The  LHB953 is one the best systems on the market  to handle streaming content options--Netflix, Pandora, YouTube, and CinemaNow augment its disc-playing capabilities with finesse. It also performs basic functions with great ease and comfort. Razzle- Dazzle:The LG LHB953 packs a 5.1 speaker package consisting of four identical smallish speakers for the front/surround, a sizable center channel speaker and a subwoofer. The face of the speakers has a slight bulge but the sideview shows off its curved design. The centre channel is huge and takes a lot of space. The subwoofer is an average size for an HTIB. The LG LHB 953 has a boxy shape but when you took a closer look it has a mix & match theme: glossy black, red & blue. Inside Dope:The LHB953  [...]

The new Philips BDP7300 looks absolutely stunning- a smooth, glossy panel with very little buttons dotting it here and there. There is also a USB port on one side for digital media playback. The BDP7300 is also very sturdily built when compared to the other blu-ray players in the 250 pounds segment. Since the BDP7300 is a profile 2.0 player, you can download movies and other stuff using an Ethernet connection which is provided behind the player. But what makes this player different is that it has an internal memory of 1 GB we are therefore at an advantage in that we don’t need any USB memory cards/sticks to store downloads. But people who are allergic to cables and long wires be warned, there is NO Wi-Fi support. Another reason to rejoice is that this player features 5.1 channel analogue outputs which allow people without HDMI  [...]