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Denon DVD-5910 Universal DVD/SACD Player
 |  Jan 04, 2006

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Burning Desire
David Ranada  |  Feb 03, 2006

Like swimmers in some Darwinian gene pool, DVD recorders are quickly mutating to fill every possible niche. Yet as they evolve, you can count on finding a core set of features in most decks - a TV tuner, a VCR-style timer, and a handful of recording "modes" that let you trade picture quality for playback time.

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Toshiba HD-XA1 HD DVD Player
Rob Sabin  |  Jun 03, 2006
Here are the three most important things you should know about Toshiba's much anticipated HD-XA1, the world's very first high-definition optical disc player: 1. It's not just a DVD player - it's a computer.
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Toshiba HD-XA1 HD DVD Player: Hook Me Up
Rob Sabin  |  Jun 03, 2006
Setting up the Toshiba HD-XA1 HD DVD player for the best picture and sound quality is not for the uninitiated. Even home theater experts will face a learning curve to understand the different ways to extract video and audio from the player and the ramifications of each option and will have to read the manual to find what settings in the player's internal menu will yield the desired results.
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Toshiba HD-XA1 HD DVD Player: What's in the Box
Rob Sabin  |  Jun 03, 2006
As soon as you pull it from the carton, you know that the Toshiba HD-XA1 HD DVD player means business. Its 17-inch rack-size width and 20 pounds of heft beckon to a day when men were men and DVD players were both taller and heavier than a slice of white bread.
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Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Disc Player: Features & Hook-up
Rob Sabin  |  Aug 31, 2006
If you've read our review of the Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Disc player - the world's first - you know what we thought of the picture and sound quality with the first batch of Blu-ray discs. But there's a lot more to this box than what comes out of it. Here's a run-down on some key features and few details you should know about hooking it up.

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Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Disc Player: Second Opinion
Al Griffin  |  Sep 01, 2006

I'd been eagerly looking forward to the arrival of a Blu-ray Disc player at Sound & Vision since - well, ever since the rival HD DVD format launched last April. But our first round of Blu-ray movie watching ended with executive editor Rob Sabin and I walking away disappointed and confused.

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Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Disc Player
Rob Sabin  |  Sep 01, 2006
The Samsung BD-P1000 Blu-ray Disc player had been out just a couple of days when my phone began ringing with some interesting reports from the field. It didn't take long to realize that this would be no ordinary product launch.
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Sony PlayStation 3 Game Console
John Sciacca  |  Jan 01, 2007
By now you may have read Al Griffin's review of the Sony PlayStation 3 game console featured in the January 2007 Sound & Vision. Since Sony is the major driving force behind the development of the Blu-ray Disc format, it's no real surprise that Al found the PS3 to be a stellar movie player.
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Shootout: 3 Blu-ray Disc Players
Al Griffin  |  Jan 03, 2007

As new formats go, Blu-ray Disc got off to a shaky start. First, there were repeated production delays with Sony's PlayStation 3, an overhauled version of the company's popular game console that features a Blu-ray Disc drive for high-definition movie playback.

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LG BH100 Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD Player
Al Griffin  |  Apr 09, 2007

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Pioneer Elite BDP-HD1 Blu-ray Disc Player
Al Griffin  |  Apr 14, 2007

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Toshiba HD-XA2 HD DVD Player
Rob Sabin  |  May 01, 2007

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Oppo DV-981HD Upconverting DVD Player
Al Griffin  |  May 02, 2007

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Toshiba HD-A20 HD DVD Player
Al Griffin  |  Jun 03, 2007

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