SlashGear for iPad and iPhone

‘HD’ Stories

Acer Aspire One 571 with Vmedia “mini Blu-ray” & 720p screen

, May 15th 2009 Discuss [0]

Acer may not be quite in the ASUS league when it comes to confusingly large netbook ranges, but they're obviously trying to catch up.  Latest - and managing to offer something unique in the netbook segment - is this, the Acer Aspire One 571.  Not to be confused with the Aspire One 751, the 571 boosts the resolution of the 10.1-inch display to 1280 x 720, and throws in an optical disc drive.  Unlike the ASUS Eee PC 1004DN, however, this is no DVD burner but a Vmedia drive. Read The Full Story

AMD ATI Radeon HD 4890 launched with 1GHz speed

AMD did something a bit surprising today. They've announced a new version of their ATI Radeon HD 4890 graphics chipset that will be factory-overclocked to bump up the standard speed from 850MHz to 1GHz. Read The Full Story

Flip Video Ultra HD review

, May 13th 2009 Discuss [0]

Flip Video carved a niche for themselves with point-and-shoot camcorders, and it’s a niche which soon got crowded as rival firms offered their own entry-level devices.  The launch of the Mino HD late last year kicked things into 720p high-definition, while squeezing the camcorder down into a super-pocketable size; now the bigger Ultra model gets its own high-def upgrade, in the shape of the Flip Video Ultra HD.  Is there still a place in the range for the chunkier Ultra HD?  SlashGear set to finding out.

flip_ultrahd 

Read The Full Story

Pegatron Ultra Slim Atom nettop to use SiS HD graphics not Ion?

Further details on Pegatron's Intel Atom-based nettop have emerged, courtesy of SiS, and they seem to suggest that the compact PC will not, in fact, use NVIDIA's Ion GPU.  Instead, the Pegatron Ultra Slim Atom Nettop will use the SiS672/968, a low-power chipset that includes high-definition capable graphics and support for two SATA 3Gbps drives.  Pegatron will bundle that with the 1.6GHz Intel Atom 230 processor and up to 2GB of RAM.   Read The Full Story

$100k TyphoonHD4 camera shoots world-first barrel wave slo-mo [Video]

The BBC have released footage filmed with their $100,000 high-speed HD camera, a modified TyphoonHD4, in advance of their new documentary South PacificThe camera - which is capable of filming in super slow motion and high definition at 20 times the speed of a normal HD camera - was used to record big wave surfer Dylan Longbottom in a 12 foot monster barrel, the first time such footage has ever been filmed. Check out the video clip after the cut Read The Full Story

ASUS Eee Box B206 reviewed: mixed HD bag

From the very start, ASUS' Eee Box nettop caught the eye as a potential media PC, and the company themselves threw their hat into the ring with the launch of the Eee Box B206.  Swapping the DVI output for an HDTV-friendly HDMI, and slotting an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450 GPU with 256MB of its own DDR2 RAM in instead of the integrated graphics, the B206 promises high-definition playback above its humble Atom roots.  The Register have been taking a look at the nettop, and in some ways the B206 does deliver.  Standard definition video runs with no problems, and DivX 720p files in Windows Media Player were also smooth; however, the B206 showed itself to be particularly picky about codecs. The problem is that not all media player apps support DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA), the technology which lets the Radeon HD 3450 GPU get its teeth into the video.  Without that, it's up to the Atom N270 1.6GHz chip to keep things ticking over, and we already know that Intel's CPU struggles with high-resolution media.  Read The Full Story

Renesas chip allows mobile phone HD video playback and recording

Well here it is, folks! Renesas announced this morning that their latest media processor is optimized to allow for full HD video on mobile devices and phones. It's called the SH7370 and as a part of the SH-MobileHD1 series, it will be able to decode 1080p at 30 frames per second. But that's not all. It can also encode H.264-based video at 30 frames per second. This means that your smartphone could both play and create video akin to Blu-ray format. It could also be outputted with full quality via HDMI with 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound. Other features include support for MPEG-4, MPEG2-TS, SD cards and Wi-Fi. It also has 64MB of RAM, making it a rather self-contained device. We don't know when the the SH7370 will hit mass production, but for now, some unspecified companies are getting samples for testing.

Samsung 850 PAVV Plasma HDTV just 29mm thick

Samsung have taken the wraps off of a vast, super-skinny plasma HDTV, the Samsung 850 PAVV.  Measuring a scant 29mm thick - enough for Samsung to describe it as "finger slim" - the 50-inch 850 PAVV PDP TV can cope with full HD 1080p content, as well as having a USB 2.0 port for DivX video playback. Read The Full Story

Flip Video Ultra and Ultra HD launched

It comes as no great surprise, given they're already on Best Buy shelves and we've seen a photo unboxing, but Flip Video have officially announced their new Flip Ultra and Flip UltraHD camcorders.  Both boast 2hrs-worth of storage (2GB in the second-gen Ultra, 8GB in the new UltraHD) and have Flip's distinctive pop-out USB plug and preloaded FlipShare editing and distribution app.   Read The Full Story

Samsung HMX-R10 Full-HD camcorder ships May 15th

Samsung's HMX-R10, the smallest Full-HD camcorder, is now available for pre-order through Amazon.  The 1080p camcorder, announced at PMA 2009, can capture 1920 x 18080 footage as well as offering a 9-megapixel CMOS sensor for still shots; according to Amazon, it'll land on May 15th. Read The Full Story

Sony BRAVIA Z5500 HDTV with Motionflow 200Hz and DLNA

, Apr 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sony have announced a new Full-HD LCD TV, which the company describes as offering the smoothest, sharpest BRAVIA picture quality to-date.  The Sony BRAVIA Z5500 will be available in three sizes - 40-, 46- and 52-inches - each with Motionflow 200Hz and Image Blur Reduction technology.  Meanwhile an ethernet port and DLNA support makes the Z5500 a native media streamer, too.   Read The Full Story

VIA VB8002 HD media server Mini-ITX board

, Apr 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

VIA have announced a new media server Mini-ITX board, the VIA VB8002, running the company's 1.6GHz Nano processor and offering HDTV output and 7.1 HD surround sound.  The VB8002 uses VIA's CX700M2 media system processor, and should be able to connect with pretty much any display you have, digital or analog: ports include DVI, S-Video, component and composite, together with coaxial and optical S/PDIF for digital audio.   Read The Full Story

Pages: Prev 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next