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- wners pinion: Casio Exilim EX-S880: EXS600D: Digital Photography…
- DVD players Review Samsung DVD-HR755 review
- Sony DAV-IS10 DVD Home Cinema System
wners pinion: Casio Exilim EX-S880: EXS600D: Digital Photography…
Digital Photography Review – Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com… – Nov 22, 2007
I considered buying the EX-S770 D "DivX-Edition" but this is only available in Germany (like the EX-S600D was) and it seems like Casio can not keep up with demand as it is not always available from amazon. So I decided to go ahead and buy the EX-S880 (there is no DivX version yet). The EX-S880 records movies in H. But unlike DivX & XviD which now play on nearly all current DVD players H… The EX-S880 records movies in H. But unlike DivX & XviD which now play on nearly all current DVD players H. Also when I e-mail some movies to my friends who do not have a Mac they need to download & install QuickTime on their PC’s. The EX-S880 has a separate little button for activating the video and you can shoot photos while filming I don’t like having to access a menu to switch the camera from photo mode to video mode. There is however one thing which I do not like it is not possible to use the optical zoom while videoing (Maybe because the mechanical zooming noise would be picked up by the microphone in quiet situations) only digital zooming is possible and this produces a small drop in video quality.
DVD players Review Samsung DVD-HR755 review
TechRadar UK – Nov 22, 2007
Has nobody told Samsung’s Korean HQ that the UK has already begun switching off its analogue broadcasts?If this bombshell doesn’t rule out the HR755 for you (perhaps you live somewhere obscure that will keep an analogue signal right up to 2012) then read on because this is otherwise a fine machine. It can record onto DVD RAM blanks – although not the caddy-protected kind – and also DVD+R DL media even though Samsung’s own literature keeps quiet about this. The 250GB hard drive can hold up to 430 hours of footage in SEP mode and it does a fine job of storing music picture and DivX files too. In fact it does most of the tricks that Pioneer’s ‘media hub’ can do with slideshows and playlists but with a faster and more refined user interface. Anyone who has a Samsung DVD deck – quite a lot of us apparently – will find the cool blue SD familiar. All the additional functionality has extended the menu by a few pages but it’s still easy to dive in change the output resolution or aspect ratio and dive out again without reaching for the manual – a sin for any self-respecting AV addict.
Sony DAV-IS10 DVD Home Cinema System
TrustedReviews – Nov 22, 2007
1 surround from a Sky+ box or separate DVD deck. Inside the system is a decent range of features including video upscaling to 720p and 1080i but sadly not 1080p. The main unit plays DVD DVD-RW DVD-R DVD+RW DVD+R CD and CD-RW discs and will read JPEG MP3 and DivX files. As a nifty bonus the main unit boasts a Digital Media Port which lets you connect a variety of optional Sony-made adapters – including Walkman and iPod cradles and Bluetooth or network wireless audio adapters.