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• Latest Yamaha receivers boast HDMI 1.3a / Ethernet / 1080p upscaling

  Published: August 6, 2007, 9:16 pm

  Tags: 1080p, 7 1, Audio, Dolby, Dts Hd, Ethernet, Hd Audio, Hdaudio, Hdmi, Hdmi 1 3, Hdmi 1 3a, Hdmi1 3, Hdmi1 3a, Lossless, Receiver, Rx V1800, Rx V3800, True Hd, Truehd, Upconvert, Upconverting, Upscaling, Yamaha

  Filed under: Home Entertainment Shortly after Sony unveiled its newly revamped ES lineup of AV receivers, along comes Yamaha with a powerful new duo of its own. The RX-V3800 (140-watt x 7) and RX-V1800 (130-watt x 7) each support lossless Dolby Digital TrueHD / DTS-HD and feature Yamaha's Cinema DSP processing engine, video upscaling to 1080p,

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• Meridian's iRIS iPod dock upscales videos to 1080p via HDMI

  Published: September 5, 2007, 5:50 pm

  Tags: 1080p, Dock, Hdmi, Ipod Dock, Ipoddock, Iris, Meridian, Upconvert, Upconverting, Upscaling

  If you're having a flash of déjà vu, fret not, as this device certainly isn't the first from Meridian to output 1080p content from your iPod. Unveiled today, the iRIS universal dock for iPod claims to pump out your stored videos in resolutions as high as 1080p via HDMI, all thanks to the "high-end video upconversion processing." Of

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• LG unveils HT972TR HTIB, favors Chocolate

  Published: October 6, 2007, 3:26 am

  Tags: Chocolate, Dvd Player, Dvdplayer, Ht972tr, Htib, Speaker, Speaker System, Speakers, Speakersystem, Upconvert, Upconverting, Upscale, Upscaling

  Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio If you thought LG had milked the Chocolate for all it was worth, you've got another thing comin'. That thing would be the HT972TR HTIB, which includes five satellite speakers, a 225-watt subwoofer, 1,000 total watts of amplification and a DVD player that handles 1080p upscaling as well as DivX.

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• Home Entertainment: Onkyo Home Theater in a Box Has HDMI 1.3a, 10-inch Sub, 1080p DVD Player

  Published: October 16, 2007, 6:40 pm

  Tags: 904, 908, Dvd, Hdmi 1 3, Hdmi1 3, Home Entertainment, Ht Sp904, Ht Sp908, Htib, Onkyo, Upconverting

  (like no HDMI and component upconverting). [Onkyo]

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• DLO introduces HomeDock HD: yet another upscaling iPod dock

  Published: January 17, 2008, 5:03 pm

  Tags: Dlo, Homedock, Homedock Hd, Homedockhd, Ipod, Ipod Accessories, Ipod Accessory, Ipod Dock, Ipodaccessories, Ipodaccessory, Ipoddock, Upconverting, Upconverting Dock, Upconvertingdock, Upscaling, Upscaling Dock, Upscalingdock

  Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Peripherals, Portable Audio, Portable Video Just in case the HomeDock hasn't been revamped and slightly renamed enough already, DLO is busting out yet another in the line and throwing the all-too-trendy "HD" moniker in there for good measure. As with most every other alternative already on the market, the

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• Sony breaks out 2.1 BRAVIA DAV-F200 home theater system

  Published: April 30, 2008, 12:12 pm

  Tags: 1080p, 2 1, Bravia, Bravia Sync, Braviasync, Dav F200, Dvd Player, Dvdplayer, Europe, Home Audio, Home Theater System, Homeaudio, Hometheatersystem, Sony, Sound System, Soundsystem, Upconvert, Upconverting, Upscaling

  Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Truth be told, we knew this gem was waiting in Sony's pocket, but it finally came clean and made things official over in Europe. The 2.1 BRAVIA DAV-F200 home theater system features S-Master digital amplification, which delivers a potent 135-watts of power to each speaker (including the subwoofer). The firm

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• Toshiba Making Upconverting DVD Players Because HD DVD Loss Still Stings [Toshiba Dvd]

  Published: June 2, 2008, 7:40 pm

  Tags: Blu Ray, Dvd, Dvd Players, Hd Dvd, Sony, Toshiba, Toshiba Dvd, Toshiba Dvd Players, Upconverting, Uprezzing

  Blu-ray," instead opting for upconverting DVD players to bide their time before Blu-ray becomes so prevalent that the company has no choice. However, if you're looking at this from a pure monetary view, the amount of DVDs installed and the fact that the Blu-ray library is really tiny compared to the DVD library, Toshiba's decision might make

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• Toshiba remains stubborn, looks to DVD upscaling while brushing Blu-ray off

  Published: June 17, 2008, 4:27 pm

  Tags: Alan Thompson, Alanthompson, Blu Ray, Dvd, Europe, London, Qosmio, Super Resolution, Toshiba, Upconvert, Upconverting, Upcsaling

  to develop the best DVD upconverting technology in the whole wide world, as it explained to the press in London that its forthcoming technology would "fill in the gaps" and "add resolution." Company representatives even remarked that "Blu-ray was only a storage medium," and reiterated that BD "wasn't the only way to view high-def content."

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• Kaleidescape's overpriced upscaling DVD players get reviewed

  Published: June 18, 2008, 7:01 pm

  Tags: 1080p, 1080p Mini Player, 1080p Player, 1080pminiplayer, 1080pplayer, Dvd, Dvd Player, Dvdplayer, Kaleidescape, Kplayer 6000, Review, Reviewed, Upconvert, Upconverting, Upscaling

  up to the hype, but all the upconverting in the world won't make us believe these things are worthy of the stratospheric prices.Read   Permalink   Email this   Comments

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• Kaleidescape claims new 1080p upscaling DVD players "rival Blu-ray"

  Published: June 18, 2008, 10:00 am

  Tags: 1080p Mini Player, 1080p Player, 1080pminiplayer, Blu Ray, Dvd, Kaleidescape, Upconvert, Upconverting, Upscaling

  Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment And you thought Toshiba's super-resolution DVD player taking on Blu-ray was comical. Kaleidescape -- the company famous for selling grossly overpriced (albeit fanciful) DVD / BD archiving systems for wealthy home theater junkies -- has just announced two new standalone DVD players that "provide a viewing

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• Toshiba stubbornly launches the un-Blu-ray, XD-E500 DVD player

  Published: August 18, 2008, 2:33 am

  Tags: Dvd, Toshiba, Upconvert, Upconverting, Xd E500, Xde

  that super-duper resolution upconverting tech meant to fill the void between ubiquitous upconverting players and Blu-ray. Unfortunately, the player demonstrated offered just "subtle but noticeable sharpening of the image" when compared side-by-side (in a controlled demonstration) with an unnamed $70 upscaler -- to its credit, Tosh did not try to

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• Eyes-on Toshiba's new XD-E500 upconverting DVD player

  Published: August 19, 2008, 3:44 pm

  Tags: Eyes On, Hands On, Toshiba, Upconvert, Upconverting, Xd E500

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