Gizmodo: 400

Guy Mods Atari 400 Into Ugly Knob-and-Button-Covered Synth

Jason Chen — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:40:00 EST

This Atari 400 synth gets 10 points for effort, but minus 1 billion points for aesthetics. The buttons aren't even lined up correctly. Your 1970s dad would be ashamed. [Technabob via BBG]

Bestlink Alpha 400, The $250 "Eee"

Mark Wilson — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:30:00 EDT

We're a little sick of the Asus Eee metric too, but it sure makes for a succinct headline. The Bestlink Alpha 400 is a 7-inch Linux PC with a 400Mhz processor, scant 128MB of RAM and 1-2GB of internal flash storage. It's nothing impressive, but it only runs $250...through probably not much else, if you know what I mean. But order 100 or more and the price drops to $180 per unit. Pretty neat, since $18,000 could easily buy you just one computer in more advanced configurations. [Desktop Linux]

Epson PowerLite Cinema 400 Projector: LCD-Driven, and HD Ready

Brian Lam — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:15:12 EDT

The Epson PowerLite Cinema 400 Projector is a follow up to last year's PowerLite Cinema 550. Comparatively, this new model is priced at $1599.99 ($900 dollars less), with 1500 lumens (vs 1400), and the same 720p resolution. It's nice to see HD projectors dropping in price—in five years time, we'll see them in cracker jack boxes. Like other LCD projectors, this one will likely suffer from shallower blacks than a competing DLP model that uses little mirrors to reflect light from a color wheel. Which is why it uses a dynamic iris to adjust lamp intensity, scene to scene. That's also how it achieves its fakey contrast ratio rating of 5000:1. Has the usual video inputs, but surprises us with an HDMI plug, too. I'd hook my Xbox 360 up to this. Project Gotham is still a fav, and this machine can put a 10-foot image across a wall at 12-feet away.– Brian Lam

Epson PowerLite Cinema 400 Projector [Epson]