Brando Delicious USB Drives
You aren’t looking at your favorite food, these are the new USB drives from Brando. Looks can be deceiving. If you are equally passionate about technology and food than these USB drives stocked at the gadget shop Brando are perfect for you.
The USB drives come in various edible forms like strawberry, pizza, burger, biscuits, chicken wings, BBQ Pork, chicken Drum Stick etc. Keep away if hungry. Weighing from 17 to 28grams, they support Window 2000/XP/Vista or MAC OS.
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Panasonic Goes Back to Black
Panasonic TX-32LXD80
Anyone who demands only the blackest of on-screen blacks may have thought a Pioneer Kuro was the only option. Not so, says Panasonic, which has stepped into the darkness with rival screen.
Although Pioneer’s Kuro plasma range boasts a 42in, 50in and 60in options, Panasonic only appears to be testing the “blacker than black” water at the moment. So its latest LCD telly - the TX-32LXD80 - only comes in one size: 32in.
Nonetheless, the firm boasts that the TX-32LXD80 will provide “life-like blacks” that it claims are deepened by expanding the screen’s backlight tuning area.
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Sony Introduces New “Elevated Standard” Audio/video Receivers
Sony recently launched 3 new high-end home theaters receivers, the STR-DA4400ES, STR-DA3400ES and STR-DA2400ES. Each receiver includes Faroudja DCDi Cinema technology for upscaling all video sources to 1080p via HDMI, and supports the latest audio codecs; Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, dts High Resolution Audio and dts HD Master Audio.
Sony STR-DA4400ES
Sony STR-DA4400ES 7.1 channel receiver has a 120-watt amplifier (8Ω, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 0.09 percent THD), six HDMI inputs and DSD decoding through HDMI. It offers high-definition video distribution to a second zone, audio distribution to three zones and picture-in-picture for monitoring of multi-zone output or an external video source. The model will be available in August for about $1,500.
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JVC’s New LCD TVs Feature Integrated iPod Dock
JVC's new LCD TVs feature integrated iPod dock
The impact of MP3 and MP3 players on the way we consume music has been massive - more people now listen to music than ever before and there has been a fundamental mindset shift about the portability and accessibility of music. Video too seems destined for the same mindset shift and the latest pointer to this is that JVC’s latest LCD Tvs all feature JVC’s new TeleDock®, a flip-down iPod dock at the base of the set, providing a direct connection for playback through the TV.
The new JVC P-Series includes the 32-inch LT-32P679, 42-inch LT-42P789, 47-inch LT-47P789 and the 52-inch LT-52P789. The LT-32P679 is a 768p model, while the others offer 1080p resolution.
When an iPod is docked, a menu appears on the TV screen for selecting music, music shuffle or video playback. iPod can be controlled from the TV’s remote, which includes a circular keypad with a control scheme that mimics the iPod’s control wheel. Photos can also be displayed as a slide show along with music. During music playback, song title and artist name are displayed on the TV screen. During video playback, low resolution files, such as internet videos, can be displayed in a small screen mode. Higher resolution video can be shown in nine aspect modes at full screen. There’s also the option to play music files while the TV displays television programming. In addition, the iPod will charge while docked whether the TV’s power is on or off.
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Open Air Cinema’s CineBox Backyard Home Theater Kit
Open Air Cinema's Inflatable Outdoor movie theater
Movie nights are always a great way to have a good time with family The-Family-Leave-Excuse and friends, and you could really “wow” them this summer by leading them through the house and outside to your personal open-air theater in the backyard . Open Air Cinema’s 9′ x 5′ CineBox Home Backyard Theater System features a nine-foot inflatable movie screen, a Sanyo 2300 Lumen DLP projector, DVD player and powerful outdoor speakers.
The 16:9 screen is made from ripstop nylon, weighs in at just 8 lbs, and fits into a duffle bag when deflated - allowing you to take it just about anywhere. Set-up is simple; you inflate the puncture-proof screen with the quiet air blower, plug in the CineBox, put in your movie and you’re ready for a big-screen night under the stars. With the cost of gas preventing many people from traveling to their favorite vacation destination this summer, a backyard home theater Home cinema experience may bring the smiles back to young and old faces.
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Toshiba and Matsushita Ready to Mass Produce 2.5-Inch OLEDs
Toshiba Matsushita Display is about to mass-produce OLED screens that could be used for a wide range of portable devices, according to a report from Japan’s Nikkei BP. The joint venture between Toshiba and Matsushita (Panasonic) is claimed to be producing as many as one million 2.5-inch organic screens per month starting from Autumn of 2009 and would be the first Japanese company to do so.
The development would be primarily targeted at cellphones, GPS navigators, and other handhelds, the newspaper says, though no specific products have been announced. The screen size is also commonly used for portable media players such as the iPod classic and Zune 80.
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Sony Launches Blu-ray Disc Player BDP-S350
Sony BDP-S350
Sony’s next-generation Blu-ray Disc player BDP-S350 supports BonusView (picture-in-picture), which is featured on select new Blu-ray Disc home video releases, and is also BD-Live ready, with an Ethernet port for easy firmware updates and access to Internet-based interactive content features. It also features quick start up mode improving the player’s boot up time to approximately a few seconds and offers an external port for local storage for BD-Live, allowing users to add an optional flash storage device (sold separately).
Sony Blu-ray Disc player BDP-S350 offers 7.1 channel Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus decoding and bit-stream output, as well as DTS-HD High Resolution Audio and Master Audio bit-stream output. The compact size of BDP-S350 allows Sony to reduce the C02 emissions related to shipping by approximately 43 percent. The Sony BDP-S350 is now available for about $400 at Sony authorized retailers.
Consortium to develop TransferJet a new interoperable wireless transfer technology
Sony, Canon, Kodak, Hitachi, Victor Company of Japan, KDDI, Kenwood, Panasonic, Nikon, Olympus, Pioneer, Samsung, Seiko Epson, Sony Ericsson and Toshiba today announced an agreement to form a consortium to develop specifications for interconnecting products using TransferJet a new interoperable wireless transfer technology that enables rapid transfer of high resolution video, music and images.
Sony Trasferjet
TransferJet wireless technology enables a high speed data transmission rate of 560Mbps, while eliminating the need for complex setup and operation. Directly touching two compliant electronic products together allows files to be transferred automatically, without the need for an access point.
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DirectVoxx Muso Brings Voice Control To Your iPod Nano
Directvoxx muso
DirectVoxx has introduced its muso Voice Control for iPod. The muso is a small dock-connecting accessory that allows users to access their music with natural voice commands. According to the company, the device “synchronizes with the user’s iTunes library directly on first use and requires no training to understand requests such as ‘Play me some Led Zeppelin,’ ‘How about some Rolling Stones,’ ‘Gimme jazz’ or ‘Go to My Broadway Tunes playlist.’”
With current support for a wide variety of English phrases, DirectVoxx says non-English multilingual support is coming in 2009. The device is self-powered by an internal rechargeable battery offering ten hours of use under “normal operating conditions.” It includes a sync/charge cable and a remote control, and will be available for the iPod nano in December for $159, with a future iPod/iPhone compatible model planned for release “as soon as possible.”
Hansen Audio Wizard Center Channel Loudspeaker
Hansen Audio, known for their ultra high-end Prince, Emperor, and King speakers, has entered the home theater market with the release of their new three driver, 2-way center channel speaker, dubbed The Wizard. It uses the same 25mm high performance dome tweeter and twin 182 mm Hansen designed and built mid-woofers with multi-layer composite sandwich cones as the flagship King.
Hansen Wizard
The hand assembled crossover is also designed and built by Hansen. The enclosure is made from the company’s “Composite Matrix” material, and features their signature curvy shape and “Class A” finish, available in gray or black. Like all Hansen speakers, The Wizard is time-and-phase accurate. Frequency response is 29Hz - 23kHz, with 6 Ohm impedance and 87dB/W/m sensitivity. The price is $15,000.
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