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Gefen HD Scalers
Want an affordable upscaler for your HDTV display? Gefen introduced the Gefen Home Theater Scaler and Home Theater Scaler Plus. Both scale signals all the way up to 1080p. The Gefen Home Theater Scaler ($449) offers these inputs/outpus: - two HDMI inputs each with digital audio (optical and coax) - two component video inputs each with analog (RCA […]

NEC NP100 Portable Projector
The affordable NEC NP100 portable projector provides bright images for both business and home-entertainment users.

Next-Gen Projector Tech

Projector Tech Moves to Next Generation The next frontier? Short throw projector models that display huge images and tiny pico projectors small enough to fit inside a cell phone. Projector Tech Moves to Next

Dell Vostro 1000 for $399
Vostro 1000 w/1GB memorystarting at $399, includes free shipping and handling.Includes an AMD Sempron processor, 80GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM and DVD player/CD burner.

Texas Instruments OMAP35x Applications Processors
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) recently announced four new OMAP(TM) processors, based on the market's first broad offering of the ARM® Cortex(TM)-A8 core, providing an unprecedented combination of laptop-like performance at handheld power levels in a single chip. With more than four times the processing power of today's 300 MHz ARM9 devices, the superscalar […]

Panasonic shows tru2way HDTV and DVRs

Panasonic will show tru2way enabled PCH2180 HD-DVR Set-Top, VIERA Plasma HDTV sets, TZ-LC100 Portable Digital Video Recorder and more at the Cable Show 2008. tru2way (formerly OpenCable) is the next-generation interactive digital cable television stan…

Car Stereo Install
Whether you are a car stereo addict or an AM radio junkie, most of us spend most of the time in our car with the stereo on. If your car stereo bites the dust, or if you want to install a new car stereo with an iPod connection, you can install a new unit with ease.

NXP TEA5990 FM-RDS Stereo Radio IC
NXP Semiconductors recently launched the TEA5990, which is the world's smallest highly-integrated FM stereo radio IC with R(B)DS functionality. NXP's FM-RDS chip sets a new standard in radio performance, with better channel separation, best-in-class sensitivity, very high selectivity and clear sound. The TEA5990 inches ahead of competitive offerings by using a command-based interface to simplify […]

Asus PW191 LCD: Looks Can Deceive
It did not take long for the Asus 17″ PM17-TU LCD to become a favorite with gamers. Now the manufacturer has shifted into an even higher gear with the PW191, a wide-format 19″ monitor with great looks. Unfortunately, its performance is not always on par with its design.

iTunes 7.6.2
A store, a player, and a way to get music, rent movies, and more on your iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV.

Adobe launches Media Player
Adobe is making its entry into what is widely called a “next-generation” TV era on the Internet. Built on the company’s AIR platform, the Media Player 1.0 launched late yesterday with an initial set of episodes and episode snippets from shows airing on major TV networks. Strangely enough, while the software is advertised as a cross-platform media player, Adobe prohibits the use of the software on any device other than desktop and notebook PCs.

KOGO 600 Radio appearance
Tune in on Sunday, February 2, 2008 from 10 to 11 am. Appearing with me as a special guest will be Rick Clancy, Sr. VP Corporate Communications for Sony Electronics.

Safer disposal of electronics (San Diego Transcript column)
This is an amazing time for new gadgetry of all sorts — everything from flat panel TVs to printers to digital cameras to computers. But along with the rapid advances are much shorter product lives. Many of us are on…

Microsoft and LG Electronics Announce Broad Patent Licensing Agreement
Microsoft Corp. and LG Electronics (LGE) today announced that they have entered into a patent cross-license agreement to further development of the companies’ current and future product lines. Microsoft has focused on patent agreements in the recent past to develop a best practices model for protecting intellectual property (IP) and respecting IP rights of others as well as building bridges with an array of industry leaders, including consumer electronics, telecommunications and computer hardwa..