dvd player

Sony BDP-S350: Sony strikes Blu gold

Crave In fact, it's really no larger than a DVD player. We're reluctant to criticise a budget player for this, though. We've never been slow to criticise stand-alone Blu-ray players, and particularly Sony hardware.

Tags: sony, profile, players, blu

2 December 2008, 11:20

Hancock Blu-ray comes with bonus digital copy

Crave The quality is decent enough, not anywhere near as good as a DVD, but certainly sufficient for watching on a PSP or laptop. Take, for example, the wording that comes on the bonus DVD: "As a special gift with your recent purchase of Hancock, your...

Tags: disc, ray, psp, blu

1 December 2008, 11:37

Seven things you didn't know about Windows 7

Crave I'm hopeful it will have battery life equivalent to a portable DVD player," Microsoft's Jon DeVaan said in an interview. Microsoft is trying to do a couple of things to make the DVD-playing experience better in Windows 7.

Tags: battery life, wi fi, sensor, media center

11 November 2008, 10:11

Toshiba XD-E500: Now with free Lovefilm subscription

Crave So you could say the player is just £20, a much better price for a DVD player, especially if you were planning to join Lovefilm anyway. Toshiba has just gone and added a whole Poundland's worth of value though, by doing a deal with movie-rental...

Tags: toshiba, dvds, movies, post office

10 November 2008, 11:22

Denon DVD-3800BD: Wallet-busting Blu-ray

Crave Is it 80 times as much as a supermarket DVD player? The good news on that front is that Denon is using the Silicon Optix Realta chipset for high-quality video decoding, and HQV picture processing to wring every last drop of information out of...

Tags: silver, eye, blu, ray

3 November 2008, 11:12

Archos 5 vs Cowon A3: PMP prizefight

Crave Out of the box, the Archos supports MPEG-4 SP, WMV, DivX, Xvid and Flash 9 FLV files up to DVD resolution. But you're getting a ludicrously capable and capacious video player not only for travelling, but also for the lounge and bedroom too.

Tags: archos, capacity, dock, surround

27 October 2008, 12:15

80s movies Blu-ray bonanza: HD cheese

Crave Plus, we're guessing these are the kind of films you maybe bought in a three-for-a-tenner deal on VHS and didn't bother to upgrade to DVD.Beetlejuice is still the weird experience you remember, with a ludicrously slim Alec Baldwin and a 17-year...

Tags: ray, blu, blu ray, films

16 October 2008, 11:27

Philips HTS6515: Apparently, the sound will embrace you

Crave The system is comprised of four parts: two stereo speakers, a huge subwoofer and the main unit, which is home to the DVD player. The DVD player is especially sleek and can either be plonked on a table or slapped on a wall, whichever takes your fancy.

Tags: philips, stereo, cable, speakers

8 October 2008, 11:10

Panasonic DMP-BD35 and BD55: New ultra-sleek Blu-ray players

Crave Everyone has times when they feel restless and unable to settle on decisions, but those good folks over at Panasonic have got it bad. It seems like only yesterday that the BD30 and BD50 players arrived and now the company has replaced them with new...

Tags: panasonic, ray, players, profile

7 October 2008, 10:44

Onkyo TX-NR906: Darth Vader endorses this AV receiver

Crave Don't worry, he's got a PS3 now, because he rather likes the exterior finish, but he's also got Laserdisc, DVD, Betamax and a VHS player he needs to hook up. Darth was unlucky enough to pick HD DVD in the format war, which is one of the reasons...

Tags: onkyo, planets, hd, inputs

3 October 2008, 11:01

Sky Player: Sounds like iPlayer

Crave Sure, it's not quite DVD quality, but it's very watchable. Sky clearly sees the massive potential market for this among its millions of subscribers, so it has a similar product called Sky Player, which it has just opened up to non-subscribers.

Tags: sky, streaming, channels, sports

12 September 2008, 11:28

Starship Troopers 3 Blu-ray: Interactive silliness

Crave You'll need a profile 1.1 player to use this mode, and profile 2.0 to appear in the film clips. While Crave was visiting Sony at IFA, we were shown a trailer for a new Blu-ray movie -- it was none other than the third instalment of Starship...

Tags: scenes, film, starship, troopers

11 September 2008, 11:36

RealDVD: DVD ripping goes legal

Crave Depending on the read speed of your computer's DVD drive, the operation will probably take 15-20 minutes (for dual-layer discs that house 7 to 8.5GB of data). Okay, you can do this and more with underground DVD rippers, but the point is that...

Tags: dvds, beta, cover, disc

9 September 2008, 10:30

Photos: We project a riot with Epson's DM2, TW420 and TW5000

Crave That DVD player comes with DivX support. It's plug-and-play, with just one cable, and a built-in DVD player for minimum faffing about out of the box. The EH-DM2 is a portable player for the whole family, while the EH-TW420 is a batchelor's model...

28 August 2008, 23:01

Toshiba Regza 40ZF575D: Improving bog-standard video

Crave No one is pretending that this is the future, but Tosh is at least helping people get the best out of their DVD collections and low-quality Freeview broadcasts. Toshiba began its press conference at IFA in Berlin by denying that it would be...

Tags: tvs, definition, ray, blu

28 August 2008, 15:46