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Sharp Launching Aquos Line of Internet Desktops

James Allan Brady, Nov 8th 2007 Discuss [0]

The first in the line is the PC-AX30v with a 1.6GHz Celeron processor, 1GB of DDR2, and a 160GB HDD. That’s perfect for not doing much more than surfing the internet on and storing media one. The second is the PC-AX80V which has the same specs but adds a TV tuner and HDMI input. This brings the desktop line even closer to being fully integrated into your home theater. Read The Full Story

Japan getting new PSP

James Allan Brady, Nov 6th 2007 Discuss [0]

They are also getting a new PSP bundle that bundles some extras along with a 1Seg tuner. The bundle also includes a stand and a 1GB memory stick PRO Duo. The other bundle just has a 32MB MS Duo and loses the stand as well. That’s the only two ways you can get this new limited edition “Deep Red” PSP. Read The Full Story

Roberts Radio Robi

James Allan Brady, Oct 30th 2007 Discuss [0]

Those probably aren’t the three R’s your parents told you to learn in school, but they are the three R’s that bring you digital radio for your iPod. It also acts as a remote for the iPod, allowing you to control the iPod using this in-line device. And, like I said, you can listen to DAB radio with it. One of these days we might see something like DAB stateside, but somehow I doubt it. Read The Full Story

Nintendo Japan dropping 1Seg tuner for DS Lite

James Allan Brady, Oct 25th 2007 Discuss [0]

It has dual antennas and catches 1Seg signals. The video will be viewable on the top screen with the controls being on the bottom one. No word on whether it will support the programming guide info that is built into the 1Seg signals or not. But hey, they are just doing what the PSP already can, which is ok, because the DS has a better implementation of it. Read The Full Story

Sharp SH-920 Aquos cell phone

James Allan Brady, Oct 23rd 2007 Discuss [0]

Who would have ever thought that a cell phone would ever have a better screen than my TV? Well it’s happened, and I feel the urge to go into early retirement/hiding now. This cell phone has a 3.2 inch screen with a resolution of 480x854, a contrast ratio of 2000:1, and support for up to 26 million colors. Oh yeah, there is also the standard widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio. Read The Full Story

Rumor: Xbox 360 might get HD-DVD drive, somehow

James Allan Brady, Oct 19th 2007 Discuss [2]

Alright, so not too long ago I reported on a potential new SKU, the Xbox 360 Ultimate which was supposedly going to be the Elite, but with an integrated HD-DVD drive. That, so far hasn’t happened, but this new announcement could give way to just that. Or, they could just bundle the current separate HD-DVD drive with an Xbox 360 Elite since they probably have a ton of HD-DVD drives just sitting around. Although the drives have been selling like crazy thanks to all the rebates, price cuts, and other deals. Read The Full Story

Plextor’s portable HDTV tuner reviewed

Chris Davies, Oct 19th 2007 Discuss [0]

Portable TV tuners have reached such a low price point that one of the only ways for profit-seeking manufacturers to turn is HDTV; for the entertainment-seeking road warrior, that means a new generation of portable television that promises super-high resolution. However, with even standard definition tuners sometimes suffering from poor quality except when used with a fixed aerial, the difficulty is not in building the USB dongle itself but an antenna capable of receiving a strong enough signal. TabletPCReview picked up Plextor's PX-HDTV500U to see if it could manage. Read The Full Story

DMB-T TV tuner for the PSP gets reviewed

James Allan Brady, Sep 23rd 2007 Discuss [1]

So the PSP can play games, play all sorts of media, be hacked to play emulators, and can do GPS. Now, thanks to those geniuses that Sony seems to be raising from birth, it can also play wireless television signals on its screen. All it takes is a nifty little adapter that connects to the top of the PSP that has a telescopic antenna for the best reception. The picture quality is reported to be great, most of that was attributed to the handset’s amazing screen. Read The Full Story

Newtrend Electronics Produces Nameless PMP With DVB-T

James Allan Brady, Sep 2nd 2007 Discuss [0]

First off, I want to state that I am perturbed by the fact that we still don’t have this wireless TV technology over here, sure the fact that the number of people per square mile in most oriental countries is considerably higher, allowing for a larger customer base for short range wireless devices, but still. Anyways, they have been blessed with another portable TV equipped with DVB-T and a 7” screen. The DVB-T even supports the EPG programming guide and teletext. There is also a lengthy list of codecs supported, starting with WAV, AAC, MP3, WMA, M-JPEG, MPEG1,2,4 , JPEG, and DivX. Read The Full Story

Bang & Olufsen DVD 2

James Allan Brady, Aug 21st 2007 Discuss [0]

Bang & Olufsen are at it again with a new version of their DVD player. Once again, this isn’t the most attractive DVD player, but its feature set makes it well worth it.

This DVD player provides near-MCE level functionality. It has a DVD player and recorder, a TV tuner/recorder, and an integrated HDD for storage of media.

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EyeTV 250 Plus

James Allan Brady, Aug 17th 2007 Discuss [0]

Made by Elgato, the EyeTV 250 Plus is a hybrid TV tuner. There is a tuner, converter, and hardware encoding. The hardware encoding makes it so you can easily digitize all sorts of media including video cassettes and laserdiscs. The encoder outputs in MPEG-2, but the included software makes it fairly easy to automatically convert for several other formats. Read The Full Story

TubeStick – USB TV Tuner for Mac

Ty, Aug 9th 2007 Discuss [0]

What is a TubeStick you ask? It's a USB Television stick that you can plug-in to your Mac and lets you watch, record and enjoy live television. It is very easy to use and anyone can run it even a child. All you need to do is plug in the receiver into your USB drive and start the program that comes in the package. The package comes with the TubeStick, an antenna, and media software to manage all of your recordings and programs. If rumor has it, they will soon offer a lifetime subscription of, Steve Adore (Steve Jobs, Fan Club channel). The price for this item is $39.95. TubeStick - television for the Mac [via redferret]