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Get Help With Your Home Theater

January 17th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Blu-Ray, Business, Gadgets, HD-DVD, Lifestyle, Tech Support, Technology, Video Games, Videos, accessories, cable, satellite, tv

If you either received or bought for yourself a new home theater system this past Christmas and still haven’t hooked it up, maybe it’s time you got some help. Nowadays, you have DVD, surround sound, speaker wires, video game systems, DVR, satellite or cable boxes, cd-changers, and sometimes phone or internet connections to your television. There are many cables and converters and input/output switches involved, and can get really confusing even for people who know what they’re doing.

I remember helping a friend who just wanted to use his TV and DVD/VCR player with sound coming out to a small stereo he owned. Getting the inputs straight was kind of crazy, but we managed to get it all working. Fast-Tek offers not only IT-related solutions for your home or business, but also can help you with your home theater installation. Give them a call or check out their website today to receive fast, professional, high-quality service on-site at your residence or place of business.

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Disney DVD: Better Upconversion than Most?

January 13th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Blu-Ray, Entertainment, HD-DVD, Technology, movies

A few months back, I ditched my old Magnavox Divx-playing DVD player for a Phillips one that has HDMI output and also plays DivX movies. It was about $60 at Wal-mart and does 1080i up conversion on non-HD DVDs. It also doesn’t play HD movies, but it does make my current DVD collection look awesome on my HDTV.

Which brings me to the topic of this post: Do Disney movies up convert better than other studios? Tonight I’m watching Meet the Robinsons, and I noticed something. Maybe it’s because the movie is done in 3d computer animation and the pixels extrapolate well. But I have definitely noticed a difference between my other DVDs and the ones from Disney. That excites me, because Disney is signed on with Blu-Ray and I’m pretty sure that’s the kind of player I’m going to get when I can afford it.

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Format Wars: Choose Your Side of the Force

January 10th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Blu-Ray, Entertainment, Gadgets, HD-DVD, Technology, Video Games, movies

With staggering holiday sales numbers, Blu-Ray is really leaving HD-DVD in the dust. It also helps that Sony’s Playstation 3 has the capability to play Blu-Ray discs out of the box, while Microsoft’s own HD-DVD attachment for the X-Box 360 comes separately. While the price difference with the add-on makes it as expensive as the PS3, it’s less convenient unless you buy both at the same time.

On the other side of the fence, there’s still a lot of people who have yet to upgrade their TVs because “what I’ve got is just fine.” I feel like this will continue beyond the 2009 mandatory switch-over to digital television due to numbers of people who get television from their cable or satellite company. However, those of you receiving over-the-air television broadcasts will be left in the dark unless you purchase either a new TV or a digital television adapter.

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Is HD-DVD Dead?

January 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in Blu-Ray, CES 2008, HD-DVD

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Gizmodo has a couple of stories in the last 24 hours from CES 2008 (Consumer Electronics Show) concerning the future of HD-DVD. Samsung HD gurus say that with the recent announcement that Warner studios has joined the Blu-Ray bandwagon and will no longer be releasing movies in HD-DVD format, HD-DVD is officially dead for Hollywood. This was also followed up by the news that Paramount has followed suit and will go exclusively Blu-Ray.

What does all this mean for the consumer? I think it means if you were teetering on the line between purchasing an X-Box 360 or a Playstation 3, this should pretty much seal the deal for you. Although if history has taught us anything, the prices for Blu-Ray players should drop exponentially over the next couple of years. But for now, the PS3 may be the most full-featured Blu-Ray player for the price point.

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