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Samsung fourth-generation BluRay player, the BD-P1500, has been delayed until June as the company updates its specifications to include BD-Live functionality. First announced back in January, the P1500 was originally slated for a May launch with a MRSP of $399. Capable of full 1080p playback, the unit will also upscale normal DVDs to 720p, 1080i or 1080p. |
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Connectivity includes HDMI 1.3, component video and S-Video, coaxial and optical digital audio outputs, ethernet and USB, with the latter being used for firmware upgrades. This will include a DTS-HD update later in the year; out of the box, the P1500 will support Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TruHD. BD Profile 1.1 Bonus View is also supported.
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Samsung’s latest music-only portable media player gets off to a good start by virtue of not being an iPod clone; in fact, the pebble-like YP-S2 is really more of a shiny audio nugget. Of course, you could say that instead they’ve looked to Sony’s DAP range for their inspiration. Available in five colors, the YP-S2 has 1GB of non-expandable storage and saves space by virtue of a removable USB plug that clicks into the 3.5mm headphone socket when needed. |
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There’s no display, just a color-changing LED the tone and flashing of which you’re meant to observe and decode to fathom its status. Not that there’s really much to tell; controls are limited to play/pause, track skip, random/repeat and volume. Case color options are green, red, purple, black & white and a marble-effect white. File-wise it’ll play MP3, WMA and OGG tracks, with up to 13hrs battery life. There’s also an FM radio. Best of all, it’s a mere $39, undercutting Apple’s clip-happy Shuffle by ten bucks. |
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Sony has announced three new combination DVD recorder and hard-drive PVRs, boasting direct digital copying from compatible camcorders, 1080p upscaling and a choice of analogue or digital TV tuners. |
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The RDR-HX1080 and RDR-HXD1090 both come with a 500GB hard-drive, enough for 1420 hours of recordings at the lowest quality level (or 73 hours at HQ+ maximum quality). The HXD1090 and HXD1095 both have a DVB-T digital terrestrial tuner alongside their analogue tuner.
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Sony has announced three new combination DVD recorder and hard-drive PVRs, boasting direct digital copying from compatible camcorders, 1080p upscaling and a choice of analogue or digital TV tuners. |
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The RDR-HX1080 and RDR-HXD1090 both come with a 500GB hard-drive, enough for 1420 hours of recordings at the lowest quality level (or 73 hours at HQ+ maximum quality). The HXD1090 and HXD1095 both have a DVB-T digital terrestrial tuner alongside their analogue tuner.
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The thought of improvising the Post-It sounds as impossible as Romy and Michelle’s’ claim that they invented it. However, the folks at MITs Ambient Intelligence Group have tinkered around a bit and developed the “Quickies”. |
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It system uses RFID technology, AI and ink recognition, to relay written information to our computers and cellphones. This makes notes more effective as reminders, and much easier to archive. Check out the video to see Quickies in action.
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Von Slatt’s AIO Victorian PC is magnificent and a fine example in retrospect of the Victorian era gone by. |
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Incorporating brass and wood for most part, the modern elements in the design are cleverly tucked away out of view. However the image of using the Table-Saw on the monitor makes one cringe, the end-result negates the feeling.
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LG Korea has launched a new all in one component the Roommate FB163. It pumps out 160W of high quality sound and supports playback of Divx. No audio component is complete without an iPod dock and so is the Roommate. |
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It has LG Chocolate phone styled touch sensitive controls and supports Direct USB Recording which allows you to transfer files to a USB MP3 player. With a sleek and glossy body it will surely be an ideal roommate. The LG Roommate FB163 is available in Korea for 269,000 KRW ($ 270).
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It cannot be used on a space ship since there is still an element of fiction in the existence of the same but these bottle openers can take you back to the days when your favorite TV show took you across galaxies. |
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Think about a bar up there, with no gravity that could make you fall. You get drunk and simply float around. The idea isn’t as real as this bottle opener. It is out there somewhere to get any bottle of precious liquor without too much of a fuss. It makes a great carry-along, thanks to the stylish design and the very Star Trekish feel. The Star Trek enterprise bottle openers cost £12 (a little over $24) and will be dispatched from the end of June this year.
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Microsoft just announced Live Mesh, a platform that aims to make data available anytime, anywhere on any device. If you wonder what Live Mesh is, here’s how Microsoft thinks of it: |
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A platform that defines and models a user’s digital relationships between devices, data, applications, and people-made available to developers through an open data model and protocols. A cloud service providing an implementation of the platform hosted in Microsoft data centers. Software, a client implementation of the platform that enables local applications to run offline and interact seamlessly with the cloud. A platform experience that exposes the key benefits of the platform for bringing together a user’s devices, files and applications, and social graph, with news feeds across all of these. The platform is the star here. In Live Mesh, Microsoft will use the accumulated experience from computing, storage, internet application, mobile devices and user experience to build what it thinks is the ultimate platform to store, process and deliver data. The concepts aren’t really new, but it is true that Microsoft has the know-how in each and every area required to build the desired experience. We always take these grand visions with a grain of salt, but while it might not sound revolutionary, if Microsoft can realize its vision, Microsoft Live Mesh could be to personal data what Microsoft Exchange is to enterprise email: a crushing dominance. The competition should take it seriously: the company is known to -eventually- get it right: look at the Xbox 360… [Live Mesh Blog] |
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Honda not only makes great cars, they are also big on robotics. Honda has been working on a walking assist device since the end of the last decade and will parade it at this coming weekend in Osaka at the International Trade Fair on Barrier Free Equipments & Rehabilitation for the Elderly and the Disabled. |
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Visitors are welcome to give it a try, and it apparently uses data obtained from hip angle sensors, where the control CPU will communicate with the flat brushless motors and provide the right amount of assistance for those who want to lengthen their strides. It weighs a mere 6.2lbs and is wrapped around the waist and thigh. Assuming you take 4.5km/h strolls, the battery life ought to last for two hours. Hopefully the final version will be affordable enough for the layman to purchase.
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