Latest in AV Components Toshiba s Reduced Pricing on HD DVD Players to Stay Put After its recent promotional pricing, Toshiba has decided to keep the entry-level HD-A2 at $299 and 1080p-outputting HD-A20 at $399. The My Library Video Edition DVR Expander from Western Digital is a 500-GB drive that can store up to 60 hours of HD or 300 SD. Linn's Akurate System includes CD player, pre-amplifier, power amp, tuner and loudspeakers.
Blu-ray is launching a promotion to run July 1 to September 30 that offers five free movies to Blu-ray purchasers. Wisdom Audio s DCAB-1 an Intelligent Way to Optimize Your Speaker System The Digitally Controlled Analog Brain (DCAB-1) from Wisdom Audio serves as an electronic crossover, in-room analyzer and equalizer. I hear it quite often from people I know who own DVRs: I wish I could record more HD, but it takes up so much room on my DVR.
Western Digital s new My Library Video Edition DVR Expander could help solve their problem a bit. The Expander can store up to 300 hours of digital standard-def broadcasts or 60 hours of high-def, based on 500 GB of hard-drive storage, Western Digital says. My Library DVR Expander has been tested for compatibility with Scientific Atlanta 8300 Series digital video recorders (including models 8300 HD, 8300 MR and 8300 HD-MR).
Further compatibility of the My Library Video Edition DVR Expander is planned as other cable and satellite DVR manufacturers enable the eSATA (external SATA) ports on their currently-deployed DVRs, according to the company. Now available, consumers can order the $199.99 Expander directly from Western Digital at www.
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