It’s Tuesday, you’re prepping up for the latest in Blu-Ray releases and you know what time it is?  Time to go ahead a buy an HDTV with built-in Blu-Ray player.   That’s right.

From Sony’s Bravia line comes the new KDL-32EX40B and KDL-40EX40B HDTVs with 32″ and 40″ display screens respectively.  With Internet widget support, DLNA compatibility, Wi-Fi connectivity, USB media playback and a built-in Blu-Ray player you just can’t go wrong.

HD radio broadcasts have finally made it to the Apple iPhone, and just in time too.

Thanks to a gratis iPhone app, you can now enjoy HD radio to your heart’s content.  You’re welcome.

The newest of the minis will feature an even slimmer aluminum body as well as an upgraded 8GB of storage and ability to HD video at 1280×720.  Cost, $230.

The 55-inch 55LHX LCD HDTV features  local-dimming LED backlight, wireless HDMI, 1080p from a wireless source streaming, XMB media interface, THX display certification and has a 240Hz tech, all for a reasonable $4,800.

And the fat lady in this situation turns out to be China Blue Hi-definition Disk, or CBHD.  This new HD rival is a new HD video format that is based on Toshiba’s HD DVD format.   With the backing of the Chinese government, CBHD is already outselling Blu-Ray in China and some analysts think this will soon be the top choice among consumers in the next 12 months.

What do you say?  Does Blu-Ray have some more competition and is it a fair race?

Mitsubishi’s latest projector is a heavy weight. The FL6900U features 1920, 1080 resolution, 4,000 ANSI lumens, an RS-232 control port, automated zoom and focus, plus digital keystroke correction, and a built-in motion sensitive anti-theft alarm system.

The price is no light weight either. This thing will set you back $9,995. It will be available later this month. Click Here for more info.

There aren’t too many sub-$300 Blu-ray players on the market right now, so its nice to see that Memorex is putting another one out there, but the lack of Profile 2.0 may be a problem (and if you don’t know what that is – then you’ve just discovered the true problem with Blu-ray and the reason its not going to overtake DVDs anytime soon).

The player does feature audio decoding for Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, and DTS-HD High Resolution, along with Master Audio bitstream support.

It will be hitting shelves this Nov.

TiVo has announced a new flagship unit in the HD XL DVR. This new device can hold up to 150 hours of HD recording, THX certification, a Series 3 premium backlit remote, and it even includes HDMI cables.

It is, of course, a dual tuner for recording 2 HD programs simultaneously, and priced at $599.99. Sure, that’s a heck of a lot for a DVR, but man-o-man 150 hours of HD recording? Are you kidding me? If I wasn’t locked into my Dish Network contract for another 6 months I’d be firing up a credit card right now!

You can order one from TiVo’s official site.

Sony Japan has released a 26 pound KDL-40ZX1 that is only 9.9mm thin at its narrowest point. The display only has 1 HDMI port, and a wireless box can send the 120Hz, 1080p display up to 1080i images over a 5GHz channel.

the external port box has 3 HDMI ports, 2 component ports, s-video, VGA, and even USB, mouse, and LAN ports.

The entire thing has a menu system very similar to the Playstation 3 interface.

Very cool – and very expensive.

via gizmodo

Yes ladies and gentlemen, you read that title correctly. Panasonic has released a new DVR that also incorporates a Blu-Ray burner, and a VHS tape deck.

Why?

You’ve got me. I guess maybe its so you can take old family videos recorded on VHS and transport them to the 1080p powered Blu-Ray disks. This thing also has as digital and analog TV tuner, MPEG-4 AVC H.264 encoder chips, analog and HDMI connections and a 320GB hard drive. A USB port and SD card slot also make their way onto the device for only $1,456.

I just can’t understand this thing. It’s like the future and the past had a baby.

via OhGizmo