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Sleek and some what svelte are almost mandatory for me when it comes to piquing my interest..for anything. The LG DP889 does just that and does double duty as an 8-inch photo frame and DVD player thanks to the hidden drive located behind the screen, the memory card reader, USB input and built-in memory.

Available here for $200 with Free Shipping

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It’s interesting that the consumer electronic manufacturers are still producing DVD players, especially ones like this that are so cool looking.  In reality, DVD still sells better than Blu-ray, so hence why.  The LG DVS450H is a super slim and hip looking DVD player that can be placed on a wall or table top (orientation is variable).  It can apparently output at 1080, but doesn’t contain a Blu-ray or HD DVD drive.  It does feature a USB input, which allows for an external hard drive to be attached and supports DivX HD and Xvid-HD (there’s your HD).

The LG DVS450H will probably hit the EU first, if any at all, and cost over $200.

Official press release here (translated)

No word on how you operate this Terminator head turned DVD player, but it sure would make a great center piece for my diamond plate inspried coffee table.  Sorry, there really aren’t any details, but it would appear that the eyes glow Terminator red when on and running.

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As of 5/28/08 Tivo will discontinue their rewards program. According to ZatzNotFunny, Tivo has upgraded the reward prizes to include the HD boxes for 120,000 and 150,000 point, which also includes lifetime service. David of Zatz is ‘hardcore Tivo’ and somehow he has only managed to amass a mere 90,000 points. So help him out and sign up for Tivo, and make sure to mention him as your referral. For his referral email see his post (I don’t want him to get more SPAM than he is already soliciting to himself).

Update: David asked for it, now he’s gonna get it (wink): davezatz@yahoo.com

I don’t know why you’d buy one of these, but perhaps you’re opening up a museum.

Xbox 360 HD DVD Player available here for $56.94 shipped.

At a glance, the title of this article has complete credence given HD-DVD’s recent demise. Heck, Netflix just signed on to do Blu-Ray only. But the reality of it, is that Cargo Cosmetics launched this line of make up specifically to mask the flaws that high def does so well at pointing out. According to CNET they ’skirted copyright’ by replacing the ‘-’ with a ‘_’. So it’s Blu_Ray, not Blu-Ray Mr. Lawyer pants! Is that legal?

In the hopes of keeping rival Blu-ray at bay, Toshiba, developer of HD-DVD, has announced its 51GB capacity HD DVD. Blu-Ray has long been regarded as the technically superior disc with a 50GB capacity. Previous HD DVD discs only held 15GB or 30GB of data. The extra capacity is accomplished through a 3rd layer. It remains to be scene if the “3rd layer� will increase cost and production time significantly.

51 GB HD DVD disc rivals Blu-ray capacity [TGDaily]

Jake Ludington compares the Xbox Marketplace’s HD movies to that of HD-DVD. His verdict? Both pictures are almost identical but the Xbox’s HD movies are slightly brighter.

Check out Jake’s full comparison here.

Mediablab: Xbox Video Marketplace and HD-DVD Comparison [EhomeUpgrade]

According to an article on Ehomeupgrade, ripping Hi Def Blu-Ray movies and PS3 games is as simple as typing a line of code into the ‘terminal’ of the Playstation 3. Apparently, this requires the PS3 to be loaded with a Linux OS and can actually be done on any computer running Linux with a Blu-Ray drive – its just ironic that you can already rip PS3 games on the system.

Hit up Ehomegrade for more details.

We generally steer clear of such novel devices, but given the time of the year and the popularity Hello Kitty we couldn’t help but post this. Costing a mere $89.99 at Target via Amazon, the device is so cheap that any bonafide Hello Kitty collector should feel ashamed if they pass this item up. It plays DVDs, CD-Rs, MP3 discs and to our surprise can output in progressive scan. Also includes a 48-key remote control.

Hello Kitty Slot-Loading DVD Player [ChipChick]