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Tongfong S30A 13.3-inch ultraportable with VIA Nano CPU [Video]

Chris Davies, Jun 2nd 2009 Discuss [0]

Chinese OEM Tongfong and VIA have announced the latest Via Nano based ultraportable, the Tongfong S30A. A mere 33mm thick and tipping the scales at 1.4kg, the S30A has a 13.3-inch display, integrated DVD burner and 2GB of RAM; it uses the VIA 1.3GHz Nano U2250 processor together with the unified VIA VX800 MSP and discrete S3 Graphics Chrome 435 ULP graphics making for a HD-capable machine. Video after the cut Read The Full Story

AMEX Digital Venice-V38HD rips DVDs

Brenda Stokes, May 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

There are a lot more media hub options on the market nowadays than there used to be, so what's one more? The Venice-V38HD is the latest offering from AMEX Digital and provides a unique function that allows you to actually rip DVDs. Read The Full Story

LG BD390 Blu-ray player now available

Brenda Stokes, May 19th 2009 Discuss [0]

If you're looking for another Blu-ray player option then you might just be in luck with the LG BD390 Blu-ray player. Just released today, this player is actually the first to allow you to play full 1080p DivX videos from DVD or USB drives. Read The Full Story

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FyreTV UnBoXXXing (SFW)

Steven Grady, May 15th 2009 Discuss [4]

This was an interesting assignment. SlashGear has received some FyreTV BoXXXes (Yes, three X’s) and absolutely must review them. Oh the terrible, terrible things this job makes me do. Explanation and video after the jump.

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Clickfree Traveler and DVD Transformer auto backup systems

Chris Davies, May 7th 2009 Discuss [0]

Clickfree have announced a new drive in their automated backup range, the Clickfree Traveler, which is around the size of a credit card and weighs about the same as a pen. As well as up to 64GB of storage, it includes the latest version of Clickfree's automatic backup software. There's also news of the Clickfree DVD Transformer, a simple dongle that makes backing up to DVD or CD straightforward. Read The Full Story

Century Netbook Stand with DVD & HDD

Chris Davies, Apr 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

Don't let the hard-drive and DVD burner fool you: this isn't an ultraportable laptop, but a netbook cooler with extra talents. Century's Netbook Stand aims to address two of the more common complaints about budget ultraportables, low storage capacity and no optical drive, by squeezing both things into a compact slice. Read The Full Story

Averatec N2700 12.1-inch notebook bypasses bloatware

Chris Davies, Apr 27th 2009 Discuss [1]

TriGem USA have announced a new 12.1-inch notebook, the Averatec N2700, which the company is calling a "back-to-the-basics" machine due to the absence of any preloaded "bloatware". Aside from a hassle-free initial startup, the N2700 offers an Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 2.0GHz processor, 4GB of DDR2 memory and an 250GB hard-drive. Read The Full Story

RealNetworks Facet DVD jukebox case hits courts today

Chris Davies, Apr 24th 2009 Discuss [0]

RealNetworks are developing a rival to the expensive Kaleidescape DVD jukebox, based on their own DVD encryption-bypassing Facet application, which would retail for under $300. A prototype of the Facet DVD server can store around seventy movies, and is based on Linux; however the movie studios are hoping to cut Real off before a release, in a lawsuit that will reach the bench today. Read The Full Story

ASUS Eee PC 1004DN reviewed: GN40 graphics let down by XP

Chris Davies, Apr 22nd 2009 Discuss [0]

ASUS' Eee PC 1004DN is one of the first generally available netbooks to include an integrated optical drive, something which has split opinions among aficionados of the segment. HKEPC have been playing with the Intel Atom N280/GN40 netbook and, while on paper it's an impressive prospect, the reality is that hardware and software just don't tally up quite yet. Read The Full Story

Pioneer BDR-2203 Blu-ray writer released

Brenda Stokes, Apr 14th 2009 Discuss [0]

Pioneer released a brand new Blu-ray writer today, which can also burn DVDs and CDs. The BDR-2203 has the ability to write to dual-layer Blu-ray discs at speeds of up to 8X. Now, I'd say that's pretty fast, wouldn't you? Read The Full Story

MCE ships Mac Pro Blu-ray burner with 8x speeds

Brenda Stokes, Apr 10th 2009 Discuss [0]

MCE has really outdone themselves this time. Their latest offering is the Mac Pro Blu-ray Burner, but it's not the same as their first internal Blu-ray burner for the Mac Pro. This time around, it has even faster read/write speeds. Read The Full Story

RealNetworks goes to court over RealDVD soon

Brenda Stokes, Apr 3rd 2009 Discuss [0]

RealNetworks is gearing up to go to court on April 24 in order to defend themselves and their DVD ripping software called RealDVD. Even though the software launched back in September, sales were soon thereafter banned by a federal judge. Read The Full Story