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Worst-dressed gadgets? Blu-ray and HD DVD players

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  • Mitsubishi Blu-ray Disc player

    Mitsubishi Blu-ray Disc player

    Mitsubishi's prototype Blu-ray Disc player is big and somewhat intimidating. It's far bigger than a normal DVD player.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Philips' Blu-ray player

    Philips' Blu-ray player

    Royal Philips Electronics' Blu-ray player is bulky yet simple. Its few visible controls make it look like it could be easy to use, yet its size makes it seem like it could run hot and suck a lot of power.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Panasonic DMR-E700BD

    Panasonic DMR-E700BD

    The Panasonic DMR-E700BD is the company's first-production Blu-ray player. Its image quality is terrific, but the machine itself looks like something out of "2001: A Space Odyssey."

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Pioneer BDP-HD1

    Pioneer BDP-HD1

    Pioneer Electronics' BDP-HD1 player was one of the slicker looking of the Blu-ray machines on display at the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Yet it still looked more like a decent mid-1990s VCR than state-of-the-art technology.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Sony BDP-S1

    Sony BDP-S1

    To look at Sony's BDP-S1 Blu-ray player was to flash back to '80s-era Trinitron TVs. The buttons seem the same, and the machine itself is big and bulky and about as unsexy as possible.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Hewlett-Packard HD DVD center

    Hewlett-Packard HD DVD center

    Hewlett-Packard's HD DVD digital-entertainment center looks kind of modern but also reminds one of an old dual-cassette deck.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • HD DVD player from RCA

    HD DVD player from RCA

    It seems that in creating its sample HD DVD player, RCA simply took a shell from one of its old VCRs and stuffed it with new technology. The machine may turn out stunning image quality, but by its look, no one would know it.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • Toshiba sample HD DVD player

    Toshiba sample HD DVD player

    With its bottom control panel door closed, Toshiba's sample HD DVD player is a study in large simplicity. With the door open, the machine looks archaic.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

  • New Blu-ray, HD DVD players

    New Blu-ray, HD DVD players

    Do the new Blu-ray and HD DVD players remind you of anything? To one CNET News.com reporter, they look a lot like 1980s-era VCRs.

    Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

    Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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Bill Detwiler

By Bill Detwiler | July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT) | Topic: Hewlett Packard Enterprise

  • Mitsubishi Blu-ray Disc player
  • Philips' Blu-ray player
  • Panasonic DMR-E700BD
  • Pioneer BDP-HD1
  • Sony BDP-S1
  • Hewlett-Packard HD DVD center
  • HD DVD player from RCA
  • Toshiba sample HD DVD player
  • New Blu-ray, HD DVD players

Panasonic's Blu-ray player looks like "2001: A Space Odyssey" prop. HP's HD DVD player mimics old dual-cassette deck.

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Mitsubishi Blu-ray Disc player

Mitsubishi's prototype Blu-ray Disc player is big and somewhat intimidating. It's far bigger than a normal DVD player.

Published: July 20, 2006 -- 16:00 GMT (09:00 PDT)

Caption by: Bill Detwiler

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