Sony LF-V30 LocationFree Base Station

The LocationFree Base Station is a device that connects to your cable or satellite box and streams your TV shows and DVR content over the internet for you to watch and control anywhere you go. Now you can watch live local news, recorded DVR content or the hometown ballgame wherever you have internet access, whether you're cooking in the kitchen or enjoying room service in a hotel halfway around the world. Enjoy local TV , even if you're not local.

There's just something about local TV programming that makes you feel at home. You know which shows you like best and where and when to find them. You have a local newscast you rely on and a hometown sports team you can't bear to miss. The VAIO(R) LocationFree Base Station is the ideal solution for mobile professionals, college students and global travelers seeking the comforts of home TV from the road. With a LocationFree Base Station at home and a compatible PC or PSP system in tow, far away doesn't seem so far away. With a LocationFree Base Station, you can watch and control content on your DVR from virtually anywhere you go. Great for catching up on your recorded programs from the road, this feature is also handy for in-home use. Since a DVR stores its content to a local hard drive, you can normally only watch this programming on the TV that the DVR is

Product Features

• displays programming from TV, DVR, and other audio/video components remotely via the Internet
• connects to your wired or wireless home network
• built-in Wi-Fi® compatibility
• send video to a computer or PSP® system with an Internet connection

Technical Details

• Model Name: LF-V30
• Model: LF-V30
• Item Package Quantity: 1
• device_type: Digital multimedia broadcaster
• multimedia_functionality: Digital video broadcasting, Digital audio broadcasting
• connectivity_protocol: IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g

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Streams video sources, including live TV, to any broadband-connected Windows PC or PSP in the world

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Sony NWZA818 - 8GB Video MP3 Walkman

The Sony Video WALKMAN NWZA Series - Up to 30hrs Battery Life - Crystal clear display coupled with a simple user interface means that you can find your music, video and photos quickly and easily. Intuitively designed, the WALKMAN video offers enhanced searching (and cover art display) meaning you can conveniently access every classification (artist/album/genre etc) from the Now Playing page.

Technical Details

• 8GB MP3 player
• High quality video playback
• AVC(H.264/AVC), MP4
• 2'' colour LCD screen or 320 X 240 mm
• Clear bass
• Clear stereo
• DSEE, EX-headphone
• Equaliser;drag and drop transfer
• Plays Forsure certified
• Multi Audio Codec supported, WMA/MP3/Linear PCM
• PC application windows Media player 11, MP3 conversion tool, media manager (download from sony website)
• System requirements, Windows XP or Vista

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IAMM NTD36HD Real High Definition Cinema & Opera Jukebox

The IAMM NTD36HD is a very impressive media centre which can play Divx files wirelessly. It can store and play movies, music, and photo as well as storing any data like an ordinary external hard drive - but importantly it comes without an external hard drive, so you can choose your own.


Technical Details:

• With the built-in Ethernet LAN (10/100Mbps) you can playback (stream) movie files, music and photo from your PC directly on your TV set without having to copy files into the NTD36HD hard disk drive.
• You can store all your favorite DVD's, movie files, MP3 files and photos into NTD36HD, and enjoy playing them back on your TV set in any places and at any time.


• If you have a plan to set up Home Theatre system in your living room, the NTD36HD will be the must-have item as it has various and powerful functions.
• With its two high speed USB 2.0 host controllers, you can connect various external devices such as external HDD, ODD, digital camera and USB card readers.
• DVI connector ready, Analog 5.1 ch. Direct Media Access by built-in network

Product details:

• Product Dimensions: 14.5 x 9.5 x 19 cm ; 1.3 Kg
• Boxed-product Weight: 2.5 Kg

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ViewSonic 22-inch with integrated iPod dock

The 22-inch VX2245wm Viewdock LCD is the display that enables you to do all that thanks to its multimedia display.It has an integrated iPod dock, USB hub and memory card reader all in one and integrated stereo speakers with subwoofer which enable you to listen to your iPod music without the need for any external speakers.

Features

• This 22" LCD display features 1680 x 1050 resolution, a 700:1 contrast ratio and 280cd/m2 brightness. Ideal for when you need a wider area to see all your work, the widescreen lets you work in two documents side-by-side.
  

• The fast 5ms video response time delivers blur-free, full-motion video and crystal-clear graphics.

• The thin bezel lets you see more without taking up valuable desktop real estate. The high neck and floating head design accentuate the visual experience.

• Multi-mode input technology supports both digital (DVI) and analog (VGA) signals for ultimate compatibility and configuration flexibility.

• This display features a multimedia base with iPod dock, 8-in-1 card reader, microphone, headphone jack, USB port for joystick/game control and USB port for keyboard/mouse.

• This display is PC and Mac compatible.

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Sonic Chair: Sit inside sound

Have you ever sat inside headphones?

The sonic chair provides a unique audio experience, allowing you to sit at the very centre of a sound system. Whether you enjoy listening to symphony orchestras, rock concerts, or audio books – the integrated satellite speakers are precisely adapted to your ears. The speakers are encased in a carefully crafted body that creates sufficient volume for powerful bass tones, while a specially developed body-focused sound membrane serves as backrest and further augment the lower frequencies – creating the feeling of a live performance.



Lean back, turn up the volume, relax

• open design for a highly resonant sound environment
• passive and active acoustic insulation (phase angle)
• large body-focused sound membrane as backrest
• seating ring can be rotated (up to 350°)
• pedestal is made of stainless steel with concealed cables, a five-star base optional

Diverse input jacks for peripheral equipment

• such as laptops, stereos, CD players, iPods or X-Boxes

Additional features mounted on a folding stainless steel arm:

• round sandblasted glass sidetable
• integrated computer / monitor: iMac 17” touchscreen or iMac 20” touchscreen
• iPod docking station: charger and an iPod jack
• integrated monitor: 15” touch display for connection to an external computer

Source: http://www.sonicchair.de/english/index_engl.htm

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Apple TV

Your computer is the center of your digital life. Your TV is the center of your entertainment life. But what if you want to watch movies, TV shows, movie trailers, podcasts, and photos from your computer on your TV? For one low price, Apple TV brings iTunes to the big screen.

Say you’ve just downloaded The Incredibles from iTunes. Instead of huddling around your computer to watch, you pop some popcorn while your computer wirelessly syncs your new flick to Apple TV. Then you pull up a seat, put up your feet, and pick up the included Apple Remote to play your movie on TV. Give yourself a hand: You've just changed the way you watch digital media.

With Apple TV, you can take your movies, TV shows, music, photos and podcasts from iTunes, and enjoy them in the comfort of your living room on your big screen TV! Apple TV syncs or streams your media from a PC or Mac wirelessly and connects to your TV via an HDMI port or component video and audio ports.

You can streams wirelessly movies or music anywhere.

If you want to watch video from another computer, you can stream it live to your TV via Apple TV. Streamed media travels over your network to your TV — without taking up space on Apple TV’s hard drive. That’s perfect for multicomputer households or when the computer you sync with has more in its iTunes library than will fit on Apple TV. Just choose up to five additional computers from the Sources menu. As long as a computer’s on your network, it can stream to your TV.

Features:

• Includes - Remote, power cord and quick start guide.
• 40GB Built-in Hard Drive
• Syncs up to 50 hours of movies and TV shows, up to 9,000 songs, and up to 25,000 pictures.
• Can stream content from up to 5 other computers using iTunes
• TV Compatibility - Widescreen EDTVs or HDTVs capable of 1080i 60/50Hz, 720p 60/50Hz, 576p 50Hz (PAL format), or 480p 60Hz

Technical Details

• device_type: Digital multimedia receiver
• Display: None
• media_type: Hard disk drive
• digital_player_type: None
• tuner: None
• multimedia_functionality: Digital audio playback, Digital photo playback, Digital video playback
• connectivity_protocol: IEEE 802.11n (draft), IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet), IEEE 802.3u (Fast Ethernet)

Where to buy

Pair Apple TV with your computer and your TV shows, movies, music, podcasts, and photos sync automatically

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Denon DHT-FS3 Home Theater in a Box

Denon has announced the DHT-FS3 X-SPACE Surround Bar system that brings surround sound to any home cinema setup. The DHT-FS3 relies on wall reflections to generate sound, but what's new here are the broader beams for wider listening area. It can create a virtual surround effect in more irregular rooms than other competitors.

Setting it up is easy - all you need to do is plug it into the audio output from a DVD or satellite box.

Product Features

• Simple home theater solution. Single cabinet with 5 drivers using the hot new X-Space Surround Tecnhology to create multi theater experience
• 25 watts x 5 and 50 watts for subwoofer
• Gloss Piano Black Finish
• A simple solution for your flat panel audio

Technical Details

• Model: DHT-FS3
• Item Package Quantity: 1
• speaker_type: Home theater speaker system
• speakers_response_bandwidth: 45 - 20000 Hz
• Speaker Amplification Type: Active
• Speaker Connectivity: Wired
• Remote Control Description: Remote control
• Built In Decoder: Dolby Pro Logic II

The main front speaker unit is an integrated amplifier, Dolby Digital/DTS/Pro-Logic II Decoder, and speaker combo which makes adding surround sound to your existing television quick and easy. The front speaker unit consists of six front-firing 1-way, 3-5/32" (8cm) 6-ohm, video shielded drivers and a 22 watts x 5-channel (speakers) + 40 watts x 1-channel (subwoofer) amplifier with a signal to noise ratio of 100 dB. The six 3-5/32" drivers have a frequency response of 150 Hz to 20,000 Hz. This array of speakers inside the one enclosure offers a simulated surround sound effect due to the system's integrated Dolby Digital, DTS and Pro Logic II decoders. The front speaker unit also features a green LCD display for displaying source, volume and surround information. The rear of the front speaker unit contains the following connections to hookup your audio/video gear.

The subwoofer houses a single, side-firing, 6-19/64" (16cm), 3-ohm cone type woofer. The subwoofer can handle frequencies from 45 Hz to 150 Hz. The subwoofer also feature a rear-firing port for added efficiency and bass response. The subwoofer features a proprietary 2-pin connector on the rear panel for connection to the front speaker unit of the system using the supplied 10' subwoofer cable.

Where to buy

The DHT-FS3 is equipped for both Dolby Digital, the standard DVD audio format, and the optional DTS format

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Parrot BOOMBOX

This black box provides a massive soundstage for streaming tunes from your F300. It pumps out 60W of great-sounding power from your mobile, MP3 player, computer and any other device via Bluetooth or a standard headphone jack but you need to make sure the device supports the A2DP (stereo Bluetooth) profile.

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SanDisk Sansa® View

SanDisk® Corporation introduced its first widescreen portable media player dubbed the “Sansa® View.” The flash-based Sansa View is a sleek, yet simple video player that supports a wide array of content formats and comes equipped with a flash memory expansion slot.

While the Sansa View is a pocket-able player–one of the slimmest on the market today—it features a large 4”widescreen display for optimal viewing. In addition to a DVD-like quality video experience, the Sansa View can display photos (up to 16 megapixels), play music, or even combine the two in a slideshow format. The durable player also comes equipped with an integrated speaker for watching and listening to any content on the player with a friend.

The Sansa View has 8GB of internal flash memory to store up to 33 video hours or 2,000 songs or thousands of photos . Its flash memory expansion slot allows for additional memory capacity and playback of content found on SD and SDHC cards.

[Source SanDisk]

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HP TouchSmart

Microsoft announced the HP TouchSmart PC with a touchscreen interface designed to be an easy to use entertainment hub in the home. It's come with a 19-inch touchscreen, AMD Turion 64 X2 dual core TL-52 processor, 2GB SDRAM, 320GB drive, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, integrated 1.3 MP camera, integrated FM and ATSC HDTV tuners, a DVD±RW / DVD-RAM burner with LightScribe, Pocket Media Drive bay, wireless keyboard, mouse, stylus, front media reader, and more ports & running Windows Vista.

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Panasonic's interactive TV wall

Just like all other international companies, Panasonic thinks about our future on a daily basis and they try to come up today with tomorrow's tools. It's clear to everybody that the TV, IT and Internet have a key place in our everyday lives today.

Panasonic based themselves on this statement to develop an interactive TV wall. Yes, we are talking about a wall... with a touch sensitive screen that has the surface of two 110" TV's (you just need a big house or share the TV with your neighbour).

This wall not only enables you to watch TV, but also to surf on the Internet, read emails, listen to music and even see who's ringing your doorbell. Since it's a touch sensitive screen, it gives you the interactivity to play some basketball or even practice your piano skills on the screens, as shown on the video.



[Via akihabaranews]

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Sony PS3 Home Video Trailer

See what you'll be able to do online soon on the PS3! From Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

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