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Soyo adds new two LCD displays to retail shelves
2008-06-06 20:28:00 Soyo, in addition to sending to market its 22-inch LCD TV, also said this week it was releasing 19- and 22-inch displays under its Honeywell Arius line. These displays will cost around $350 and $400, respectively. The 22-inch wide LCD Monitor, said Soyo, features three USB ports as well as a built-in 1.3 mega pixel webcam ... More About: Retail , Displays , Shelves , Soyo
Westinghouse busts out three new LCD displays
2008-06-06 20:05:00 Westinghouse recently began shipping some new LCD monitors it has first announced at the Consumer Electronics Show. This new displays include the L2610NW, L2210NW and L1916HW, priced at around $500, $300 and $270 respectively. There’s nothing too outstanding about these displays when you look at the specs. The L2160NW is a 26-inch model which does typical ... More About: Displays , Westinghouse
Sony brings YouTube to its Internet video device
2008-06-06 19:45:00 Sony topped off its announcements yesterday with word it was bringing new content to its BRAVIA Internet Video Link service. Chief among these is a partnership with popular video Web site YouTube . Sony said its BRAVIA Internet Video Link device will now let people have access to millions of YouTube videos through connected BRAVIA LCD flat-panels ... More About: Youtube , Web 2
Salamander Designs offers rear A/V cabinet cooling
2008-06-06 18:50:00 When we saw a press release from Salamander Designs announcing new A/V cabinet configurations, we yawned and moved to click to another page. Our click was stopped through when we read an interesting line about the company’s Extended Rear Panel with Active Cooling Kit. That looked pretty cool to us given the hot rat’s nest ... More About: Furniture , Offers , Cabinet
Cat clock wakes you with big eyes, glowing head
2008-06-06 18:10:00 Cat owners are probably used to waking up in the dead of night to a pair of large cat eyes staring at them evilly. It keeps you on your toes and makes you wonder when he will make his move, so it’s best to sleep with one eye open. For the rest of us, ... More About: Eyes , Clock , Clocks , Head
Keyboard calculator is expensive, loud
2008-06-06 17:44:00 Most devices already have a calculator app built in, including your computer. That’s why most people have no use for a stand-alone calculator. But if you do want or need a number cruncher that’s free and untethered and all independent like, this is the one to get. The 10-key calculator. It’s what a calculator would ... More About: Calculator , Keyboard , Loud
Sony shows off Bravia Theater Micro System
2008-06-06 15:03:00 One of the worst things about a home theater aside from the wires is that the speakers tend to be big and bulky. Larger speakers often sound better, but they are hard to hide and can really mess up the looks of a room (so says my wife). To go along with the new line of ... More About: System , Theater , Sony , Home Theater , Micro
Sony introduces sweet new XBR HDTV line
2008-06-06 13:59:00 When it comes to LCD HDTVs Sony has some of the most popular sets on the market in its Bravia line. While LCD TVs and LCDs on notebooks share some of the same tech, notebook LCDs have been using LED backlighting for better picture quality and thinner profiles for a while now. The LED tech ... More About: Sweet , Line , Hdtv
Retro robot USB flash drives launch
2008-06-06 07:23:00 If you love robots like I do, you’ll notice very quickly the complete lack of robot flash drives. Where’s the robot love? Team is doing something about that with their “T-Bot R50″ robot-shaped flash drives that were shown off at the Computex event. Looks like they’ll come in 1GB,2GB,4GB and 8GB sizes. You can choose ... More About: Robot , Flash , Retro , Launch , Flash drives
Speak-er concept has nice form
2008-06-06 06:59:00 I think we can agree that most speakers are just plain boring. Sure, there are exceptions to that rule, but not nearly enough. The Speak -er concept manages to say quite alot. We like it’s simple and clever design. It’s designed to be an attention getter with it’s familiar shape and it’s hard not to notice ... More About: Nice , Form , Concept
myP.O.D: Like putting an apartment in a cubicle
2008-06-06 06:30:00 This workstation is more then a little disconcerting when you first see it. We are so used to minimalist design, it’s nice to see something fully loaded. As you can see it’s like they crammed an entire living space inside. It’s designed by designer Peter J. Sucy and it has tons of functionality. So much ... More About: Putting
Swap shafts with the Callaway I-MIX Golf tool
2008-06-06 06:09:00 I’m no Golf er, but this thing looks like it would come in very handy. The Callaway I-MIX system basically allows you to swap out different shafts and clubheads, letting you mix and match parts for your golf club so that you can more perfectly match the conditions of the course that you are playing. You ... More About: Tool , Swap
Touch Screen Audi & BMW cell phones
2008-06-06 05:48:00 We loved the Ferrari cell phone and we knew that it was just a matter of time until more cars joined in on the fun. If you’re not the Ferrari type, or just need a new car to use as a cell phone, you might want to try an Audi or even a BMW. You’re ... More About: Screen , Cell Phones , Mobile Phones , Phones
Scarface called, he wants his phone back
2008-06-06 05:24:00 Tony Montana would love to have this phone on his desk. It also makes a great gag gift for your other “business associates”. It’s the phone to use when you mean business. This phone says, I may not be sure who is going to get whacked tonight, but somebody’s going in the river, so let’s ... More About: Phone , Back , Scarface
iHome shows some Zune love
2008-06-06 05:01:00 After announcing their iPod computer speakers, iHome wants you to know they have Zune love too. iHome’s ZN9 is being called “the world’s first clock radio for the Zune”. The Zune is no iPod, so the device might be looked at as a bit of a gamble for the company, but iHome should do just ... More About: Microsoft , Love
Creative says new high end sound card ready to pump you up
2008-06-05 21:05:00 Creative is out today with word of the availability of a new sound card which is very gamer focused. It is called the Creative PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series and it will price, long name included, for around $150. The Creative PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional sound card is ... More About: Creative , Card , High , Sound Card
Oregon Scientific preps new action cameras
2008-06-05 20:54:00 Oregon Scientific is set to debut the next generation of its popular hands-free, waterproof action cameras for the YouTube crowd. You’ll find the new ATC3K and ATC5K pricing at around $150 and $200, respectively. These new action cameras, like previous Oregon Scientific ones, are designed to strap on to just about anything so you can record ... More About: Action , Digital Cameras , Oregon , Cameras , Oregon Scientific
New Sanyo digital camcorder loves lots of faces
2008-06-05 20:28:00 Sanyo rolled out today a new 1080i digital camcorder which features face detection technology for both videos and stills. It is called the Sanyo Xacti HD1010 and you’ll find it pricing around $800. The compact Sanyo Xacti HD1010, besides recording in 1920 x 1080, uses face detection to adjust brightness and focus on up to 12 ... More About: Camcorder , Faces , Camcorders , Digital , Sanyo
Soyo ships garden variety 22-inch LCD TV
2008-06-05 20:02:00 Soyo. a consumer electronics manufacturer, announced yesterday its first 22-inch LCD TV was heading to retail. It is known as the Soyo SYTPT2238AB and you’ll find it pricing around $480. Soyo said its new 22-inch television “features a 2 ms response time, a 1,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and a resolution of 1680×1050. It also features a ... More About: Garden , Ships , Variety , Inch , Soyo
Klipsch goes classy with new speaker series
2008-06-05 19:49:00 Klipsch announced today some great looking new speakers which it says put out extremely great music. The speakers are the new W series and you’ll find them pricing as follows when they become available later this month - around $1,500 for a pair of WF-35 floorstanders, $1,200 for a pair of WF-34 floorstanders, $600 for ... More About: Speaker , Series , Speakers , Klipsch
Steampunk Dalek has wheels, can?t climb stairs
2008-06-05 18:31:00 The tardis is flying out of out control. It was driven off course by an unknown force. Finally it lands. Ah, 19th century London. As you exit the door, you’re pleased to see that it all looks about right…Until you see one of these. Then another. And another. Something is very wrong with this time-line. ... More About: Wheels , Climb , Steampunk
Space Invaders get all PC with Space Intruderz lamps
2008-06-05 18:10:00 I never expected that the Space Invaders would go all Politically Correct, but hell everyone else has. Probably the head Invader realized that for like almost forty years now, the invasion hasn’t exactly been working,(Merchandise aside) so they needed a new image. Invaders sounds so cold, no one likes an invasion. Intruderz is pretty much ... More About: Space Invaders
Newman?s Cool Man MP3 player
2008-06-05 17:56:00 You’ll feel like Seinfeld with this PMP that can pin onto your clothes. When a thief rips it off of you, you’ll have no choice but to just grit your teeth and say “Newman”, since you knew that would happen anyway. The Cool Man MP3 player is Newman?s latest PMP. The idea is that ... More About: Player
RadioShack DTX9550 digital converter perfect for low-power station communit
2008-06-05 15:00:00 So far 2008 is slipping by much faster than I expected and before you know it the digital transition in early 2009 will be here. If you aren?t using a satellite or cable provider and are using an old TV lacking a digital tuner you will need a converter box. While all high-power stations are ... More About: Radio , Power , Converter , Station , Perfect
Philips 52-inch 3D display is pure ecstasy for couch potatoes everywhere
2008-06-05 14:16:00 At CES in January I wandered over to the NVIDIA meeting area and spent some time in the little gaming area NVIDIA had set up. Hands down the coolest thing on display was a big screen 3D TV that was being used to play some Need For Speed Pro Street. Trust me 3D rocks so ... More About: Display , Potatoes , Philips , Couch , Inch
Tony Hawk Sidekick LX LE launches in July
2008-06-05 08:14:00 Here’s some good news, if you’ve been anxiously anticipating the rumored Tony Hawk Sidekick LX to launch. It will be officially ?previewed? tomorrow, but you’ll have to wait until mid July to get one. You know the deal, it’s got a skateboard theme and feel with some kind of authentic grip-tape-texture and Tony Hawk ’s name ...
Toshiba Sportio helps you work out
2008-06-05 07:46:00 In case you haven’t noticed, there is a real fitness craze happening thanks in part to Wii Fit. Toshiba wants to do their part as well. The Toshiba Sportio is a new addition for Japanese carrier KDDi. Ironically, the phone is a fatty, but helps you stay fit with motion sensors counting the calories burned ... More About: Work
Vudu goes wireless
2008-06-05 07:25:00 Most devices come with wireless capabilities, whereas the Vudu broadband video-on-demand box requires an Ethernet connection. As of today, that’s no longer the case as a wireless option is available for Vudu. The Vudu Wireless Kit is a pair of transceivers that creates an 802.11g wireless connection between the Vudu and your broadband router. Those ...
Bear from AI becomes reality, only talks GPS
2008-06-05 06:54:00 Looks like the Teddy bear from AI has now come to life. Only problem is, he loves GPS and won’t shut up about it. I guess the idea is to put some Snuggles fabric softener-like cuddliness into a gadget, thereby making it more personal. Which is great and all, if I’m not worried that it ... More About: Reality , Bear
Guitar Hero: On Tour DS bundle
More articles from this author:2008-06-05 06:34:00 Rock on brotha! Toys ‘R’ Us gave us a first glimpse at the latest way to be a rock god on the go. It’s priced at $179.99 and the limited edition Nintendo DS Guitar Hero Bundle includes the game, Guitar Grip, and a two-toned silver & black DS Lite with Guitar Hero logo. (You know, ... More About: Tour 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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