Media Players

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Kaleidescape Mini System

Test Report: Packed with impressive features, there's nothing small about this movie/music system.
- By John Sciacca
- Posted October 21, 2009
Key Features $8,590 KALEIDESCAPE.COM • Movie/music server wi
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Linksys By Cisco

Test report: We go ears-on with the KWHA700 Premiere Kit wireless audio system
- By John Sciacca
- Posted August 28, 2009
The Short Form $999 ($1,078 as tested) / Linksysbycisco.com
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Pioneer Elite BDP-09FD Blu-ray Disc player

Test report
- By Al Griffin
- Posted June 22, 2009
The Short Form $2,200 / PIONEERELECTRONICS.COM Snapshot
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Vudu XL2 Internet movie player

Test report
- By John Sciacca
- Posted June 16, 2009
The Short Form $799 / VUDU.COM Snapshot Vud
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Sooloos music storage and server system

Test Report
- By John Sciacca
- Posted February 26, 2009
The Short Form $11,600 / SOOLOOS.COM / 866-606-0333 Snapshot
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Pioneer Elite BDP-05FD Blu-ray Disc player

Test Report
- By Al Griffin
- Posted January 29, 2009
The Short Form $799 / PIONEERELECTRONICS.COM / 800-421-1404 Snapshot
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Blu Rodeo

We wrangled a group of affordable new Profile 2.0 Blu-ray Disc players that deliver everything you expect from the format, along with some cool extra features
- By Al Griffin
- Posted January 22, 2009
Hard to believe it, but it's been over 2 years since we unboxed our first Blu-ray Disc player here at Sound & Vision. Despite a sometimes stunning 1080p high-def picture (I say "sometimes" because the picture quality of the initial Blu-ray releases was a mixed bag), those first players had numerous shortcomings.

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Fusion Research Genesis media server and VR-VCP2 Cinema Player

Test Report
- By John Sciacca
- Posted October 14, 2008
The Short Form $10,990 (as tested) / FUSIONRD.COM / 925-217-1233 Snapshot
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Panasonic DMP-BD55 Blu-ray Disc Player

Test Report
- By Al Griffin
- Posted October 3, 2008
The Short Form $399 / PANASONIC.COM / 888-843-9788 Snapshot
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Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray Disc Player

Test report
- By Michael Trei
- Posted July 24, 2008
The Short Form $399 / SAMSUNG.COM / 800-726-7864 Snapshot <
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Niveus Media Rainier Edition 500HD Media Center PC system

TEST REPORT
- By Al Griffin
- Posted July 7, 2008
The Short Form $7,697 (as tested) / NIVEUSMEDIA.COM / 866-258-2929 Snapshot
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Exclusive First Look: Kaleidescape 1080p Player (KPlayer-6000)

Kaleidescape's new 1080p Player delivers all the goods of its predecessors, plus 1080p upscaling and more.
- By John Sciacca
- Posted June 18, 2008
They say luck favors the prepared. It also doesn't hurt to be in the right place at the right time. Whatever. The planets aligned in my favor, resulting in my being one of the few reviewers handpicked by Kaleiedescape co-founder and COO, Cheena Srinivasan, to audition and preview their latest addition.

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