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Cowon V5W adds WiFi to Full HD touchscreen PMP/MID

Chris Davies, Jul 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

Cowon has updated their V5 PMP with a new injection of WiFi, creating the Cowon V5W. Packing a 4.8-inch WVGA touchscreen, up to 64GB of flash storage and an HDMI output, the V5W has WiFi b/g and an S/PDIF output, and runs a custom Cowon UI on top of Windows CE 6.0. Read The Full Story

Reviews

Droid X Review

Vincent Nguyen, Jul 7th 2010 Discuss [36]

Motorola’s first-generation DROID shook HTC’s dominance of the Android segment and arguably reinvented the company after years of tired RAZR variants. Now, after a spate of low- to mid-tier Android devices, the company has unveiled their next high-end smartphone. The Motorola DROID X, again on Verizon Wireless in the US, scales up the screen, the camera and the processor, while simultaneously slimming down in the hand; it also faces strong competition from HTC, Samsung and others. Has Motorola done enough second-time around? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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HP Pavilion dm1z Neo-based ultraportable quietly debuts

Chris Davies, Jul 7th 2010 Discuss [2]

A new HP 11.6-inch ultraportable, the Pavilion dm1z series, has gone up for sale at the company's estore, based on AMD's Neo processors and offering up to 7hrs of battery life. The HP Pavilion dm1z is a variant of the dm1 updated with AMD Vision technology back in May; it has up to 5GB of DDR3 memory, up to 500GB HDD/128GB SSD, and optional mobile broadband. Read The Full Story

ezGear SurfBoard 700 rides the Android tablet tide

Chris Davies, Jul 7th 2010 Discuss [2]

ezGear may be better known for their range of console, smartphone and PMP accessories, but the tablet gravy-train has obviously been too much for the company to resist. They've just outed the ezGear SurfBoard 700, a 7-inch WVGA Android MID based on RockChip's RK2818 chipset and offering WiFi b/g, a 2-megapixel camera and HDMI output. Read The Full Story

Sony flagship ES Receivers and Blu-ray player debut

Chris Davies, Jul 6th 2010 Discuss [4]

Sony has revealed its latest range of A/V receivers and Blu-ray players, with the new models having a custom integration focus. The Sony STR-DA3600ES, STR-DA4600ES and STR-DA5600ES all support multi-room playback, with 7.1-channels, HDMI 1.4a inputs/outputs and 3D support, while the STR-DN2010 is set up for a single room. Meanwhile there's also the Sony BDP-S1700ES, a Full HD 1080p Blu-ray player with 3D support, integrated WiFi b/g/n and upscaling. Read The Full Story

Logitech Revue Google TV box passes the FCC

Chris Davies, Jul 6th 2010 Discuss [1]

Logitech's Revue Google TV box has cleared the FCC, with a new filing from the company's OEM partner Gigabyte. Wireless Goodness spotted the new listing, which also includes some internal shots [pdf link] of the Revue's hardware; unsurprisingly, it all looks much like a regular nettop inside, with an Intel CE4150 1.2GHz processor doing all the major crunching. Read The Full Story

Reviews

Gateway NV59C Notebook Review

Ewdison Then, Jun 30th 2010 Discuss [8]

As notebook markets go, the 15.6-inch segment is probably the most hotly contested; manufacturers are forced to look to gaming, multimedia or battery longevity in order to differentiate their wares. Gateway’s NV59C09u picks HD video as its forte, squeezing in a Blu-ray drive as standard together with easy connectivity for your HDTV. Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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Onkyo TX-NR5008 and NR3008 flagship streaming receivers outed

Chris Davies, Jun 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

Onkyo's latest pair of network-enabled A/V receivers have been outed, the TX-NR5008 and TX-NR3008, complete with eight HDMI 1.4a inputs, THX Ultra2 Plus certification, network audio streaming, multi-room and 3D support, and 1080p HD upscaling. As well as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio support, the 9.2-channel Onkyo pair also work with Audyssey DSX or Dolby Pro Logic IIz, for boosted height or width channels. Meanwhile there's Pandora, Rhapsody, Napster, Slacker and other streaming radio, via the ethernet port, together with DLNA 1.5 for funnelling content within the home. Read The Full Story

Belkin AV360 converts HDMI to 27″ iMac Mini DisplayPort input

Chris Davies, Jun 23rd 2010 Discuss [1]

If you've ever stared angrily at your 27-inch iMac and asked what - beyond OS X - it's ever done for you, then Belkin's new AV360 Mini DisplayPort Converter may be just the ticket. The converter box is capable of taking in an HDMI input - such as from a games console, set-top box or Blu-ray player - and outputting it in through a Mini DisplayPort connector. Read The Full Story

Acer Aspire AS8943G Series packs Core i7, Blu-ray, Full HD and Dolby Home Theatre

Chris Davies, Jun 22nd 2010 Discuss [1]

Acer has unveiled its latest multimedia behemoth, the Acer Aspire AS8943G Series, a range of 18.4-inch Full HD aluminum-clad monsters each packing Intel Core i7 quadcore CPUs and Dolby Home Theatre support. There's also ATI Mobility Radeon HD5850 1GB graphics and a nifty trackpad that doubles - thanks to some backlit icons - as a media controller. Read The Full Story

Verizon Motorola DROID X shows up on “coming soon” teaser

Chris Davies, Jun 17th 2010 Discuss [0]

Verizon has officially acknowledged the Motorola DROID X, with a new teaser page that suggests the touchscreen smartphone is "coming soon". Accompanying the image - which suggests the DROID X will slot in-between the original DROID and DROID Incredible - are a few basic specifications: a 4.3-inch, 720p capable display and an HDMI output. Update: Verizon has updated their teaser site to replace "720p screen" to "captures 720p". Read The Full Story

Reviews

Seagate GoFlex TV HD Review

Ewdison Then, Jun 16th 2010 Discuss [5]

Back when we reviewed the Seagate GoFlex HDD we concluded that, while the concept of an external drive with interchangeable cables was reasonable, we thought it would make more sense when used with the company’s multimedia docking stations. Happily that’s just what we have on the SlashGear test bench today, the Seagate GoFlex TV HD, a standalone media player that boasts compatibility not only with the company’s own GoFlex drives but with any USB storage.