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It’s tough to buy into the 3D game when no one is selling, and this year that’s quite literally the case. Plenty of flash and pomp, zero commercial sets. So while I’m not sure we’ll ever all sit at home with wearing cheesy plastic goggles and watching football players spill out of the screen any time soon, it’s fun to check out the 3D concept sets various manufacturers have cooked up this year.
After announcing last week that it would participate in Sony’s global battery replacement program for notebook batteries, Japan’s Fujitsu announced today that was recalling 287,000 Sony-made made batteries used in the company’s notebook computers. Combined with recalls from Dell, Apple, Toshiba, and Lenovo, the number of recalled Sony-made notebook batteries has climbed to over 7.5 million.
The batter recall is another blow to electronics giant Sony, which has suffered a series of technical and public relations blows this year, including repeated delays on its forthcoming Playstation 3 gaming console, a format war between Sony-backed Blu-Ray and HD DVD next-generation DVD disks, a legal and privacy furor over copy protection software clandestinely included in Sony BMG music CDs. Sony’s share price has declined more than 10 percent since the laptop battery problem emerged in August 2006.
Cable’s Cartoon Network today unveiled a slate of upcoming video game released based on its original animated programming. The games will be developed jointly with several developers, including Midway Games, Crave Entertainment, D3 Publisher of America, and the Game Factory; according to Cartoon Network, titles in development include games based on the shows Camp Lazlo,The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy,Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi.
By working with a variety of game developers, Cartoon Networks intends to develop a range of properties which collectively span most major gaming platforms.
ATP Electronics, a maker of flash digital media solutions, announced today a new CompactFlash card which they say is the fastest CF card out there today. The ATP ProMax CF cards will be available in starting in January with storage capacity sizes of 256MB, 512MB, 1GB and 2GB, with a 4GB following later in the quarter.
ATP said their ProMax CF cards, which are water and shock resistant, are rated at 30MB/sec (150x). Targeted towards high end photographic needs, these cards are designed to work with high mega-pixel digital SLR cameras and video camcorders such as Nikon Digital SLR cameras D2X, D2H, D200, D100 and D70, as well as Canon EOS series SLR cameras and others from JVC, camcorders or Konica-Minolta Maxxum 7D cameras.
“The ePCs are based on digital entertainment platforms which can fit ideally in different users environments,†said Bernie Tsai, president of AOpen. “AOpen Media Center Server 400/410 is an ideal choice for the main living room, while AOpen XC REC6 is a model for the sitting room,†Tsai elaborated. The various models of ePCs form AOpen’s digital home entertainment solutions and are used in different scenarios. For example, the AOpen Media Center Server 400/410 is designed to look like your more traditional amplifier. You can store up to seven hard drives in this case as well as multiple TV tuners.
With a starting weight of 5.2 pounds, the Latitude D510 can be configured with an Intel Pentium M processor or a Celeron M processor. Customers can also configure systems with 14.1-inch or 15-inch XGA displays and a choice of wireless networking solutions.
Technical Features of the Latitude D510 include:
— Choice of Intel Pentium M processor 730 (1.60GHz) or 740 (1.73GHZ) combined with the Intel 915GM chipset or Celeron M processor 350 (1.3GHZ) combined with the Intel 910GML chipset
— Choice of 14.1-inch or 15-inch XGA (1040 x 768) display
As noted in a new iSuppli Corporation TV market report published by DigiTimes, Syntax gained a 7.15% market share in Q4 2004 LCD TV shipments in North America to attain the third rank position, up from its previous position as number four in Q3 2004. Similarly, in a recent report by IDC(b), Syntax achieved the number three USA market position for LCD TV shipments in Q4 2004, plus Syntax scored a “top 10″ worldwide LCD TV position in Q4 2004 according to both IDC and DisplaySearch. As a result of the company’s first three quarters of sales in 2004, Syntax has achieved increasing market share gains for shipments of its flagship 20″, 27″ and 30″ Olevia LCD TVs.
Optoma Technology, Inc. today announced the availability of its next-generation, high performance digital projector for home theater enthusiasts.
With an incredible, high contrast ratio of 4500:1, native 720p resolution and a bright 1000 lumens rating, the H79 delivers one of the industry’s finest HDTV images to date. The new projector features Texas Instruments’ advanced DarkChip3(tm) and DLP(tm) technology, which projects higher brightness and deeper black levels by “filling in” the area where the digital micro mirror connects to its hinge – producing smooth, film-like picture quality. Key H79 optical components are crafted by Optoma’s experienced engineers to achieve the highest display quality possible. In addition, the gap between the mirrors has been further reduced and the backing to the mirrors has become more light absorbent.
From the D2 Audio press release:
This compact yet extremely powerful amplifier module meets the performance levels of today’s best audio amplifiers. This achievement was accomplished in combination with the new D2Audio CXT350 “Audio-Grade” switch mode power supply. This distinction underscores the outstanding audio performance and superior sound achieved by D2Audio’s digital amplifiers and technology.
Recognizing the rapid convergence between PCs and consumer electronics technologies, AVerMedia has designed multi-media products that bring personal computing capabilities to the comfort of your ownhome. Among the products being shown at Microsoft Corp.’s Digital Entertainment Anywhere Launch are the Seattle (A169), M180, A180, E502, M105, M033, M150, M113, M17D, M155 and A16A TV-Tunercards.
The Seattle dual NTSC TV-Tuner card is a high performance tuner card, which was designed specifically to meet the next generation TV-tuner specifications designed for Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
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