LG announces new SL80 LCD and SL90 LED HDTVs

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LG has announced two HDTVS: one LCD (SL80 series) and one LED (SL90 series). Both the SL80 and SL90 models are supposed to be ultra-slim with only 1.8 inches of thickness for the SL80 and 1.15 inches of thickness for the SL90.

The SL80 series LCD HDTVS have TruMotion 240 Hz and will be available in the sizes 42, 47 and 55 inches with starting price tags of $1,599.95, $1,899.95 and $2,799.95 USD respectively. LG SL80 new series will be released in the beginning of August 2009.

The SL90 series LED HDTVS will provide enhanced 1080p picture quality and energy efficiency and will be available in the sizes 42 and 47 inches. They will have a contrast ratio of 3 000 000:1 and feature LG's TruMotion 120 Hz. LG SL90 new series will be relased later in 2009 with a starting price yet to be announced. Read more

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HD movie trailers for The Other man, Still walking and Fantastic Mr. Fox

Apple Movie Trailers have released a trailer in 720p and 1080p for The Other man, starring Antonio Banderas and Liam Neeson.

Yahoo! Movie Trailers have released two trailers in 720p and 1080p; Still walking and Fantastic Mr. Fox.

BSkyB will launch Europe's first 3D TV channel next year

How BSkyB's 3D broadcasting works

BSkyB has announced that they're going to launch Europe's first 3D TV channel next year. The 3D channel will offer movies, sports and enterteinment in UK where it will be first released. BSkyB earlier said that 3D TV would have to wait several years, but now it has become a closer reality as the subscribes doubled since last year to the Sky+ HD set-top boxes. The Sky+ HD set-top boxes are capable of 3D broadcasting and also have broadband capabillity, which BSkyB plans to use by launching a "pull" video-on-demand service. The new 3D broadcasting will of course require that the consumers have a "3D ready" TV, something that will be available on sale in the UK next year together with special glasses. Read more

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Sharp and Sony enters agreement in Joint venture agreement

Sharp and Sony joint venture agreement

Sharp and Sony has entered into an agreement called "Joint venture agreement" for producing and selling large-sized LCD panels and modules in a joint venture company together. On July 1, 2009, Sharp transfered their new LCD panel plant under construction and transfered it to their subsidiary Sharp Display Products Corporation (SDP). SDP will shift into full gear in October 2009 and in the end of 2009, Sony who owns 34% of SDP, will invest 10 billion Yen into SDP and in return make Sony a third-party owner. Read more

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HD game trailers for Aliens vs Predator and Defense grid

Gametrailers.com have released trailers in 720p for Alien Vs. Predator and Defense grid.

Alien Vs. Predator is the highly anticipated game by the same team behind the original from 1999. Like the old game, you will be able to play as aliens, predators or marines in a first person-perspective. Alien Vs. Predator will be released in the first quarter of 2010 on PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

Video Games | Aliens vs Predator | Marines Trailer HD

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Defense grid is a tower defense video game that is already out on PC since December 2008, but will now be released on Xbox Live Arcade this year. 

Video Games | Defense Grid | Launch Trailer HD

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JVC announces Everio GZ-HM400, a Full HD camera

JVC Everio GZ-HM400 HD camera

JVC today announced a new Full HD camera called Everio GZ-HM400. Everio GZ-HM400 has a 10.3 Megapixel CMOS senror, a 2.8-inch LCD monitor and records onto the 32 Gigabytes built-in memory and a SDHC card slot (up to 32 Gigabytes). You can record up to 2 hours and 56 minutes in Full HD resolution at 24 MBps in UXP mode before you run out of internal memory. The recording is with a Konica Minolta HD Lens with 10X optical zoom and Everio GZ-HM400 has a technology called K2 for a better sound. JVC Everio GZ-HM400 will be released in the beginning of August 2009 with a starting price of 110 000 Yens ($ 1 157 USD). Read more

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Hitachi's 720p mobile phone will be released tomorrow

Hitachi Mobile Hi-Vision Cam WOOO

Hitachi's 720p mobile phone called Mobile Hi-Vision Cam WOOO, will be released tomorrow in Japan. WOOO is the first 720p mobile phone and can record 720p video in 30 fps with the 3GPP2 video codec. You can record up to four hours of HD video on a 8 Gigabyte microSD card in HL mode. WOOO also supports HDMI connecting so you can watch the videos directly on your HDTV. WOOO is a 3G phone with a 5 Megapixel camera sensor for still images, 1Seg TV Tuner, Lismo Video and Wireless music. Hitachi Mobile Hi-Vision Cam WOOO has no official starting price yet. Read more

HD movie trailers for A serious man, The Burning plain and The Damned united

Apple Movie Trailers have released two new trailers in 720p and 1080p:
- A serious man, The Coen brothers new movie about a man's search for clarity in the year 1967 when his wife tells him that she's leaving him.
- The Damned united, a movie set in the 1960's and 70's England about Brian Clough's 44 day period as the manager of English football team Leeds United. 

Yahoo! Movie Trailers have one new trailer in 720p and 1080p for The Burning plain, starring Charlzie Theron and Kim Basinger where a meeting with a stranger puts a woman on a journey through space and time.

Nikon announces D300s with Autofocus 720p movie mode

Nikon D300s camera

Nikon has announced their new camera D300s, a digital SLR targeted to professional users, which combines still images photographing with HD video recording. D300s has a 12.3 Megapixel CMOS-sensor and can capture HD video in 720p at 24 fps. The images and videos are stored to one CompactFlash (CF) and one Secure Digital (SD) card separately. D300s features a 3 inch LCD screen and Nikon's exclusive EXPEED image processing which is supposed to ensure great quality for both still images and video while yet keeping a low level of power consumption. D300s's rechargeable Li-ion battery battery gives the user the capabillity of taking up to 2950 still image shots per charge.

Nikon D300s will be released in stores soon for a starting price tag of $ 1799.95 USD. Read more

Eizo announces Flexscan S2433W-H 24-inch WUXGA LCD monitor

Eizo FlexScan S2433W-H LCD monitor

Eizo has announced a new LCD monitor with the model name FlexScan S2433W-H. S2433W-H is 24.1-inch big and features WUXGA resolution (1920 x 1200 pixels), a brightness of 360 cd/m2, a contrast ratio of 1000:1 and a response time of 16 ms. S2433W-H has a viewing angle of 178 degrees and has a coverage rate of 96 % of Adobe RGB. It features inputs such as DVI-D (HDCP) port, DisplayPort. As for functions, the S2433W-H has an Auto EcoView function and the EyeCare mode. Eizo FlexScan S2433W-H will be released on September 1st, 2009 with a starting price of 94 800 Yen ($ 997 USD). Read more

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Kodak announces Zi8, a 1080p pocket camera

Kodak Zi8 pocket HD video camera

Kodak has announced a new digital video camera called Kodak Zi8 which is a pocket video camera. Zi8 supports Full HD 1080p video recording and 5 Megapixels 16:9 widescreen HD still pictures. Zi8 has a 2.5-inch colour LCD and a SD/SDHC card slot for cards up to 32 Gigabytes which means up to 10 hours of 30 fps HD video. Kodak Zi8 pocket camera will be available in the colours aqua, raspberry and black and released in September, 2009 with a starting price of $ 179.95 USD. Read more

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Onkyo releases the DV-BD507 Blu-ray player in U.S.A.

Onkyo DV-BD507 Blu-ray player

Onkyo has released the DV-BD507 Blu-ray player in U.S.A. which is already available in Europe. DV-BD507 features BD-Live Profile 2.0, HDMI 1.3 and can process AVCHD clips stored on SD or SDHC cards or DVD-R/RW. With the DV-BD507 you can watch picture-in-picture with both SD card content and Blu-ray content thanks to the player's BonusView feature. Onkyo DV-BD507 Blu-ray player is out now with a starting price of $449 USD. Read more

HD game trailers for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, Clone Wars: Republic heroes, Risen and Runes of Magic

Gametrailers.com have released trailers in 720p for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, Clone Wars: Republic heroes, Risen and Runes of Magic.

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2

Video Games | Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 | SDCC 09: Official Trailer HD

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Clone Wars: Republic heroes

Video Games | Clone Wars: Republic Heroes | SDCC 09: Launch Trailer HD

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Risen

Video Games | Risen | Nightwish Teaser Trailer HD

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Runes of Magic

Video Games | Runes of Magic | Goblin Mines Trailer HD

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HD movie trailers for Toy Story & Toy Story 2 3D, Whiteout, Sultanes Del Sur and My one and only

 
Yahoo! Movie Trailers have released three new trailers in 720p and 1080p; Toy Story and Toy Story 2 3D double feature, Whiteout and My one and only.

Apple Movie Trailers have one new independent movie trailer in 720p and 1080p for Sultanes Del Sur.

BenQ announces MK2442, a 23.6-inch LCD TV

BenQ MK2442 Full HD LCD TV

BenQ today announced a new member of their LCD TV family, a model called MK2442. MK2442 is a 23.6-inch LCD TV that doubles as a large PC monitor, is BenQ's answer to the growing LCD market. BenQ says the MK2442 is best suited for students or those seeking a second unit for their home. 

MK2442 has 5 ms response time and Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution at 24 Hz. It also features BenQ's exlusive technology Auto Contrast Enhancement which a contrast ratio of 10 000:1. BenQ MK2442 also features HDMI 1.3 connectivity and will be released first in August 20, 2009 in major European countries. Pricing for BenQ's MK2442 is still yet to come. Read more

HD game trailers for Modern Warfare 2: Multiplayer and Darkest of Days

Gametrailers.com have released two new interesting trailers in 720p for Modern Warfare 2: Multiplayer and Darkest of Days.

Video Games | Modern Warfare 2 | Multiplayer Debut Trailer HD

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Video Games | Darkest of Days | Exclusive Firearms Training Trailer HD

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Lumix announces FZ35, a camera with AVCHD lite video recording

Lumix FZ35 AVCHD Lite camera

Lumix has announced a new camera called the Lumix FZ35. The FZ35 is a 12 Megapixel camera with 18X optical zoom which is also able to record 720p video thanks to Panasonic's AVCHD Lite technology. FZ35 also features the upgraded POWER Optical Image Stabilizer (O.I.S.) and ultra high-speed Auto Focus (AF).  The extended battery of the FZ35 will let you take approximately 470 pictures. As all Lumix cameras, the FZ35 will feature Intelligent Auto (iA) mode, which features face detection, face recognition and other things. Lumix FZ35 will be released by Panasonic in the U.S. and will be released in September 2009 with a starting price of $399.99 USD. Read more

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Brando releases multi-format 1080p HD Media Player Docking Station

Brando HD Media Player Docking Station

Brando has released a new HD Media Player Docking Station which plays various formats in 1080p. It supports H.264, RMVB MKV, MPEG1/2/4, DivX, Xvid and more formats. You can connect a 2,5" or 3,5" SATA harddrive into the media player's docking station and get even more storage with its SDHC card reader and USB input.

The media player supports the operating systems Windows Vista/XP as well as Linux and Mac OS and connects to your screen via the relatively new HDMI 1.3 cable. Brando's HD Media Player Docking Station is out now with the price tag $ 199 USD. Read more

HD movie trailers for Tron Legacy and Ninja Assassin + clip from World's greatest dad

Yahoo! Movie Trailers have released two new trailers in 720p and 1080p:

- Tron Legacy: A sequel to the Sci-Fi classic TRON from 1982. The son of Jeff Bridges character of the first movie starts looking for his dad and is soon in the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years.

- Ninja Assassin: A man is raised in a orphanage and trained to be a ninja, but when he turns his back on the tradition, he is conflicted with the clan. Apple Movie Trailers have released a clip in 720p  and 1080p from World's greatest dad starring Robin Williams.

Panasonic announces 3D Full HD 4K2K HDMI 1.4 cables

Panasonic HDMI 1.4 cables RP-CDHX series

Panasonic has announced a line of HDMI 1.4 cables for the product line RP-CDHX. The cables are able to transmission rates of 10.2 Gbps, 1080p Deep Color and 3D Full HD video, as well as 4K2K resolution video support. The plugs are 24K gold plated with a zinc die-cast and the cover is also made of a zinc die-cast case and steel to reduce the effects of signal disturbance from the surroundings. Panasonic's HDMI 1.4 cables will be able in the following models and sizes:

- RP-CDHX10, 1 m length with a starting price of 4,000 yen ($ 42 USD).
- RP-CDHX15, 1.5 m length with a starting price of 4,500 yen ($ 47 USD).
- RP-CDHX20, 2 m lenght with a starting price of 5,000 yen ($ 52,5 USD).
- RP-CDHX30, 3 m length with a starting price of 5,500 yen ($ 57,8 USD).
- RP-CDHX50, 5 m length with a starting price is 10,000 yen ($ 105 USD).
- RP-CDHX100, 10 m length with the starting price 20,000 yen ($ 210 USD). Read more

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Panasonic announces Blu-ray DVRs with up to 2TB of storage

Panasonic DMR-BW970 Diga DVR Blu-ray

Panasonic has announced a new series of Diga DVR (Digital Video Recorders) with six models. The DVRs will feature a Blu-ray recorder and for the DMR-BR670V-model, a VHS player(!). The Diga DVRs will come with internal harddrives in the sizes 320 Gigabytes/500 Gigabytes/1 Terabytes/2 Terabytes making the 2 TB model a world's first. The memory can also be expanded with the SDHC card slot.

The high-end model DMR-BW970 (on the picture), you will be able to record up to 320 hours of video in the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec. The DVRs also supports audio formats such as Dolby True HD and DTS-HD. They can record on BD-RE, BD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD R DL and DVD-RW. Read more

High Definition trailers round-up for week 30

Tuesday, July 21 2009:
HD movie trailers for Sherlock Holmes, The Collector, An education, Amelia and How to be a serial killer

Friday, July 24 2009:
HD movie trailers for The Book of Eli, The Box, Crude, Surviving Crooked Lake, Casi Divas and Bright star

Saturday, July 25 2009:
HD movie trailers for Alice in Wonderland, Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel, Play the game + Where the Wild Things Are featurette

Sunday, July 26 2009:
HD game trailers for Splinter Cell: Conviction, Command & Conquer 4, PES 2010, Iron Man 2 and more

High-Definition news round-up for week 30

Week 30 has been packed with new interesting hardware and industry news, but this week's probably biggest news were that Toshiba will produce Blu-ray players.

Monday, July 20 2009:
Toshiba will produce Blu-ray players

Tuesday, July 21 2009:
Universal announces BD-Live integration to the iPhone/iPod Touch
Denon announces AVC-3310 7.1 AV Amp
Panasonic announces the AVCHD PRO Camcorder AG-HMC45U AVCCAM
Mitsubishi announces DVR-BZ130, a DVR with a Blu-ray recorder
Samsung announces Blu-ray HTIB called HT-BD3252

Wednesday, July 22 2009:
Blu-ray player shipments estimated to increase 112% in America 2009

Thursday, July 23 2009:
LG introduces the first THX Display Certified LED LCD HDTV
Vivitek to ship 1080p DLP projector with the competitive price $999
Silicon Images introduces the first HDMI 1.4 chips

Friday, July 24 2009:
Sony announces BDP-CX960 and BDP-CX7000ES Blu-ray megachangers

HD game trailers for Splinter Cell: Conviction, Command & Conquer 4, PES 2010, Iron Man 2 and more

Gametrailers.com have released a bunch of new trailers in 720p: Splinter Cell: Conviction, Command & Conquer 4, PES 2010, Iron Man 2, Race on, C.S.I.: Deadly intent and Drug wars.

Video Games | Splinter Cell: Conviction | SDCC 09: Teaser Trailer HD

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Video Games | Command & Conquer 4 | Exclusive Debut Trailer HD

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Video Games | PES 2010 | SDCC 09: Pressure Level Trailer HD

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Video Games | Iron Man 2 | SDCC 09: Debut Trailer HD

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Video Games | Race On | Debut Trailer HD

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Video Games | CSI: Deadly Intent | Announcement Trailer HD

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Video Games | Drug Wars | Exclusive Launch Trailer HD

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HD movie trailers for Alice in Wonderland, Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel, Play the game + Where the Wild Things Are featurette

Apple Movie Trailers have released three new trailers in 720p and 1080p; Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel and Play the game. They also have a exclusive featurette for Spike Jonze's Where the wild things are.

Sony announces BDP-CX960 and BDP-CX7000ES Blu-ray megachangers

Sony BDP-CX7000ES Blu-ray megachanger

Sony BDP-CX960 Blu-ray megachanger

Sony has announced BDP-CX960 and BDP-CX7000ES, two 400-disc Blu-ray disc MegaChangers. The megachanger models can store and play 400 Blu-ray, DVD or CD-titles which they believe will give the users a convenient and easy-to-access location for their media.

The megachangers also features the abillity to download information from Gracenote's MusicID and VideoID products for organizing of movies and music. When a disc is inserted in to the device, Gracenote information for the media is downloaded via the Internet. BDP-CX960 and BDP-CX7000ES supports upscaling from DVDs to 1080p through Sony's technology called "Precision Cinema HD Upscale". 
Both models also features access to BD-Live and an USB-port for extra storage. When it comes to audio, BDP-CX960 and BDP-CX7000ES supports all the HD formats you would expect, such as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.  

Sony's BDP-CX960 will be released in Fall 2009 with a starting price of $ 800USD. Sony's BDP-CX7000ES will be released in August 2009 with a starting price of $1900 USD.
Sony also announced the BDP-S1000ES which is a single disc, more traditional Blu-ray player. BDP-S1000ES has built in Wi-Fi and support for BD-Live. It also features Sony's Precision Cinema HD Upscaling-technology for upscaling DVDs to 1080p.
Sony's BDP-S1000ES will be released in August 2009 with a starting price of $700 USD. Read more

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HD movie trailers for The Book of Eli, The Box, Crude, Surviving Crooked Lake, Casi Divas and Bright star

Apple Movie Trailers have released five new trailers in 720p and 1080p; The Book of Eli, The Box, Crude, Surviving Crooked Lake and Casi Divas.

Yahoo! Movie Trailers have a trailer in 720p and 1080p for Bright star.

Silicon Images introduces the first HDMI 1.4 chips

Silicon Images logo

Silicon Images has introduced the first semiconducter products to incorporate the HDMI 1.4 specifications. The semiconductors are the SiI9387 port processor and the SiI9334 transmitter. The new technology will like HDMI 1.3 be able to carry Ethernet connectivity along with the HD audio and video. The HDMI 1.4 specification features:

- HDMI Ethernet Channel Devices using Silicon Image's chips will be able to transmit and recieve full duplex data at 100 Mb/s over one HDMI cable.
- Audio Return Channel which drives a high quality S/PDIF signal through a single HDMI cable, simplifying connectivity in home theatres. Silicon Image expects their HDMI 1.4 semiconductors SiI9387 port processor and the SiI9334 transmitter to be available for delivery in the second half of 2009. Read more

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Vivitek to ship 1080p DLP projector with the competitive price $999

Vivitek H1080FD $999 1080p DLP Projector

Vivitek has decided to aggresively enter the U.S. home-theater projector market with a new line of 1080p DLP projectors with the highly competitive price of $999 USD. The first projector is called H1080FD and has 1800 lumens of brightness and a 5000:1 contrast ratio. It also features two HDMI inputs, composite video, S-video and a lamp life of 3000 hours. Instead of having the projector's fan vents on the on the front like other projectors, the H1080FD has it on the sides. Vivitek's H1080FD projector will be released in August 2009 with the starting price tag $999 USD. Read more

LG introduces the first THX Display Certified LED LCD HDTV

THX Certified logo

LG has announced that their new HDTVs will be the first LCDs to recieve THX Display Cerficitation in the U.S. market. The models are called the LH90 series and are LED-backlit LCD HDTVs which will be available in the sizes 42, 47 and 55-inches. The LH90 series HDTVs features 1080p resolution, 240Hz refresh rate and a 2000 000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. The 42-inch costs $1,899.95 USD, the 47-inch $2,399.95 USD and the 55-inch $3,199.95 USD. Read more

Blu-ray player shipments estimated to increase 112% in America 2009

Blu-ray disc logo

Blu-ray disc players are expected to increase 112% by the end of 2009, according to a report from the Consumer Electronics Association. The increase will be reaching nearly 6 million and with revenues expected to top $1 billion, which is an increase of 48% compared to last year. HDTVs sales is expected to increase 8% by the end of 2009, however that revenue is expected to drop 6% to $ 24 billion because of the lower prices. This report is surprising because of Americans have bought more High-Definition hardware than last year despite the recession. Read more

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Samsung announces Blu-ray HTIB called HT-BD3252

Samsung HT-BD3252 Blu-ray player HTIB

Samsung has announced a Blu-ray HTIB (Home Theater In a Box) called HT-BD3252. HT-BD3252 comes with a 5.1 surround system that supports HD audio codecs such as Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Pro-Logic and DTS-HD Master Audio. The rear speakers are wireless and the system includes a mic for automatic calibration with Samsung's Auto Sound Calibration (ASC).

HT-BD3252 also have an integrated Blu-ray player which supports BD-Live and a Wi-Fi USB dongle is included so that the consumer can stream SD or HD content from Netflix and in the Fall 2009, from Blockbuster OnDemand. The user will also be able to stream media from the PC via Ethernet or Wi-Fi. Samsung's HT-BD3252 will be released in August 2009 with a starting price of $ 799 USD. Read more

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Mitsubishi announces DVR-BZ130, a DVR with a Blu-ray recorder

Mitsubishi DVR-BZ130 DVR with Blu-ray recorder

Mitsubishi has announced DVR-BZ130, a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) which features a Blu-ray recorder. DVR-BZ130 has an internal harddrive with 130 Gigabytes of storage and a new Auto Cutting mode that removes commercial breakes. Mitsubishi's DVR-BZ130 will be available in Japan in August with a starting price at 120 000 Yen ($  1 273,5 USD). Read more

Panasonic announces the AVCHD PRO Camcorder AG-HMC45U AVCCAM

Panasonic AVCCAM AG-HMC45U camcorder

Panasonic has announced a new camcorder that uses the AVCHD codec for recording HD video: the AG-HMC45U AVCCAM. AG-HMC45U is a professional camcorder with a 3Mos progressive sensor (3.05 Megapixels) and it records in Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixels at 24 MBps. It lets you record up to 180 minutes of 24 MBps on a 32 Gigabytes SDHC card. Panasonic's AVCCAM AG-HMC45U camcorder will be available in Japan in August 2009 with a starting price at 266 700 Yen ($  2 830,5 USD). Read more

Denon announces AVC-3310 7.1 AV Amp

Denon AVC-3310 7.1 AV amp

Denon has announced a new 7.1 channel audio/video amp called AVC-3310. The AVC-3310 features AL24 Processing Plus and support for the audio formats DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Pro Logic and more. If you want to watch media that's not in HD, AVC-3310 supports upscaling from Standard Definition sources, such as DVD-players. Denon's AVC-3310 will be released in Japan in August with a starting price at 126 000 Yen ($ 1337 USD) Read more