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The second Xbox 360 revealed: codename Zephyr {Engadget}
Jan 5th 2007 9:39AM i just want the hard drive, dont need hdmi, dont need hddvd.
Engadget HD giveaways: win a Samsung HL-S5679W DLP with LED backlight {Engadget HD}
Oct 12th 2006 11:11AM Cablecard and Over the Air.
Engadget HD giveaways: win another Philips 42PF9631D 42-inch plasma! {Engadget HD}
Oct 12th 2006 11:09AM Yes I have cablecard installed, much better picture than HDMI or component.
Engadget's relaunch giveaways: a second Xbox 360 Premium pack {Engadget}
Oct 12th 2006 11:04AM Sonic the hedgehog
HD DVD supporters talk Q4 '06 and beyond {Engadget HD}
Aug 9th 2006 11:37AM Best bet, both xbox 360 hddvd + ps3 hd or toshiba hda1 and PS3.
or 3, DVHS and record + ps3+ xbox 360hddvd.
Wii-xbox360 and ps3
all these can be had for the price of 1 stand alone blueray player
However I do not think either console will give the dedicated performance and quality and features of a dedicated HD player.
just dont blow $1000-$2000 on a first gen blue ray player and 25GB Mpeg3-4 blueray disks. get everything else. and hdmi/component switcher
Ask HD Beat: What HDTV should the President of Weblogs, Inc buy {Engadget HD}
Aug 5th 2006 8:58AM congrats with your samsung, true 1080p or not, I am sure it looks great, my friend has a 720p Samsung DLP and it looks great also.
Did you calibrate it with Avia or DVE and is it set to Monitor?
HDNet to release their first HD DVD titles {Engadget HD}
Jul 8th 2006 10:14PM they will probably just re-release there D-VHS titles which are also Mpeg2, probably the same masters?
Sony's take on lack of HDMI on the $500 PS3 {Engadget HD}
Jul 8th 2006 11:08AM Someone awnser this.
Can the PS3 out 1080P over component, HDMI, or both or none, is it limited to 1080i output?
CableCard vs. Cable Box {Engadget HD}
Jul 8th 2006 10:59AM Hey Toby, it remains to be seen if a cablecard equipped box with hard drives, tuners, and other electronics-made by multiple vendors, will give you as clear and vibrant picture as a straight to tv and only use the TV electronics and cable card setup.
I also notice virtually no picture breakup with the card, but much more with the box.
in your situation it seems impossible to test since the TV is not cable card ready.
let us know how it goes and if you get a chance to see a native tvcablecard standard def and hidef pic vs a box or cable card box let us know what you think. standard def improves the most, but hi def is also better it has an extra pop! to it.
good luck
Ask HD Beat: What HDTV should the President of Weblogs, Inc buy {Engadget HD}
Jul 7th 2006 4:41PM Sony KDS XBR960 !
It's not 1080P, and it's not Huge, and it's not LCOS, DLP, Plasma, or LCD, but it has perhaps the best picture out there currently under $10,000.00.
nano second response time, unlimited contrast, 3D like image, great with 480i and cable card, built in firewire (lots you can do with that), it has a great warrantyy, will last over a decade, and did I say the 'Picture Quality" is second to none!
P.S. Sony dicontinued it and is closing most if not all of there CRT Tube plants, this is the one area where sony products are clearly superior, oh well.
Now samsungs makes Sony LCD's.
LCD make more short term profit for sony so bye bye Sony CRT's.
And I was Hoping for A Sony 1080P direct view tv. oh well.....
