
QNAP, well-known for its NAS products, is now venturing into the world of network multimedia players with the QNAP NMP-1000. As a network multimedia player, it has a Sigma Designs SMP8635 processor and 256MB of RAM and is full HD compatible. It will also play a wide variety of video formats ranging from the more common AVI, WMV and MOV to the more exotic MKV, M2TS and ASF formats. Music lovers will also be happy to learn that it will play lossless FLAC files.
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Toshiba introduced P500 into its Satellite notebook range that comes with Blu-ray player. The 18.4-inch machine has a 1920×1080p LCD display to appreciate the BD addition, as well as an HDMI REGZA link meaning that your remote control will be able to affect playback while you stay cosy on the couch. Best of all, the Super Drive will also burn Blu-rays and upgrade DVDs and any other video content to pseudo 1080p quality.
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12 May
Posted by kar as Home Entertainment, Audio Video Player

Samsung has introduced the world’s first wall-mountable Blu-ray player, the Samsung BD-P4600. The BD-P4600 features BD Live (Profile 2.0) and Bonus View (Profile 1.1) support, Full HD 1080p Blu-ray playback with DVD upscaling, and total HD soundtrack support. Standard CD playback, with support for JPEG photos and DivX videos, ensures even more entertainment value for the family. A proud winner of the highly prestigious 2009 CES Best of Innovations Award, the Samsung BD-P4600 Blu-ray player adopts the crystal design made popular by Samsung LCD TVs. It is stylish and décor-friendly at just 1.5 inches thin with a piano black design infused with ruby highlights, and finished with clear, prism-like edging. Even when not wall mounted, an integrated stand enables the BD-P4600 to be placed on a table at a 25 degree angle to up its aesthetic ante.
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25 Aug
Posted by kar as Home Entertainment, LCD TV/Monitor

Toshiba Japan has announced the new LCD TV for REGZA Z3500 series, REGZA FR350 series and REGZA C3500 series, make it a total of 11 new models of Toshiba TVs. The REGZA Z3500 series features a Full HD TVs going from 37 to 57 inches, video (MPEG-2TS) recording thanks to an external HDD through USB or Ethernet, 3 HDMI (1080/24p and 1080/60p support), Power Meta Brain (a MiniPC running on Linux 64 inside the TV) and 10bit LCD panel @120Hz. While the REGZA FR350 Series featuring 40 to 46 inches Full HD screens, 2 colors for the 40-inch and 4 for the 46-inch, finally there is the Regza C3500 series in 37 to 42 inches (Full HD) and 26 to 32 inches HD Ready.
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