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TFT Review

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The HDTV Company

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The HiFi Company

No. 1932

Mordaunt Short Classic 912 BLACK Front Bookshelf Speakers. 165mm aluminium CPC mid/bass. 25mm Best Price £199.99	TEAC DRH300DABSILVER DVD Receiver with USB. DVD/DAB Receiver. MP3 Decoding. Progr Best Price £294.99
Sennheiser PC111 Headphones. Robust microphone. Adjustable microphone positio Best Price £16.99	JVC HD56ZR7J + Floorstand DLP. FULL 1080p HD Ready. INCLUDES matching AV cabinet. 7 As Best Price £999.00
Tannoy ArenaCentreSilver Centre Channel Speaker. LF 100mm mixed fibre pulp cone. Dyna Best Price £179.98	Ixos XHA606100 High Performance Audio Cable. High Performance Gamma Geometr Best Price £59.99
JVC V27MCS Lenses/Adaptor rings. Lens protector for GR-DVX/J70. Best Price £18.98	Samsung LE32R86WDX White 32" HD Ready LCD. HD Ready. Movie Plus. 3 HDMI. Best Price £499.95
Alphason MD1300LO TV, Plasma & LCD Stands. Ideal For Screens Up To 60" Best Price £399.99	Sennheiser EH250 Headphones. Good attenuation of ambient noise. Ultra-lightwe Best Price £44.99
Optimum LCD8003SL 3 Shelf AV stand for LCD/Plasma. Angled rear clear glass she Best Price £179.99	Yamaha DSPAX761 7.1-Channel Home Theatre AMP. 7-channel 630W Powerful Surrou Best Price £319.00
Jamo D6SURL Left Surround Speaker. THX Ultra Certified. 3 Way Dipole Spe Best Price £190.99	Sony VPLVW100 + Local Screen Projector. SXRD Home Cinema Projector. Full HD Resolution (1 Best Price £6679.99
BOSE SoundDock Black Speakers (Multimedia). Allows full control of your iPod. Wor Best Price £249.99	Panasonic Professional AGHVX200 P2 Multi-Format HD Camcorder. Progressive Shooting: 720p &am Best Price £3425.00
Sanus Systems VM100200SIL Adapter Plate. VESA 75 and VESA Compatible. Features a VESA Best Price £14.99	Panasonic RPHT090 Lightweight Headphones. XBS port. Frequency response 16Hz - Best Price £18.98

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Blu-ray Review: Costs and Benefits

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Just when DVD players and discs were becoming affordable, a new optical disc player came on the scene. It’s called Blu-ray (after the laser that reads and writes the data), and as with any new technology it is expensive when compared with the preceding one.

Is it worth it? The quick and easy answer is that it depends. It depends what you are using it for. There is no question that Blu-ray is a superior technology. The disc alone can carry up to five times more information than the average DVD, which means they can provide hours of special and bonus features on a single disc. They are also quite durable and do not scratch as easily as DVDs.

But any blu-ray review would be incomplete without mentioning the primary selling point — the picture quality. According to experts, Blue-ray delivers a picture that is 6 times better than the standard DVD; even if you don’t have a high-definition television the picture will be improved, dramatically. The standard resolution for a Blu-ray disc is an amazing 1080 pixels.

However, with all of these advantages, customers have not been converting to Blu-ray technology nearly as quickly as anticipated. While the primary reason may be the price, there’s more to the story than that. Fact is, Blu-ray discs will only play on Blu-ray players. And since many people now have DVD players in their homes, their cars and in their computers replacing them all would not only be extremely expensive, but it would mean replacing personal items like computers.

That is why it’s no surprise that Blu-ray makers have been drastically slashing prices on players and discs in the hope of persuading an apprehensive public into trying the new technology.