Envision kicks out trio of Omni-series LCD HDTVs
Envision understands that the people need choices, and just in case neither of the two LCD HDTVs that the firm unleashed last month tickled your fancy, here comes a trio of new ones to pore over. All three units sport a 1,366 x 768 resolution, eight-millisecond response time, ATSC / Clear QAM tuners, integrated speakers, a headphone jack, S/PDIF port and a glossy black finish. On the high(er)-end, we’ve got the 42-inch L42W761, which features a 1,200:1 contrast ratio, twin HDMI inputs and a respectable $999 pricetag. The 32-inch L32W761 differs from its big bro by offering up a 1,500:1 contrast ratio, while the 26-inch L26W761 musters an 800:1 CR. These two will ring up at $649 and $479, respectively, and are available as we speak from a number of fine retailers, but if you’ve got your eye on the 42-incher, you’ll be waiting till the 23rd — yeah, Black Friday — to take one home.
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News from the Giz is that after a brief beta test, Real Media is set to release a new version of RealPlayer that will allow iPod users to download and play Real Media on their 5th Generation video iPods. As part of the As RealPlayer Plus package, the application will give users the ability to download Web videos to your iPod with a single click.
The near forty dollar ($40) application will also burn those same web videos to DVD, rip, mix and burn CDs and MP3s, contain a 10-band equalizer for music mixing, and an analog recording feature to allow ripping of old album, cassette tapes and voice recordings that can then be converted into digital files.
The later spate of features is nothing new, but the ability to download digital media directly to the iPod is something that has been solely the domain of iTunes. And if Real Media has figured out how to synch and install video onto the iPod, you can bet that they know how to do it for music downloads as well and the web video capability is merely a trial balloon to see if Cuptertino will lower the litigious hammer.
But come on, it’s REAL PLAYER … the hallmark of lackluster audio and video quality. So how much of a threat can it be?
Still, for the option, I’m sure many iPod users will be lining up to give it a go.
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News from the Giz is that after a brief beta test, Real Media is set to release a new version of RealPlayer that will allow iPod users to download and play Real Media on their 5th Generation video iPods. As part of the As RealPlayer Plus package, the application will give users the ability to download Web videos to your iPod with a single click.
The near forty dollar ($40) application will also burn those same web videos to DVD, rip, mix and burn CDs and MP3s, contain a 10-band equalizer for music mixing, and an analog recording feature to allow ripping of old album, cassette tapes and voice recordings that can then be converted into digital files.
The later spate of features is nothing new, but the ability to download digital media directly to the iPod is something that has been solely the domain of iTunes. And if Real Media has figured out how to synch and install video onto the iPod, you can bet that they know how to do it for music downloads as well and the web video capability is merely a trial balloon to see if Cuptertino will lower the litigious hammer.
But come on, it’s REAL PLAYER … the hallmark of lackluster audio and video quality. So how much of a threat can it be?
Still, for the option, I’m sure many iPod users will be lining up to give it a go.
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PhotoVu’s 17-inch RSS-enabled digital photo frame, the 1765W
Filed under: Digital Cameras, Displays, Peripherals
We’ve seen a few WiFi and RSS enabled digital photo frames from PhotoVu in the past, but they’ve all been overly large for our city-sized living spaces, which is why we’re happy to see the somewhat more reasonable 17-inch 1765w make its debut. The 16:10 frame reads all the obvious digital camera formats, but unlike most other frames, it includes plugins for popular apps like Picasa and iPhoto that let you handle file management directly inside your photo app, instead of having to play the scale-and-export game. Like all of PhotoVu’s other frames, the 1765w also features an RSS reader and web server for completely remote administration, and integration with services like Flickr, SmugMug, and .mac. Of course, all this hotness is going to cost you — the 1765w runs a steep $699 direct from PhotoVu.
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GSM Association votes to support LTE
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless
Chalk up another one for the LTE team, as it has yet another big proponent in the ever-raging 4G war. Not even two months after Verizon gave LTE the nod over WiMAX / UMB, the board of the GSM Association has now voted to support Long Term Evolution as the mobile broadband solution to follow HSPA. The GSMA also noted that it would be interfacing with other outfits / organizations that are developing LTE technology and begin work with the NGMN (Next Generation Mobile Networks) initiative. Furthermore, Rob Conway, the entity’s CEO, reportedly called on the International Telecommunication Union to “ensure the industry wins the spectrum needed to offer mobile broadband.” ‘Course, we’ve already heard that things are shaping up nicely (in testing) for the standard, but winning over the GSMA is likely to incite some serious celebrating in the offices of LTE backers everywhere.
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Georgia Tech researchers demonstrate blowable user interface
Filed under: Displays
Although a team from Kent State already whipped up a method for turning one’s PC on / off with a simple puff of air, two gurus at Georgia Tech have created a full-blown (ahem) breath-controlled user interface. The low-cost, localized blowable UI — cleverly dubbed BLUI — apparently utilizes a built-in microphone along with a C++ application that computes the blowing inputs. Once installed, users can puff on either side of the screen in order to scroll left / right, icons can be selected depending on the fierceness of the puff and games could integrate the technology in to add another level of interactivity. Notably, the duo behind the creation is already investigating how to avoid false positives (i.e. inputs from nature when outside on a blustery day), and while we’re not sure how close this stuff is to becoming commercially available (if at all), you can take a look at a videoed demonstration just beyond the break. [Warning: PDF read link]
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“The Pleo Song” takes our breath away
Filed under: Robots
It’s no secret: songs about gadgets are a scourge upon the earth. And that’s why they’re awesome. The latest of these little ditties that’ll have you humming in the shower tomorrow morning — and raving like a lunatic the day after — is “The Pleo Song,” courtesy of RobotsRule. The song was written to celebrate Ugobe’s announcement of 30 day shipping notices for Pleo, which we suppose is as good an excuse as any to write a gratingly bad song about a robotic dinosaur. “Remember the heart of a child knows that love goes with Pleo.” If you still think you can stomach it after that little teaser, the YouTube version is after the break.
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Bacon Wallet For Your Bacon Lover
Bacon plays such a role in most people’s lives. Who doesn’t love a BLT or bacon with your eggs? There’s products made for human and animal alike all using the flavor, appearance and smell of bacon. Like the commercial says “there’s only one thing that smells like bacon and that’s bacon!” People are even marketing seasoning salt made to make things taste like bacon. There are bandages with the likeness of bacon and there are any number of paper products made with the deliciousness of bacon staring you right back in the face.
If you are a bacon-oholic (or know someone who is), what better gift to give them this holiday season than a Bacon Wallet? Actual bacon? Well, yes, but you can’t fold real bacon up, hold your money in it and stick it in your pocket! Not without a lot of mess, anyway.
Priced at a reasonable $9.95 over at What on Earth, the Bacon Wallet is perfect for stocking stuffers or a whimsical way to give them cash or gift cards instead of the same old, boring envelope.
Strips of bacon are photo-realisticlly printed on the inside and outside of this vinyl, one-fold wallet. Holds up to 6 credit cards and has room for all the cash you care to carry, within reason. Dimensions are 3.75″ by 4″ folded.
However, this products does not smell like bacon and I would highly not recommend eating it in a sandwich or with your morning sunny-side-up eggs. I would use the actual bacon in this case.
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Bacon plays such a role in most people’s lives. Who doesn’t love a BLT or bacon with your eggs? There’s products made for human and animal alike all using the flavor, appearance and smell of bacon. Like the commercial says “there’s only one thing that smells like bacon and that’s bacon!” People are even marketing seasoning salt made to make things taste like bacon. There are bandages with the likeness of bacon and there are any number of paper products made with the deliciousness of bacon staring you right back in the face.
If you are a bacon-oholic (or know someone who is), what better gift to give them this holiday season than a Bacon Wallet? Actual bacon? Well, yes, but you can’t fold real bacon up, hold your money in it and stick it in your pocket! Not without a lot of mess, anyway.
Priced at a reasonable $9.95 over at What on Earth, the Bacon Wallet is perfect for stocking stuffers or a whimsical way to give them cash or gift cards instead of the same old, boring envelope.
Strips of bacon are photo-realisticlly printed on the inside and outside of this vinyl, one-fold wallet. Holds up to 6 credit cards and has room for all the cash you care to carry, within reason. Dimensions are 3.75″ by 4″ folded.
However, this products does not smell like bacon and I would highly not recommend eating it in a sandwich or with your morning sunny-side-up eggs. I would use the actual bacon in this case.
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LG.Philips readying smudge-free computer displays
Filed under: Displays, Laptops
LG.Philips seems to never get bored with finding ways to better the displays our dear eyes scan so, so much, and we’ll be straight up, it’s hard not to get excited over its latest development. Apparently, the outfit has conjured up a method for ensuring that LCD panels resist smudges, and if that wasn’t enough to pique your interest, the technology should also enable the screen to shun dirt, dust, fingerprints and permanent ink. Essentially, the new panel “employs a principle similar to that used on non-stick frying pans,” but it isn’t handing out any more secrets beyond that. Think you can handle even more good news? Mass production of said panels is slated for the first half of next year, so let the countdown to smudge-free mobile computing begin, eh?
[Image courtesy of Tuff-As-Nuts]
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NAT Audio’s Magma is one beastly tube amplifier
Filed under: Home Entertainment
We’ve seen all sorts of fanciful tube amplifiers over the years, but none have intimidated us quite like NAT Audio’s Magma. This brute is the self-proclaimed “most powerful single-ended tube amplifier on the market,” and it can churn out 160-watts at 4- and 8-ohms with a frequency response of 10Hz to 100kHz. Additionally, this thing weighs in at 88-pounds, measures 11.8- x 25.2- x 14.2-inches and relies on a 6N1P-EV, a 6N30P-DR and a Eimac 450TH tube to get the job done. If you’re craving more specs on this Class A monster, we’ve got ‘em: an input impedance of 100-kohms, input sensitivity of 2.7V RMS for full power output, gain of 22.5 dB at 8-ohms and a pricetag of $55,000 per pair. Check out a few more angles after the jump, won’tcha?
[Via AudioJunkies, thanks Lukas]
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Gasoline car converted to run on solar power
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Other than the title there is not much more I can say about this, so read the blurb and check the 
Think spaghetti, and chances are you’ll have flashbacks of that lovely little Italian restaurant tucked away in a corner somewhere, with smells of fresh oven-baked pizza wafting through the air in addition to a delectable plate of spaghetti in front of you. Not with this Spaghetti Periscope though.
) it asks you for your login details. Then it connects, downloads its styles and you’re away. 
