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Creative Zen Vision W 30 GB Widescreen Multimedia Player

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Creative Zen Vision W 30 GB Widescreen Multimedia Player The Creative Zen Vision W Multimedia Player lets you take all your digital content including movies, music and photos in a light, pocket-sized device that is loaded with 30 GB of memory. At this capacity you can carry tens of thousands of photos, 240 hours of movies (500 Kbps MPEG4-SP), or up to 30,000 songs (WMA encoded at 64 Kbps), all in the palm of your hand. You can also tune in the radio (32 station presets), record your favorite talk show, or make personal voice memos with the built-in microphone. And the big news about the Vision W is that it displays your media in a widescreen, 16:9 format.

Today’s big screen blockbuster, yesterday’s picnic home video, and even your favorite TV shows–they all now fit in your pocket and are ready to be shared. Zen Vision W supports many video formats, such as AVI, DivX 4 and 53, XviD4, MPEG-1, -2, -SP, WMV9, and Motion-JPEG, which simply means you have more choices and less restrictions. Instead of busting out your wallet to show snapshots of your kids, you can enlist the Zen Vision W to give viewers a glimpse of your precious memories–tens of thousands of them. Complete with a thumbnail gallery, the device makes it easy to scroll through your entire photo collection. Of course, music files are a big portion of anyone’s digital canvas. Perfect for taking with you on the road or just around the house, this device makes all your music sound as good as the Zen Vision W looks. And with eight preset EQ settings and 97 dB signal-to-noise ratio, you can fine-tune your listening experience for any musical genre.

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Suggested Price: $269.99

Panasonic DVD-LS80 8.5″ Portable DVD Player

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Panasonic DVD-LS80 8.5″ Portable DVD Player Coming in as the eight most wished for gadget gift this Christmas season, portable video still is a hot item with most people. Starting off with a standard portable DVD player, this Panasonic has an 8.5″ extremely versatile LCD widescreen that makes viewing easier in multiple situations.

The large 8.5″ widescreen display pivots for multi-angle viewing so you can adjust the position for optimum comfort and image quality. You can also adjust the screen brightness to get the best view of your DVDs in all kinds of light conditions. You get beautiful images while watching movies on a dimly lit airplane, or when you’re relaxing in the sun at a resort or other outdoor spot. When you’re in the mood for a movie, this versatile player can play back many different types of prerecorded DVDs, including DVD-RAM/-R/-RW and DVD+R/+RW discs. If you want to give your eyes a rest and listen to some tunes instead, our portable DVD player handles lots of the most popular audio formats around, including CDs, MP3 – CD, CD-R/RW discs and WMA files. A built-in rechargeable battery that gives you a up to six hours of playback, long enough to catch a couple of movies on a single battery charge. After all, what good is portability if you can’t use it while you’re outdoors? This can!

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Suggested Price: $199.95

Sharp’s AQUOS P Series – 1080p 22″ and 26″ LCDs

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Sharp’s AQUOS P Series Sharp announced the world’s first 1080p 22″ and 26″ LCDs recently. Due out on November 22nd, the Sharp LCD monitor’s are PC aware with DVI-D and Analog RGB connections and has a two-screen function which can display two screens of varying sizes. The stand has also been designed to store a PC’s keyboard with a front headphone jack.

Is is a TV or Computer monitor or is there even a difference anymore?

Sling Media Announces Slingbox SOLO

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Slingbox SOLO

Sling Media has just announced the latest addition to their product lineup, the Slingbox SOLO (pictured above). The SOLO is positioned between the Slingbox AV and the Slingbox Pro, and will have a retail price of $179.99. Already HD compliant, the SOLO is the box for you if you only have 1 input that you wish to ‘sling’.

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Helios Labs announces the Helios Odyssey

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helios-odyssey.jpgHelios Labs announced the introduction of their newest product called Helios Odyssey. The Odyssey is a networking media hub capable of streaming content to multiple X-Line players as well as any UPnP-enabled devices. The Odyssey supports up to 1 TB storage capacity, features a fan-less, and passive cooling design.
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10.1 Things You Should Know About HDMI

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HDMI Ecoustic’s Alan Loff wrote a short but informative question and answer article onn HDMI. If you’ve ever been interested in high quality audio and video, you should scan through this article. Here’s a quote:

There have been four versions (plus several a and b variants) of HDMI– but each one uses the same 19-pin cable and plug! The latest HDMI standard is 1.3; the first was HDMI 1.0. As the original standard evolved from HDMI 1.0 through 1.1, 1.2, and now 1.3, the cable and plug remained identical. The only things that changed were increased capacity and versatility in some areas.

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HD DVD Wins a Battle

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HD-DVD vs Bluray Just when you thought the HD DVD vs Blu-ray format war was over when p0rn sided with Blu-ray, HD DVD recently scored a major victory when both Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation announced that are exclusively releasing future titles in the HD DVD format. Previously, both studios had released titles in both HD DVD and rival Sony’s Blu-ray formats.

In related news, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced plans to release 29 new titles in the Blu-ray format by year’s end thus further confusing and causing consumers everywhere to shout “$#@^”!

Helios H2000 Upscaling DVD Player

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Helios H2000 Upscaling DVD Player Helios Labs has released a new region-free DVD player that upscales and plays multiple formats… but this time for under $100!

The H2000 is a region-free DVD player capable of upscaling a variety of formats including: MPEG-4, XviD, DivX and MPEG-2 to 1080i resolution via Component, HDMI and VGA; not to mention upscaling your entire DVD collection. Furthermore, it can output 480i/576i unprocessed digital signal via HDMI.

If you have an HDTV, don’t forget about your DVD collection and get an upscaling DVD player so your DVDs will look as good as HDTV. The bonus of having a region-free DVD player gives you the freedom to play imported DVDs as well!

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Suggested Price: $99

Panasonic Giving Away $20K in Living in HD Contest

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Panasonic High Definition The Geeks received a tip that Panasonic just recently launched Living in HD.

Panasonic is looking for all types of families from across the country to experience life in High Definition. By visiting www.LivinginHD.com, you can register to be considered for the Living in HD program by sharing your ideas on why you and your family should live in HD.

A panel of judges including leading Hollywood producer/director Brett Ratner and Kevin Smith will help select 30 families based on their creative submissions. The families selected will live with a complete suite of High Definition technology products worth an estimated $20,000 including a large screen 1080p Plasma television, HD camcorders, Blu-ray Disc Player, Digital Still Cameras and other equipment.

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