Not everyone in need of an AV receiver or high end separate audio/video components, the value-pack Home-Theater-in-a-Box has its niche market for an entry-level Home Theater entertainment in a living room. Last Week, Onkyo unveiled the world’s first AV receiver with all new Dobly ProLogic IIZ sound effect, today, they are back with a pair of basic HTiBs – 5.1 channels HT-S3200 and 7.1 channels HT-S5200.
I bet you 10 bucks you wouldn’t have guessed the RedMere’s MagnifEye technology have nothing to do with optics or still images application, but an embedded silicon chip in HDMI cables. Apparently the Irish have odd way to name their silicon goody, but for some reasons, Monster Cables dig it and has announced partnership to collaborate a smart and ultra-thin profile active HDMI cables.
Consumers are seeking out more green and power-saving products, and frankly, there aren’t any different in IT industry. Hitachi new optical active cables solution, promised to cut cost by reducing power consumption while increase productivity, is the exactly what the IT, data communication and telecommunication industries are looking for right now.
Digital camcorders are slowly moving away from hdd-based storage to SDHC form factor memory card. The increased popularity and demand in HD recording raises a new marketing angle to advertise SDHC cards as HD video cards, instead of the much-traditional category by Class Speed. Evidence seen from the newly announced Transcend 16GB SDHC cards touting HD video transfer speed and capacity.
More online Vudu service is available to its subscribers today. The Pandora Internet radio service extends company’s Rich Internet Application (RIA) platform web-based video streaming to offer online music for its on-demand box.
It wouldn’t be long to find a way to use your PS3 controllers on your Xbox 360 console. XCM has today informed us their first of its kind, the XCM Cross Fire adapter for Xbox 360 is near completion. Boxes are being printed, and products should be rolling out to distributors within a week or two.
Brother Industries in Japan has today released a 9.7-inch E-paper document viewer with 1200×825 pixel resolution display and viewing area much larger than the size of Amazon’s Kindle 2. But unlike the Kindle sequel, the Brother’s SV-100B E-paper is tailored to business class users with equivalent paper size of A5.
Nikon didn’t showcase any all-weather tough camera at PMA 2009 this year, in fact, there isn’t one but a splashproof, basic sealing Coolpix S2 in the past. This tough Coolpix you about to see is a concept, a designer piece from Yakon Design by artist Camillo Vanacore.
Compare to an established standard-size projectors, the Pico versions still have long journey to playing catch up in the brightness and color reproduction areas. But we’ve seen its popularity recently increased from a short few months, even DisplayLink is thinking about developing its USB-display chip for the use of Pico projector. This week, another one shown up from Japan, and is equipped with Lcos technology.
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