Archive for January, 2010

Panasonic DMP-BD70V Blu-ray Disc/VHS Multimedia Player – Yes, I still have VHS movies to watch

Why would someone want to buy a video player that accepts both the latest Blu-Ray format and the perhaps obsolete VHS formats? Well, as someone who has their foot in both the past and the future, let me tell you why I love this player. Yes, I can definitely appreciate the crispness and clarity of [...]

Yamaha DVD-S1800BL 1080p Upconverting DVD SACD Player, Great as an upscaling DVD and SACD player

I bought this Yamaha to replace a nice upscaling DVD player from Toshiba which my son broke. I chose this Yamaha for both its upscaling reputation and its SACD support. Feature and performance-wise, I have been very happy with the product. As a DVD player, the S1800 supports DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW and DVD-Audio well, in addition [...]

Samsung PN58B650 58-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV, So far so good

I recently bought this TV from Amazon along with this TV I purchased the following item Bell’O SFP-9901HG Color Accented Flat Panel Audio Video System. I have yet to receive the stand but it says it can hold up to 58" inch plasma, I’ll edit the review later to let you know how that works. [...]

Haier HLT71 7-Inch Handheld LCD TV, FANTASTIC 7 inch portable LCD TV

I am really thrilled with my purchase of this Haier HLT71 7-inch, ATSC 2009-ready portable LCD TV! I have never heard of this name brand Haier, and I had heard many nightmare stories about some of the other name brands having poor pictures on these little screens, so I thought I’d give this Haier a [...]

Panasonic VIERA S1 Series TC-L37S1 37-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV

Bought this TV based on my great experience with my Pany 58" plasma. Not many reviews on the S1 as of yet, however, older model Pany LCD’s had good reviews. This was the 4th tv that I purchased for the family room, which included a Toshiba 40" lcd (not Regza), a Vizio 32 lcd and [...]

Roku SD Player, Netflix users, get it, get it!!!

I previously had Netflix but I canceled it because I was tired of waiting for DVDs in the mail, I didn’t think that I was really getting my full money’s worth and could probably get a better deal renting from RedBox locations. But, when the folks at Netflix mentioned that there are "Netflix-ready" devices out [...]

Hauppauge 1212 HD-PVR High Definition Personal Video Recorder, Best Hi def recorder on the market currently

ok I would have given this 5 stars but this comes with current problem with it, this has optical in for 5.1DD recording at this time hauppuage can not get this to work so you are stuck with PCM 2.0 or audio from the analog imputs, now to the rest, it records video at 1920×1080 [...]

Polk Audio SurroundBar360° DVD Home Theater System, As good as 5.1 Surround Sound Reproduction gets…

Pros: – best surround sound reproduction i have heard to date – no subwoofer needed, bass sounds true! – easy to set up, easy to configure, easy to use – excellent price compared to other high end virtual surround sound systems Cons: – could use a few more notches of volume – lack of equalizer [...]

Onkyo SKS-HT540 7.1 Channel Home Theater Speaker System, Great Sound at a great price

I spent a good 2 weeks looking for a surround sound speaker system for my home theater. I was only looking to spend around $300 and I really wasn’t expecting to find anything great at that price. But then I continued to hear wonderful things about Onkyo speakers and I had to try them out. [...]

Philips AmbiSound Home Theater Sound Bar with Integrated 1080p-Upscaling DVD/MP3 Player, HTS8100/37, Good looking home theater system

Best part about this system is the simplicity in term of look and set up. Black finish matches with my black Phillips LCD TV. It comes with a main unit and a loud speaker. So not many things to hook up. It is pretty simple to set up if you plan to just have it [...]