We posted about the new Contour+ hands-free professional quality video camera yesterday, and now we have more details on the camera to share with you. The Contour+ claims to "create a new era in the technical side of storytelling", and brings a professional quality camera at a price that is accessible to consumers.
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Contour+ Hands-Free Video Camera Detailed
Ortus Full HD 4.8-inch LCD gets glasses-free 3D upgrade
Samsung and LG Display may be working on packing extra pixels into tablet-scale screens, but what if you want resolution overload on your smartphone? Ortus Technologies showed us its 4.8-inch Full HD LCD last year, squeezing 1920 x 1080 458ppi into a panel that would make an iPhone 4 Retina Display weep with ill-disguised shame; now the company is back, having upgraded their display to support 3D.
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Contour+ Helmet Cam Records Your Jackass Stunts In 1080p HD
If you are the adventurous type, often jumping off bridges or out of airplanes, and want to capture these life-risking moments in crisp HD, then you need to attach one of these Contour+ hands-free video cameras to your helmet---and I hope you're wearing one. Well, even if you don't do those things, you can still make use of the Contour+ for capturing a beautiful bike ride through the park whilst keeping both hands on the handle bars.
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NEW CONTEST! Win an Aire LED Black Monitor from SlashGear!
Because we love you, our readers, so much, we have got yet another contest for you! You’ll have a chance to win a fabulous Aire LED Black Monitor, thanks to AOC! This monitor features one of the world’s thinnest displays, only 12.7mm throughout, with a sleek, piano black finish. We are giving away the 22″ version of this HD screen. The monitor can be placed on a desktop, or you can tilt the stand with the press of a button and mount this puppy on the wall. All you have to do is head on over to our Facebook page and be our friend. Read on for all the details.
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Nintendo Wii 2 “Stream” leaks: HD and Touchscreen controllers in late 2011?
Leaked details aplenty around Nintendo’s next-gen console to replace the Wii, believed to be codenamed Project Cafe, with IGN reporting on rumors that the Wii 2 will use innovative controllers with integrated “Screen Stream” technology that can stream games direct to an integrated color touchscreen. Mock-up images of the potential hardware – which may reach the marked as the Nintendo Stream, it’s suggested – have been discovered by NeoGAF, meanwhile, showing a somewhat retro, SNES-style console that’s said to be around the size of an Xbox 360.
LG Display outs 47″ transparent IPS LCD to take on Samsung [video]
The cat and mouse race between Samsung and LG continues, with LG Display looking to best Samsung's 22-inch transparent LCD from just a couple of weeks back with a transparent screen of its own. The company is showing off a huge 47-inch IPS LCD panel which as well as being transparent is capable of Full HD resolution.
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LG Display livid over Samsung exec’s engineer expletive [Updated]
An unexpected slur by a Samsung exec on rivals LG Display could result in a legal case, after Kim Hyun-suk, vice president of Samsung’s digital media business, described LG's engineers as "really stupid sh*ts" at a press conference earlier this week. Asked by journalists about LG's Full HD claims for its latest 3D TV technology, the Korea Herald reports, Hyun-suk retorted "I heard that LG Display's Kwon Young-soo said its TVs are full HD, I think his engineers are really stupid sh*ts. What a lame argument with no theoretical grounds. It's just unreasonable."
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Sony Blu-ray range gets VUDU 2D/3D streaming
VUDU's streaming movie service can now be found on Sony's latest Blu-ray players, with a choice of 1080p 2D and 3D pay-per-view titles available. Promising 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound and, in many cases, availability on the same day as DVDs go on sale, the VUDU movies can be watched in 3D on Sony's 3D-enabled hardware.
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Olympus SZ-30MR shoots simultaneous 1080p HD video & 16MP stills
It's not the Micro Four Thirds camera we were hoping for, but Olympus has outed a pair of new Super Zooms which it claims are the first to shoot Full HD video and 16-megapixel stills simultaneously. The Olympus SZ-30MR and SZ-20 each have dual image stabilization and a backlit 16-megapixel sensor, which the SZ-30MR pairs with a 24x optical zoom and the SZ-20 with a 12.5x optical zoom.
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Sony VPL-VW90ES 3D projector goes on sale for $10k
Sony knows you too well. You don't want a big 3D HDTV like your friends: you want to rub their faces into your vast, projected 3D picture, and make them hate their piddling little 50-inch LCDs. The Sony VPL-VW90ES has finally gone on sale, $10k's worth of 240Hz, 1080p Full HD 3D projection.
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Optimus 3D vs Optimus Tab: Not all HD 3D video is created equal
When we caught up with LG earlier today, to check out the freshly announced Optimus 3D and Optimus Tab, we couldn't help but wonder about the discrepancy between the smartphone's 1080p Full HD 3D recording capabilities and the tablet's 720p HD 3D recording. Turns out, there's more to a 1GHz, dual-core chipset than just its ARM cores: the Optimus 3D's Texas Instruments OMAP4430 has native support for Full HD recording in 3D, while the NVIDIA Tegra 2 in the Tab doesn't.
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Canon PowerShot SX230 HS and ELPH 500 HS, 300 HS & 100 HS digicams official
It's not just the new Rebel DSLRs that Canon has to offer today; the company has also outed a foursome of new PowerShot point-and-shoots, including one with integrated GPS. The new Canon PowerShot SX230 HS, ELPH 500 HS, ELPH 300 HS and ELPH 100 HS span the price range from $349.99 to $199.99, each with a 12.1-megapixel sensor and Canon's DIGIC 4 Image Processor. All four can shoot 1080p Full HD video.
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