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Sharp AQUOS Quattron LE830 Series HDTVs now shipping with extra pixels

Chris Davies, Mar 23rd 2011 Discuss [6]

Sharp has begun shipping its latest Smart TV sets, the AQUOS Quattron LE830 Series. Available in four sizes - 40-, 46-, 52- and 60-inches - each LE830 model packs integrated WiFi along with CinemaNow, Netflix and VUDU streaming, and DLNA support. Read The Full Story

Samsung 3D HDTV Monitors TA750 and TA950 due May

Chris Davies, Mar 16th 2011 Discuss [4]

Samsung has thrown some 3D at its new HDTV monitors, and come up with the Samsung 3D LED HDTV Monitor Series 7 (TA750) and Series 9 (TA950). Each available in 23- or 27-inch sizes, the two displays come with a pair of active 3D glasses and support 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution and Samsung's own 3D HyperReal Engine with 120Hz refresh. Read The Full Story

Nintendo Wii 2 at E3 hints EA boss

Chris Davies, Mar 16th 2011 Discuss [8]

All eyes have been on the Nintendo 3DS recently, but the Japanese company is apparently readying a new version of its living room console for an imminent reveal. Frank Gibeau, label head at EA Games, told IndustryGamers that Nintendo's Wii is a "legacy platform" and the company is "coming back with a second act." Read The Full Story

JVC Everio GS-TD1 Full HD 3D camcorder on sale now

Chris Davies, Mar 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

JVC's Everio GS-TD1 - the first Full HD 3D consumer camcorder - has finally gone on sale, having made its official debut back at CES 2011 in January. Priced at $1,699.95, the GS-TD1 pairs two 3.32 megapixel CMOS sensors with an F1.2 JVC 3D Twin HD GT lens and a 3.5-inch glasses-free 3D preview display, along with 64GB of integrated storage. Read The Full Story

Cisco umi 1080 telepresence kit gets price & plan reduction; umi 720 and free app incoming

Chris Davies, Mar 7th 2011 Discuss [1]

As far as we're aware, Cisco's umi 1080 telepresence system hasn't exactly taken the video calling world by storm - the company itself says that, since the set-top camera went on sale in October 2010, "thousands of people" have used it - but perhaps a price cut, a cheaper model and a free computer app will address that. The Cisco umi 720, as the name suggests, will demand less broadband speed for reduced image quality, with a lighter impact on your wallet. Read The Full Story

Olympus SZ-30MR shoots simultaneous 1080p HD video & 16MP stills

Chris Davies, Mar 2nd 2011 Discuss [5]

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. Read The Full Story

Sony VPL-VW90ES 3D projector goes on sale for $10k

Chris Davies, Feb 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

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. Read The Full Story

Panasonic Releases New HD Cameras and Camcorders

Samia Perkins, Feb 17th 2011 Discuss [1]

Panasonic has just released two new HD mobile cameras (the HM-TA20, and TA2) , and three full-HD camcorders (HX WA10, HX-DC10 and HX-DC1). The TA20 camera is waterproof, shockproof and dustproof (which sounds great to me, with two small kids in my house), and has a night view mode for shooting in dim lighting. It has a 3.0 inch touch LCD, and also can be used as a webcam with Skype. Continue after the cut to see all the details about these devices. Read The Full Story

Optimus 3D vs Optimus Tab: Not all HD 3D video is created equal

Chris Davies, Feb 14th 2011 Discuss [2]

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. Read The Full Story

Flash Player 10.2 released: Stage Video full h/w acceleration

Chris Davies, Feb 9th 2011 Discuss [1]

Adobe has released Flash Player 10.2, complete with support for Stage Video full hardware acceleration. Available initially for Windows, Mac and Linux, Flash Player 10.2 promises 1080p HD streaming video playback with just 1 to 15-percent CPU load on Stage Video supported systems. Meanwhile, Adobe is promising phone and tablet Flash Player 10.2 news - along with AIR news - at MWC 2011 next week. Read The Full Story

JVC GS-TD1 3D camcorder gets pre-release price slash

Chris Davies, Feb 3rd 2011 Discuss [2]

Looks like JVC's GS-TD1 Full HD 3D camcorder has had a price-cut, and that's before it's even on sale. Back when we played with the twin-lens shooter at CES 2011, JVC was predicting a cool $2,000 tag for the 64GB camcorder; now, it's listed at $1,699.95 with a March 2011 launch. Read The Full Story

Reviews

iXtreamer Review

Chris Davies, Feb 3rd 2011 Discuss [8]

It’s a tough world for iPhone docks; no longer is it enough to simply offer party-friendly playback, the near-saturated market demands slick styling and superlative features if you want to get attention. Xtreamer has certainly pushed the boat out with the iXtreamer, with space not only for your iPhone or iPod but an iPad too, along with an internal hard-drive bay, network streaming and more. Is the iXtreamer the last word in iDocks? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.