In August of last year, Dish Network announced their latest high definition DVR, the ViP722. This DVR has many of the same features and functions you'd find on a standard DVR, but takes them a step further. The ViP722 is a dual-tuner DVR, meaning that you can record one channel while you watch another. Or if you're just recording, you can record two programs at the same time. read more...

Pinnacle Systems makes a number of products related to digital video recording, viewing and editing. Their primary products are editing software and tuners and they have a whole line of HD products that make it quick and easy to view and record HD over-the-air (OTA) programs. read more...

Let's be clear - the Onkyo TX-NR905 A/V receiver isn't the lightest device in the world – it weighs in at 54 pounds – but that's just about where the negatives end when it comes to this beast. This thing is like a classic Mustang – all muscle. You can throw anything at it - you know, HD DVD players, game consoles, TiVos, Blu-ray - and expect phenomenal 7.1 surround sound. And we mean pristine. read more...

I saw the MyVu video glasses last holiday season and was intrigued by the many good-to-extremely positive reviews I read. It sounded like this technology had finally arrived at the true consumer level, but was still pricey, at $300, and had a somewhat bulky battery pack. When I saw that the 2007 version, the iPod Solo Plus, had dipped below $200 ($165 at Amazon) and the battery had gotten much smaller, I jumped at the chance at reviewing it. read more...

Today we show you how you go about setting up the SanDisk Sansa TakeTV, just to prove that it really is as simple as it looks. We hook up the TakeTV device to our Samsing LCD HDTV in under a minute. Stay tuned - we will have another video up next week that shows the actual usage of the device - putting videos on it, playing them through the dock, etc.

My wife, bless her heart, gave me a home theater for my birthday (well, the reality of marriage being what it is, she really just gave me a card that said, "Go buy yourself a home theater..."). read more...

Sandisk‘s Sansa TakeTV product aims to make it super simple to view videos from your PC on your television. It comes with a 4 or 8GB flash drive, a dock, a remote control, and a power cable - that’s all you need. Drag and drop files onto the drive from your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer, take the USB stick and dock it, and you are ready to watch. You can see the TakeTV in this episode of Unboxing Live:

The BD-P1200 from Samsung is a nice step up from last year's BD-P1000 player. It offers more features at a lower cost. There are nice bookmarking features, DVD upconverting, and a nice backlit remote control. There's also an Ethernet port, which allows for simple firmware updates. Of course, the fact that it takes 20 seconds to load a disc is no fun, but that is typical of Blu-ray and HD DVD players across the board.