Epson intros 75,000:1 contrast projector, more
Epson has introduced a trio of new projectors at the IFA show in Berlin on Friday, including a new top-end model. The new LCD home theater projector, the EH-TW5000, features a record 75,000:1 contrast ratio and uses a new iteration of 3LCD technology that compares well against DLP technology in some of its rivals. The new Epson projector features 1,600 ANSI lumens brightness and will deliver 1080p…

Philips aims compact home theater at smaller spaces
Philips launched the CinemaOne for people who want a compact home theater, at the IFA electronics show on Thursday.

watching documentaries
The various venues where you can find and watch documentary films include local theaters, museums and universities, annual festivals and at home on TV and DVD. What is the best choice for you?

Sanyo announces new entry-level HD projector
Sanyo has announced a new entry-level HD projector that will ship in October.

NEC NP100

NEC NP100 This projector costs less than $500 yet offers plenty of brightness and portability. 449 NEC NP100 The NEC NP100 projector costs less than $500

Portable Projectors for Every Budget

Portable Projectors for Every Budget These new portable projectors turn up the lights while cutting the price tags. Mobile presenters will find a lot to like in today’s projectors. Not only are they

LG DVS450H Stylish DVD Player

LG is gearing up to release their stylish DVS450H DVD player, which can be setup horizontally, vertically, or even mounted on a wall. The HDMI connection of the DVS450H allows for the full HD resolution of up to 1080p, and has a USB port for users to connect an external hard drive or USB port. Formats that the DVS450H supports include DVD, CD, DivX, MP3, WMA, JPEG, DivX HD and Xvid-H. Release is scheduled for October 2008, and will have a SRP (suggested retail price) of about $238.

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Epson unleashes new combo projector
Epson has announced the release of its latest combo projector, the MovieMate 55 which offers a CD/DVD player in addition to the actual projector.

The company says that video can be played from iPods and music can be played from any media device. PCs and gaming consoles can be connected and viewed through the MM55 as well as picture CDs and content from USB flash drives.

The projector features “a new E-TORL lamp is used and is claimed to output 1200 lumens in both color and white light.”

Electronista adds that the projector “produces a 16:9 aspect ratio image. A 60″ size can be obtained when the MM 55 is placed 6 feet away from the screen, or a 120″ size when placed 12 feet. The CD/DVD player is standard definition (480p) progressive scan. Sound is output through two 8 watt speakers.”

The projector is shipping soon and will be available in October for $700 USD.

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Japanese mobile music sales double 2007 totals
Digital music sales are surging in Japan, with the Recording Industry of Japan reporting mobile and online revenues grew 128 percent during the first half of 2008. According to the RIAJ, consumers downloaded 20.3 million singles, albums and music videos during the first six months of the year, up 143 percent in unit volume year-over-year and generating $39.5 million in revenue. Mobile sales (i.e., ringtones, ringbacks and full-track downloads) ballooned to 219.5 million units, more than double 2007 totals. Of course, the digital gains are offset by a decline in physical product revenues–the RIAJ reports sales of CDs were off 6 percent. For more on the RIAJ report: - read this Mobile Entertainment article Related articles: Music -enabled phone sales jump in Q2 Report: Music phone shipments top MP3 players…(read more)

Linux on board: Developing for the Nokia N810
The Nokia N810 alarm interface allows developers to efficiently and easily set alarms programmatically. Peter Seebach illustrates how a small command-line program can hook into this API and make good use of it. The most serious limitation of the Nokia 770 as a potential PDA replacement was the lack of any way to set alarms that could wake the device. A much-improved alarm interface was introduced on the N800 and is still present on the newer N810. In this article, I take a look at the C language API to the alarm interface, and suggest an interface to make this available to shell scripts or programs in other languages. First, a brief overview of the N810 is in order. The N810 is an embedded handheld system with an 800×480 display. It has Bluetooth, wireless, and USB connections. The underlying kernel is a 2.6.21 Linux® kernel, adapted for the hardware. The N810 is fairly similar to the previous N800. New features include GPS and a built-in keyboard. The only way in which the N810 might seem less flexible than the N800 is that it provides only a single available MMC/SD card slot. The N800 provides two slots for user-provided MMC/SD cards, both full size. The N810 comes with a hard-wired 2GB card in the "internal" slot and a miniSD slot for removable media. (This can be quite frustrating if, like me, you've accumulated stacks of SD media over a few years of playing with embedded systems.) The development environment for the N810 is essentially the same as that described for the N800 (see my other articles on the 770 and N800). There have been updates to Scratchbox and the maemo environment, but the essential process remains the same, and the Scratchbox and SDK install remain quick and easy. There are two major changes that are likely to affect a regular developer. The first is that xterm is installed out of the box; this is a big improvement. The second is that, when you install the openssh-server package, you are prompted to set a new root password. This is a big step up from the previous behavior: a default root password of "rootme". Obviously, you should pick some other password. The alarm API The alarm API was introduced in the maemo 3.0 release last year. It presents a set of calls to interact with the alarm daemon, which provides alarm services. You should prefer using this interface to trying to write your own, and you should definitely stay away from writing your own timer code in an environment like the N810. Power management on embedded hardware is an advanced topic, and it is easy to get it wrong; instead, just hand the job off to the specialized code provided. Even if your alarm code is written elegantly and well, there is a compelling advantage to a centralized service. Imagine that you have written a perfect alarm interface, which has to wake the system only rarely, perhaps once every five minutes or so. This will have almost no impact on battery life. Now, imagine that other people, just as skilled as yourself, write similar interfaces. With several of them installed, the system must wake up several times every five minutes. Worse, users tend to pick different intervals. So, if you have one thing that wakes every three minutes, and one every five, and one every seven, you end up with the worst of all worlds: even though no individual alarm goes off more than once every three minutes, you actually have an alarm about once every two—and worse, pairs of alarms going off may involve separate wake and sleep…(read more)

AMD Licenses 3D Graphics Core Technology to QUALCOMM, Delivering The Ultimate Visual Experience™ to Tomorrow’s Phones
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — October 2, 2007 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced an agreement to license cutting-edge graphics core technology to QUALCOMM Incorporated, a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and mobile data solutions, for next-generation chipsets. This intellectual property (IP) licensing agreement is part of each company’s ongoing commitment to drive a strong mobile gaming ecosystem and unleash state-of-the-art graphics across a range of handheld devices to delight mobile consumers everywhere.

TiVo Posts Profit as Revenue Rises 4%
TiVo posted a quarterly profit for only the third time in its 11-year history as the pioneer in digital video recorders improved margins on hardware and reduced marketing costs.

LG Electronics To Showcase Latest Trends At IFA 2006
Underscoring its growing European brand presence and reputation as technology leader, LG Electronics (LG), a global leader in consumer electronics and mobile communications, will unveil its latest hit products at IFA 2006 which runs from 1 to 6 September in Berlin. One of the main highlights is LG’s line up of new Plasma and LCD TV with built-in Digital Video Recorder (DVR), which will be launched from September. The new Plasma and LCD TVs include a built-in pause function that stops live broad..

Wearable Electronics
Motorola and Burton Snowboards have teamed up before releasing their Audex Bluetooth Jacket Series, it was a success, so they are doing it again. Expanding their wearable electronics collection, enabling easy wireless communication and music entertainment from snowboard apparel. The new electronic fashion for 2007 will include Audex Bluetooth Stereo System that streams downloaded music

Gateway HD2200 LCD Monitor Review

Give Me iPhone or Give Me Death

Give Me iPhone or Give Me Death One man risks life and limb to rescue his favorite gadget from an oncoming train. Give Me iPhone or Give Me Death Give Me iPhone or Give

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Most-Anticipated July/August
A lot of people are eagerly awaiting the July/August 2007 DVD movie releases. Some enjoyed these films so much on the big screen, they want to see them again at home. Others missed these movies in theaters and want to catch them for the first time on DVD. While some of these films were panned by a majority of critics, viewers have their own ideas about what they want to watch. In order of release date, here are some of the most-anticipated DVD movie releases for July/August 2007.

JVC NX-BD3 Blu-Ray Home Theater System
Here is the latest and greatest in Blu-ray tech from JVC, introducing the JVC NX-BD3, blu-ray player with 2.1 speaker system. The device will feature Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) compatibility via a wireless adapter update, through DLNA technology the device will be able to work with cell phones and other media players which support […]

XGA resolution to become mainstream for front projectors in 2009, says Coretronic

Sanyo PLV-Z60 announced

Sanyo announces the Sanyo PLV-Z60 projector, a 720p LCD projector that features 3D color management system, a high contrast ratio of 10,000:1, an installation-friendly lens shifting function, and many of other features representing a step forward in price …