The Sonos C100 which costs $400 did not have a touch screen. The cousin, CR200 comes with a touch screen but why do I have this feeling that it is a bit late now. But whatever it is, its Sonos fault anyway. Come on I can’t take the blame can I? well we don’t have any price or specifications for this yet but it is surely going to be tough competing as an add-on product especially if it is...
New home theater receivers have been launched by Pioneer for its flagship Elite lineup. It includes the high-end SC-27 and SC-25 along with the low-end VSX-23TXH and VSX-21TXH. All the four has a composite or customized USB cable enabling integration with iPhones and iPods into home theater audio systems. Once you connect them, the iPods will be able to be controlled using the systems’ remote control. The SC series are very powerful to reproduce uncompressed Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD...
The Philips 56PFL9954H Cinema 21:9 uses the same aspect ratio of most movies, which means that it eliminates the black bars while watching a Blu-ray title. This TV has a 8.3 million-pixel and is 56 inches which gives amazing quality but it still has to zoom to make the movies you are watching to fill its 1080 pixel vertical resolution. I have no idea if this will be available in the US. It has a price tag of $7400...
Jabra is well-known around the world as the makers of Bluetooth headsets, and they have added two new headsets to their list. The Jabra Go 6400 and Pro 9400 Bluetooth headsets sports a charging dock and a touchscreen display for easier navigation. They work with in a 450-foot radius, supports dual-microphones for noise cancellations and a touchscreen to alternate between a cell phone, VoIP or landline connection. The Go 6400 looks like any other headset, but the Pro 9400...
LG have provided us with 22 inches of searing bliss, thanks to the LG W2286L screen. It serves as both, a monitor and a LED HDTV with 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio. The screen is 20mm thick (read: thin) and supports resolutions of up to 1680 x 1050 pixels. Keeping in mind the current fad of saving mother earth and her resources, the W2286L is said to consume 40% less electricity. Now that’s nice. Other features include automatic brightness, a couple...
Sony has come out with a new iPod dock named as the NAS-Z200iR which operates pretty much the same like other iPod docks and features an integrated FM radio, a CD player, Wi-Fi connectivity, DLNA streaming and also a remote control that is equipped with a 3.5 inch LCD display for easier navigation. It has a USB port as well if you want to hook up other media devices. We still have no idea how much Sony is going...
Named after an extinct huge shark, Razor’s new headphones must really awesome. And why not? How many headphones do you know of that can give a 7.1 surround sound! It also has a remote for adjusting the volume and a mouthpiece to use while gaming. Yup the secret is out. This is exactly what they are made for. I can clearly imagine playing Call of Duty 4 with these headphones on already! They cost $150 and I guess it...
Altec Lansing is one of the most popular names in the American audio history and over the past they have been loosing its name for producing cheap Chinese multimedia speakers. A new concept by designer Nuno Teixeira could put Altec on top of the list with its three way design. It also has upward firing to achieve 360 degree sound radiation, giving it the openness and edge of a huge sound stage. The innovative design can sure cause a...
The recently introduced iJector can project images up to 50 inches in size from their docked iPhone or iPod on a wall or a screen. But there is a catch; the resolution is 557x234 pixels. The iJector’s brightness is rated at 20 lumens and has a life of 30,000 hours. A remote control is included and there are composite video inputs that allow the iJector to be used with more conventional sources. It is licensed by Apple and is...
At a press conference LG unveiled its latest products, the 55 inch ultra slim full LED TVs. These are LG’s ambitious new product line offering a brighter and clearer screen that competing products mainly because it has a total of 3360 LEDs which is seven times more than existing LED TVs. It also has a 5 million:1 contrast ratio through enhanced dimming technology. Another innovation is the enhanced wireless feature which eliminates the need for image compression. Contents can...
Philips has announced its expanded home theater lineup for 2009, with the HTS8160B Soundbar. The compact home theater setup includes a Blu-ray disc player, which has DVD and CD playback support as well, and built-in speakers, along with a separate subwoofer. It also supports Dolby True HD audio format and 7.1 channel surround sound. The high-end product also sports an iPod/iPhone dock as well as a touchscreen remote control. It costs around $1,500 and is currently available in Singapore....
Digital photo frames are everyone’s favorite these days, as they have made it possible to easily share your favorite memories! Kogan didn’t think photo's on a digital frame was was enough, so they have gone a step ahead and adorned their photo frames with social networking capabilities! This innovative device lets you receive Facebook and Twitter updates via Wi-Fi and also has an RSS support. It sports an 8” 800X600 LCD screen to conjure up a picture playlists. The...
The Italian company Outline specializes in making large scale concert sound systems and now they have extended this specialty to the home front with the launch of AUX level. This speaker brings the same effect of a large concert sound system to your living room and promises crystal clear sound. The design is very simple and minimalist with no visible buttons or iPod docks on it. Outline has carefully engineered these 400 watt amp speakers with speaker drivers capable...
Sharing pictures just got easier with the Kodak Easyshare S730 photo frame. It has a built-in rechargeable battery with a battery life of up to an hour for better portability. Along with that, it has an internal memory of 1GB, which is sufficient to store up to 8000 pictures! This frame supports different viewing modes with a very handy "Picture Finder" feature that finds pictures taken on the same date as the selected image. Other than that, it also...
With more number of people opting for broadband connections, Internet radio is gaining a lot of popularity as compared to HD radios. The newest addition to Internet radio is the Sonoro element W. This compact beauty streams FM and Internet radio via WiFi and LAN connections. It even tunes Pandora stations and offers 10 station presets. The Sonoro Element W has a battery back-up and searches an astounding 16,000 global stations based on genre and location. Owning this beauty...