Archive for July, 2008
Journey: The MP3 Player
Back in the 80’s Journey gave us a bit more than fantastic music; they gave us the classic Journey arcade machine. Now’s a chance to get your hands on their really cool MP3 player that adorns the group’s iconic airbrush winged scarab and flamejob art. ZVUE’s Journey MP3 player comes with pre-loaded with 22 songs [...]
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 [...]
Panasonic Goes Back to Black
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 [...]
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 7.1 channel receiver has [...]
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 [...]
Open Air Cinema’s CineBox Backyard Home Theater Kit
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 [...]
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 [...]
Sony Launches Blu-ray Disc Player 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 [...]
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.
TransferJet wireless [...]
