Samsung’s External Blu-Ray is something special to look at. Especially in that blue light. The drive writes BD-R discs at 4X and BD-RE at 2x. It uses a second laser to handle DVD and CD burning (I believe burning), and does it all via USB2.0 and Firewire. Coming in 2008.
They may look like a secret Wii accessory we haven’t seen, but these floating bowling pins are actually desktop speakers. They’re held up by a thin spine/rod which you can only see from behind to give the illusion that they’re floating in air. The speakers shoot audio straight into the circular base, which Audio-Technica says helps spread the sound. Here’s the catch, they only deliver 1.7 watts yet cost 200 bones. I don’t care how cool these bowling pins look, 1.7 watts does not equal $200.
Panasonic has always been a figure in the TV industry. Their 50″ TV series was a step to take them from a figure to a powerhouse in the new Slimline TV models.
Overall this TV is a good TV. The TV allows users to watch their digital images, provided they have an SD card. This will also hold true for TV firmware updates. You will be able to update your TV to better resolution, or capabilites if you have a big enough card.
The NDP has come up with another interesting report (previous one was about Video Games) and this time the target are the best selling TV manufacturer during 2006 on the US. So, which company do you think got the title? The answer is Sony.
Stephen Baker, Analyst for NDP, comments:
The final December numbers confirm that Sony captured the top spot in the United States for the overall TV category in terms of both dollars and units. The company was particularly strong in the big screen category, 32-inch and above, taking top position in terms of both dollar and units across the board, including LCD and micro-display.
In a recent development. The adult video industry has finally taken a side. Future porn releases will be in HD-DVD format only. This has much the sound of when Porn went VHS and made that a standard worldwide.However, the NYT has discovered that not all porn actresses are for HD. Stormy Daniels says “I’m not 100 percent sure why anyone would want to see their porn in HD.” In fact, just like Hollywood, the porn industry has to go and get cosmetic surgery to hide their “newly visible” imperfections.
Yamaha has a few entries into the Home Theatre In A Box (HTIB) this being one of the most affordable at $500. These systems are one of the easiest to set up as everything comes in one box ready to go.
The good of this is that it’s very connectable, anything audio capable for a TV can hook through your receiver. It includes a full DVD changer, 5 speakers and an 8 inch subwoofer. This also comes with the capability to hook up XM and your iPod to it.
After LG, which announced the first hybrid DVD format player was sure to have others following its lead. Now, Warner has announced a hybrid format disc hi-def disc that
can be played both in HD DVD and Blu-ray players.
Warner’s “Total Hi Def” disc (”THD”) is yet another proprietary format; however, it does combine HD DVD and Blu-ray on one disc. According to Warner Home Video, it does not compromise any Hi-Def features of either HD DVD or Blu-ray. The physical structure of the disc is 1.2 mm the same as DVDs, HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. The Total Hi Def disc has the ability to contain both single layer and dual layers for both formats enabling either 15 GB or 30 GB on the HD DVD side and 25 GB or 50 GB on the Blu-ray side.
Which is the largest LCD TV available? Answer - the Sharp 65-inch Aquos unveiled at the CES two years ago…Not any more, Sharp has out did itself this time at the CES and unveiled the biggest LCD TV – a Whopping 108 inches!
Sharp is continuing the Aquos line with this giant LCD TV and Toshihiko Fujimoto, president and chairman of Sharp Electronics Corp., said at a news conference that LCDs are finally coming of age and ready to be the dominant TV set model.
LG to the rescue of the consumers stumped by the confusion of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats. The company has decided to adopt both thus hopefully pitting an end to Sony and Toshiba’s Campaign to make consumers adopt either one.
LG says in the press release that it expects “this technological breakthrough to end the confusion and inconvenience of competing high-definition disc formats for both content producers and consumers.”
HD DVD is the next generation to the DVD format and is capable of storing 3-4 times the capacity of a DVD format. Though the blue-violet 405 nm laser is what both HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc there are technical differences and hence the highly partisan war.
The representation of three-dimensional objects on a surface so as to produce the same impression of distance and relative size as that received by the human eye is a practical definition of perspective. Now imagine the perspective created by a portable, inexpensive three-dimensional immersive viewing system that could be useful in a variety of real-world applications.
Not much opinion from me since I have to prepare for a hurricane, but I think I would get one if only I could assure nobody else saw that I owned one. Geek++.