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Panasonic's 1-inch thick Z1 plasma reviewed: playing with perfection {Engadget HD}
Oct 23rd 2009 4:01AM I believe the sides are not part of the bezel, but detachable speakers.
Ask Engadget HD: Best region free Blu-ray player solution? {Engadget HD}
Jun 24th 2009 4:46PM As far as I am aware, the PS3 is region free when it comes to games, but NOT blu-ray and DVD.
Giant Cowboys Stadium LED wall caught playing Xbox 360 during downtime Update: Video! {Engadget HD}
Jun 21st 2009 3:36AM I wonder what the lag/response time is on that screen... :o
CNET shoots down the Dolby ProLogic IIz in Onkyo's TX-SR607 receiver {Engadget HD}
May 1st 2009 11:49AM Believe it or not, but content DO exist, both on disc and TV that do not have 5.1 audio... ;)
DVD region code blocks British Prime Minister from enjoying Obama's gift {Engadget HD}
Mar 20th 2009 6:52PM The main reason for EU DVD players and BD players supporting both PAL and NTSC is that Europe for some weird reason shares DVD Region 2 with Japan, which uses NTSC, not PAL.
By making players compatible with PAL and NTSC, costs can be saved by making key components for players aimed at both markets in one production run. Why additional costs was not saved by also making US players in the same go is beyond me, though.
The reason very few people in the US is aware of this is the fact that the interest in the US for Europoean movies is way, way smaller than the interest in Europe for American movies.
Hollywood still doesn't understand why people pirate content {Engadget HD}
Mar 1st 2009 3:45AM @Jyncus,
So what this "source" is concluding is that if a movies production budget is subtracted from the revenue, you get the profit..?
How much do you figure was spent worldwide on marketing The Dark Knight..? I don't think 2-300 mill. USD is unrealistic, and very likely more - subtract that from the "profit" mentioned in your link, and TDK is pretty close to just break even.
Epson dishes up the 4,000 lumen G5000 projector {Engadget HD}
Feb 25th 2009 3:20PM Let it go, John...
I don't know how many times I have pointed out in the comment section of "news" like this at EngHD, that it makes no sense to diss conference room/data projectors for not having home theater specs.
Hitachi introduces 3LCD CP-SX635 projector for lit rooms, boring areas {Engadget HD}
Feb 2nd 2009 7:27AM I often wonder why EHD keeps bothering posting stories like these...
This projector is obviously not for hometheater use, so why should it have specs like a HT projector..? This is not supposed to be a "fun" projector, but one made for professionals who need these exact kinds of features for specific applications.
Sanyo's PLC-XF71 projector packs 10,000 lumens for extreme brightness {Engadget HD}
Jan 16th 2009 10:58AM So basically, this is a 4:3 data projector designed with large auditoriums and ambient light in mind, whereas PLV-1080HD is a 16:9 hometheater projecter designed for use in a lightcontrolled environment in a normal sized living room or dedicated screening/media room.
I fail to see the point in comparing the two.
First Blu-ray Disc / DVD hybrid announced in Japan {Engadget HD}
Jan 4th 2009 11:04AM One of the first posters mentioned what is for me the key benefit of a hybrid disc, but noone seemed to notice: The fact that this will play on all players in a household, not just the BD player in the living-/mediaroom.
I have an 8 year old daughter with a heavy addiction to animated movies like the Disney classics, Shrek, Ice Age and everything Pixar.
Now, I happen to like the same movies, but even though I would love to have these on Blu-ray, I still buy them on DVD, knowing that my daughter will watch them far more often than I will - either in her own room, in the car or on my laptop somewhere else. None of these are BD equipped, and are not likely to be for quite some time yet.
So for these (family oriented) kinds of titles, I - and I suspect a lot of other families with kids - are stuck with DVD until either a hybrid disc is actually marketed, or all drives in the household are BD compatible.
