Archive for November, 2007
ATC EL150 SLP Speakers
ATC’s new EL150 SLP speakers are so gorgeous that they deserve to be a late 16th entry on our list of the World’s Sexiest Speakers. The EL150s are the latest in a long line of ultra high performance limited edition flagships from the company. Hand built in ATC’s British factory, the EL150s utilize 0.9” (25mm) [...]
Blu-ray’s 3:1 European lead sign of larger victory?
The Blu-ray disc format accounts for nearly three quarters of all HD movies sold in Europe and is contributing to an overall lead for the format, according to new reports from manufacturers. The Blu-ray Disc Association says it has sold about one million movies on the continent compared to about 370,000 HD DVD titles, giving [...]
Zune 80’s battery life well below iPod?
The just-launched Zune 80 may fall well short of the iPod classic in battery performance, according to benchmarking performed by CNET. The site reports that the hard disk-based player runs for 22 hours with Wi-Fi disabled, eight hours short of the competing 80GB iPod’s official figure of 30 hours. Switching Wi-Fi on without using it [...]
Spherical DIY Surround Sound Speakers
The newest Parts Express DIY project speakers are called the Sphericals. They are a creation of long time speaker enthusiast Darren Kuzma, who enjoys designing unique loudspeakers that are crafted from a variety of materials. In designing the Sphericals, Darren wanted not only to create a good sounding set of speakers, but a visual conversation [...]
DVD movies to come laden with advertising?
Your favourite DVD movies could soon be interspersed with advertising if IBM gets its way. That’s because it’s close to winning a patent that could make ads on cheap DVD movies mandatory - unless you are prepared to pay more to have the ads removed.
Luckily for us, there’s a fatal flaw in IBM’s plan: [...]
Dubai group takes massive stake in Sony
A Dubai company has bought out a considerable portion of the electronics giant Sony, the Wall Street Journal reports. Dubai International Capital, owned by the emirate’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has announced an a an investment it will only describe as "substantial;" the amount is expected to be five percent or less however, [...]
Sony brings out Christmas Rolly, E010 Walkmen players
Sony on Monday sparked holiday sales with two versions of its more unique flash-based players. Both the dancing, programmable Rolly and the stick-sized E013 Walkman are receiving a special Christmas Package in Japan that preloads six familiar Christmas songs, including "Silent Night" and "White Christmas." The Rolly also receives special preset dance routines to match [...]
Global TV market growth thanks to Europe, says research group
DisplaySearch, the worldwide leader in display market research and consulting, reported in its latest Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report that TV units rose 18% Q/Q and 11% Y/Y to 50.6 million while revenues rose 17% Q/Q and 10% Y/Y to $26.3 billion in Q3′07.
The strong growth can be attributed to:
* Rapid growth [...]
Creative first to 32GB flash media player?
It hasn’t been that long since the first hard disk-based digital music players were first introduced - remember, the Apple iPod is just over six years old.
But now, the end of hard disk-based music players may be near as flash-based solid state drives (SSD) get larger and are put into portable devices from notebook [...]
