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Epson on Monday recognized the problems with setting up home theaters for its PowerLite rear projectors and unveiled the Ensemble Home Cinema. The system includes all the equipment needed for a home theater for those without the inclination or time to hand-pick components: either a 1080p- or 720p rear projector is supported by an upscaling AV receiver, an Atlantic 5.1 surround system, and a unique 100-inch retractable screen with speakers for the front audio channels. Even the cabling and mounting brackets to fully install the system are included, Epson boasts.
Epson hasn’t named all the components that will be part of the shipping product but notes that the projector can be ceiling-mounted to all but eliminate the footprint of the system in a room. Bundles should arrive in home theater stores by November with the 720p version selling for $5,000 and the premium 1080p, full HD version on offer for $7,000.
Representatives of the Blu-Ray industry are challenging claims that HD DVD is the dominant HD format in Europe. Promoters of the latter have suggested that in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, there are nearly three times more HD DVD players than Blu-Ray models. These figures have admittedly excluded the Sony PlayStation 3 however, which can play Blu-Ray movies, but is foremost a game console. The HD DVD committee only tracks devices which are primarily movie players.
Sales of the PlayStation 3 could tilt statistics substantially, since 800,000 units had already been sold in the continent by April. Furthermore, spokesmen for the Blu-Ray European Promotions Committee note that PC drives haven’t been accounted for, which they argue could help put Blu-Ray at 95 percent of the European market. The HD DVD Promotion Group has not responded to this counter-claim.
Looks like TrekStor is the latest to join the increasingly less-exclusive terabyte club, with it recently introducing its 1TB DataStation duo w.u external USB hard drive. As you might be able to tell from its size, this one actually boasts two 500GB hard drives stacked on top of each other, although they’ll apparently show up as a single 1TB drive on your computer. Otherwise, this one looks to be a pretty standard deal, boasting backup capabilities courtesy of the included Nero BackItUp2 Essentials software, and an aluminum housing that supposedly dissipates heat without the need for a fan. If that’ll do, you can grab one of these now for a list price of $430.
Hearing that Intel now has a relatively fond view of Linux is far from surprising, especially considering that the chipmaker already has quite a few open-source projects out in the open. To help consolidate its efforts and spearhead future developments, Intel has apparently launched the Mobile & Internet Linux Project website, which showcases a number of ideas to improve “power management, user interfaces, use of wireless networks, web browsing, chatting, and software development for mobile devices.” Intel is reportedly hoping to garner interest from external programmers such as those found at Canonical and Red Flag Linux, who have both signed on already for the ride. Currently, the actual scope of the endeavor still seems a bit foggy, but Dirk Hohndel, Intel’s chief Linux and open-source technologist, dubbed it a “technology incubator for a lot of things that are going to be productized in the next three years.”
Those searching for a few more options and a tad more space in Kingston’s ever-expanding DataTraveler lineup have struck gold, as the firm has just now unveiled a pair of miniscule USB drives that peak at 8GB of built-in storage. The DataTraveler II Plus (shown after the jump) arrives in a single 8GB flavor ($154) and comes bundled with Migo’s data synchronization software, which enables the suits to have password-protected access to up-to-date Outlook folders and quarterly reports. On the flip side, the DataTraveler 100 touts that oh-so-admirable retractable action, meaning that the connector can creep out or take cover with just the flick of your thumb. Additionally, this USB 2.0 device is available in 1GB ($19), 2GB ($32), 4GB ($59), and 8GB ($116) sizes, plays nice with Windows, Linux, and OS X, and just like its aforementioned sibling, boasts a five-year warranty.
Making a grab for our adult wallets by aiming for our childlike love of video games, Samsung has recently filed a patent for a clamshell cellphone which can transform into a 2600-style controller. Last time we checked, killing at “Snake” on our phone wasn’t so difficult that we needed to collapse or otherwise totally re-jigger the device to play it, but as mobile games become increasingly complex, using the keypad is starting to feel just a little limiting — and that’s where Samsung’s engineers step in. The basic premise is that the bottom half of your flip-phone would pivot not only open and closed (or backward and forward), but also left and right, thus allowing you to escape from Blinky more quickly, jump over barrels more deftly, and generally get a serious game on.
Microsoft releases Windows Home Server to manufacturing
16 Jul
Posted by admin as Home Entertainment
If you’ve been itching to get your hands on a new flavor of Windows, or if you’re just sick and tired of being teased by that release candidate, the wait for Microsoft’s Windows Home Server is drawing to a close. Reportedly, the firm has released the software to manufacturing, where it should flow down and hit pre-fabricated boxes “in late September and early October.” According to Joel Sider, senior product manager, the move to RTM means that the company has “wrapped up WHS and handed it off to its internal distribution teams and hardware partners.” Additionally, Iomega and Fujitsu-Siemens were added to the list of OEM partners that already included HP, Gateway, LaCie, and Medion. Notably, there won’t be a great many alterations in the final release compared to RC1, as the main change stated (aside from squashing a few stray bugs) was that the “domain for remote access is now homeserver.com.” Hold tight folks, Windows Home Server will be coming your way soon, and the brigade will be led by HP’s forthcoming MediaSmart Server.
Peripheral purveyor Brando already seems to have a USB gadget for everyone, but it now looks to be trying to make your shopping even easier, offering his and hers USB “gift sets” featuring a bundle of questionably useful products. Filling out the gift set for men is USB vacuum cleaner, a USB desk lamp, a USB cup warmer and a USB “Mood Light Pen Holder,” the latter of which also gives you an extra four USB ports. The set for the ladies, on the other hand, will give you the same Mood Light Pen Holder and vacuum cleaner (in pink this time), along with a USB fan and a USB lighted mirror. Take your pick for $30 apiece.
Mobile computing is getting a bit faster today with the announcement of the Asus T500 3.5G high speed PCIe card. Capable of pushing out a whopping 3.6Mbps downstream and 384Kbps upstream, Asus is boasting that this little rascal will provide connectivity superior to WiFi in some locations. In addition to bringing some serious bandwidth to the table, the T500 is also equipped with a handful of phone features.
Plug in a headset and you’re free to make calls. The card will track up to 100 missed, dialed and received calls to help you store phonebook information. Have a SIM card handy? A simple utility will automatically detect what card it is and select the best compatible network. You can even receive, edit and send SMS messages in case you don’t get enough of that on your phone. Compatibility shouldn’t be a problem as the T500 comes ready to handle GPRS/EDGE along with GSM and WCDMA standards. No word yet on pricing or availability, but we’ll keep you posted.