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[CEATEC 09- Live]Toshiba Cell Regza and 3D Cell Regza, the Future is Here!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [6/10/2009 - 11:00] - 1 - Image

Impressive, yep the Cell Regza and 3D Cell Regza are very impressive… There’s no need to again introduce Cell Regza Technology, we did it here yesterday ( Toshiba Cell REGZA LCD TV, announced ahead of CEATEC). This was are first [...]

[CEATEC 09- Live]Toshiba Cell Regza and 3D Cell Regza, the Future is Here!

Toshiba Cell REGZA LCD TV, announced ahead of CEATEC

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [5/10/2009 - 04:26] - 1 - Image

Tomorrow both Kei and I will crawl around the booths at CEATEC and will have the pleasure of discovering Toshiba latest wonder, the CELL REGZA TV 55X1. Recently announced in Japan the TV features the same Cell Technology (Cell) as the [...]

Toshiba Cell REGZA LCD TV, announced ahead of CEATEC

BlueDot’ New 10” Picture Frame with 1Seg Digital TV Tuner

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [31/8/2009 - 05:41] - 0 - Image

Here’s a nice little combo, BlueDot’s BTV-1000W is an average 10” picture frame with a WSVGA resolution (1024×600), the usual memory card reader, but also a 1Seg TV tuner (to watch TV), and a AV In for plugging Audio a[...]

BlueDot’ New 10” Picture Frame with 1Seg Digital TV Tuner

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Sony Releases Five New Blu-ray DVRs in Japan, Hands-On

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [26/8/2009 - 03:23] - 0 - Image

Here’s the BDZ-EX200 (two digital tuners, 2TB of HDD, Blu-ray recorder and PSP support), the BDZ-RX100 (two digitaltuner, 1TB of HDD, Blu-ray recorder and PSP support), the BDZ-EX50 (two digital tuners, 500GB of HDD, Blu-ray reco[...]

Sony Releases Five New Blu-ray DVRs in Japan, Hands-On

Two New In-dash DVD and HDD GPS from Panasonic

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [20/8/2009 - 03:01] - 0 - Misc

Behold the CN-MW200D, a 7” Wide in dash GPS, with a 2 DIN AV system, digital TV tuner, DVD, CD and HDD, as well as its little brother the CN-MW100D, which pretty much offers the same specs but with only a 1Seg TV tuner (not digital). T[...]

Two New In-dash DVD and HDD GPS from Panasonic

Samsung Unveils Their New Honey Bubble SPH-W8700 in Korea

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [10/8/2009 - 02:23] - 0 - Phones

Here’s Samsung’s latest Honey Bubble 3G Phone, also known as the SPH-W8700. It features a 2Mpix camera module with a panorama mode, shoots video, has a mirror function, and can be used for video calls. Other functions inclu[...]

Samsung Unveils Their New Honey Bubble SPH-W8700 in Korea

Toshiba Unveils Their New Dynabook TV, a TX with TV Tuner

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [2/7/2009 - 05:24] - 1 - Pc

We just talked about the dynabook TX, and here’s the TV. Specs are basically the same, the TV is a TX with a TV tuner and only sold with Vista 32bit… Yep, boring. Specs include a 16” LCD with a 1366×768 resolution, a Core 2 [...]

Toshiba Unveils Their New Dynabook TV, a TX with TV Tuner

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I-O Data’s New Dual Tuner Low Profile TV Card

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [10/6/2009 - 03:33] - 1 - Pc

This morning I-O Data announced a new dual tuner (analog and digital) low profile PCIe 1x TV card that supports both Vista 32 and 64bit. It will be sold in Japan by the end of the month for around 19,000 Yen (€13.

VR-NC200, the 2GB Credit Card Size Dictaphone

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [26/5/2009 - 04:05] - 1 - Voice Recorder

The VR-NC200 is the latest tiny digital voice recorder available in Japan, with a size of only 50x90x6.5mm and a weight of 26g. It records up to 35hrs of voice conversation on only 2GB of internal memory. Supporting MP3 and WMA files i[...]

VR-NC200, the 2GB Credit Card Size Dictaphone

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Panasonic Amazing HDR Like Portable TV

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [4/3/2009 - 05:20] - 4 - Image

I admit I’m impressed with this new Panasonic TV and its HDR like TV tuner. The TH-L17F1, is an average 17” OLED backlight TV portable equipped with an IPV panel and a 1366×768 resolution, featuring four antennas that behave[...]

Four New Sharp Aquos DVRs, Blu-ray and TB Craziness

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [4/3/2009 - 04:52] - 1 - Image

Sharp has announced four new Aquos DVRs (Digital Video Recorder), all Blu-ray. Available with different HDDs, 320GB, 500GB, and 1TB, we’ll focus our news today on the high-end model. The DB-HDW40 features 1TB of HDD, a Blu-ray du[...]

Four New Sharp Aquos DVRs, Blu-ray and TB Craziness

I-O Data Boosts Their SegClip 1Seg TV Tuner

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [25/2/2009 - 04:21] - 0 - Image

Until today if you bought one of these tiny (20.5×56.8×11.5mm and 13g) USB 1Seg TV tuners, you’d face the horrible burden of having to always carry with you the proper CD driver or EXE file to install both the 1Seg USB [...]

I-O Data Boosts Their SegClip 1Seg TV Tuner

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DP-1001DW, The Frst All In One Digital Frame?

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [24/1/2009 - 11:48] - 3 - Image

What’s an already powerful digital frame that handles pictures, plays MP3s (for slideshow)s, plays movies missing??? No, this ain’t no coffee machine, even though it would have been a good idea… A TV tuner maybe? Yep you na[...]

DP-1001DW, The Frst All In One Digital Frame?

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External Digital TV Tuner From Toshiba

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [22/1/2009 - 03:40] - 0 - Image

Unlike the USA, Japan will not switch to digital TV until 2011. Many TVs here as still analog… Toshiba, like many other manufacturers has been trying to prepare customers for this, like with the SD-PDT12. This TV is pretty straig[...]

I-O Data’s Latest External Digital TV Tuner

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [14/1/2009 - 03:50] - 0 - Image

Unlike the USA, Japan won’t switch to digital until 2011 and switch off SD… Nevertheless, all the manufacturers are pushing Digital Ready products, like I-O Data and their HVT-BT200, their latest Digital TV external tuner. [...]

I-O Data’s Latest External Digital TV Tuner

Two New TP1s from Sony

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [25/6/2008 - 12:43] - 0 - Pc

The TP1 is the “Media Center” PC solution from SONY, and today the Japanese giant decided to update its line-up with the VGX-TP1DQ/B and VGX-TP1D. Major improvements are 2 Ground Digital TV tuner, and Giga Pocket Digital Software which[...]

Sony BDZ-T90: The Ultimate Sony DVR?

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [8/4/2008 - 12:11] - 0 - Image

Here’s the BDZ-A70′s big brother, the T90. With an improved video quality recording feature as well as True Cinema 24p support, our DVR features a 500GB HDD, a Blu-Ray player and recorder, has 2 analog and digital TV tuners[...]

A New Waterproof 1Seg TV from Twinbird

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [17/3/2008 - 12:46] - 4 - Image

For less than 200€ you’ll be able to get yourself the latest waterproof TV (JL-J405PW) with a 1Seg tuner and a nice 4” screen with a 480×272 resolution and LED backlight. Has something like four hours of continuous playtime.[...]

Four New AQUOS DVRs from Sharp

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [4/3/2008 - 01:26] - 0 - Image

Sharp unveiled this morning no less than four new DVRs (Digital Video Recorder) under the AQUOS brand name. While all four have DVD DL recorders, they also include a HDD to store all your video. We have the: -DV-ACW90, with 1TB of HDD,[...]

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Qosmio G40 97E, with Digital TV Tuner and HD-DVD recorder!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [18/12/2007 - 02:25] - 0 - Image

Here comes a new laptop from Toshiba, the Qosmio G40 97E, featuring: -17 inch widescreen (1920×1200) -Core 2 Duo T7500 @ 2.2GHz CPU -2GB RAM -400 GB HDD -2 TV tuners And the inevitable HD-DVD player and burner. Available in late D[...]

Qosmio G40 97E, with Digital TV Tuner and HD-DVD recorder!

ByD:Sign cut the price of its 22” LCD TV

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [3/12/2007 - 12:47] - 1 - Image

ByD:Sign is now famous for its quite affordable products, and thanks to its decent quality. Today the Japanese company announced a price cut on a 22” LCD TV, the LW-2208DJ, to 388 EUR, with a contrast ratio of 1000:1, a brightness of 3[...]

ByD:Sign cut the price of its 22” LCD TV

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42” Full HD LCD TV with 4 HDMI port for just 930 EUR

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [25/11/2007 - 10:27] - 0 - Image

Since last week, byd:Sign Japan offers a 42” LCD Full HD TV featuring 4 HDMI ports, with a brightness of 900 cd/m2, SRS Surround and Digital TV Tuner for just 930 EUR… That is indeed amazingly cheap…