August 24th is the debut of the elite version of the Xbox 360 in Great Britain and even though no Microsoft official release mentions anything about the prices, three UK retailers - WHM, GAME and Play - are already gearing to take pre-orders on Xbox 360 Elite at £330. Voices say the three retailers have been tipped from other European regions where they have a live presence so that should be the price for the new Xbox 360 deluxe version in the UK. Add to it, that all the pre-ordering prices are the same in three sources, so I guess that’s confirmed.

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It’s news day from Samsung and here are two new blu-ray players that they’ve announced. Samsung BD-P2400 and BD-P1400 are both blu-ray players with native HD at 1080p / 1080i / 720p that can play at a resolution of 1920 x 1080. There’s something else I can note down here, bigger brother BD-P2400 uses the HQV standard from Samsung, “Hollywood Quality Video” that will make Harry Potter’s spells to be extremely real. Both the blu-ray players handle up-convert DVDs to 1080p via HDMI.

Audio : coaxial and optical digital outs serving 5.1 stereo, MP3 playback, Dolby Digital Plus with DTS HD and supports Dolby TrueHD
Video: HDMI, S-video and composite outs

Samsung BD-P2400 will cost $649, going live from October and BD-P1400 is $549 but has a release date in September. The price is still very high from what people say, and if you think the PS3 plays blu-ray discs you might give it a good thought before buying one.

[via Engadget]

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It looks like the long waited price drop for Sony Playstation 3 is live. You can now get the 60GB model for $499 and if you need more space, wait for the August release of the 80GB model in US and Canada, priced at $599 that has a bonus: a “free copy” of MotorSport MotorStorm.

Though Sony announced they won’t cut down the prices, it looks like they did and we’re here to comment the news. Who’s going to need 20GB more from the new model? What do you install on it, because that’s their biggest problem (not the price) : all the good games are on Xbox 360. Unless they add to the $100 price drop some new games or it won’t count that much in the eyes of a new client.

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Playing on Nintendo Wii with your friends is going to be much more fun than it was until now. Why? Because Elecom was smart enough to bring real tools for the Sports pack That includes the tennis racket, the baseball bat and the golf club. I’ve played Nintendo and I agree this new upgrade looks great.

However, if you play with another friend make sure you have enough space between the two of you because the risk of injury is quite high. My biggest concern now is if we will see more cases of people ruining their TV by losing the Wiimote from their hands, or if there will be medical issues.

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Today Samsung Electronics has introduced the largest (70″) commercially available full high-definition LCD TV in Korea. The new model employs a light-emitting diode (LED) backlight instead of the conventional cold cathode fluorescent lamp (CCFL). In addition, the local dimming technology delivers a dynamic contrast ratio of 500,000:1. Another advantage of this technology is the low power consumption (50% less than a normal TV).

“I am pleased to introduce the 70” Full-HD LCD TV with innovative Local Dimming Technology,” said JongWoo Park, President of the Digital Media Business, Samsung Electronics. “Samsung will continue to strengthen its LCD TV leadership, enhancing Full-HD and large screen LCD TV line-up.”

Samsung’s LED scanning eliminates ghosting problems appeared at moving images. The new 70” full-HD LCD TV inspires elegance and sophistication by incorporating high quality materials. It features dual hidden speakers and rear woofer that deliver rich sound quality.

Samsung announced to put the product on sale worldwide in the second half of this year. No price details were revealed.

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