dvd player

Toshiba HD-EP30 and E1 compared: Hot HD DVD player action

Crave When the Toshiba HD-EP30 HD DVD player landed on our doormat yesterday, we were keen to put it next to our long-term loan sample HD-E1 and see how the two players differ. During our photoshoot, the covers fell off both of the HD DVD players.

9 November 2007, 13:27

Toshiba's HD-A1 HD DVD player

Crave As the HD DVD versus Blu-ray format debacle bumbles along, our sister reviews site in the US, CNET.com, has an initial review of Toshiba's first HD DVD player, the Toshiba HD-A1. According to the review, the niggles include slow load times for the...

Tags: toshiba, hd, hd dvd, lcd tv

19 April 2006, 11:16

KiSS 1600: The DVD player that likes to stream media

Crave It's not often we get so excited about a DVD player these days that we jump up and down when it arrives in the office. That wasn't always the case though -- we remember when DVD was the most amazing thing we'd ever seen, and KiSS is keen to evoke...

Tags: linksys, stream, output, dvds

8 August 2007, 11:55

LinkTheater DVD player: Buffalo's bison

Crave These days, if all a DVD player can do is spin those movie discs, we just don't have time for it. We've been tantalising you with players that support DivX, DVD recorders with hard drives and Denon's ultimate all-format disc player.

Tags: buffalo technology, hd, wi fi, divx

9 September 2005, 10:47

UK’s cheapest DVD player!

Crave Amazon has just announced a DVD player that costs about the same as The Incredibles DVD - £24.99. No one should be denied the right to watch The Incredibles in glorious digital colour -- so welcome to the Volkswagen of the DVD world.

Tags: dates, incredibles, watch, gadgets

24 March 2005, 10:35

LG BH-200: Blu-ray and HD DVD in one fully featured player

Crave That's what LG is hoping with the BH-200, its follow-up to the BH-100 -- aka the Super Multi Blue -- HD DVD and Blu-ray player. It's a fully featured Blu-ray and HD DVD player with full support for all of the advanced features of both formats.

Tags: lg electronics, hd, ray, blu

13 December 2007, 9:37

Onkyo DV-HD805: Finally, a new HD DVD player

Crave Until now, that is -- there hasn't been much competition in the HD DVD market, but that's about to change with a new player from Onkyo, the DV-HD805. Toshiba's HD DVD division is like the kid who doesn't have anyone to play with -- overweight, lazy...

Tags: onkyo, hardware, toshiba, ray

8 June 2007, 11:53

Win a Toshiba HD-E1 HD DVD player and two free movies!

Crave Toshiba knows a fair bit about high definition -- it pioneered the HD DVD format and was the first company to launch a standalone HD DVD player, which was in fact the HD-E1. This is a sleek, slimline next-generation DVD player that delivers top...

Tags: dvd player, hd, definition, toshiba

6 June 2007, 8:00

LG DP271: A portable DVD player with added twistyness

Crave So enter the LG DP271, a compact portable DVD player for all those boring journeys. The movie industry frowns upon it, but if you have a DVD collection, ripping those movies in DivX means you can squeeze four films on one DVD.

Tags: lg electronics, lg, films, divx xvid

29 August 2007, 11:42

HD DVD player for the Xbox 360

Crave CES has only just kicked off officially, but there's already one story that's dominating the show -- next-gen DVD. We've known about Blu-ray and HD DVD's technical strengths for a while, but the message is clear from CES -- they're both finally...

Tags: microsoft uk, released, hd, crave

5 January 2006, 18:44

Denon DVD-A1XVA: Battleship player

Crave We seriously thought we would see DVD players given away free inside packets of Corn Flakes soon, but it seems like the latest icon of geek chic is a super-expensive DVD player that will sit right next to your huge 42-inch plasma TV.

Tags: denon, dvd player, definition, dvd players

9 February 2006, 10:50

Email your DVD recorder

Crave There's also now an HDMI output with DVD-upscaling capability, so your movies should look sparklingly clean on your high-definition TV. Panasonic's DVD-RAM recording format is also supported, of course, so you can use these larger, case-protected...

Tags: toshiba, deal, recording, ces

5 January 2006, 9:03

The week of HD DVD: Toshiba cuts prices on players

Crave Earlier this week we commented on the decision by Paramount and Dreamworks to switch to HD DVD exclusively, instead of continuing dual-format support. This was seen by some as a bit of a victory for the HD DVD camp, even if it did cost them a...

Tags: toshiba, range, hardware, hd

24 August 2007, 12:08

HD DVD and Blu-ray: Blade Runner The Final Cut

Crave The Final Cut -- created for the 25th anniversary -- claims to be the final, definitive version, and it's out next Monday on HD DVD and Blu-ray. It's clear from what we've seen so far from the HD DVD version that the picture quality is amazing.

Tags: production, disc, director, hd

29 November 2007, 11:07

Sony DCR-DVD203E: DVD camcorder for the masses

Crave You can pop open my shell, slam the disc into any DVD player and enjoy your Pulitzer-winning short film fresh from the camcorder. And before you can even think about watching a DVD you have to let the Sony finalise the disc, which takes around 6...

Tags: sony uk, sony, dvds, disc

30 August 2005, 11:19