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Marantz SACD 30n Network SACD Player Review

— February 21, 2023 00:10

Marantz SACD 30n Network SACD Player Review

The Marantz SACD 30n is a networking SACD player capable of delivering high-resolution playback performance of SACD and CDs while also serving as a networking streamer with USB DAC function.

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JH Audio JH‑5 Pro Custom Earphones Review

Scott Dente — October 20, 2010 01:50

JH Audio JH-5 Pro Custom Earphones Review

I've worn a lot of headphones and in-ear monitors (IEM's) over the years. But somehow, I never indulged in getting custom molded in-ear monitors made... until the JH Audio JH-5 Pro Earphones, that is.

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Integra THX Certified DBS‑50.2 Blu‑ray Player First Look

— October 05, 2010 06:00

Integra THX Certified DBS-50.2 Blu-ray Player First Look

At $700 MSRP, the Integra THX DBS-50.2 certainly isn't breaking the bank. With HDMI 1.3a, physically separated circuits, Marvell Qdeo upscaling and quality components, there is little not to like.

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LG BD590 Network Blu‑ray w/250GB Review

— September 29, 2010 07:00

LG BD590 Network Blu-ray w/250GB Review

LG's BD590 Blu-ray player includes 802.11n wireless, Netflix, VUDU, Pandora, YouTube and more. But they went further, adding USB connectivity for removable drives and even an internal 250GB drive.

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Pioneer 3D Blu‑ray Players First Look

— September 24, 2010 06:59

Pioneer 3D Blu-ray Players First Look

For the first time, Pioneer previewed its line of Blu-ray 3D players, which included two Elite models and a "regular" (unleaded) model. This is Pioneer’s first foray into the 3D category.

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Oppo BDP‑93 Networking Universal Blu‑ray Player First Look

— September 23, 2010 10:00

Oppo BDP-93 Networking Universal Blu-ray Player First Look

Just when you thought there wasn't a better Universal Blu-ray player on the market for under $500 than the venerable BDP-83 Universal Blu-ray Player, Oppo proves you wrong by unveiling the new BDP-93.

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Onkyo THX Certified BD‑SP808 Blu‑ray Player First Look

— September 02, 2010 05:05

Onkyo THX Certified BD-SP808 Blu-ray Player First Look

The Onkyo THX Certified BD-SP808 Blu-ray player is Profile 2.0 with all the BD-Live features that entails, has an SD card slot, and an HDMI Source Direct mode for outboard video processing.

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Dune BD Prime 3.0 Blu‑ray Player First Look

— August 16, 2010 03:30

Dune BD Prime 3.0 Blu-ray Player First Look

The Dune BD Prime 3.0 is way more than your typical Blu-ray player. While your typical Blu-ray might use ob-board storage for the occasional BD Live feature, the Dune player can do much, much more.

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Sony BDP‑S1700ES Blu‑ray 3D Player First Look

— July 16, 2010 04:10

Sony BDP-S1700ES Blu-ray 3D Player First Look

Adding to its high-end 3D capabilities Sony has announced a new entry into its ES line - the BDP-S1700ES 3D Blu-ray player with 802.11n wi-fi, iPhone app, 1080p upconversion, and USB & DLNA support.

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Denon DBP‑1611UD Universal Blu Player First Look

— May 17, 2010 04:00

Denon DBP-1611UD Universal Blu Player First Look

The Denon DBP-1611UD, at $399, not only is a full universal player, but is also 3D ready with a planned fall update. It will be DLNA 1.5 certified, has DivX HD playback, and streams Netflix.

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Oppo BDP‑80 Universal Blu‑ray Player First Look

— January 25, 2010 09:35

Oppo BDP-80 Universal Blu-ray Player First Look

The BDP-80 is the new universal player from Oppo. That means that not only does it play Blu-rays and DVDs but also SACDs and DVD-As. With just a few corners cut, the BDP-80 comes in at only $289.

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Lexicon BD‑30 Blu‑ray Player (Oppo BDP‑83 Clone) Review

— January 15, 2010 14:30

Lexicon BD-30 Blu-ray Player (Oppo BDP-83 Clone) Review

We discovered the Lexicon BD-30 is an Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray Player with a $3k premium. We prove this with pictures, measurements and an official response from THX. Lexicon no longer sells this product.

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Oppo BDP‑83SE / BDP‑83 Blu‑ray Analog Audio Measurement Supplemental

— December 10, 2009 22:00

Oppo BDP-83SE / BDP-83 Blu-ray Analog Audio Measurement Supplemental

This report compares the analog audio performance of the Oppo BDP-83SE & BDP-83 Blu-ray players. Operational and performance issues were found and detailed herein. Oppo is working on resolutions.

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OPPO BDP‑83SE Special Edition Blu‑ray Disc Player First Look

— November 16, 2009 02:10

OPPO BDP-83SE Special Edition Blu-ray Disc Player First Look

The Oppo BDP-83SE is a "Special Edition" version of the Oppo BDP-83 player. For an extra $400 you're getting an upgraded audio section, better power supply, RS-232 support, and an SE faceplate.

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JVC XV‑BP11 Blu‑ray Player First Look

— November 05, 2009 02:40

JVC XV-BP11 Blu-ray Player First Look

While $200 may seem like a lot to pay for JVC's XV-BP11 Profile 1.1 player, that doesn't mean you won't buy it - specially we are right that the price will drop like a stone come Black Friday.

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Denon DVD‑A1UDCI Universal Blu‑ray Player Review

— October 21, 2009 00:00

Denon DVD-A1UDCI Universal Blu-ray Player Review

The Denon DVD-A1UDCI Universal Blu-ray player exemplifies flagship performance for all formats including Blu-ray, SACD, DVD-A and standard DVD. I was always in shock and awe at its performance.

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Denon DBP‑4010UDCI Universal Blu‑ray Disc Player First Look

— September 18, 2009 02:00

Denon DBP-4010UDCI Universal Blu-ray Disc Player First Look

When you put out a $4500 Blu-ray player and then next one in your line retails for $800, you need something in between. While the $2000 price tag for the DBP-4010UDCI isn't cheap, it is high end.

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Pioneer Elite BDP‑09FD Blu‑ray Player First Look

— September 16, 2009 10:25

Pioneer Elite BDP-09FD Blu-ray Player First Look

Pioneer displayed their new BDP-09FD flagship Blu-ray player, claiming it has become the world’s first Blu-ray Disc® Player to achieve THX® certification. Lack of DVD-A and SACD is disappointing.

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Sony BDP‑N460 Network Blu‑ray Player First Look

— September 16, 2009 03:00

Sony BDP-N460 Network Blu-ray Player First Look

Sony kind of stunned me with their new BDP-N460 networked Blu-ray player. What was most impressive was the amount of network features available to the player and it's almost mouth-watering price.

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Marantz UD9004 Universal Blu‑ray Player First Look

— August 27, 2009 06:45

Marantz UD9004 Universal Blu-ray Player First Look

Apparently putting out high end, over the top priced universal Blu-ray players is contagious. Denon, Lexicon, and now Marantz. One thing is for sure, however: The Marantz player is all original... at

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Oppo BDP‑83 Universal Blu‑ray Player Bench Test Review Supplemental

— August 25, 2009 14:50

Oppo BDP-83 Universal Blu-ray Player Bench Test Review Supplemental

Based on my bench tests and real world usage, the Oppo BDP-83 is everything everyone claims it to be. It’s easy to set-up, and plays back all of of the current formats via a single HDMI connection

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Lexicon BD‑30 Universal Blu‑ray Player First Look

— August 11, 2009 02:05

Lexicon BD-30 Universal Blu-ray Player First Look

One thing that is clear is that Lexicon is not really marketing this player to the common man (or woman). If you didn't get that from the price, then you will from the language of the release.

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LG BD390 Network Blu‑ray Player with Wi‑Fi Review

— July 29, 2009 04:00

LG BD390 Network Blu-ray Player with Wi-Fi Review

LG Electronics is bringing networking video to its consumers in droves through the use of BD Profile 2.0 players like the BD390. This player boasts wireless n technology which means that users can

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Harman Kardon BDP 1

— June 10, 2009 01:10

Harman Kardon BDP 1

Harman Kardon enters the Blu-ray market with the BDP 1, their first entry. With BonusView and BD-Live, this player has just about everything you might expect from a player these days except for

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Oppo BDP‑83 Universal Blu‑ray Player Review

— June 03, 2009 00:25

Oppo BDP-83 Universal Blu-ray Player Review

Review: The Oppo BDP-83 Universal Blu-ray player is the first Blu-ray player that also supports DVD-A and SACD audio formats. Impressive!

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Denon New Blu‑ray Offerings Almost Affordable

— May 13, 2009 00:15

Denon New Blu-ray Offerings Almost Affordable

Denon surprised us this week by releasing two new Blu-ray players. It wasn't so surprising that they had new offerings - just that they were almost value conscience, something Denon Blu-ray players

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Vizio to Ship $199 Blu‑ray Player

— January 10, 2009 14:10

Vizio to Ship $199 Blu-ray Player

VIZIO's new $199 VBR100 Blu-ray player is outfitted with a 108MHz/11-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and provides 720p/1080i/1080p video upconversion for standard definition DVD discs via HDMI.

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Pioneer Elite BDP‑23FD Blu‑ray & Lineup

— January 08, 2009 22:15

Pioneer Elite BDP-23FD Blu-ray & Lineup

At CES 2009, Pioneer’s home entertainment group is introducing three new Blu-ray Disc players and one new upconverting DVD player. Pioneer is expanding its current line of BonusView Blu-ray Disc

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LG BD370 "Connected" Blu‑ray Player

— January 08, 2009 18:55

LG BD370 "Connected" Blu-ray Player

LG announced their update to the very exciting BD300 player. When it hit the shelves, it was one of the first Blu-ray players (nay, devices in general) that could stream Netflix content. The BD370