HDTV Reviews

Philips have announced three new Blu-ray players for the UK / European market which Philips says are “pushing the boundaries in picture quality and sound experience.”

The range is separated into the usual higher end, mid and lower range, with the Philips BDP7300, BDP5000 and BDP3000 models respectively. Read more

The LG BD300 blu-ray player has gained a lot of attention for being the very first blu-ray player to support Netflix streaming “watch now” feature. Allowing you to have instant playback access to over 12,000 movies and TV episodes for no additional charge to netflix subscribers. Read more

The newest Elite series Blu-ray player from Pioneer’s 2009 lineup is the Pioneer BDP-23FD Elite series. The BDP-23FD takes the BDP-320 even further, and it the first model from Pioneer to feature an RS-232C port for linking to an automated control system, when is perfect for custom installers. Read more

The middle of the range, new blu-ray player from Pioneer’s 2009 range is the Pioneer BDP-320. A step up from the BDP-120, the BDP-320 brings new features such as 1GB of internal memory, 7.1-channel analog outputs and USB media port. Read more

This year Pioneer seem to be all about their new Blu-ray players. Unleashing three new models. First up is the Pioneer BDP-120 blu-ray player, which comes at under a very reasonable $300 and features BD-Live, straight out of the box. Read more

JVC have announced they are going to release their very first blu-ray player on U.S soil. Having previously only released their players elsewhere, the brand new JVC XV-PB1 blu-ray player will be the first. Read more

Like most other companies, LG are updating their Blu-ray player offerings for 2009. Building on their popular BD300 blu-ray player, the first to offer netflix streaming via the Internet, LG have announced two “networked” blu-ray players, the LG BD370, the LG BD390. Read more

New for 2009, Sharp have announced two new blu-ray players, the Sharp BD-HP22U and the Sharp BD-HP16U. Both support 1080p HD playback, along with 24p output. While the top of the range Sharp BD-HP22U support blu-ray profile 2.0 / BD-Live right out of the box. Read more

Not only has Vizio released many new HDTVs, they are also getting in on the Blu-ray player market, with the Vizio VBR100. The 2-inch thick player can deliver 1080p HD output. Read more

Just freshly announced at the CES ‘09 the Samsung BD-P4600 blu-ray player is the “world’s thinnest blu-ray player”. Just like last year with the HDTVs, everyone wants that “world’s thinnest title”. Read more