JVC SR-HV250 does Blu-ray, DVD, and VHS

By Mark Rollins - 01/27/2010 1:47:25 PM

JVC has just announced the SR-HV250, a combination Blu-ray/DVD/VHS player and recorder to record video on BD-R/RE and DVD-R/RE discs as well as old school VHS. Not only that, but the device also has a 250GB hard disc drive. The hard disc drive will support MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, and AVREC, and the unit ...

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Sweet Home Theater Setups – The Victorian Gutting

By Steve Anderson - 10/30/2009 10:41:39 AM

So this guy by the name of Jeff bought a 1921 Georgian colonial house nine years ago, and it wasn't exactly in the best shape when he got it.  Well, if you were eighty years old you probably wouldn't be in the best shape either, so don't laugh. Anyway, Jeff set out to gut the house ...

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Magnavox DV220MW9–Valuable Retro Tech For Your Home Theatre

By Steve Anderson - 08/21/2009 2:29:37 PM

Chances are we all know someone who still watches VHS cassettes.  Or, by extension, someone who still uses them to record programs and then watch them.  I'm thinking here of my parents, and you may be thinking of yours too. And yet we ALL know it's impossible, or mostly impossible, to find a VHS cassette in ...

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Mitsubishi New Blu-ray DVRs Detailed

By DaX - 08/20/2009 6:31:42 PM

As you’ve already seen, Mitsubishi has decided to launch new gadgets ready to be used for a home theater upgrade. Among those gadgets Mitsubishi has also launched a few new Blu-ray DVRs which we’re going to check out for you. These are the DVR-BZ330, the DVR-BZ230 and the DVR-BV530. The DVR-BZ330 comes with impressive features like ...

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Princeton PUC-AVBOX Sends Any Video to Your LCD

By DaX - 08/01/2009 5:53:45 PM

Princeton has announced the PUC-AVBOX, a converter box which will bring lots of videos to your standard LCD monitor. The converter will be able to offer you enhanced video playback from a DVD or VHS recorder to that LCD monitor of yours. The PUC-AVBOX comes with support for VGA, component, Composite, S-Video, Audio RCA and ...

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