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| Samsung Rolls $799 “Home Theater in a Box” |  | Samsung, a worldwide leading consumer electronics manufacturer, has recently announced that it will expand its home theater in a box (HTiB) systems equipped with Blu-ray players. The offer will now include an additional HTiB, which will begin shipping next month. With the new product, Samsung's offer will include a total of three models, the last one of the lot being the cheapest of them all.
The new $799-suggested model ... [read more >>] | | 24 July 2008, 10:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| TrekStor's New i.Beat move Portable Media Player Comes in Three Different Sizes |  | The German TrekStor company is perhaps the best-known (and one of the last) European manufacturer of portable media players, its lineup rivaling those of some of the most renowned names in the industry (at least as far as the number and variety of models is concerned). And speaking of variety, the company's latest announcement is truly an impressive one, since TrekStor's new i.Beat move portable media player is available in no le ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 02:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Belkin's New FlyWire Streams HD Signals Even through Walls |  | The concept of streaming HD signals (both audio and video) without using any wires is not exactly a very new one, since several of the most important manufacturers of various connectivity solutions have come up with such products over the past couple of years. And the latest such announcement comes from Belkin, which revealed for the high-definition avid customers the FlyWire and FlyWire R1, a couple of devices that allow users to place th ... [read more >>] | | 11 July 2008, 01:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung's New SC-MX20 Camcorder Is Ready for YouTube |  | Sure, we live in a world where high-definition has become the main concept behind just about any piece of A/V gear, but the truth of the matter is that there are a lot of people out there who simply shoot video clips in order to upload them to YouTube, the world's most famous video sharing website. And it's no wonder that quite a lot of consumer electronics manufacturers have begun launching all sorts of "YouTube-ready" ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2008, 01:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Ovei Media Pod Helps You Get into the Movies... For Real |  | As you probably know only too well, home entertainment has become very important over the past few years, the available A/V media equipment being able to deliver a cinematographic experience that reaches (and quite often surpasses) those provided by "classical" theaters. However, it would seem that what we've experienced up until now doesn't even come close to what the future holds in store for us, especially if we take ... [read more >>] | | 04 July 2008, 01:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Epson Announces G5000 Series of Installation Projectors |  | Looks like Epson is not about to settle with rolling out one or two projectors. No, the company has decided to do things in a much more "grandiose" style and rolled out no less than five new models, all under the "umbrella" of the G5000 family.
Thus, as the company's press release informs us, the new G5000 series includes the EB-G5100 and EB-G5150 standard XGA 4000 ANSI lumen models, whilst the EB-G5300 and EB- ... [read more >>] | | 30 June 2008, 07:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Pioneer's Got 4 New Standalone Blu-ray Players for Your Viewing Pleasure |  | People over at pioneer decided that it was about time to shake things a little bit and announced the release of no less than four new models, three of which (BDP-LX08, BDP-LX71 and BDP-51FD) are compliant with the BonusView / Profile 1.1 specification, while the fourth (BDP-LX91) actually supports the latest development in this particular field, namely BD-Live / Profile 2.0.
According to the company's statement, the four ... [read more >>] | | 26 June 2008, 05:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Casio Rolls Out Pro-Series of Super Slim Projectors |  | As you probably know already, projectors are divided into several families, depending on their intended use and level of portability. Most ultra-portable projectors are slim and light, while those designed for installed projector applications are more on the bulky side. However, it would seem that Casio really wants to change this design concept, as it has just announced four new projectors that, albeit targeting the second category mentio ... [read more >>] | | 20 June 2008, 01:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mediaroom Now on 2 Million TVs Worldwide |  | Mediaroom is continually increasing its audience, Microsoft informed, revealing that its Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and multimedia software platform are now offering content on in excess of two million TVs worldwide. Microsoft Mediaroom is not only increasing its audience, but also the number of members in the Interoperability and Qualification Lab program. In fact, the latest company to qualify for the program is Harris with[ADMA ... [read more >>] | | 16 June 2008, 10:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sharp's 108-Inch "Monster" LCD TV Is Up for Grabs |  | Although LCDs are not typically associated with very wide viewing surfaces (this particular "area of expertise" belongs mainly to plasma displays), there are some models out there that really take the cake as far as their diagonal size is concerned. And one of these models is the LB-1085 presented by the people from Sharp, a 108-inch LCD TV announced last year, but which has managed to find its way to the shelves only now, as our ... [read more >>] | | 16 June 2008, 02:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Canon's Latest Projectors "Exceed 1080 HDTV", Offer PictBridge Support |  | Canon's always been one of the most important names on the projection solutions' market, targeting both the business segment and the A/V enthusiasts. And in order to prove its continuous commitment to this particular field, the company has just announced the release of two high-end projectors, each providing certain very appealing features (at some extremely unappealing price tags), namely the REALiS WUX10 and REALiS SX80 models. ... [read more >>] | | 04 June 2008, 01:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Helps You Watch Old DVDs in Full HD |  | Sure, the battle of the next-generation DVDs has ended with the clear victory of Blu-ray (the format backed-up by none other than Sony), but the fact of the matter is that the rate of adoption of this format is still pretty low, compared to the overall expectations. And this is the reason why Sony has decided to keep things moving on the standard definition front as well and has just announced the European release of its new DVP-NS708H DVD ... [read more >>] | | 27 May 2008, 01:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Watch YouTube Videos Directly on Your Panasonic Plasma Display |  | Since the Internet has become the world's largest content-delivery vehicle (whether we're talking about news, music, videos, etc.), it's no wonder that the most important manufacturers of various consumer electronics are trying their best in order to integrate online capabilities in just about every product they manufacture. And that's also the case with Panasonic, which has finally announced the pricing and availabilit ... [read more >>] | | 21 May 2008, 01:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Netflix Takes the Online Movie Rental Business by Storm |  | Movie rentals have brought billions of dollars to both movie studios and rental businesses over time, but the advent of high-speed Internet connections, file-sharing, rapid data transfers, etc. is rendering the old business model obsolete. So, in order to survive on this increasing "online" market, Netflix, one of the main rental chains in the US, has partnered with Roku in order to offers users a very affordable and easy alterna ... [read more >>] | | 20 May 2008, 07:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| eAR OS 1.08 Announced by Acoustic Reality |  | Those of you that are passionate about music, video and high sound quality, will be glad to know that eAR OS 1.08 was launched by Acoustic Reality. This is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, with the aim to provide a complete media centre. It comes equipped with the advanced and easy to use eAR Media Center, which will enable you to w ... [read more >>] | | 20 May 2008, 04:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Finally, We've Got a Price Tag for Panasonic's 3rd Generation Blu-ray Player |  | Since Blu-ray has become the ultimate victor of the next-generation DVD format war, just about every major player on the consumer electronics' market has either prepared or launched something for this particular segment. And one such major name is Panasonic who has finally shed some new light on one of latest offering in this field, namely the DMP-BD50 player. And by some "light" I mean an estimated time of arrival (this spr ... [read more >>] | | 07 May 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Top Ten Notebooks You Couldn't Do Without |  | Mobile computing has conquered both the high-end and the mainstream markets and analysts claim that the number of sold notebooks will outpace desktop systems by 2010. Mobile gaming is still a niche market, dominated by bulky notebooks with significant price tags, but most of the general-purpose laptops deliver optimal performance at a reasonable price tag.
The first entry in the mainstream notebook line-up is the Acer Aspire 59 ... [read more >>] | | 07 May 2008, 05:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mobile News Network Launched for iPhone / iPod Touch |  | Reports are coming in from everywhere that the Associated Press and more than 100 of its member newspapers have launched the Mobile News Network, a service that enables owners of an iPhone / iPod touch to access the widest coverage available of breaking news, sports, ente ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 08:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Westinghouse's 16-Inch LCD HDTV Bends, but Doesn't Break |  | Portable TVs ain't exactly the most popular things around, but certain manufacturers do come up with some products of this type that actually manage to raise an eyebrow. And that's exactly the case with the latest announcement from Westinghouse Digital, who has just unveiled the PT-16H610S, a thin and flexible LCD HDTV HDTV that flips and folds to easily fit into any room in the home, especially the kitchen.
As the c ... [read more >>] | | 25 April 2008, 14:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Touts New “Touch of Color'' LCD HDTVs, 4th Generation Blu-ray Player |  | Perhaps in order to keep the keen eyes of both consumers and press away from the huge scandal involving its top management, the Korean company Samsung has decided that this is the best time to throw some pretty nifty new products on the market, some of them designed especially to occupy the central position in the users' entertainment centers.
So, without further ado, let's see what old Sammy has in store for us: fi ... [read more >>] | | 24 April 2008, 12:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Samsung Intros Pebble-Shaped and Credit Card-Sized Portable Players |  | Let's face it, the design of a certain product is one of the most important factors taken into consideration when we decide whether or not we should purchase it, and this is especially true in the case of portable media players. For this reason, the Korean company Samsung has come up with two new devices that combine very interesting playback features with a rather unusual design, namely the S2 "Pebble" MP3 Player and the S3 ... [read more >>] | | 24 April 2008, 09:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony's New HDD DVD Recorders Boast 500 GB, Handycam Dubbing |  | Don't you just hate those moments when, for some particular reason, you simply can't get home in order to watch your favorite episode or "Dr. Who" or whatever TV show you might be interested in? Well, if your TV addiction has reached such a high level, then perhaps you should really consider purchasing one of the new Hard Disk Drive DVD recorders offered by Sony, which provide a very wide range of features, including t ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2008, 11:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Archos Brings GPS, Portable TV Plugin, Extended Video Content For Its WiFi PMPs |  | GPS navigators with multimedia features are not exactly a novelty, most high-end products from this segment providing MP3 and multimedia playback features. But what about the other way around? What about a portable media player with GPS functionality? Well, looks like that's exactly what Archos has managed to pull out of the hat this time, alongside several other goodies which might actually help push the company's forward in the ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2008, 04:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Report: Blu-Ray Still Facing Adoption Issues |  | Despite the fact that the HD-DVD high-definition standard collapsed, and the new HD movie titles are only available in the Blu-Ray format, Sony's standard seems to have significant adoption issues among consumers.
According to a report released by Market analyst ABI Research, the Blu-Ray format has to carry another battle with the plain, old DVD standard. The company's principal analyst, Steve Wilson, claims that peo ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 10:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Self-Destructing DVD Cuts The 48-Hour Movie Marathon |  | Germany-based video company DVD-D unveiled a new optical medium that is able to store data just like a regular DVD disk, except for the fact that data mysteriously disappears after 48 hours. The new single-use DVDs are already available on the French, Italian and Scandinavian markets, and are mostly used in movie rental businesses as self-destructive storage media.
The DVD-D versatile media discs come in sealed cardboard envel ... [read more >>] | | 18 April 2008, 07:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Even Samsung HDTVs Want to Wear an Armani Suit |  | It's becoming somewhat of a trend for the most important manufacturers of various electronic products to team up with some of the world's most important fashion designers in an attempt to come up with more attractive products, but at the same time, to increase the level of awareness regarding the respective products. And one of the latest examples comes from Samsung, who, after launching an Armani/Samsung phone, has decided to ta ... [read more >>] | | 17 April 2008, 14:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Shows Off Almost Paper-Thin, 0.3-mm OLED Display |  | Sony really took the world by storm when it launched the XEL-1 OLED-only HDTV set back in October 2007, as it offered a bit of a preview regarding the future of television. However, it looks like the Japanese company has not slowed down the research pace, since ... [read more >>] | | 17 April 2008, 11:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Universal Studios to Finally Go Blu-ray |  | Just about everybody around the world has heard about the demise of HD DVD, the next-generation DVD format supported by Toshiba. However, there were certain major studios that were still legally bounded by contract to stick with the dead format, but it seems that those bounds have expired, as Universal seems to be preparing to finally go Blu-ray as well.
In the past, at the height of the format war, Universal Studios was one ... [read more >>] | | 17 April 2008, 09:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| When HDTV Meets Style: Sony's Bravia E4000 Series |  | One thing's for sure about the Japanese electronics' giant, Sony: it has some pretty inventive and talented designers. Most of the products the company has rolled out over the past few years have very eye-catching designs, and that's also the case with the new Bravia E4000 Series of high-definition TV sets, which can compliment just about any type of interior décor.
"Inspired by the new Draw the LINE desig ... [read more >>] | | 10 April 2008, 09:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Kensington's USB Keyboard: Sleek Design and Integrated USB Hub |  | Kensington has just released an unusually designed USB-based keyboard, that takes typing out of the routine. The Ci70 Keyboard comes with a sleek design, that integrates two full USB ports for peripherals, conveniently placed at the top of the keyboard.
There are plenty of keyboard models that add extra USB ports, but their placement is at least discouraging, given the fact that they are located in less accessible parts of the ... [read more >>] | | 10 April 2008, 04:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Asustek to Unveil Its Blu-Ray, Dual-HDD Multimedia Notebook |  | Taiwanese conglomerate Asustek is reportedly working on its new 17-inch multimedia notebook in the M70Sa line-up. The company has managed to obtain an interesting hardware cocktail, and the notebook promises to deliver everything a multimedia enthusiast could ever dream about.
The mobile computer is built around Intel's 45-nanometer Core 2 Duo T9300 processor running at 2.5GHz with 6MB L2 cache. The memory options are als ... [read more >>] | | 09 April 2008, 17:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony's Latest Blu-ray Recorders Can Push Video Content to the PSP, Walkman |  | Now that Sony has remained the only major player on the high-definition players' market, with Blu-ray scoring an overwhelming victory over HD DVD, the Japanese company is free to focus on some additional products, capable of providing various extra-functions beside the basic, playback-related ones. And that's exactly the case with its latest announcement, namely the BDZ-A70 and BDZ-T90 Blu-ray recorders, which provide a very inte ... [read more >>] | | 09 April 2008, 12:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Get Ready for the Pioneer KURO Invasion of High-Definition! |  | Pioneer has provided quite a pleasant surprise when it released the KURO line of high-end PDPs a while back. However, it seems that the Japanese company is keen on maintaining its products in the spotlight and that's why it has announced quite an important overhaul of the KURO family, which will also include a few very interesting surprises in the form of LCD TVs and a front projector.
The first items in the KURO line ar ... [read more >>] | | 09 April 2008, 10:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| IOGEAR's Too Generic Portable Media Player Lacks Portability, HD Playback |  | The people over at IOGEAR have released quite a large number of pretty awesome connectivity solutions over time, but portable media playback is not exactly their area of expertise. And this is pretty clear when we take a look at the company's recently announced Portable Media Player, a device that smells "generic" from a mile away, starting with the name and ending with the set of features it can provide.
Befor ... [read more >>] | | 09 April 2008, 03:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Softpedia Goes Freeware Only - Part II: Multimedia |  | This article is a follow-up to a ‘tutorial’ I wrote a while back about freeware applications. So it’s time again to leave your wallet aside and start browsing through our small collection of freeware programs. If in my last article I had mentioned some utilities that might have needed experienced-user ... [read more >>] | | 08 April 2008, 03:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mitsubishi to Finally Roll Out the LaserTV (a.k.a. LaserVue) |  | As you might remember from our CES coverage, the Japanese company Mitsubishi has unveiled early in 2008 its laser-based television set, a product that will bring a major shift on the HDTV's market (or at least that's what the manufacturer hopes). However, Mitsu ... [read more >>] | | 08 April 2008, 02:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Pandigital Debuts PanTouch Line of Touchscreen-Controlled Digital Photo Frames |  | Digital photo frames are among the hottest gadgets to own nowadays, and for this reason a very large number of companies have decided to "give a go" to this particular market segment. However, constant innovation is the only thing that will push these product forward, and that's exactly what the Pandigital company is doing with the new PanTouch digital photo frames, whose screens are used not only for displaying images, but ... [read more >>] | | 03 April 2008, 13:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| IDF: Montevina Beats Santa Rosa In Terms of IGP Performance |  | This year's edition of Intel Developer Forum is about more than minuscule mobile Internet devices and Atom chips. During yesterday's conference, Dadi Perlmutter, senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s mobility group, demonstrated the chip manufacturer's next-generation Montevina mobile platform in a manner that reminds us of AMD introducing the Puma platform during the CeBIT expo.
According to Perl ... [read more >>] | | 02 April 2008, 04:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Okoro's Home-Theater PC Gets Solid-State Drives and Lamborghini Paintjobs |  | Digital equipment manufacturer Okoro Media Systems has just unveiled its new ZX series of home-theater PC systems targeted at the high-end multimedia consumers. The ZX media center PCs are part of the "Extreme" lineup and come with Intel quad-core processors in rock-solid hardware configurations.
The new home theater PC from Okoro comes in a respectable hardware configuration, including a quad-core Intel processor at ... [read more >>] | | 01 April 2008, 09:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Lucasfilm's THX Takes Back Blu-Ray Death Allegations |  | THX, one of Lucasfilm's spin-off companies claimed earlier this week that the Blu-Ray high-definition standard arrived too late on the HD media market. Despite the fact that Sony's format was announced as the victor in the HD standards war, THX claimed ... [read more >>] | | 29 March 2008, 06:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Dell Introduces $879 Blu-Ray Equipped Notebooks |  | Immediately after Toshiba's high-definition HD-DVD standard surrendered and fell into oblivion, a plethora of system integrators and PC vendors started to introduce Blu-Ray drives into their configurations.
Dell has been one of the early adopters of the Blu-Ray standard, and has been shipping it with numerous models. Now, the company is introducing an extremely affordable Blu-Ray equipped notebook in the Inspiron 1525 ser ... [read more >>] | | 28 March 2008, 13:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Blu-Ray's Dead, Flash-Based Storage is the New Mesiah! |  | The recent death of Toshiba's HD-DVD format propelled the rival Blu-Ray high-definition standard as the new industry's king. However, it seems that the Blu-Ray itself will be soon facing the same situation as its former rival.
According to THX, one of George Lucas' spin-off companies, the Blu-Ray format could be blooming later than necessary. "I think it's too late for Blu-ray. I think consumers will o ... [read more >>] | | 27 March 2008, 17:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| HP Releases Pavilion dv3000 Into the Wild |  | PC vendor manufacturer has just released its latest multimedia notebook offering, the Pavilion dv3000. The entertainment notebook PC has been presented as "The One" during HP's advertisement campaign and is pitched at multimedia enthusiasts that are always on the road.
The new dv3000 series of notebook PCs are also the smallest mobile offerings in HP's portfolio. Comprised in a 13.3-inch form factor, the dv ... [read more >>] | | 21 March 2008, 17:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| SanDisk Goes for Apple's Neck...Sort Of |  | Apple's iTunes service represents probably the best-known method of music distribution, next to the CD and DVD, of course. However, it would seem that the people over at SanDisk are seriously considering a whole new approach to this concept, as they've announced that the company will promote DRM-free music from more than 50 new and emerging artists on a microSD card. This U.S.-based program is the first of its kind to use microSD ... [read more >>] | | 20 March 2008, 14:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Pandigital's Kitchen HDTV/Digital Cookbook/Digital Photo Frame Is One Cooky Device |  | The kitchen has been the busiest place in any home for hundreds of years, so it's no wonder that all sorts of more or less useful and more or less crazy gadgets designed particularly for this space have recently hit the shelves. And one such product is Pandigital's Kitchen HDTV/Digital Cookbook/Digital Photo Frame, which incorporates just about everything around the kitchen (the sink too, with a little tweaking).
Th ... [read more >>] | | 14 March 2008, 09:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| SanDisk Unveils the Long-Rumored Sansa Fuze MP3 Player |  | As you might remember from one of our previous articles, we've managed to have a very insightful conversation with one of SanDisk's reps at CeBIT, who, among other facts, also revealed that SanDisk was preparing to launch a hot new product, design ... [read more >>] | | 12 March 2008, 04:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CeBIT 2008: G777, the Mobile Phone With Video Glasses |  | Launched in January 2008, the G777 handset produced by General Mobile is showcased for the first time on European grounds at the CeBIT Fair 2008 in Hanover, Germany. Also known as the "Cinema Phone", the new G777 seems to be the absolute ... [read more >>] | | 05 March 2008, 06:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Finally Unveils Two Blu-ray Players with Support for BonusView and BD-Live |  | Now that the format war is finally over, Sony can roam free on the High Definition field with its beloved Blu-ray format soon to arrive in just about every HD adopter's home. And this is the reason why the company has decided to let out two new players, namely the BDP-S350 and BDP-S550 models, which will be capable of accessing advanced interactive features such as BonusView and BD-Live.
"Building on the exceptional ... [read more >>] | | 27 February 2008, 13:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Meet the World's Most Expensive Blu-ray Player – $17,000 |  | Since the format war has just come to an abrupt end a few days ago and things have become a lot clearer in the field of HD, we're expecting quite a large number of Blu-ray related announcements in the near future. And one of the first such releases co ... [read more >>] | | 26 February 2008, 14:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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