Marantz $6K UD9004 Blu-ray player now shipping

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Some nice specs (not surprising) at a not so affordable price…but then again Marantz has never been known for its budget systems.  EngadgetHD For a cool six grand, give or take, the all in one CD, SACD, DVD Audi and Blu-ray playing beast can be yours, complete with internal HD audio decoding, Silicon Optix Realta chipset, 7.1 analog outputs and […]

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Seagate Barracuda LP 2TB SATA Hard Drive

It’s unclear if this drive is better than the 2 terabyte offering from Western Digital which has received rave reviews, but it’s good to see Seagate competing on both the size and low power field of drives. Choose for yourself which is right for your setup, I don’t think either is a wrong choice. Big Bruin Taking a closer look […]

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Boxee update. More bug squashing (0.9.14.6992)

Those boys at Boxee continue their work. Nothing spectacular in this release, just a slow and steady improvement towards a stable product. Remember, Boxee is free for every platform, so if you haven’t yet you should check it out. General     * Under some circumstances, digital audio of a video does not work     * Sound distortion for DTS 2.0 […]

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Hands On: Next Generation Remote Control Extender

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There’s a number of ways you can extend your remote control such as purchasing a Logitech Harmony which already includes an RF Extender. Considering you can buy the 890 with RF for around $100-150 these days, this option really just makes sense for people who already own a remote they love and just need to extend. For those, $55 is […]

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New 8500-line of Samsung LCD HDTVs

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55 Inches for $4500 sound like a bargain to you? Well, probably not, but it’s hard to argue with the feature list which Samsung has announced for their new 8500 line of TV’s. Lots of features mentioned in the Press Release below, but it’s interesting to see the internet options are somewhat sparse, with basically just some Yahoo! Widgets available […]

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Old rivals Sony and Sharp inked LCD joint venture deal

It should be noted that this is only for a small number of models, specifically their 32-inch versions, but still it’s interesting to see these life-long rivals merging forces (somewhat) to hopefully reach better profits. Kudos to them for not being stubborn. CrunchGear Sharp will start operating a plant for the production of LCDs on its own in October. The […]

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