The Samsung P2770HD is a mix between a computer monitor and an HDTV. You might remember the 23-inch Samsung P2370HD monitor, which is essentially a computer monitor with a built in HDTV tuner and HDMI input.

Now Samsung have released the larger 27-inch P2770HD, with HDTV tuner and HD connections. Many people don’t want to buy or own a separate dedicated computer monitor and HDTV, when one device can do both tasks. Samsung have realized this an have created the Samsung P2770HD.

The 23-inch model has HD and non-HD models, so it’s not known if there will be a 27-inch Samsung P2770 model, or just the P2770HD model.

As well as being a very capable and attractive computer monitor, the P2770HD functions just as well as a HDTV receiving HDTV signals and HD inputs from HD devices, such as blu-ray players or HD games consoles. This makes it an ideal monitor / HDTV for a bedroom, or office etc.

It features a 1920 x 1080 Full HD 1080p resolution, 50:000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and also stereo speakers which can simulate 5.1 channel sound. The Samsung SyncMaster P2770HD even supports Picture In Picture and Picture By Picture modes, allowing you to view both your computer desktop and TV source at the same time.

There are plenty of connections on the Samsung P2770HD, including many HD inputs, such as HDMI, DVI, Component, VGA, along with TV inputs, Optical Out, Audio In and Headphone out.

If you connect up to an HD device via HDMI you will get Full 1080p HD with Dolby Digital Plus, SRS TruSurround HD, and 5.1 optical SPDIF output!

JVC have announced their latest blu-ray player, the JVC XV-BP11, which comes in at just under the magic $200 price tag.

There are a few players available for this price, but it’s always nice to see some extra competition in this price bracket, especially from a brand such as JVC.

The JVC XV-BP11 is an “ultra slim” blu-ray player, and from looking at the photo it almost look “ultra long”, but I’m sure this is just because of it’s super slim design. The XV-BP11 should be available right now for $199.95.

So what do you get for $199.95? As well as playing back blu-ray discs, it can also playback the popular camcorder format, AVCHD along with WMV, JPG, MP3, WMA files via disc or from the USB port.

It features HDMI 1.3 output along with composite, but you will of course want to use the HDMI port. It supports Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital plus, Dolby True HD, DTS, and DTS HD Master Audio/Essential audio formats.

Other features of the JVC XVBP11 include coaxial audio output, cinema zoom (x16), quick loading and parental lock.

Western Digital have a new HD media player on the market, and it is by far the best one so far.

If you’re looking for an easy and functional way to get your computer’s and other media onto your HDTV, the new Western Digital WD TV Live HD media player is perfect.

The Western Digital TV Live HD offers full 1080p HD video playback, with support for a vast array of codecs. It lets you enjoy all your HD videos, music and photos from your network, Internet and media drives on your HDTV with ease.

It has an HDMI 1.3 output, along with component and composite, 2x USB 2.0 for external storage devices, SPFIF audio out, Ethernet and is WiFi ready.

The WD TV Live HD also supports H.264, SimplayHD, Dolby Digital and DTS audio formats, DLNA support, Bonjour, and AVCHD. Online media is provided from YouTube,

It should be available very soon for $149.99, but it is currently available for pre-order from Amazon for just $119.99

The following file formats are supported:

Video:
AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1), MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), M2TS, WMV9

Photo:
JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG

Audio:
MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS