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Vidabox Rack24 offers 22TB of media storage goodness

Posted in Media Servers by Nino Marchetti on August 5th, 2008

Vidabox Rack24

There are media servers and then THERE ARE MEDIA SERVERS. Like the new Vidabox Rack24, for example. 22TB (!) of storage for all your home media needs at a yet as undisclosed price. This, as far as we can tell, does one up on the 15TB Intest NAS device.

What would you do with 22TB of media storage? I have no idea myself. The Vidabox Rack24 though can pack it in, including over 3,350 DVDs or a reported 880 Blu-ray movies. 24 hard drive bays provide the space necessary for this massive amount of storage and the Rack24 can come preloaded and pre-configured with Microsoft’s Vista Home Premium software when configured as a hybrid server/AV stream provider.

Klipsch expands spendy Palladium speaker line up

Posted in Speakers by Nino Marchetti on July 9th, 2008

Klipsch Palladium P-312W

Klipsch is expanding its line of upscale Palladium speakers by adding the P-38F and P-37F floorstanders, P-17B bookshelf speaker, P-27C center channel, P-27S surround and P-312W subwoofer. These new speakers are pricing at around $12,000 (per pair), $8,000 (per pair), $4,000 (per pair), $3,500, $4,000 (per pair) and $4,000, respectively.

These new speakers join the Palladium P-39. Klipsch had this to say about its new speakers:

The B-membrane computer concept

Posted in Concepts by Conner Flynn on June 23rd, 2008

The B-membrane computer concept
If you figure PCs should look like a bizarre abstract UFO, or maybe resemble a Sit and Spin type toy with a CD tray sticking out, you are not alone. Designer Won-Seok Lee apparently agrees.

The B-membrane computer concept does away with monitors entirely, instead opting for a built-in projector that will beam the display onto any surface. The membrane keyboard shows up whenever it’s needed as well as a built-in optical drive. It will probably be some time before we see something like this become a reality. It’s just not that easy to make a PC of the future look like the inside of a washing machine.

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New Panasonic camcorders do HD good

Posted in Camcorders by Nino Marchetti on June 18th, 2008

Panasonic HDC-SD100

Panasonic today added two new HD camcorders, saying these new models are the world’s first AVCHD camcorders with a 3MOS system. The new HDC-SD100 and HDC-HS100 are pricing at around $1,300 and $1,100, respectively.

These new camcorders are based upon Panasonic’s 3CCD technology and, using the 3M0S system, reportedly capture better colors, detail and richer gradation. The HDC-SD100 records to SD Memory Card, while the hybrid HDC-HS100 records to both SD Memory Card and to its internal 60 GB hard drive.

Charge your electric car batteries in the house

Posted in Automotive by Conner Flynn on April 25th, 2008

Charge your electric car batteries in the house
The thing that sucks about electric cars is that they need to be plugged in every day. Most people don’t have a plug in their garage or their driveway. That being the case, you are going to have an extension cord mess somewhere.

That won’t be a problem with the MIRA HAV, an electric car that’s designed a little smarter. It allows you to remove the batteries and charge them up in your home. That’s where your outlets are after all, so it makes sense. Obviously moving large batteries to and fro is not ideal either. They have some flaws to work out, but hey, it’s an option that has to work for some people.

Watch with all-mechanical “digital” display

Posted in Watches by Conner Flynn on April 10th, 2008

Watch with all-mechanical “digital” display
This sweet looking limited-edition Di Grisogono Meccanica DG watch looks like a hybrid mechanical-digital watch. But in fact, it’s all completely analog, with 651 pieces in total. No digital parts or LEDs at all.

Only 177 of these amazing timepieces are going to be available to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the company. They’re calling it the most complicated digital-analog timepiece in the world, and it probably is since the digital display is actually mechanical, with rolling tubes that form the digital segments. It will be available in four styles. Red gold, titanium and gold, titanium and platinum and titanium and rubber. The Meccanica DG is also waterproof to 100 feet

Plextor forgets HD DVD is dead, releases Blu-ray HD DVD combo drives

Posted in Computer Components by Shane McGlaun on March 25th, 2008

Plextor Blu-ray combo driveI for one was sort of glad that Blu-ray finally won the format wars, though I was bummed that I had just bought a HD DVD player. Now you can’t even buy or rent HD DVD flicks in my local area so that fancy Toshiba HD DVD player is a brick.

I guess someone forgot to tell Plextor that the format wars were over. Plextor announced a couple new hybrid drives yesterday that can play both HD formats. I guess those of us who got the five free HD DVDs still need some way to play them.

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Asus mouse & flash drive combo

Posted in ASUS by Conner Flynn on March 14th, 2008

Asus mouse & flash drive combo
When two devices collide into one new hybrid device, the results can often be “What the hell were they thinking?”. This hybrid from Asus is one such cross-breeding experiment. It’s a flash drive from Asus that is also a wireless mouse. While it’s not the worst I’ve ever seen, I don’t see myself using this anytime soon.

Being a flash drive, it must be as bulky as it looks, so you wouldn’t want this in your pocket. As far as the mouse goes, who can use something that small? This isn’t for me, but if it pleases your tiny hands, you’ll have to wait for pricing and availability info, as we simply don’t know yet.

New Gateway desktop PCs revealed

Posted in Desktop PCs by Nino Marchetti on January 30th, 2008

Gateway GM SeriesGateway is making some noise today in the PC world as it unveils two new desktop PC computers - one of which includes an option for a SuperMulti drive for next generation disc support. Pricing is set at around $750 for the GT5662, while the GM5664 prices at around $1,150.

Both new Gateway PCs are powered off of AMD Phenom processors,3GB of RAM and ATI Radeon HD 2400XT graphics. Hard drive storage is offered at 1TB for the GM5664 and 500GB for the GT5662, with the former also sporting a Hybrid-SuperMulti drive that lets customers watch both Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs as well as offering burning capability on any type of DVD or CD disc.

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Sony shows off new HD camcorders for 2008

Posted in CES 2008, Camcorders, Sony by Nino Marchetti on January 10th, 2008

Sony HDR-SR12Sony, the proclaimed leader in the high-definition camcorder category, rolled into CES this week with six new HD camcorder models. They offer features like 1920 x 1080 resolution recording and face detection technology. Sony says “the SR12, SR11, SR10, UX20 and UX10 models will all ship in March for about $1,400, $1,200, $1,000, $1,000 and $800, respectively. The HDR-HC9 camcorder will ship in February for about $1,100.”

The consumer electronics giant added that all these new camcorders feature a new high-profile encoding system and, depending upon the model, offer other must haves like high resolution digital still captures and hybrid/hybrid plus movie recording.

You can get the full details of these new Sony HD camcorders after the jump.

JVC to launch wooden ear buds

Posted in Earbuds, JVC by Darrin Olson on December 26th, 2007

JVC HP-FX500 Victor ear buds made of woodJVC has some new ear buds set to launch sometime early in February that employ a little more natural materials than most with the housing made out of real wood. Birch wood, to be exact, was the material of choice for the designers of these $130+ ear buds. After all, real wood wood works well to encase larger speakers so why not use it for really tiny ones too?

The HP-FX500 ear buds don’t skimp on performance either, according to JVC. The buds use hybrid drivers, a damping gel inside to reduce jittering and help with noise cancellation, and they have a sound range from 8Hz up to 25kHz. Also, like most ear buds, they come packaged with a carrying case and multiple sized rubber tips to fit different sized ears.

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LA Auto Show: Chevy Volt EREV targeted for 2010

Posted in Automotive, Cars, LA Auto Show 2007 by Darrin Olson on November 15th, 2007

GM says the Chevy Volt EREV will be ready for production in 2010Yesterday at the LA Auto Show Bob Lutz, GM Vice Chairman, announced November of 2010 as the target date for the production release of the Chevy Volt Extended Range Electric Vehicle (EREV). This is the most specific time frame heard from GM yet on the concept vehicle originally announced at the Detroit Auto Show in January, and Lutz himself admits that the time frame is aggressive.

To us this seems very aggressive since just the day before we actually drove a Chevy Equinox Fuel Cell which is already going in the hands of real drivers in Project Driveway starting in January, and according to Fuel Cell Commercialization Manager Britta Gross the Equinox Fuel Cell won’t be ready for production before 2010, either. This announcement will however keep Toyota on their toes, as they are also trying to get a battery-powered vehicle off the ground in the near future.

Hitachi scoffs solid state, building 4TB hard disk

Posted in Hard Drives, Hitachi by Darrin Olson on October 15th, 2007

Hitachi announced they have created smaller read-head technology to make a 4TB desktop driveHitachi today announced another step forward in packing more data into the same sized hard disks with what is now the world’s smallest read-head technology for hard disks. While others (Hitachi themselves included) are starting to turn to solid state drives or hybrid drives with advantages of moving parts, faster response times and less power consumption, Hitachi continues to make advances on the HDD front stating it continues to provide a better capacity to cost ratio than other technologies.

Seagate Momentus hybrid notebook drive

Posted in Flash Memory, Hard Drives, Seagate by Reuben Drake on October 8th, 2007

Seagate Momentus 5400 PSD hybrid notebook driveToday Seagate took the wraps off of their first hybrid notebook hard drive featuring a combination of standard hard drive storage and Flash memory. The Momentus 5400 PSD features only a 5400 rpm spindle but promises faster system response times along with extended notebook battery life and better storage reliability. We’ve seen hybrid drives like these in the past with Samsung and Hitachi, and improved speed and efficiency through this type of storage combo is likely to be the standard in coming years.

The 2.5 inch drive utilizes 256MB of Flash-based memory for storing data that’s frequently accessed providing a quicker responses and through this also requires less drive disk access, cutting the power consumption of the drive more than in half. Having the additional quick-access memory also aids in faster OS boot times according to the company.

Flick your… Flashdrive?

Posted in Flash Memory, USB by Jeff on August 23rd, 2007

Memlite USB lighterIn a world where your cell phone can be a camera, mp3 player, portable video device, and access the web you most definitely need a lighter that can be used to secretly store your personal data. Combining two of my favorite things, information and fire (the true key to the modern world), the memlite is a hybrid lighter and USB flash drive that would even make Q himself jealous.

The memlite will eventually come in five colors (black, grey, blue, red and green) and soon will have a capacity of 4GB… more than enough room …



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