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NEC unveils NP110 and NP215 projectors

By Shane McGlaun on Wednesday, Sep 9th 2009 No Comments

We can thank the CEDIA expo for all the new home theater projectors and other gear that have been announced this week. NEC has unveiled a pair of new projectors for users on a budget that want home theater capability along with multimedia functionality. The projectors include the NP110 and the NP215.

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Knoll Systems GSZ67 and GSZ44 eco-friendly multiroom amps

By Chris Davies on Friday, Aug 14th 2009 No Comments

The “earth friendly” juggernaut continues, with even high-end home automation specialists feeling the need to slap some green on their spec sheets. You’d find it pretty hard to fault the range of amps and control panels from Knoll Systems generally, but if the one factor stopping you was concern for the livelihood of the Crested Grebe then their new GSZ44 and GSZ67 controller-amplifiers should salve your conscience.

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Sonos Introduced New CR200 Remote Control and Bundle BU250

By Vincent Nguyen on Monday, Jul 27th 2009 No Comments

Sonos introduced a much newly designed remote control – the Sonos Controller 200 (CR200). It fits nicely in one hand; featuring a 3.5-inch capacitive VGA touch-screen and a super easy to type on keyboard. The CR200 is easy to use; it turns on instantly, fast and reliably dedicated to your ultimate music experience. It can be used anywhere in your home all for a price of $349 ($50 less than its non-touchscreen predecessor, the CR100, went for), which includes the charging cradle.

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Media Cowboy DC-MC35ULI set-top box revealed

By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Apr 24th 2009 No Comments

Digital Cowboy announced their Media Cowboy DC-MC35ULI set-top box today that acts as media hub and more. It works with all sorts of media sources and is capable of playing most audio and video formats in 720p.

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Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive Review – 500GB

By Daniel Lim on Thursday, Apr 9th 2009 No Comments

As the name implies, the Iomega Home Media Network Hard Drive is essentially a NAS device with media hub abilities, intended to back up and playback multimedia files across your home network. Where it stands slightly out from the crowd is in its support of UPnP for DLNA-certified devices and iTunes, allowing the NAS to store and stream music, video and pictures to a variety of PC, laptop, home consumer electronics and Apple products.

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Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9150 reviewed: expensive & excellent

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Apr 7th 2009 No Comments

Netgear’s Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9150 was announced last December, but it’s taken a while for reviews to emerge. Promising a huge collection of supported video and audio codecs, plus 1080p output, wireless and wired HD streaming, YouTube and a removable 500GB hard-drive, the EVA9150 landed on My Digital Entertainers test bench for a good going-over.

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First iRiver Wave Home reached KT Telecom subscriber in Korea

By Daniel Lim on Wednesday, Mar 11th 2009 No Comments

Last month words got out iRiver is shipping its multi-talent Wave Home multimedia communication hub in Korea, today, we learned the first unit has reached KT Telecom subscriber; one lucky Korean has already posted an unboxing ceremony and a preliminary review of the new iRiver on his blog.

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iLuv i1155 8.4 Inch Portable Multimedia Player for your iPod and DVDs Review

By Ewdison Then on Monday, Mar 9th 2009 No Comments

Video capable iPods have made portable media all the more accessible. Attempt to watch anything more than a short clip on one, though, and you’ll be wishing for glasses or, preferably, a larger screen. That’s where the iLuv i1155 Portable Multimedia Player comes in, offering not only a big display for iPod video playback but a DVD for all the legacy discs that copyright laws won’t let you rip. It even manages to look attractive; is the experience as good as the promise, though?

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MvixUSA DS-100 is HD media hub for Digital Signage

By Daniel Lim on Wednesday, Feb 11th 2009 No Comments

MvixUSA is bringing the increasingly popular multimedia hub out from your living room to serve the business class digital signage. The DS-100 works via a combination of a DLNA-complaint HD media player and a supplied PC-based control portal. It supports HD media playbacks from videos, music to images via networked devices or storages such as DLNA server/player, UPnP server, a built-in Flash storage of 16GB, an external USB hdd, wirelessly or though a LAN.

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Amex Digital photo frames are feature-rich

By Daniel Lim on Monday, Feb 2nd 2009 No Comments

Amex Digital is extending its Blu-ray optical drive/decks business to unveil a pair of multifunctional digital photo frames, SR-7 and SW-7. The former features an indoor thermometer, radio controlled dual alarm clock and is capable of multimedia playback; while the latter does it all with an additional weather station.

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