD player, gaining appreciation of many HDTV owners around the world. The new Samsung BD-UP5500 Duo HD player can play back both HD formats, HD DVD, Blu-ray and also standard DVDs upscalled to 1080p. Duo HD / Dual formats players are the answer to the very annoying “HD format war” which leaves HDTV owners not knowing which format to go for. Read more

Not only has Sharp announced four new LCD HDTV ranges, they have also announced the Sharp BD-HP50U blu-ray player. The BD-HP50U is Sharp’s second generation Blu-ray player, and supports the Blu-rau profile 1.1 along with DB-Live. Secondary audio and video decoders provide picture in picture capability, and a USB terminal provides access to a local storage device. Read more

Marantz is known for making very high quality components, but also unfortunately these products come at a high price. Marantz’s latest blu-ray player, the Marantz BD8002 will be shown at CES 2008. We can expect a lot from the Marantz BD8002 blu-ray player, and from taking a look at it’s specifications it does not disappoint, it is one of the only players which seems to include all of the features available today. Read more

If you’re looking to sink some money into the Blu-ray route of HD media playback, the Pioneer BDP-LX70 certainly seems to be a great player to select. Pioneer have always been known for their high end hardware, and the BDP-LX70 blu-ray player is one of their latest devices, so you can expect something good. Read more

Sony has revealed four new Blu-ray players and recorders which are set to hit the market on November 8th. The four blu-ray players and recorders can of course play back BD (blu-ray) discs as well as burn 50GB dual-layer BD-R/RE discs and also feature a hard disc drive between 250GB and 500GB on the top model. Read more