Recent Comments:
Blu-ray, HD DVD players to appear in panel discussion {Engadget HD}
Sep 20th 2007 9:39AM Agree with the earlier posts. The lowest cost Toshibas are pretty affordable upscaling DVD players that also happen to play HD DVDs.
I think a 3 disc Netflix subscription would make far more sense than buying most movies on HD DVD, regular DVD or Blu Ray. Let's be honest, most people watch a DVD that they purchase no more than 2 or 3 times. Some titles like Star Wars or LoTR might make sense to purchase, but most titles make more sense as rentals.
Given all that, I would get an HD DVD player in lieu of an upconverting regular DVD player. As for Blu Ray, I cannot see purchasing a stand alone player. If you are going to purchase a PS3 anyway, then add Blu Ray to your preferences for Netflix.
Unfortunately with the PS3 you need to get a preamp or receiver that will decode high quality, multi-channel surround sound over HDMI. Not many high end preamps support HDMI 1.3 yet. This was one reason why I bought a Toshiba HD-A1 with six channel analog audio outputs last year. The price then was $400. At today's ~$200 prices, you don't have too much to lose even if Blu Ray does win the format war.
Toshiba announces $1,000 TDP-PX10U projector {Engadget HD}
Sep 20th 2007 8:33AM This projector's resolution is sub-HD. Why is this on EngadgetHD?
Nielsen to begin tracking HDTV penetration {Engadget HD}
Apr 29th 2007 2:30PM This is long overdue.
Hopefully this will show content providers that many of their more affluent, better educated viewers aren't spending much time on standard def content.
Onkyo's new receivers feature both XM and Sirius satellite radio {Engadget HD}
Apr 29th 2007 1:09PM That's great, but I would rather have HD radio (IBOC) for free in the lower end models than have the "opportunity" to pay a monthly fee for XM or Sirius.
Why are there so few receivers, preamps, or stand alone tuner to support HD radio? There seem to be plenty of car radios and crappy clock radios and tabletop radios that support is.
