Techs & Gadgets
Earth Trek 90-805R Mini projector
Earth Trek, from Korea, introuduces the 90-805R mini projector which may be the world’s smallest. Measures 105×58×25mm, the Earth Trek 90-805R can display images in 22-inch. It comes with a SD/TransFlash card slot, integrated MP4 player and speaker. It has built-in Lithium battery that offers 1-2 hours of battery life.
Insignia NS-BRDVD Blu-ray Player
BestBuy presents the Insignia NS-BRDVD budget-priced blu-ray player, which costs you only $349.99. The Insignia NS-BRDVD supports 1080p Full HD output, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD, and 2 channel Dolby TrueHD.
Source: Engadget
SmartQ T5-II PMP
This is the SmartQ T5-II, a portable media player that can also do emulation. It comes with 600MHz processor, 5GB of capacity and a 3-inch display. It supports MP3, OGG, WMA, FLAC, APE, AAC, WAV music and AVI, XviD, DivX, MPEG and MP4 video formats.
Other than media playback, the SmartQ T5-II can also emulate as GBA and NEO GEO to play games. It has a SDHC memory card slot.
Philips DVDR5520H DVD/HDD Recorder Reviewed
TrustedReviews has done a review on the Philips DVDR5520H DVD/HDD hybrid recorder. The DVDR5520H has a 250GB internal hard drive and it can also record videos on DVD-RW/-R, DVD+RW/+R and DVD+R(DL). DVD-RAM or DVD-R (DL) are not supported. The device is DivX Ultra certified and supports Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks.
Source: http://www.itechnews.net/tag/philips/
JVC launches Super Slim Full HD LCD TV
JVC’s new super-slim LT-42S90 LCD TV features a cabinet that across most of its width measures a mere 39mm in depth, with a maximum thickness of just 74mm at the panel’s centre. This design ensures that from nearly any angle, these models present a super-slim appearance. Complementing the super-slim design is a thin 23mm bezel, which helps to further minimise the presence of the cabinet. It weighs less than 20kg and consumes 183watts one of the lowest figures in the industry today.
Motion-Pro II Racing Simulator
CXCSimulations presents its new Motion-Pro II Racing Simulator for crazy gamers. The Motion-Pro II comes with 3 46-inch Full HD 1080p LCD displays, a 505-watt 5.1 surround sound system and a full body support fiberglass shell.
Source: http://www.itechnews.net/2008/05/18/motion-pro-ii-racing-simulator/
Fujitsu e-paper e-book reader
At the Fujitsu Forum 2008, which is held in Japan, Fujitsu presents the e-paper e-book reader. The e-paper is available in 2 sizes, 8-inch and 12-inch, which weigh around 320-480g.
Source: DigiTimes
Sony Micro Hybrid Fuel Cell System
Sony shows the world a prototype of its newly developed micro size fuel-cell system. Measures abut 50×30mm, the micro size box packs fuel cell, Li-polymer secondary battery, control circuit and other components.
The micro fuel cell uses methanol directly as fuel and it is an active fuel-cell system, which controls fuel supply with a pump. With 10mL of methanol, the device can supply power enough for a mobile phone to play 1seg movies for 14 hours.
UBanana uCan Waterproof MP3 Player
Considering that most of us get our music fixes from iPods or other MP3 Players, it is not surprising that we want to take our audio experience into the water. If you are the type that wants your music in the pool, you could invest in something that will keep the MP3 Player waterproof, such as the Atlantic EGO iceBar2.
An Autonomous Golf Caddy That Follows You From Hole To Hole
As men lumber through their elderly years, often times the game of golf becomes a welcomed getaway into nature. A place to go for sanctuary, away from the nagging wife, and away from money gobbling kids. By the time men reach the “average” golfing age, they have either lost a considerable amount of muscle strength, yet are still too full of pride to pay a caddy to lug around their clubs, or just don’t want to miss out on the beautiful landscape as they trudge across their country club’s course.
Energy Saver Remote from One for All
Since “Going Green” seems to be the latest thing, I suppose that it is high time that someone made a remote for it. Enter the Energy Saver Remote from One for All, which works by turning all the major AV appliances off instead of putting them in standby.
Digital Escape Mask Puts You In A Virtual Fantasy World
Everyday we see things we’d rather not see. Reality is harsh sometimes, dude. We’re faced with the harsh facts of everyday life, well, everyday. Turning a blind eye isn’t exactly impossible, but some people have a harder time turning a blind eye than others.
Make use of that old cassette player with a Bluetooth adapter
How many of you still listen to your old cassette tapes? I’m going to guess that very few of you do. Now, how many of you still have a tape deck in your car? While many people have upgraded to a CD player, not everyone has managed to do so. That’s why you might want to look into this Bluetooth Cassette Tape Adapter.
DXG DXG-569V budget HD Camcorder
We have seen DXG’s 566V budget priced HD digital camcorder, now the company offers another HD camcorder, DXG-569V. The camcorder features a 5 Megapixel CMOS image sensor. It is able to capture 1280×720 videos at 30fps in H.264 or MOV formats. The DXG-569V can also take 5 megapixel still images.
Samsung YP-T10 La Fleur Special Edition
Samsung presents the YP-T10 La Fleur Special Edition. Not many details are available but like the original version, it has a 2-inch display and should support MP3, WMA music.
Source: MovePlayer
Sony Bravia DAV-F200 2.1 Home Theater System
Sony offers a new 2.1 channel home theater system, the Bravia DAV-F200. Sony Bravia DAV-F200 comes with a S-Master digital amp, two speakers and a subwoofer.
The DAV-F200 features also the S-Force Surround, which offers virtual 5.1 channel output. The system has an integrated DVD player that accept also MP3, DixV and images formats. There is also USB ports for WMA and AAC input. HDMI port, which supports 1080 upscaling and Bravia Sync system, is also available.
Naim HDX Hard Disk player
Naim Audio announced its new HDX Hard drive based media player. The Naim features a 400GB hard drive and is a high-end CD player, that can also do CD ripping.
Features:
- Independent and separately grounded multi-regulated power supplies for analogue and digital stages.
- A Burr-Brown PCM1791A digital to analogue converter selected after exhaustive listening.
Samsung S2 and S3 Music Players
Samsung officially announced the YP-S2 and YP-S3 music players. We have seen a video preview on the S3 before. It is an ultra-thin MP3 player, which is only 0.4-inch thick. Other than MP3 and WMA playback, the S3 supports also MPEG-4 videos, JPEG images, FM radio and voice recording. It has 4GB of capacity and has a battery life of 25 hours for audio playback and 4 hours for video playback.
Oregon Scientific Meteo - Weather Forecast Watch
Oregon Scientific introduces the Meteo, a watch that can forecast weather. The watch looks stylish and it does the weather forecast by measuring barometric pressure trends. It will show 4 weather icons, sunny, partly cloudy, cloudy and rainy, to tell you the upcoming weather.
BenQ E800 Digital Camera
BenQ announced the new E800 digital camera. E800 comes with a 8.1 Megapixel CCD image sensor, 3x optical zoom lens, 5.1x digital zoom and ISO up to 1600. THere are a 2.7-inch LCD display and a 16MB built-in memory.
The E800 is able to capture 640×480 videos at 15fps or 320×240 videos at 30fps. The camera supports SD/SDHC memory cards. It will be available in end of May.