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Samsung BD-D6900M – Blu-ray disc player with TV tuner

Darren — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:35:25 +0000

Samsung’s latest blu-ray player, the BD-D6900M looks great on the eye but can it deliver underneath that polished exterior? The stylish touch screen LED buttons and slot loading disk tray add to the sleek looks and shiny finish. Not only that but there’s DLNA, internet TV and a Freeview HD TV Tuner all included. One of the things that does let the BD-D6900M down slightly is the connectivity. A single US

Anynet+ one remote to rule them all

Darren — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:29:00 +0000

Picture the scene if you will. It’s been a while since you’ve all sat down to watch a DVD or Blu-Ray movie, you all agree on which movie you’re going to watch, then the hunt for the remote begins. Let’s say you find that remote down the side of the sofa but you fancy listening to the movie using your surround sound system that barely gets a look in these days. Once again it’s grown leg

Panasonic SC-BTT270EBK 3D 5.1 Blu-ray Home Cinema with iPod/iPhone Dock

Darren — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:52:36 +0000

SC-BTT270EBK FULL HD 3D Blu-ray Disc Home Cinema System. The virtual speakers created by cinema surround compensate for the lack of a surround effect to provide natural, smooth surround sound. Starting with the 2011 models, the same number of virtual

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What is Panasonic’s VIERA Connect?

Darren — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:05:26 +0000

VIERA Connect is the successor to VIERA Cast, it is important to point out there that VIERA Connect is NOT backwards compatible with it’s predecessor. It is an expanded version on CAST taking advantage of the “cloud” computing that is taking the I.T. world by storm at the moment. Here are the proposed features: Various and expandable apps Select apps from a wide range of genres, includ

What is Panasonic’s VIERA Cast?

Darren — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:38:17 +0000

Here in Soundwave towers we do include a lot of Blu-Ray players which include several features. I’m sure sometimes you’ll glance at the technical details or even the title and go “wtf is that???” we have explained one or two on here, Allshare and Anynet+ from Samsung as an example but one that is cropping up more and more is VIERA Cast from Panasonic. So what is it? Well believe it or not, i

Samsung Blu-Ray Players with Anynet+

Darren — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:47:48 +0000

Anynet+ from Samsung allows you to control any samsung device (with anynet+) that is connected to the TV with a single remote control. Is it proving popular at the moment with it’s customer along with Allshare which is powered by DLNA. For those of you that would like a blu-ray player with anynet+ connectivity, here’s a list for you. Samsung BD-D5300 Blu-ray Smart Hub Player, WiFi ready £102.00

Cheap 3D Blu-Ray Players this Christmas

Darren — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:30:55 +0000

That time is nearly upon us again when we have to dig deep to give our loved ones what they want. How about treating the gadget hungry member of your household to a sparkling new blu-ray player. While you’re at it, make it a 3D one to go with the new 3D TV you bought for their birthday either that or it’ll give you an idea for next Christmas….. I know what you’re thinking “yeah sure, I

Tech The Halls This Christmas

Darren — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:36:55 +0000

Home Cinema systems are a really good way to bring the experience of going out to the Cinema in your own home. You can even charge your mates way over the odds for a can of coke and a bag of popcorn if you like. What better way to celebrate Christmas than getting your living room tooled up ready for the inevitable James Bond film in fabulous surround sound. Of course as the moment we’re all on a budget, but

OPPO BDP-93 3D MultiZone Blu Ray Player with Dual HDMI eSATA SA-CD HDCD AVI DivX XvidD

Darren — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:27:16 +0000

The BDP-93 is truly universal player, it will play 3D Blu-rays, DVDs, SACDs, DVD-Audio discs and CDs, plus DivX, FLAC, MKV and WAV files. When it comes to decoding audio it’s just as thorough, and is happily compatible with all HD audio codecs. It comes complete with two HDMI outputs – this allows you to bypass an older amp that doesn’t support 3D video, or link to two different displays – there are digita

Pioneer BDP-140 3D Blu-Ray Player

Darren — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:05:01 +0000

The Pioneer BDP-140 is a 3D ready Blu-ray player with great performance and functionality. Complete with HDMI v1.4a connectivity the BDP-140 can play back 3D Blu-ray movies and multi channel audio to your compatible AV receiver and flatscreen TV. Even ordinary 2D content looks fantastic, the 1080p video resolution means that 2D movies are crisp, detailed and sharp, and with the 24 frames per second ‘ordinary