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Showing posts with label entertainment. Show all posts
Designer Karim Rashid has done some pretty notable works in the past, among them include the Clicquot Loveseat, Globalight and the outstanding Sphera Bed, and he has not left the "relaxing" theme that revolves around his furniture design this time round with the NV adjustable sleep system. While what you see is but a rendering at this point in time, the finished product will feature a high gloss finish, drawers for storage under the bed and in the headboard, the all essential iPod docking station and cabinet doors in the headboard which can swing out for impromptu side tables. Sounds like one of those posh luxury beds that will require a few years' worth of the working man's salary to bring home...best not jump on this lest it breaks.
How many ways can you design an iPod dock? This BoyNQ creative and stylish speaker system, docking station, FM radio receiver, and alarm clock for your iPod, the WakeUp is a hip and functional complement to any room in the house. The three integrated LCDs help you keep tabs on the time, radio station, and input channels. You can adjust the intensity of the backlit LCDs to suit your personal tastes and moods. This Alarm clock is probably one that doesn’t really want you to wake up because the remote control has a snooze button for added convenience.
Features
*Compatible with iPod(R) 4th & 5th gen, iPod(R) Mini, iPod(R) Nano 1st - 3rd gen, iPod(R) Classic and iPod(R) Touch
*10w x 2 RMS stereo speaker with pure analog amplification for crisp, clear audio playback
*Freq resp: 20 hz - 20 khz with bass & treble equalizer for optimal sound control
*FM radio with auto scan feature and 9 station memory presets;wake to alarm or iPod(R)
*Adjustable alarm volume level, sleep function, includes remote with snooze button with line-in, *line-out, & iPod(R) Sync connection
With HD DVD being out of the picture for nearly a year already, more and more hardware manufacturers are crawling from underneath their protective shelters to dip their toes into the world of Blu-ray. Integra is the latest to do so with their DBS-6.9 Blu-ray player that has begun to ship, featuring :- 
Would you fork out $600 for this? I'd rather settle for a PS3, thank you very much.
SanDisk announced its new microSD memory card known as the SlotMusic. Each card has a minimum storage space of 1GB, and is able to playback tunes at up to 320kbps quality. All cards will come pre-loaded with DRM-free content courtesy of global artists, and with a publisher list of EMI Music, Sony BMG, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, you can be sure you won't be getting some two-bit newbie belting out an unheard of tune. At press time, there is no word on which album will be featured, nor pricing structure. More to come in due time, so watch this space.
The AmpLamp table lamp does not only function as a practical device, it is also a posh home accessory that helps you add to the room's overall ambience with soothing tunes without looking out of place. The layered design, in fact, adds to the overall charm of your pad and features some pretty decent specifications such as 80 watts of juice and an integrated subwoofer at the base. The speakers themselves are stored within the lampshade, relying on technologies to produce stereo sound from a solitary source. NXT technology replaces the conventional cone woofer, allowing any flat surface to function as a speaker while AirSound technology makes uses tiny side-firing speakers that include the spatial information. Too bad this is but a concept/protoype at this point in time, so it might or might not ever make it to the production line.
The Numark TTi is the latest USB turntable that boasts an iPod dock as one of its recording source options, enabling you to work with the iPod Video (5G and above) as well as iPod nano (2G and above), doubling up as a portable hard drive to hold audio files created by the recording interface found on the TTi. Just like its other USB turntable counterparts, the TTi features USB connectivity that makes it compatible with just about any other laptop or desktop as long as you have sufficient hard drive space. It uses EZ Vinyl Converter 2 and Gracenote's identification database to label tracks. Too bad the software is still run on a computer as it would be nice to see a portable version with the software pre-loaded on the turntable itself in order to weed out the computer as a middleman.
Think you have what it takes to make it big on American Idol, but your friends and family think otherwise? Why not get as much practise in as possible with the Memorex SingStand. This karaoke system relies on an iPod or other compatible MP3 players as its source of audio, boasting a microphone, integrated mic stand and speakers. With the Auto Voice Control feature, it will help reduce the sound levels of original song vocals so that you can overpower even the most famous divas during your run. Alternatively, the more creative types might want to throw in echo effects or a keyboard attached for accompaniment. There are two inputs available for a duet, although you will have to get the other microphone yourself. At the base lies a couple of 4-watt speakers for sound output. The Memorex SingStand will hit WalMart this November for $70.
As we all know, the modern mom has tons to juggle - family, work and friends. Devoted dads aren't too easy to find, and more often than not it is mom who brings Junior out on a stroller, but sometimes you can just have too many things in your hands to fold up the stroller as well. Enter the Origami self-folding stroller that folds itself up or down at the touch of a button. It is smart enough to know whether there is a baby inside to prevent it from making a baby-stroller sandwich by accident. Made out of 90% recyclable materials, the aptly-named Origami will be out sometime next year with no firm word on pricing yet.
You must be a real hard-core geek if your desktop has the Talking Heart Mouse. As its name suggests, this peripheral comes in the form of a heart and speaks out "I love you" just in case you did not get your daily dose of loving before leaving the house that morning. In order to activate the voice, you click on the scrool wheel and it will light up in a rainbow-colored glow. The Talking Heart Mouse will retail for $21 and makes for one geeky present to the new sexy-tary.
Not content with sneaking a dedicated Blu-ray player into CEDIA, Cambridge Audio has just taken the plastic off of two new HiFi systems in Milan. The Sonata, aimed squarely at audio junkies, consists of a 2.1-channel DAB receiver (£299; $547), which offers 40-watts of amplification per channel and your choice of an upscaling 1080p DVD player or a Wolfson-DAC-loaded CD unit for another £179 ($327). The all-in-one Fusion (£300; $549) includes 30-watts per channel, an integrated CD player, DAB / FM tuner, USB port, an SD slot and a customized iPod dock (which is also bundled with the aforementioned Sonata). Both units are slated to hit the UK in silver and black, though the November-bound Fusion will get a jump on the Sonata, which hits in February 2009.
With all this talk of interactive TV from the likes of Sony, Yahoo! and Intel these days, it's starting to seem like the early 90s all over again -- only this time it looks like things are actually panning out. Now Verizon seems to be upping its interactive game as well, with it boasting about a whole host of improvements that FiOS TV customers can look forward to this fall. The new features were apparently demoed during an "informal party" held by Verizon Communications CIO Shaygan Kheradpir, and include various applications that are tied to live programming, some Facebook and YouTube integration, and the ability to control the DVR from your cellphone, to name a few things. FiOS customers can apparently expect some improvements to the program guide as well, including the ability to browse by what's popular in their area, or by what was most popular in the same time slot last week. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like any pictures made their way out of the party, but Yahoo! and company have certainly raised the bar pretty high with their own widgets, and we can only hope that Verizon at least meets it.
Yeah, barebones shots are fun and all, but we're never ones to turn down some cleaned-up press renders. The newly-redubbed Optimus Aux (farewell, Pultius) has had its keys scrunched together for optimum hotkey action, and we've got a shot of the rear port configuration after the break, in addition to a comparison to the Maximus to round things out nicely. Face it, Art Lebedev loves you very much. Also, your wallet.
We already caught sight of Sony's ZS-S4iP iPod dock / boombox when it turned up in Australia, but it looks like there's a few more Made for iPod devices where that one came from, with Sony now also debuting three more docks of various sorts. That includes the clock radio-style ICF-CD3iPSIL model pictured above, the HD Radio-packing XDR-S10HDiP (after the break), and the plain-old SRS-GU10IP (also after the break), which provides one big speaker and nothing else. From the looks of it, the XDR-S10HDiP and SRS-GU10UP are both available right now direct from Sony and will set you back $180 and $150, respectively, while the ICF-CD3iPSIL will only be available at the end of the month, though you can get a pre-order in now for $100.
Another week, another pocket projector sighting. In an attempt to get known before it gets buried by the hundreds of alternatives sure to pop up here in the coming months, Adapt has hosted a short video of its mX ADPP-100 mini projector. Said beamer features LCoS technology, a rechargeable battery, an SD card slot, inputs for "almost any device," and the ability to project a 50-inch image (however blurry) onto the wall. Not much else is known right now outside of that, but you can check it out in action just after the break.
Not too certain what brainiac reckoned that "DaScratch" was a suitable name for Stanton DJ's new touch-sensitive controller, but if we had our way, we'd have that guy / gal promoted on the double. Nomenclature aside, the device you see above is the outfit's newest member of the SC System family. The USB-MIDI controller was designed for mobility and to allow Funkmasters and Beatslayers alike to use "traditional performance motions and gestures on a touchpad style surface." Scratching, scrubbing, and navigating through digital audio files can all be handled with just a few flicks of the fingertips, and there's even support for multiple-finger gestures to "prompt quick kills on EQ's or transform effects on volume." Not a bad spin for $299, huh? Full release after the jump.
Now isn't this tie-up worthy of all the "awws" you can muster? The poster child for anti-Napster propaganda has teamed up with Skullcandy to deliver a pair of cans to commemorate the band's ninth (and surely most awesome) studio album, Death Magnetic. Two limited edition models will be made available -- the $69.95 Hesh and $49.95 Lowrider -- and those prices include "free" downloads of the aforementioned disc. The Hesh cans (pictured) possess a fatter, more comfortable headband with 50mm drivers, while the Lowrider includes 40mm drivers and a fold-up headband for portability. No telling how long it'll be before these disappear, but we're hearing this strange rumor that pre-loaded clips of Hetfield play underneath your tunes to subconsciously encourage you to uninstall your BitTorrent client. Not like that's even fathomable or anything.
Remember that Qosmio G55 laptop with gesture control? Yeah, the one with the Cell-based SpursEngine under the hood. Well it looks like Tosh is bringing that so-called "natural" gesture input to its future cell-based televisions. Judging by the latest video alone, the gesture control seems more at home on the big-screen TV than smaller-screened laptops that require a higher degree of precision and closer viewing proximity. Demonstrated on a prototype, Toshiba hints that the tech might come to future Cell-based TVs -- interesting what with the cell-based ZF televisions already announced for Europe. While we find pushing buttons on a remote about as natural (and lazy) as it gets, here's hoping for this arm-flailing gesture control on future Toshiba TVs just for the nerdiness of it. Video of the G55 gesture input as well as the prototype television show at IFA after the break.
Audiovox introduced the Acoustic Research ARNC01 earbuds that tout to offer active processing which helps reduce ambient noise, allowing you to enjoy your music even more fully even when traveling on an airplane full of crying babes and talkative elderlies. The circuits of the ARNC01 are stowed away safely in an in-line module complete with an On/Off button as well as a compartment for a solitary AAAA battery (now that's something really rare, like finding a strand of hair on Kojak's head) that is able to run for up to 50 hours before exhausting itself
iLuv takes on the portable sector this time round with the iSP100 portable stereo speakers. The two 2W speakers are powered by a trio of AAA batteries, and it doesn't only cater to the iPod/iPhone crowd since it comes with a standard 3.5mm input as well. Thanks to the jAura Acoustic Speaker Technology on the iSP100, it relies on acoustic chambers to coax better audio quality from smaller drivers. Everyone around the globe can pick up the iLuv iSP100 and the end of this month for $34.99. Each purchase is accompanied by a carry-case.
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