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Netgear NeoTV 550 HD network media player outed

, Aug 25th 2010 Discuss [1]

Netgear has outed their latest HD-capable home media player, the Netgear NeoTV 550, together with a range of new HomePlug AV compliant Powerline adapters delivering up to (a theoretical) 500Mbps connection speeds.  The NeoTV 550 (NTV550) has HDMI, component and composite video outputs (together with analog and S/PDIF digital audio outputs) and can play local 1080p HD files on attached USB, eSATA or SD storage or stream from UPnP, DLNA or WMP11 network sources.  Meanwhile a second version, the NeoTV 350, swaps the eSATA for another USB port and has a more basic remote. Read The Full Story

Sony A580 and A560 DSLRs pack Full HD video, auto-HDR, more

, Aug 24th 2010 Discuss [2]

Sony has announced its latest high-end DSLRs, the 16.2-megapixel A580 and 14.2-megapixel A560, each capable of Full HD video recording and up to 7fps stills.  Both models get a new, 15-point phase-detection autofocus system, the 3D sweep panorama we've seen from the NEX-5 and SteadyShot INSIDE in-body sensor shift image stabilisation. Read The Full Story

Kodak PLAYTOUCH point-&-shoot 1080p camcorder outed

, Aug 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Forgive us, Kodak, but calling your new PLAYTOUCH video camera makes it sound like a bra.  If you can get past the daft name, the PLAYTOUCH seems a decent little pocket camcorder, with a 3-inch capacitive touchscreen, on-device editing and Full HD 1080p recording. Read The Full Story

Technologies that Shaped a Decade

, Aug 18th 2010 Discuss [2]

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a few gadgets that had been transformative to me. A reader wrote in and asked if I thought there any categories of products that had changed the world over the last decade. I thought about that for a while and here my list of the some of the gadgets and services that almost overnight (from a historical perspective) changed everything and went from enthusiast to mass market.

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Apple TV to Become iTV, Gain Applications

, Aug 11th 2010 Discuss [2]

One product that Apple has seemingly skipped over again, and again, over the last few months is Apple TV. Everyone was wondering, with the launch of the iPad, where Apple TV stood amongst the Apple-branded products, and how it would relate in today's market. Always seen as a niche product, and more of a project rather than a mainstream product, Apple TV seemed to be just there, and nothing more. But, alas, things change, and now Apple TV is changing, too. Read The Full Story

Ordro HDV-D350S pico-projector HD camcorder outed

, Aug 11th 2010 Discuss [1]

Ordro isn't a well-known brand for camcorders around these parts, but the company's new HDV-D350S is looking to grab some headlines by virtue of its integrated pico-projector.  The D350S records up to 60fps 1440 x 1080 video or 12-megapixel stills, but also has a removable pico-projector attachment that slots onto a mount on the top of the camera; that can project up to a 60-inch WVGA picture. Read The Full Story

Sanyo Xacti VPC-CA102YL shoots high-def underwater

, Aug 5th 2010 Discuss [1]

We're big fans of Sanyo's Xacti HD camcorder range, and we love bathtime, so the new waterproof Xacti VPC-CA102YL is destined to be a hit here at SlashGear.  Capable of recording Full HD 1920 x 1080 video, the CA102 can store over 480 minutes of footage in MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format onto a 64GB SDXC memory card; alternatively it can take 14.4-megapixel photos. Read The Full Story

Samsung HMX-E10 swivelling 1080p HD pocket camcorder outed

, Jul 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

Samsung's second imaging product of the morning is the HMX-E10 camcorder, a point-and-shoot model capable of Full HD video and packing a 270-degree swivelling lens.  The E10 shoots 1080p 30fps video and 8-megapixel stills, and as with similar pocket camcorders has a pop-out USB plug that's used for offloading content to your computer together with recharging the battery. Read The Full Story

Samsung ST80 WiFi digicam packs 14.2MP and 720p HD video

, Jul 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

Samsung has outed its latest digital camera, and the ST80 packs WiFi along with its 14.2-megapixel sensor.  As with other Samsung wireless cameras, the ST80 can offload its photos via email or through direct upload to Facebook, Picasa, YouTube or PhotoBucket, and the company even throws in a Boingo WiFi hotspot account too; alternatively there's DLNA streaming support. Read The Full Story

Panasonic HDC-SDT750 3D camcorder official: $1,400 in October

, Jul 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

Panasonic has made good on its promise to unveil a consumer-level 3D camcorder - though we did catch a glimpse of it on Monday - and the HDC-SDT750 certainly looks interesting.  In effect a regular Full HD camcorder with a new, image-splitting lens attachment, the SDT750 can shoot 960 x 1080 resolution 3D footage, or - with the lens taken off - 1080/60p HD 2D footage. Read The Full Story

Vulkano place-shifting DVR hits preorder

, Jul 27th 2010 Discuss [0]

Monsoon Multimedia are taking preorders for their Vulkano set-top box, which the company reckons can replace not only your TiVo but your Slingbox and Roku too.  Basically a place-shifting streamer with optional DVR functionality and various smartphone clients for remote use over 3G/WiFi, the Vulkano also promises to keep pace with new STBs; the company has said they'll be releasing updates to add Google TV compatibility, among other things. Read The Full Story

New Toradex Colibri module squeezes Tegra 2 computer onto SODIMM-sized board

, Jul 22nd 2010 Discuss [1]

We might still be waiting for the first Tegra 2 tablets to arrive, but computer module specialist Toradex are looking to put NVIDIA's next-gen chipset into even smaller packages.  Having graced these pages before with an ultra-compact Atom based system on a credit-card sized 'board, Toradex are now promoting their Colibri Tegra T20 Module [pdf link], which does the same thing only with a dual-core 1GHz Cortex A9. Read The Full Story
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