Crave has always had a soft spot for Pioneer’s plasma televisions — they’re a little more expensive than the competition, but the quality has always been some of the best about. With their 2007 range, Pioneer is concentrating on two areas: better blacks and 1080p. The new TVs all have support for 24p, which means they can show movies at …

Barely a week goes by without at least one member of the Blu-ray disc association claiming victory already/by next week/by the new year. Let’s be honest, it gets a little annoying hearing them blabber on about how HD DVD doesn’t have a chance. Traditionally, the HD DVD promotional group has been less vocal when it comes to the mudslinging, but …

It’s no secret: we’ve been on the edges of our seats, waiting for the 1080p HD DVD player from Toshiba, for a while now. Finally, Crave is pleased to announce, the HD-XE1 is in the office. Until now, only having a 1080i player — the Toshiba HD-E1 — hasn’t really been a huge problem because most of the televisions we’ve …