What's all going on in the tech and gadget world today? Let's have a look, shall we? First, take a look with yours truly at a hands-on and unboxing of the Lenovo IdeaPad U260, again with yours truly in a final installment in a "Week With" series on the L1 v2 Laser Pico Projector (iDevices and Wrap-Up), and one more by Vincent Nguyen: a review of the OCZ Vertex 2 SSD. Got yourself a new Android phone for the holidays? Take a look at our brand new What to Get for my Android Phone or Tablet: 2010 Holiday Gifts Edition on Android Community. Take a trip down a Anti-Tech Resolutions for the New Year column with Philip Berne, a column In Praise of Anticipation (or, A Geek’s Christmas) by Chris Davies, see Evan Selleck ask the question: When Should a Developer Step In?, and Philip again with the cutest column EVER: Baby’s First iPad. See! The Samsung Vibrant and Fascinate get Android 2.2 in Canada before the rest! See! What might very well be the first whispers of a very big deal, Android TV, with a Vidtonic Android TV Build-Your-Own Kit and an Android TV Black Box Unit Spotted in Australia! See! All this and more on The Daily Slash!
Read The Full Story
- Why I Think Apple Will, Indeed, Launch A Television
- Diablo III Review Part I: Your Quest Begins
- PureView: The Tech Behind Nokia’s Salvation
- Which Company Has Contributed More to Gaming: Sony or Nintendo?
- Nokia 808 PureView Explored: Hands-on Samples
- Men in Black 3 VFX pros describe “an onion” of imagination
- HTC EVO 4G LTE vs HTC One X
- SlashGear 101: What is So.cl?
Search Results for asus+o!play
The Daily Slash: December 27 2010
SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: December 27 2010
Welcome back! Did you get any sweet gifts over these past few holiday days? Or did you treat yourself to something sweet? Either way, if you're a brand new (or old, but could use a refresher) user of Android devices, take a look at our 2010 holiday guide on Android Community! Then for all you well-versed Apple product users, check out the new reverse BitTorrent method of downloading hacked apps. Take a look at Chris Davies column by the name of In Praise of Anticipation (or, A Geek’s Christmas), Evan Selleck's column deciding an important conundrum: When Should a Developer Step In?, and probably the cutest tech-related column I've ever seen by Philip Berne: Baby’s First iPad. Check out a review of the OCZ Vertex 2 SSD, get a whole batch of games for less than a buck in EA Android Games $.99 sale for Android, and MORE on SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up!
Read The Full Story
ASUS O!Play MINI offers Full HD at under a ton
ASUS has pushed out a new version in its O!Play media streamer range, slimming down the STB and simplifying the onboard connections. The ASUS O!Play MINI drops the USB 3.0 connection found on the O!Play HD2, making do with a single USB 2.0 port and a multi-format memory card reader; you still get HDMI connectivity, among other ports, and a healthy clutch of supported media standards.
Read The Full Story
ASUS O!Play HD2 detailed; launches this week for £109
It's been a while since we've heard from ASUS about their USB 3.0 toting O!Play HD2 multimedia center, but now - with the launch tipped for this week - the company is being a little more forthright about the specifications. Supporting USB 2.0 and eSATA external drives, the ASUS O!Play HD2 also has an internal 3.5-inch hard-drive bay and can be used as a regular USB 3.0 external HDD in its own right.
Read The Full Story
ASUS O!Play HD2 USB 3.0 mediaplayer gets video demo
Didn't get enough of ASUS' O!Play HD2 mediaplayer, complete with its segment-leading USB 3.0 connectivity? ARM-loving Charbax has offered up a demo video of the O!Play HD2 in action from CeBIT 2010, and while the UI may not be the most inspiring we've ever seen, you can't really knock the ports ASUS have squeezed in.
Video demo after the cut
Read The Full Story
ASUS EeeMedia EM0501 HD-capable media center outed
The O!Play HD2 isn't the only media-centric device that ASUS have quietly snuck into their CeBIT 2010 line-up; there's another, somewhat more interesting set-top box on show too. The ASUS EeeMedia EM0501 is supposedly a "High Definition Media Center", based around an 800MHz Samsung S5PV210 ARM chipset with 512MB of RAM and a 2.5-inch HDD bay. It can hook up to your network for streaming content, and output 1080p Full HD.
Read The Full Story
ASUS O!Play HD2 quietly arrives at CeBIT 2010
ASUS have quietly added a third model to their O!Play mediaplayer range, the ASUS O!Play HD2. With no information beyond a name in the CeBIT 2010 press release they've sent us, however, and nothing on the company site, we're left guessing to its complete specifications, though the single photo does reveal USB, eSATA and various forms of memory card reader.
Update: The O!Play HD2 is confirmed to have not only USB 2.0 but USB 3.0 connectivity.
Read The Full Story
Eminent EM7075-DTS network mediaplayer launches
Eminent have launched their latest HD-capable media player, and as the name suggests the Eminent EM7075-DTS supports direct playback of Dolby DTS audio without a separate decoder. The EM-7075-DTS can handle either local content - via a USB 2.0 port - or streamed network content - via a 10/100 ethernet port - in up to 1080p High Definition.
Read The Full Story
ASUS O!Play Air HDP-R3 adds WiFi-N to 1080p media streamer
Back when ASUS announced their O!Play HDP-R1 media streamer in June 2009 we criticized it for leaving out WiFi. Now the company have launched a new version, and the ASUS O!Play Air HDP-R3 does indeed bring WiFi 802.11n to the table. The HDP-R3 is capable of playing back local 1080p HD content from attached memory sticks and hard-drives, as well as sucking streaming content over your high-speed wireless network.
Read The Full Story
ASUS O!Play media box adding wireless Full HD streaming?
ASUS' plans for its next-generation of set-top boxes have been tipped, with the company expected to add wireless HD support to an upcoming model. According to DigiTimes' usual shadowy industry sources, ASUS are using Taifatech's TF-600 chipset, presumably in a new O!Play box, which is capable of streaming Full HD video over wireless or wired networks.
Read The Full Story
ASUS O!Play HDP-R1 1080p media streamer on sale now for $100
ASUS' diminutive O!Play HDP-R1 HD Media Player has finally gone on sale, with the 1080p-capable box priced at $99.99. Announced back in June, the O!Play offers playback of local, network or internet content, via various USB 2.0, eSATA or wired ethernet ports.
Read The Full Story
ASUS O!Play HDP-R1 media streamer forgets the WiFi
ASUS have announced the O!Play HDP-R1 HD Media Player, a compact wired-only media streamer intended to funnel local and network content into your HDTV. Supporting HDMI and composite A/V connections for the display and a choice of USB 2.0, eSATA or wired ethernet, there's also an optical digital audio output for use with a surround sound amp.
Read The Full Story
REVIEWS
VIDEOS
- POPULAR STORIES THIS WEEK
- MacBook Pro 2012 model release tipped by price drop
- "I want you to run Motorola. Can you let me know by tonight?" asks Google CEO
- iPhone 5 and iPod touch panels leaked
- IBM blocks Siri on its networks
- iPhone 5 supply purchases tipped for 2012
- IBM blocks Dropbox and iCloud as well as Siri
- Activision/Bungie legal documents oust potential PS4, Xbox 720 dates
- Absinthe 2.0 iOS 5.1.1 jailbreak released for iPad, iPhone and iPod
- RECENT COMMENTS
