NEC intros new line of LCD monitors. First one is the 17 inch LCD174WXM, which features 1,440 x 900 resolution, DVI / VGA inputs, twin 1 W speakers, headphone jack, 250 units of brightness and 800:1 contrast ratio. Other two models, 19 inch LCD194WXM and 22 inch LCD224WXM, share the same 1,000:1 contrast ratio, 300 cd/m2 brightness and 176 degree viewing angles. Only difference is that 19 incher sports 1,440 x 900 resolution while the 22 incher features 1,680 x 1,050 pixels.
JVC introduced yesterday new LH905 LCD HDTV series. The 37 inch LT-37LH905, 42 inch LT-42LH905 and 47 inch LT-47LH905 feature 1080p resolution, 500 units of brightness, dual 10 W speakers, 10-bit LCD IPS panel, a built-in analog digital terrestrial tuner, DLNA support, three HDMI 1.3 ports, integrated SD slot and Ethernet port with included Genessa Premium 36-bit video engine. Quite impressive specs and we are so excited to see those HDTVs on shelves at the end of February.
OLED technology is so attractive for its low power consumption and ultra-high contrast but there is one problem that nobody likes - short lifespan. Engineers in Toshiba and Panasonic research labs has been developed new method to extend OLED lifespan and with 2.8 inch prototype they managed to double it. The trick is in new metal membrane inside the display that move light more efficiently. Now we’d like to see if this trick will live to see commercial production.
It was almost year ago how Olympus released Type M xD-Picture Card and now is time for something new. Successor named M+ card features 1.5 times faster data transfer than previous models and support all digital cameras with xD-Picture Card slots. Unfortunately max capacity is just 2GB and still we didn’t get the prices. In stores from April.
HP silently announced integrating new Penryn processors into its Pavilion laptop lineup. The Pavilion dv2700t, dv6700t and dv9700t will sport Intel T9300 2.5GHz Core 2 Duo processor with a 6MB L2 cache. Those new processors will give 10% speed boost comparing to previous Intel models. HP is now one of first major vendors to implement new Penryn technology and now question remains why Dell is silent?
If Skype is part of your everyday work you should check out this new keyboard set from Buffalo. Elegantly designed and attached to main keyboard this handset is perfect choice for your office. Right now available in Japan for $65 bucks.
Western Digital reveals new disks based on 320GB-per-platter technology. That is the same areal density seen recently in 160 GB-per-platter 2.5-inch Scorpio drives that topped out with total 320GB of storage due to the size constraints. Now 3.5-inch drives have more room go grow and seems that Western Digital seems to be starting things slowly with only a single-platter 320GB drive available at the moment. Obviously upgrades of the other WD product lines will follow.
Yesterday in Davos Dell and Microsoft unveiled their partnership with Bono in AIDS-in-Africa relief project and announced new XPS m1530, m1330, and XPS One machines. Microsoft prepared special RED-themed edition of Vista Ultimate for this product line and each customer who buys it will donate $50 - $80 for relief project. All this new stuff will be available in US next week and by end of January in other parts of the world.
As Apple TV officially relieved at Macworld, competition decided to act. First move made Vudu with cutting the price for its box. Originally launched for $399, now is available for $295 with ability to rent your movies and TV shows. And if you bought your Vudu in past 30 days you can call up the company to get $100 movie credit. Things are stirring up and we shall see what will be next moves.
If you remember the news about HP’s Pavilion HDX monster laptop with 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme processor, 20.1-inch WUXGA (1,920 x 1,200) display, 4GB of DDR2 RAM, a 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS and optional HD DVD / Blu-ray drives, it is officially available right now at HP’s website. And if you plan to get it be ready to give $1,999.99 for basic configuration while HP’s “recommended configuration” is just $3,645.97 bucks.
