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IFA 2008: Becker Intros Crocodile, a Rugged GPS Navigator for Motorcycles

For most people, the idea of riding a motorcycle can hardly be associated with the image of a GPS-enabled personal navigation device. However, bikers often need GPS devices for guidance as well, and that's the reason why the German company Becker has just announced at the IFA 2008 show from Berlin the "Crocodile...

3 September 2008
02:12 GMT

IFA 2008: Panasonic Shocks Audience with 150-inch Plasma Display, Several Next-Generation PDPs

Since Panasonic is pretty much the world's best-known manufacturer of plasma displays, it's no wonder that it brought at IFA just about the best in its arsenal. And no, we're not talking just about production models, but also about next-generation PDPs, prototypes whose features and specs offer us just...

29 August 2008
14:00 GMT

IFA 2008: World's First LED-Powered Full HD Projector Is Here

A projector's lamp is most likely its most delicate component, and the only one with a relatively limited functioning life (typically, several thousand hours). However, things might seriously change in the future, since the Delta Electronics company has just announced the development of the world's first LE...

29 August 2008
10:45 GMT

IFA 2008: Delta Electronics Announces New Developments in ePaper Technology

Electronic paper might sound like something out of a SciFi movie, but the truth of the matter is that it will most likely replace its traditional counterpart in a few years' time, when trees will become much too valuable to be cut down or when the manufacturing process will be simple enough to allow mass product...

29 August 2008
09:10 GMT

IFA 2008: LG's New DVS450H DVD Player Plays HD Video, Supports DivX

Everyone's talking about high-definition and Blu-ray nowadays, but the truth of the matter is that the "classic" DVD still reigns supreme over most consumers' home entertainment systems and computers. For this reason, LG's DVS450H might actually enjoy an unexpected level of success, since it incorporat...

29 August 2008
08:40 GMT

IFA 2008: Philips Rolls Out CinemaOne, the All-In-One Home Theater System

Innovation is almost always the key to success, and it really seems that the engineers and designers from Philips took this very seriously into consideration when creating the CinemaOne. And that's because this relatively small product (roughly the size of a football) combines a DVD and CD player, an iPod dock, ...

29 August 2008
08:05 GMT

IFA 2008: LG Presents Bluetooth-Enabled Scarlet 7000 LCD HDTV

Like most other manufacturers of display solutions, LG has also come up with a pretty interesting lineup for this year's IFA. However, there are a few models that really stand out from a crowd, the most impressive being the LG Scarlet 7000, which, besides displaying full HD images, packs some other attractive an...

29 August 2008
06:34 GMT

IFA 2008: Philips Intros 9600 FlatTVs, 9700 LCDs, LightFrame Monitor

We've already seen some of Philips' "handywork" for the IFA show in Berlin, but the company has much more in store for us, especially in the area of display solutions, but not necessarily restricted to it. However, for the time being, we'll stick to the "realm" of HDTVs, since, beside the Aurea II and ...

29 August 2008
05:54 GMT

IFA 2008: Toshiba's REGZA ZF LCDs Use PLAYSTATION3 Technology to Upconvert Videos

As expected, this year's IFA show from Berlin has brought to light quite a large number of extremely innovative products, providing certain features that we could only dream of just a few years ago. And that's also the case with the new REGZA ZF line of LCDs from Toshiba, which employ the Cell processors (a...

29 August 2008
04:55 GMT

IFA 2008: BRAVIA VPL-HW10 HD SXRD Projector Should Make Full HD Affordable

Although it has mainly focused on LCDs, Sony has also used this year's IFA show as the launch pad for a new projector, the BRAVIA VPL-HW10 HD SXRD. According to the company, the device features a new and stylish design, triple-panel Sony SXRD and 8-stage image processing, all of these (theoretically) available a...

29 August 2008
04:11 GMT

IFA 2008: Philips Showcases 2nd Generation Aurea, Essence LCD HDTVs

For quite a long time now, the IFA consumer electronics show has been the place where the most important manufacturers in the audio/video segment present their latest developments, which, in some cases, can only be described as breathtaking. And that's also the case with Philips, which has come up this year with...

29 August 2008
02:43 GMT

IFA 2008: Sony's New Cyber-shot T500 Shoots HD Videos

The Japanese company Sony has come up with a truckload of novelties at this year's IFA show in Berlin, most of them related to the A/V market segment. Beside its advanced, ultra-thin LCDs, the company has also unveiled a device that will allow users to take full advantage of the respective HDTVs' features, ...

29 August 2008
01:45 GMT

IFA 2008: Sharp Unveils Ultra-Thin Aquos XS1 HDTV, New Blu-ray Player

As some of you probably know, for quite a long time, the IFA show in Berlin has been all about the latest developments in the TV industry, but, over the years, it has expanded quite a lot, now housing just about every type of consumer electronic product one might think of. Nevertheless, the most important names in th...

28 August 2008
15:34 GMT

IFA 2008: TomTom Rolls Out GO x40 LIVE Series of Connected PNDs

Connected GPS personal navigation devices seem to represent the natural evolution of technology in this particular area, since they can enhance the level of functionality by allowing drivers to be constantly informed on what's happening on the road in front of them or to find significant details and contact info...

28 August 2008
14:42 GMT

IFA 2008: Sony Releases New Walkman Line-up

Sony has made history in the music world, being the first to introduce the concept of portable music players, through its trademark Walkman. Over the years, this concept has evolved, materializing in high-end media players that offer attractive designs and outstanding sound quality to their users. Like always, S...

28 August 2008
07:20 GMT


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