Category Archives: Equipment

Philips’ Digital Natural Motion becomes ‘Perfect’

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

I went to Sydney today for Philips’ new product launch. Of most interest to me were the new ranges of LCD TVs which will be rolled out over the next couple of months. There are three ranges — ‘good, better, … Continue reading →

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Okay, you can buy a Sony TV now

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

The Sony promo has started. If you purchase a full high definition Sony Bravia LCD TV in Australia during July, you can also get a Playstation 3 for free. Until, that is, 35,000 of them have gone. As I write, … Continue reading →

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Australians: do not buy a full high definition Sony Bravia TV …

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

… until 1 July. Sony will, from that date, be giving away a free Sony Playstation 3 console with each full HD Bravia TV sold. 35,000 of them. You have been warned.

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Terms and Conditions

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

There is no real fixed system for obtaining gear for review. It’s all over the place, with different companies and relationships. Do I get to keep the stuff I review? Unfortunately, no. Otherwise I would be a very wealthy man. … Continue reading →

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HiFi funnies of the day

Posted on June 17, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

[Via Transterrestrial Musings] I have huge respect for the brand Denon. Its range encompasses decent, reasonably priced stuff (nothing really mass market) through to some seriously high end gear. But I do have to wonder how it can bring itself … Continue reading →

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Denon DVD2500BT Blu-ray player – the way of the future?

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

Earlier today I emailed Audio Products Group, the Australian distributor for Denon, along with other brands, about whether it would soon be releasing the Denon DVD2500T. Despite the name, this is actually a Blu-ray player. Or not. In truth, Denon … Continue reading →

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Sony PS3 Gets DTS-HD Master Audio

Posted on May 5, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

A couple of weeks ago I was doing a piece on choosing your next Blu-ray player. I said, in short, that you’d be nuts to buy anything other than the Panasonic DMP-BD30 because it alone can do all of the … Continue reading →

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A suggestion for TV manufacturers

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

I have just reviewed two depressingly bad TVs. It occurs to me that some TV makers are simply not doing the obvious thing when designing a TV: standing the near finished design beside a good TV and comparing them. Of … Continue reading →

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Firmware – it has advantages, and disadvantages

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

One of the interesting side effects of digital home entertainment equipment is that products are no longer set in concrete. It used to be that you’d buy some gadget or other and what you purchased you were stuck with. If … Continue reading →

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The first hints of region free Blu-ray?

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Stephen Dawson

When I took receipt today of a review Pioneer BDP-LX70A Blu-ray player, it still had firmware 3.0 installed. This lead to a previously mentioned problem with Die Hard 4.0. I tried to update the firmware over Ethernet using the built … Continue reading →

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