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This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: Filed under: Blu-ray, Players, Others

We finally got a peek at the new BD-Live capable Blu-ray player from Marantz a couple of weeks ago, but you should be able to take a peek at the UD9004 yourself, as it began shipping today. 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 more. Check out all the specs and details in the press release after the break, though we suspect many of you are wondering just how many Oppo BDP-83 players that $5,999 MSRP could buy.
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Marantz $6K UD9004 Blu-ray player now shipping originally appeared on Engadget HD on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Richard Lawler

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: Filed under: Misc, Fiber

We can’t imagine who would turn down Verizon’s FiOS service because the required hardware to get fiber right into their home was too big; given the option, we’d make room — like an addition to the home if necessary. Still, we won’t argue with anything that opens FiOS up to more people, and Verizon is dropping new, smaller optical network terminal (ONT) hardware that should make the fiber service more attractive to MDU (multi-dwelling unit) properties in particular. Two new models convert the data-laden light pulses into electrical signals suitable for home consumption and measure a scant 1.25×8.5×5.5-inches and 2.5×9×8.25-inches from Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola, respectively; good news for space-conscious apartment dwellers. The good news for installers is that these new boxes are easier to install. Unfortunately, not so easy that Verizon is expanding FiOS into our market yet, but maybe you’ll have better […] Hope you Enjoyed this HDTV informationrmation Blurb

Original post by Steven Kim

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: LG takes high-definition to the edge with the radical new designs of their SL80 and SL90 Series displays.
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Original post by Donald Melanson

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: Samsung’s latest top-of-the-line portable media player is the perfect summer accessory, particularly if you live in or like to visit one of 24 cities around the world.
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Original post by Donald Melanson

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: Filed under: ABC, Discovery-HD, ESPN-HD, Fox, Listings
What we’re watching tonight:

MyNetworkTV (720p) has WWE SmackDown at 8 p.m.
ABC (720p) has Surviving Suburbia at 8 p.m.
Fox (720p) airs Mental at 9 p.m.
TLC (1080i) brings What not to Wear at 9 p.m. and Say Yes to the Dress at 10 p.m.
Syfy (1080i) has Eureka at 9 p.m.
Animal Planet (1080i) has Whale Wars at 9 p.m.
ESPN (720p) continues X Games 15 at 8 p.m.
ESPN2 (720p) brings 2009 Olympus US Open Series tennis at 10 & 11:30 p.m.

HDTV Listings for July 31, 2009 originally appeared on Engadget HD on Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Original post by Richard Lawler

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: Filed under: Misc, Other formats

It’s been nearly two years since Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare were released and disappointed the “HD era” by not quite making it up to 720 lines of resolution. Two years later, it appears their sequels due this fall, Halo 3: ODST and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, won’t be able to do any better. In separate articles, developers confirmed both will match the resolution of the original games (1024×600 for Call of Duty, 1152×640 for Halo.) Honestly, we have the same perspective we did then, there’s a lot more to image quality than just resolution and a peek at a trailer for either game will reveal plenty of visual tricks to keep the eyes entertained (if you think a measly 120p’s will pull Editor Emeritus Ryan Block away from CoD, think again) but, c’mon guys, the so-called HD era is […] Hope you Enjoyed this HDTV informationrmation Blurb

Original post by Richard Lawler

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: While today’s big budget disaster epics have high tech CGI and cutting edge special effects, there is often little heart and practically no story. For that reason this 1974 epic, to paraphrase the Oscar winning song, proves "we may never see movies like this again."
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Original post by Richard Lawler

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: Filed under: Media PCs

In what is sure to be just the start of many announcements surrounding Windows 7 in the next few months leading up to the general release, Microsoft demoed Netflix on Windows7 Media Center at the Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting. No hard release date yet or big surprises here as Vista owners got this access some time ago and Extenders still don’t support Silverlight. The good news though is that the app will be full touch screen capable, so for those with the right hardware you’ll have the same great improvements you have in the rest Windows 7. Media Center fans might also be happy to hear that more features were promissed in regards to “TV on the PC.” (Fast forward to 1 hours 2 minutes in the video via the read link to see the demo)
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Original post by Ben Drawbaugh

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: Okay, flat panel HDTVs are getting thinner and thinner, and the newest wall mounts let you hang them just about flush with the wall. But here’s a question; what are you going to do about the HDMI cable? If the connector on the TV is facing the back, then the cable will stick straight out, which puts a limit on how close the set can be to the wall (or the back of your cabinet, or whatever.)

Atlona makes a lot of cool accessories for HDTVs, but their new HDMI cables may be one of their coolest products yet. The ends of the cables swivel up to 90 degrees, so that the cable only extends about one inch from the HDMI port. This is less than half of the distance for a standard cable. If you don’t have a space restriction, then you don’t need this cable. But if room behind […] Hope you Enjoyed this HDTV informationrmation Blurb

Original post by Alfred

This is one of my top posts ive read today! Read about it: Filed under: Blu-ray

We’ll leave it to rabid commenters to debate how well Blu-ray is or isn’t doing, but Paramount’s latest weapon to boost sales and DVD rentals is a staggered release schedule. Variety reports Dance Flick (sure reference material) will debut on September 8 in unrated Blu-ray form for purchase, plus rental DVD & blu-ray, while a version for purchase on DVD should arrive four to eight weeks later. Disney already tried something similar with its Bolt rollout, but retailers botched it and put both versions on shelves at the same time in many cases, though that hasn’t stopped the studio from planning to try again with Snow White. At least in this case, we figure it’s probably more about boosting rentals and testing the waters, but with VP of Paramount Ken Williams saying “that releasing a Blu-ray exclusively for sell-through will help drive adoption of the format” we figure […] Hope you Enjoyed this HDTV informationrmation Blurb

Original post by Richard Lawler