If you don’t want to have AV receiver with proper acoustics you may be interested in 5.1 Microlab PC speakers M-860. Unlike similar products M-860 offers better sound quality thanks built-in 62 Watt amplifier, attractive design and IR remote control. And in the same time that 5.1 Microlab PC has reasonable price. Sure, Microlab [...]
Archive for December, 2010
Vidtonic DIY Android TV kit
Posted December 30th, 2010 by Admin | No CommentsVidtonic is going to present its new DIY kit to build Android TV on the CES 2011 on January. It’ll include television housing, cables, 1080p LCD panel in various sizes, power supply, a motherboard using an ARM/DSP microprocessor solution and full SDK to build software part. Sure, it’ll be interesting for many Android folks. We [...]
Foursquare Dips Its Toes in Social TV
Posted December 30th, 2010 by Admin | No CommentsLocation check-in service, Foursquare, today is proudly announcing its partnership with Bravo to highlight members’ names, faces, and locations who check-in during Andy Cohen’s Live New Year’s Eve Special live on TV. Foursquare writes on its blog: “Bravo is super psyched to give our users the chance to get their face on TV. It’s the [...]
Digital Magazine Sales via iTunes Take a Nose Dive
Posted December 30th, 2010 by Admin | No CommentsWWD.com is reporting that digital magazine sales purchased on iTunes for reading on the iPad have taken a nose dive. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, Wired has gone from 100,000 copies sold in June (its debut) to an average of 31,000 copies a month, Vanity Fair went down to 8,700 copies in November from averaging [...]
Ekoore ET10TA Ubuntu Tablet Set to Launch in Early 2011
Posted December 30th, 2010 by Admin | No CommentsWhile we heard rumors that Ubuntu was working on a tablet version of its OS, but was later officially denied, we now have an Italian startup who is committed to shipping an Intel Atom-powered tablet with Ubuntu netbook edition. For those unfamiliar, this particular edition includes multi-touch support and a netbook-optimized interface called Unity that should play [...]
Boxee Box Sales are Better than Expected
Posted December 29th, 2010 by Admin | No CommentsThings looked bad for the Boxee Box, a collaboration between software maker Boxee and hardware provider D-Link.
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LG Unveiling a Glasses-Free Portable 3DTV at CES
Posted December 29th, 2010 by Admin | No CommentsWe've been hoping for the opportunity to check out the new glasses-free technology at CES and it looks like LG is giving us that chance. The company is bringing a
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Samsung Readies a 23mm Thick 3D Blu-ray Player for CES
Posted December 29th, 2010 by Admin | No CommentsThere are two things that Samsung loves, 3D and thin electronics. The latest product to launch from the company is a very slick combination of both - an incredibly slim
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Compact but power NetBox-nT330i
Posted December 29th, 2010 by Admin | No CommentsCompact, energy-efficient and inexpensive HTPC or media client can be built using Foxconn nettop NetBox-nT330i. It has Intel Atom Dual Core 330 1.60GHZ processor and nVidia Ion graphics which should be enough for 1080p video playback. The nettop includes gigabit Ethernet, HDMI and DVI outputs, 6 USB ports, cardreader and supports 2.5″ HDD and [...]
Synology NAS DS211+: quiet and energy-efficient
Posted December 29th, 2010 by Admin | No CommentsToday NAS isn’t something unattainable for home users. Its price is going down while the amount of media content is going up. So, many companies offer their solution for SOHO segment. One of them is Synology. Its new NAS DS211+ has a few very good features which distinguish it from many other similar devices. First [...]