Nextbase Portable DVD Player Review

By Ian Bell November 6, 2004

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“The format of DVD has been incredibly quick to usurp VHS as the standard of choice for watching films. It was circa five years ago that I got my DVD player, which at the time was hideously expensive, and extremely large. Not many people at the time had seen the digital glory of DVD and it would often get a lot of people exclaiming ‘wow’ at the quality of the picture DVD can produce.”

This player caught us by surprise. Its definately a very small player and kind of looks like one of the new PMP portable media players that are coming out on the market. This would be great for traveling.

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Tone mapping

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How to convert your VHS tapes to DVD, Blu-ray, or digital

VHS tape lifestyle DVD burner combo deck

While DVD and Blu-ray dominate today's world, VHS tapes ruled supreme in the '80s and '90s. It wasn't uncommon for families to document birthday parties, holidays, sporting events, and other big moments in life with their handheld camcorder, recording the footage onto a trusty VHS tape. Unfortunately, playing those VHS tapes is challenging nowadays, as it's unlikely that you still have your old VHS player (or that it's even still in working condition).

That means you'll need to look into converting your VHS tapes to DVD, Blu-ray, or digital formats to take a trip down memory lane. Even if you're not interested in checking out the footage today, it makes sense to get the film converted – after all, those VHS tapes are slowly deteriorating, and if they go bad, all that footage will be forever lost.

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JBL brings the boom with upgraded portables and party speakers for 2024

EMBARGOED IMAGE –The JBL Xtreme 4 portable Bluetooth speaker in camoglage.

The JBL Xtreme 4 JBL

Seminal speaker maker JBL has taken the veil off of its 2024 lifestyle lineup, which includes three new portable speakers and two new party speakers, all with upgrades that include more power, new colors, improved Bluetooth connectivity, recycled materials, and multi-speaker connectivity with Auracast.
The new JBL portables
JBL announced three new portable Bluetooth speakers today at CES 2024 in Las Vegas -- the football-sized JBL Xtreme 4, the compact and clippable JBL Clip 5, and the smallest of the bunch, the JBL Go 4. All of the new speakers maintain their rugged IP67 ratings, but feature improved battery life, more power, and better bass, as well as an upgrade in their Bluetooth connectivity to version 3.5 LE (Low Energy), which means lower latency, lower power consumption, and better audio quality. But more importantly, it allows all three new JBL speakers to be Auracast-enabled, which allows multi-speaker connectivity with an unlimited number of other JBL Auracast speakers, regardless of whether they're the same model of speaker or not.

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