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Samsung BD-P1400 Blu-ray DVD Player - The Rest of the Story
- Written by Kris Deering
- Published on 19 March 2008
The BD-P1400 is Samsung's latest Blu-ray model. We have already reviewed its overall performance, but how did it handle our Secrets DVD Player Benchmark™ tests? Click to find out.
Pioneer Elite BDP-95FD Blu-ray DVD Player - The Rest of the Story
- Written by Kris Deering
- Published on 14 March 2008
The Elite BDP-95FD is Pioneer's latest Blu-ray DVD player. You have read the Secrets DVD Player Benchmark™ review, and now here is the rest of the story (Blu-ray performance and audio performance).
Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray Player - Full Review
- Written by Kris Deering
- Published on 22 February 2008
The Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player is a fine product, but you need a modern receiver to take advantage of its advanced audio codec digital output support. You read about its Benchmark performance. Now read the rest of the story.
Pioneer Elite BDP-95FD Blu-ray DVD Player
- Written by Kris Deering
- Published on 13 March 2008
The Elite BDP-95FD is Pioneer's latest Blu-ray DVD player. How does it perform with SD discs? Read our review to find out.
Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray Player
- Written by Kris Deering
- Published on 01 February 2008
The Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player (MSRP $499.95 USA) is the next generation product, but does it have next generation performance? Read our Benchmark review to find out.
Oppo Digital DV-983H DVD Player - The Rest of the Story
- Written by John E. Johnson, Jr.
- Published on 07 March 2008
You have read our Secrets DVD Benchmark™ review of the Oppo Digital DV-983H DVD player that showed you how good the player is at delivering video. Now read about its audio performance.
Samsung BD-P1400 Blu-ray Player
- Written by Kris Deering
- Published on 10 January 2008
Samsung was the first on the block to release a Blu-ray player with the BD-P1000. This first model had a few hiccups in design, but ultimately after a few firmware updates, it provided decent performance. They followed up that model with the BD-P1200, which featured Silicon Optix's Reon video processing.
Sony Playstation PS3 FW 2.1
- Written by Kris Deering
- Published on 29 February 2008
The Sony PS3 is a good Blu-ray player, but is it also a good SD DVD player? Read our Secrets DVD Player Benchmark™ review to find out.
Pioneer Elite BDP-95FD Blu-ray Player
- Written by Kris Deering
- Published on 07 January 2008
Without a doubt Pioneer represents the high end of the Blu-ray camp at this point. While we've seen Blu-ray players from several respectable hardware companies already, I don't think any of them carry the clout that Pioneer does with home theater enthusiasts like the Elite line. Pioneer Elite has a solid reputation when it comes to DVD playback and I was excited to finally have the opportunity to review one of their higher end Blu-ray players.
Oppo Digital DV-983H DVD Player
- Written by Kris Deering
- Published on 27 February 2008
The Oppo Digital DV-983H is finally about to arrive (March 10, 2008). The Secrets Benchmark test results are spectacular. For $399, this is a player that everyone should consider.
Oppo DV-980H Universal DVD player: Audio Performance
- Written by Chris Groppi
- Published on 02 January 2008
Oppo Digital is a very rare light among the stifling mediocrity found in most low to middle priced digital audio and video electronics. Readers of this website know that we all have a virtually uniform love for their products, and it is for extremely good reason.
