While Hitachi is showing its Blu-ray/HDD recorder, Toshiba, previously one of supporter of HD DVD, presents the Vardia RD-X7 HDD/DVD hybrid recorder. The Vardia RD-X7 comes with 1TB of hard drive capacity and it can also record videos …

Marantz is going to release its BD8002 blu-ray disc player in June, but in Japan. The Marantz BD8002 is equipped with the Silicon Optix Realta 10-bit chipset and supports Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True HD and DTS-HD Master Audio output. BD8002 can deliver 1080/24p …

Sony presents two new compact photo printers, DPP-FP95 and DPP-FP75. Both of them comes with HDMI support, which allows you to showoff your photos on HDTVs. They both support Sony’s BIONZ technology and photos can be transfered to PC via Bluetooth.

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Sony will offers in Japan the DVP-NS700H DVD player. The player supports playback of DVD+RW/+R/+R DL and DVD-RW/-R/-R DL discs while CD-R/RW discs are also supported.

Sony DVP-NS700H supports Full HD 1080p output via HDMI connectivity.

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Panasonic is going to launch in 15 Fed the new TH-17LX8 17-inch LCD TV. The Panasonic TH-17LX8 comes with an IPS panel with 1366×768 resolution. It supports the VIERA Link and HDMI input and there is a SD card slot for showing still …

Mitsubishi announced the new RDT222WM, a 22-inch widescreen LCD monitor. It features a resolution of 1680×1050, 300cd/m2 brightness and a contrast ratio of 2000:1. It has D-Sub, DVI-D inputs as well as HDMI input.
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Toshiba announced 4 new HD camcorders, the A100F, A40F of A series, K80H and K40H of K series.

Toshiba gigashot A100F and A40F feature a 2.36 Megapixel CMOS sensor which can capture 1920×1080 Full HD videos, 10X optical zoom. They can record HD videos ‘at 60fps with 16bit/48kHz Dolby digital stereo audio at a 384kbps bit rate’. The gigashot A100F has a 100GB hard drive while the A40F has a 40GB one. They both has a 3-inch LCD display and a SD/SDHC card slot.

The K80H and K40H  of the gigashot K series feature a 0.92 Megapixel CMOS image sensor, 10x optical zoom, and a 3-inch LCD display. The K series can capture 1280×720 videos at 60fps. K80H has 80GB hard drive and K40H has a 40GB drive while both of them get a SD/SDHC card slot for expansion.

Trusted Reviews gives us a review on the LG 50PB65, a 50-inch Plasma TV. The LG 50PB65 features a 1366×768 resolution, 15000:1 contrast ratio, 1500cd/m2 brightness. The plasma is HD ready and has two HDMI inputs.

Verdict from TrustedReviews:
With its tiny price, …

Samsung offers the SyncMaster 275T, a 27-inch LCD display. yncMaster 275T features a resolution of 1920×1200, 6ms response time, 3000:1 contrast ratio, 500cd/m2 brightness, and 178-degree of viewing angle.

The 275T supports both DVI and VGA (HD-15) interface. It is priced at aroung $1079.
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TrsutedReviews has reviewed the Toshiba HD-XE1 HD-DVD player. The Toshiba HD-XE1 plays HD DVD video discs as well as DVD, CD, DVD-R/RW. It supports # Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby True Hd, DTS-HD (core).

The Toshiba HD-XE1 has 5.1 Analogue Output, a HDMI output and 2 USB ports.

Verdict from TrustedReviews :
The true home cinema enthusiast has probably been waiting for a player to arrive with HDMI 1.3, 1080p output and an Ethernet port. But what that early adopter probably didn’t expect was for all that to come at such an affordable price. The HD-XE1 is a highly featured HD DVD player that performs superbly. Yes there are a few issues with startup and load times, as well as a lack of responsiveness in menus, but those small niggles can’t take the shine off this player.

With standalone Blu-ray players still pushing £900, the HD-XE1 offers fantastic value for money and makes a pretty convincing argument for the HD DVD format. In fact, if you really want to cover all the bases right now, the best option could be to have both an HD-XE1 and a PlayStation 3 under your TV.