Each year brings its fair share of bozos and its stars. Those that brought out the bozos (or bought them) know it and we don’t want to rub salt in their wounds during the holiday season (well do that right before CES instead). This week we’ll chat about the products that stood out in our minds as ground breaking and spectacular in a number of categories.
Tag Archive: Superior
Intel & Microsoft Back HD DVD
Both companies are following in the footsteps of several other major consumer electronics manufacturers and content providers and becoming members of the HD DVD Promotion Group. Other prominent companies that are already members include NEC Corp, SANYO Electric Co. Ltd., Toshiba Corp, Universal Studios and Paramount Pictures Corp. and more.
Plextor Introduces Low-Cost PX-230A Writer
With an MSRP of just $65, the drive is specially designed for high-volume systems integrators, major enterprises, and OEMs seeking a moderately priced CD drive with high performance features.
Although the PX-230A breaks a new price barrier for Plextor, it includes Roxio(TM) Easy Media Creator 7.1 Basic VCD Edition, the latest version of Roxio’s award winning software. Buffer Under Run Proof technology prevents buffer underrun errors, so users can multi-task during a recording session. Superior 52X-max digital audio extraction (DAE) eliminates pops, clicks, and hisses for superior sound quality.
CyberLink Delivers PowerDVD 6
“By far, PowerDVD 6 offers the number one DVD experience you can have on a PC,” said Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink. “In addition to brighter, more natural images, and smoother DVD playback, PowerDVD 6 provides the best audio fidelity possible with support for high-definition video and audio, and true 8-channel home theater surround sound.”
PowerDVD 6 includes the following breakthrough features and technologies:
Unsurpassed Video Quality
— CyberLink Eagle Vision 2 is CyberLink’s second-generation dynamic video technology, creating brighter luminance and more natural colors during DVD playback.
T-Mobile Inreases Hot Spot Security
T-Mobile USA announced today that it is the only US wireless carrier to provide both Wi-Fi users and corporate IT managers additional peace-of-mind for wireless broadband data security due to the implementation of the 802.1x security standard across the nationwide T-Mobile HotSpot wireless network.(a) With this enhancement to its existing security practices, T-Mobile not only reinforces that it is the premium brand for Wi-Fi, but again delivers an industry first to the US market — being the first national wireless carrier to deploy 802.1x. The 802.1x standard provides one of the highest degrees of Wi-Fi security commercially available by encrypting and helping protect the wireless broadband signal between a laptop and/or PDA and the network’s wireless access point or antennae.
ViewSonic Enters Networked Media Market
ViewSonic Corp. today unveiled a wireless media networking initiative targeted at the burgeoning home networking market, estimated to reach $8.5 billion by 2008. The first products bringconsumers a complete solution for sharing digital video, pictures and music across consumer electronics devices.
ViewSonic’s product offerings include a wireless media adapter, the WMA100, along with two wireless media gateways, the 80GB WMG80 and the 120GB WMG120, to address growing needs for storing digital content and distributing it to any display throughout the home. Superior wireless video performance is provided through the WMA100’s advanced video processing technology, while the WMG80 and WMG120 offer a benchmark combination of wireless routing and network storage functionality—including the ability to simultaneously view different files in multiple locations.
Memorex Announces 16X Double Layer Writers
From the press release:
Memorex D2 drives deliver lightning fast DVD recording speed, support for DVD+R double layer recording, and the industry’s most comprehensive software bundle. Each optical drive model sports the stylish silver and black Memorex design and enables consumers to easily and quickly upgrade their desktop or notebook PC with the latest DVD and CD burning hardware and software.
New Sharp Zaurus Available In North America
Starting today, Amazon.com is selling the Sharp Zaurus SL-6000 in North America for $699. The Linux powered handheld can be used as a laptop replacement and features a 400MHz Intel processor, 64MB of protected flash memory and SDRAM, a 640 x 480 display and a Compact Flash and SD expansion slot.
From Sharp’s product description and November press release:
JVC Introduces DLA-HD2K Projector
The DLA-HD2K projector incorporates a new full HD resolution D-ILA (Direct-Drive Image Light Amplifier) device that produces images with superior clarity and resolution.
The projector accepts a diverse range of video sources including analog television broadcasts, HDTV signals from broadcast satellite (BS) and terrestrial digital television broadcasts, and standard definition (SD) images from DVD players. All images are projected at full HD (1920×1080; 2.1 mega-pixels) resolution to produce precise, even picture quality that enables consumers to reproduce the cinematic experience at home.
1. New D-ILA* Full HD Device Delivers Superior Clarity and Resolution
LG Announces New Picture Enhancing Chip
From LGE’s press release:
LGE is poised to release new digital TVs that adopt the XD Engine, a chip developed to enhance picture quality, as well as to promote the XD Engine as its premier global technology brand. The full lineup of digital TV’s will enable LGE to broaden its related domestic market base.
The XD Engine has improved on the XDRpro, the previous chip that the company developed to enhance picture quality through digital image signal treatment. The XD Engine can perfectly treat digital signals, and resolve problems due to varying signal strengths in the process of transmission, thus improving brightness and contrast two-fold.
