Posted by Derek Janssen on 04/10/07 05:40

Jersey's Native Son, asjbiotek@gmail.com wrote:

> The May 2007 edition of PC World (just released) contains a High-Def
> Superguide which features reviews of HD-DVD and Blue Ray formats and
> players. The Toshiba HD-A2 and HD-XA2 are pitted against the Sony BDP-
> S1, the Samsung BD-P1000, the Philips BDP9000, the Pioneer Elite BDP-
> HD1 and Panasonic DMP-BD10. The Xbox 360 & HD DVD add on are also
> included along with the Playstation 3.
>
> The test center results are:
> 1. Samsung score 82
> 2. Philips score 81
> 3. Sony score 80
> 4. Playstation score 80
> 5. Toshiba A2 score 79
> 6. Toshiba XA2 score 79
> 7. Pioneer score 77
> 8. Panasonic score 75
> 9. Xbox 72
>
> The article says, "Two blue ray players - the Pioneer and Sony gave us
> the best images. Each scored in the top two for image detail, color
> quality and brightness and contrast across both our high definition
> and standard definition tests. the best of HD DVD ...Toshibas XA2 ...
> colors looked slightly muted compared to the best players and
> background details were a little less sharp and deep."

....Uh, yeah, Samsung's really going to be licking wounds from their
"total trashing" of "Slightly muted color balance"... 9_9

Derek Janssen (dey been DISSED!)
ejanss@comcast.net

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