Box1020 & HDfury: A
gamer's perspective
July 29, 2008
It's been known for some time that the
Box1020 /
HDfury combo breaths new
life into older displays for movie watching but what about for games? Does it
help? How?
Our forum moderator and hardware expert Jeremy (AnalogRocks) puts the Box1020
and HDfury combo through its paces and shows the results that both movie fans
and gamers can expect to see.
"It's a GREAT little combo. I highly recommend it. Especially for those of
you that have an old TV that's an HDTV ready monitor but only has component
inputs. This combo will get your TV upgraded to handle the new crop of digital
players such as PS3, XBOX360 Elite, Blu-ray and satellite/cable boxes with HDMI
outputs."
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July 27, 2008
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"I received my XG-FULLHD HDMI card today and I love it!
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subtle gradients. (See
XG-FULLHD vs HDfury screenshots)" - JArseneau
"... it is a true work of art from Moome, amazing in every way possible
... with the new NEC XG HDMI Moome card and my DVDO VP50pro video processor
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roof, the natural crispness and smoothness of the image is amazing, the
contrast ratio aspects of the image may be the biggest improvement of all. I am
now going to be giddy every time I sit down to do reviews and watch films. Thank
You Moome! You are a true master sir!" - Gary (Home Theater Forum
Software and Hardware reviewer)
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service! What a damned nice guy!" - Tacky
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