Home-owners on the look out for a quality entry-level home media system for their vacation homes, condos and apartments will find all their entertainment needs addressed with the new FUZE Mini Edition Media System. Featuring the best of whole-home functionality, reliability and cutting-edge audio performance, the new FUZE media system offers users to enjoy live & recorded TV, movies, music, photos, and much more on one unit with the capacity to cater to residences with 2 or more TV sets as well.

Of course the unit comes fully packed with all the required hardware and software necessary for 2 video and 4 audio zones wile a third video zone is offered as an option on the system. With 4GB memory, 750GB storage, and a 2.2GHZ processor delivering top-notch entertainment quality, the unit also beats the competition to a pulp with its EasyControl UPB and FuzeTunes compatibility. the stunning FUZE Mini Edition is not only 100 percent expandable but is also fully upgradeable in case you wish to install the full FUZE Media System later on and is expected to hit stores by the second quarter of 2008.

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Sony MDR-NC500D Headphones Sony has announced the availability of its latest headphones, named MDR-NC500D in the Japanese market. Sony claims that the headphones have the ability to cancel about 99 percent of the ambient noise and offer high-quality sound, giving users a great music-listening experience.The powerful headphones utilize digital technology that has the ability to automatically generate waves that move in the opposite direction to noise waves. This helps in eradicating the noise, thanks to the conflicting waves that cancel each other out.

To prevent a negative impact on the sound, the MDR-NC500D has a digital equalizer that works when the noise is being eliminated and offers a top-notch audio reproduction. It is an ideal peripheral for travelers while traveling on airplanes and trains, where a lot of noise is encountered.

Moreover, it also makes use of an analog technology to cut the outside sounds. It has been noticed that is effectively removes the noise. Weighing 195g, the headphones have the capacity to provide 16 hours on its integrated rechargeable batteries.

Expected to roll out in Japan on 21st April, the Sony MDR-NC500D headphones carry a suggest price of 49,350 yen (approx. Rs. 19,240).

The Panasonic DMP-BD30 is the world’s first Profile 1.1 Blu-ray player.

A certain amount of deserved fanfare is in order, as some of you will be aware that the BD market has been cursed by dithering standards.

Profile 1.1 (also amusingly know as the Final Standards profile – which it isn’t) mandates for persistent memory and a second video decoder, allowing for the provision of Picture-in-Picture functionality, aka Bonus View.

Sometime later in 2008, we’ll see the first dedicated BD players compliant with Profile 2.0, which throws a LAN port into the mix, letting the unit go online for greater interactivity.

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Even Bonus View PIP discs are few and far between. The first in the UK is Sony Pictures’ Resident Evil: Extinction. Select its Under the Umbrella special feature and you can watch the film plus a secondary video window featuring talking-head commentary, behind-the-scenes material and storyboards.

Disney will be releasing its first Profile 1.1 disc in the summer, National Treasure: Book of Secrets. In the US, Sunshine has also been issued as a Region-locked PIP disc.

A different proposition to the first models from Panasonic, the Panasonic DMP-BD30’s form factor itself has been much improved. The player is super-slim, standing just 59mm tall. Ergonomics are a bit bonkers, though.

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Nike recently unveiled the Nike+ SportBand, confirming earlier reports that the company would release a “sans iPod” version of its fitness tracking system. According to MacLife, the SportBand functions similarly to the iPod combination set, where it can measure time, speed, distance, and calories consumed. The system supposedly writes this information to a USB memory stick for upload to a computer. Nike will sell the SportBand for €60 (~$95), and will ship in April.

Nike is reportedly not abandoning the Nike+iPod sports system, merely offering a less expensive alternative for users who can’t afford an iPod nano.

Late last year, Nike and Apple were both under scrutiny for allegedly violating a patent, involving custom footwear that tracks the wearer’s performance. Recently, Samsung announced a joint venture with Adidas with the goal of taking on the Nike+iPod system

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The name Meridian speaks of exquisite engineering and elegant style. The company has already impressed us with the $20,000 DVD player, Ferrari F80 audio system, and lately the DSP7200 loudspeakers. The latest product to carry the brand’s legacy forth is the high-definition video projector, the MF10. Inspired from the award-winning MF1, the new MF10 video projector utilizes the latest-generation D-ILA light-engine technology, in a maximum performance three-chip 1080p array. Based on an all-new 0.7-inch DILA device, the MF10’s advanced optical package makes for a significant reduction in stray light and thereby delivering great black levels, in excess of 30,000:1 native contrast ratio, without the use of a servo iris. The upshot is film-like textures and depth, and a terrific cinematic visual experience. Another feather to the wings is the projector’s outstandingly accurate, 16-element, all-glass lens that guarantees sharp, fully-focused imaging across the entire screen, edge to edge and top to bottom.

The 2x zoom throws a large, bright image and deliver image size from 60 to 200 inches. The MF10’s ‘pixel-for-pixel’ unprocessed mode is custom made to work in parallel with Meridian’s newest digital video processor, the DVP2351. Meridian is offering the D-ILA MF10 Digital Projector for $14,995 while the DVP2351 Digital Video processor will be sold separately for $3,995.

KnuKonceptz has released their new eKs Silver Plated Sub Woofer Cable and Karma SS 12 Gauge Bi-Wire Speaker Wire. The eKs Sub Woofer Cable is a single channel 5 meter (16.5ft.) coaxial construction RCA with an 18 gauge stranded silver plated copper conductor and ground shielding. The cable is a beefy 10mm in diameter and features 24 Kt gold plated Kompression LoK RCA ends.

The Karma SS 12 Gauge Bi-Wire Speaker Wire consists of four 12 gauge tinned OFC conductors (294 strands each of 5N copper), and each one is marked with polarity/channel for easy reference. Both products are listed below with links to the KnuKonceptz online store. Continue Reading…

In celebration of the first decade of Hong Kong’s reunification with China, the Hong Kong Design Center organized “Project 9707″ to recognize Hong Kong’s local design industry and support design education. “Creation 9707″ (part of the larger project 9707) is a collaboration of ten internationally renowned brand names with ten accomplished Hong Kong designers to produce ten creative products. KEF’s Stringless Pleasure is one of these ten. Developed in collaboration with Italian furniture brand Giorgetti and designer and architect Lo Chi Wing, Stringless Pleasure is an instrument without strings.

It is equipped with two concentric driver speakers, a subwoofer, CD player and built-in iPod dock. The cabinetry is made from Zitan, a rare species of wood used for musical instruments in ancient China, and the control dials are made from precious stones. The ten-decimeter long sound-bridge commemorates the ten years. Only ten Stringless Pleasures will be available worldwide.

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We’ve pegged Energy Sistem as possibly a major player in the PMP industry in the near feature and we are absolutely correct. A successor of the 5000, the Inngenio 6000 is a wholly different multimedia animal with a 2.8-inch touchscreen and a shiny steel casing. It does not have WiFi and no Bluetooth but with a 89.90 euro ($138) MSRP (includes a 36-month guarantee), you can have a fashionable touchscreen media player that you can brag about.

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The Archos 606 may see the first implementation of SFR’s 3G+ plans for Archos players. The 606 will be the successor of the 605 and will boast the same casing dimensions with 1 to 2 centimeters of screen space added. It’s all black as well and this artist’s impression of the device, if I may say so, not bad looking at all. It’s even prettier than this iPhone2 mockup that we thought would look better with an Archos branding.

Archos 606 will have 30GB of storage. Hopefully it’s not a bad idea for Archos to skip current advances in flash storage. Should it be enough for SFR’s 3G+ plans, here are the possible prices: €14.90, €19.90, and €29.90 a month ($22 to $46), each of which will let you purchase the device for €249, €199, or €149 ($380, $305, or $230), respectively, or you can simply the player without a plan for €290, or about $460.

Source: engadget