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MBR-501A Portable Satellite Broadcast Receiver

April 25, 2007 by Leave a Comment

MBR-501A
This satellite receiver is an amazing looking device. It is named the MBR-501A and is capable of 4 hours of watching while receiving and 7 hours of recorded videos. The device has an SD card slot which currently allows up to a 2GB card to be inserted allowing for 9 hours of video to be recorded. The screen is a QVGA TFT screen which has a 320 x 240 resolution. Audio is produced through the mono speaker on the device although when docking the device it allows you to connect it to your stereo to play the audio.

I am interested in taking a look at this device to see what the quality of the Satellite receiver is like and what exactly it can pick up. It will be priced at just short of 20000 YEN.

Via: Coolest-Gadgets

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Shinshoku from TokyoFlash

April 24, 2007 by 1 Comment

Shinshoku
The guys at TokyoFlash launch some seriously interesting watches and this latest watch is no exception. It is named the Shinshoku and is a continuous stainless steel band which wraps around your wrist. Holes have been put in the band allowing for several colours of LED to shine through which some how show the time. 3 versions of this watch are available with the 3 colour LED watch being the easiest to read. The other options are all red or all green LEDs. To tell the time you will see that the watch is divided in to 3 sections. The left shows the number of hours, the right lower shows the quarter past marks (15, 30, 45) while the upper right is the minutes with in the quarter past marks.

Its a crazy but kind of cool looking watch which has animated effects when wanting to see the time. It is available from TokyoFlash and costs around $114 which isnt bad.

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Wood Frame HDTV

April 22, 2007 by Leave a Comment

LG Wood
If you have a spare $10k kicking around and like your TV to be encased in wood like the good old CRT days then LG have the answer for you. The LG HD 60PT1DRA is for you. It is a 60 inch High Definition (1080p) which has a woodern surround come in 2 selections which are walnut or ash. An additional feature is the built in hard drive which can record from the TV or movies so that you can watch 1 channel while recording the other. Recording is also done in HD so you do not loose the effect of the high quality you expect from these types of screen.

Overall I am impressed with the design and look of the screen, but for $10k I would rather spend the money elsewhere and probably make my own wood surround for my screen.

Via: Coolest-Gadgets

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Sony Ericsson P700i

April 22, 2007 by Leave a Comment

P700i
Sony Ericsson create some great looking phones. With the W (Walkman) range of phones coming out quite regularly I had actually forgotton about the P series of phones. I used to own a P900 a few years back and think it’s an excellent device. When I heard of the P700i being spoken of I thought I best take a quick look. Mobilecowboys managed to get some pics of this upcomming phone which as can be seen it features a QWERTY keyboard, although there are 2 letters per key. The screen is a 320 x 240 colour screen and various communications are supported although full specs are still a little unclear. If Sony can get this one released then it will be another Sony Ericsson to watch out for.

Via: UberGizmo

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The Best Holographic Displays

April 13, 2007 by Leave a Comment

LeahHolagram
Over the last year I have written about several holographic displays and it got me wondering which is best and which shows the most potential. For those Starwars fans you will remember the famous scene of R2D2 projecting Princess Leah in to the air with a message playing. Since seeing that when I was a kid the thought of a fancy 3D or holographic floating display has fascinated me. The displays I am writing about today are what is actually available today and built and not just theory.

Sega Hologram
Lets start with a little bit of an oldy… The first I remember was made with a clever use of mirrors and it was produced by SEGA and was named SEGA Hologram. The game was called Time Traveller. The unit was a large white case with a black shiny screen laying horizontal in the machine. While looking at it the smart use of mirrors gave a 3D holographic effect in which it shows the characters walking on top of the screen. Game play sucked, but it still made me spend money just so I could control the characters who appeared right in front of me.
Sega Hologram

Fog Screen
Fog Screen was introduced in 2002 and interactivity was added a few years later. Fog Screen works with non-turbulent airflow which keeps the display crisp and clean. A projector with a 4500+ ANSI lumen rating is then used to project the image on to the fog. This allows the viewer to walk through the screen unharmed and is ideal for creating interesting and eye catching displays.
Fogscreen

Heliodisplay
A few years later (around 2005) the Heliodisplay was revealed by io2technology. The unit displays the image on to a virtual screen as it were, which creates a thermal differential in the air which then allows the air to pick up the projection. Well, that is my explanation of it 😉 As well as being a screen the Heliodisplay can be moved around as it has optical sensors built in which can detect the slightest movement of your hand or an object with in the picture. This allows a large 3D display to be more interactive which works well at trade shows.
HelioDisplay

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True 3D
Next in line is True 3D which uses yet another method to display its image. This time the use of lasers is needed which fires to intersect each other. This generates small amounts of plasma which in turn light up to display an image. This seems like a dangerous way of getting 3D to work and suddenly the Helio seems like the safer option to me. True 3D at the time of writing the original article last year was capable of displaying 100 dots per second.
True 3D

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Vizoo Holographic Projector
The next screen has been used by Lexus in New York. The Vizoo allows for a complte 360 viewing angle and can accomodate large screen sizes. Unfortunatly the video of the Lexus is now off line due to copyright reasons. It did show a Lexus on display in a show window which was made interactive. The 3D image could then be rotated around by the user to help customise their life size model of the car they want to buy.


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Although the images are not 100% clear, these are all great advances in holographic/3D type screens.

Which is the best? I guess it all depends on what you intend to use it for. Looking at the True 3D version you might need to be more careful as plasma is used which indicates it is hot. For me, the simplicity seems to land on the Heliodisplay. But as each of these is in excess of 5 figures then I think it will be a while yet before they are available to the consumer.

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USB Battery Charger – The Energizer USB Duo

April 12, 2007 by Leave a Comment

EnergizerUSBDuo
Energizer are well known in the battery market and have been creating batteries for as long as I can remember. They have created a new type of rechargeable battery which is named the USB Duo. The duo indicated 2 different options and with having USB in the name it probably isnt that hard to work out what it does. The USB Duo charger is capable of charging batteries via USB or a regular wall socket. To move in to the more technical world they also have created some software which allows you to watch the batteries charge on the screen of your computer. Now I can think of a million more interesting things to do, but I guess they are catering for all types of users 🙂

The charger comes in 3 colours which are red, yellow and blue and it costs $14. It is capable of charging both AA and AAA type batteries. 2 AAA batteries are included with the charger.

This device reminds me a little of the USB Cell although I think this version is far more flexible.

Via: Gizmodo

Filed Under: Computer Gadgets, Cool Gadgets

Clevo Laptop Graphics Card

April 12, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Clevo Laptop Graphics Card
We covered the Clevo 20 inch laptop the other day and it got me thinking more about the actual hardware it utilises to run that massive screen and keep the nice WSXGA+ LCD (1680 x 1050) resolution. The Clevo laptop graphics card actually comes in 3 different options. These are…

* Dual /SLI nVIDIA GeForceTM Go 7900 GTX (G71M-GTX) High performance
* Dual /SLI nVIDIA Quadro FX 2500M high performance graphic chip
* Dual /SLI nVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX(G71M-UU) high performance graphic chip

Those 3 cards are some seriously good kit and especially for a laptop. The 7900 GTX is capable of shifting 38.4GB/s of memory bandwidth and the 7950 GTX can shift 44.8 GB/s. The FX 2500M is capable of shifting 38.4GB/s also. Being able to shift all that data so quick makes these cards and laptop ideal for 3D graphics. As well as 3D graphics these clevo laptop graphics cards are capable of XHD (Extreme High Definition) which allows you to play the latest 3D games in high definition with out the frame rate loss. As well as this you can watch High Definition movies which are displayed using NVIDIAs PureVideo technology.

Before reading up on the graphics card for Clevo I was just expecting some onboard shared memory card. I was mistaken. Before you run out and buy one of these nice laptops take in to consideration that the Quadro FX 2500M has different specs to the Go 79xx series cards.

One last item to mention is the Clevo laptops are not the only 20 inch screen laptops to use these graphics cards. They actually build the chassis and companies like Alienware, Sager and VoodooPC customise them to suit their needs.

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, Displays, Laptops

Sony DVP FX850 Portable DVD Player

April 10, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Son DVP FX850
Sony have created a cool looking portable DVD player named the DVP FX850. It has a cool screen which swivels around in tablet form to allow easier watching in small places. The casing of the player is black which looks great. The screen is 8 inches with a resolution of 800×480 pixels. Formats supported are the usual DVD formats and other files such as MP3 and JPEG can be used.

One feature that I like is the ability to use a flash drive connected to the USB port to play files. Sonys usual stance is to make you use their own format, but here it has been dropped for something that is more standard. As well as having the features mentioned above the player supports DOLBY and DTS which really puts a lot in to this small package.

Via: OhGizmo

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Infrant ReadyNAS NV – Full Backup Solution

April 1, 2007 by Leave a Comment

NAS
Data storage has become more needed in each of our lives with digital cameras being used daily, music being downloaded, videos being watched and much more. The problem you will come across one day is that the harddrive of your computer which you store this data on will more then likely crash. If you are like me then you probably do not have backups of the data and still know inside that it would suck to loose all those precious photo memories.

The Infrant ReadyNAS NV+ is a full backup solution allowing you to store data on its drives. It has 3 USB ports, 4 x hot swap SATA drive bays. It comes in 2 configs. Either empty allowing you to purchase the discs or it comes full with 2Tb of storage available in RAID format. It connects to your home network via a gigabit ethernet port and can be used to store all your files on it.

With it having RAID functionality, this means that should a drive break down, then you just replace it with a new drive and no data is lost. This is due to the way a RAID system works. RAID puts files on more then 1 disk so that in the event of failure a new drive just gets repopulated with the files stored in a second location.

For the full review, check out Coolest-Gadgets.

Filed Under: Computer Gadgets, Cool Gadgets

Nixon Lodown Ti

March 31, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Nixon Lodown Ti
The Nixon Lodown Ti watch is aimed at the surfer type person who needs to know tide information. It features tide information for 200 beaches and covers the next 15 years of tide details.

As can be seen, the Nixon Lodown Ti has a cool inverted screen showing white on a black background. It is made of titanium and hardened with mineral crystal. With 100 meters water resistance it makes the perfect stylish watch.

The watch costs $200 and is available at the link below.

Product Page Via: OhGizmo

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DarkLabel Retroxis Phone

March 23, 2007 by Leave a Comment

DarkLabel Retroxis Phone
Yanko Design have yet another cool concept phone for showing off today. This time it is the Darklabel Retroxis which aims at cutting the dimensions down along with weight, but increasing style. Looking at the images above you can certainly see that this concept device looks cool. It is covered in high polished polycarbonate which is lightweight and strong. The screen is OLED and when off, appears to not be there. If only this concept was made in to real life.

Check out more details and the Revol watch at the link below.

Via: YankoDesign

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Philips DCD778 Kitchen System – iPod Compatible

March 20, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Philips DCD778
The Philips DCD778 is a kitchen entertainment system with a built in flip down LCD display. As well as being an entertainment system, it is also a docking station for your iPod. Basically hook up your iPod to the DCD778 and choose what you want to watch. Not only does is it compatible with an iPod, it also works with DVD, VCD, MP3 and CDs. With it being built for the kitchen it also has functions that are useful in a kitchen such as timers and a clock so you can make sure you never burn those Yorkshire Puddings.

It costs $400, has a remote control and will be available next week.

Via: UberGizmo

Filed Under: Cool Gadgets, Displays