Category: Video Reviews
Sony debuts 250 gig hard disk video recorder
Sony has announced the October launch of a pair of Hard Disk Drive DVD recorder combis. The headline model, the RDR-HXD910, features a mammoth hard drive (250 Gigabytes) capable of storing up to 428 hours of SD footage, it…
Samsung plans HD DVD/Blu-ray combi
When it comes it the old Blu-ray versus HD DVD (that's the two formats competing to replace DVD as the disc standard for pre-recorded and recorded HD), Samsung is in a pretty unique position. It has always allied itself to…
IFA News 2005: Pana's 4 in 1 one recorder
Not sure about which recording format to go for? Panasonic has announced a recorder that covers most of the bases – at least as far as standard definition goes anyway (we won't even get into the high def recording…
Promise.tv website launched
A couple of weeks back we brought you news of an interesting take on a DVR from Promise.tv. Now the company has set up a new website revealing more details of the system. Basically Promise.tv technology lets you continuously record…
Duran Duran releases 3d DVD
Duran Duran fans will be pleased to hear that the band are releasing a new double disc box set featuring the band playing twenty different songs live. But most importantly the DVD comes with 3d glasses (remember when those things…
Mustek R580 review
The Guardian has also given the Mustek R580 a spin. It is the cheapest hard disk/DVD recorder combi, which retails for not too much more than £200 now. It is reasonably stylish, easy to use and well featured (it…
DVD recorders now under £150
Akai, which had a bit of UK relaunch a few months back, is really determined to make its mark in the home video recording market. It has just delivered a new version of the ADR-5800Di, a multi-standard DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW…
What's new from Shiny?
Spend your weekend with Shiny…take a look at what’s happening at some of our other top blogs. Shiny Shiny: (gadgets for girls) : Samsung’s YH-820, Roomba in pink, Smoy Photocuffs. Bayraider: (eBay & auctions) : Monkey hacker, Celebrity pants, Buy…
High performance projectors from InFocus
We've seen a fair few high tech projectors emerging in recent weeks, but InFocus seems to have the edge in terms of practicality. The LP860 and LP840 offer advanced features and user-friendly interfaces coupled with 3,500 lumens suitable to large…
A 400 Gig hard disk DVD combi from Sony
We are blogging live today from the huge Sony Euro bash in Bordeaux, France, where the company is parading its key products for 2005. Most of the gathered journos appear to agree with with Euro CEO Chris Deering who,…
