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Home-entertainment options are expanding. High-definition Blu-ray players are steadily gaining favor, though regular DVD players are still going strong. Portable players of both types let you take the ...

Streaming offers some fantastic picture quality, as well as litany of options for films. But sometimes DVD players are still the way to go, both for functionality and quality. Here are some of the ...

You may be itching to buy a Blu-ray DVD player now that the format has won the high-definition disc-standard war. But you may want to hold off. By waiting a few months, you may save yourself some ...

When people talk about Internet TV, I've noticed that they usually talk about either Apple TV or Roku. Both are fine devices, but you may be over-looking that are many other ways to get Internet video ...

As convenient as streaming services are, there's no substitution for the video and audio quality of films and shows on physical media. Without the compression, they look that bit better, not to ...

With the sudden and unexpected announcement from Warner that the studio would be abandoning HD DVD titles in favor of Blu-ray, it seemed to many observers that the high-def format war was all over, ...

Many DirecTV subscribers use their digital video recorders to record episodes of TV shows or movies for viewing at a more convenient time. However, DirecTV's high-definition DVRs are capable of much ...

If you were hoping your next-generation Nintendo Wii U would double as a DVD or Blu-ray player in your living room, you're out of luck. According to Kotaku, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata just ...