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Military-Looking Kenwood AS-IP300 is Just an iPod Dock
It may look like a stealth bomber, but Kenwood's new AS-IP300 iPod dock just connects to your iPod and fires your music out at 2W per channel. It's also got a 3D sound option, remote control, and can take mains power or AA batteries for portability for about eight hours of playback. Measuring 15 x 8.7 x 6.2 inches, it's available in Japan late February in black or white. Cost is $140. [AV Watch]
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First Ever Closed-Captioned HD Radio for the Deaf Launched By NPR, Harris and Towson University
It sounds obvious, but for the first time, over-the-air HD Radio can carry talk radio with closed-captioned metadata, so that the hearing impaired can enjoy the same talk radio programming that others can. More »
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Kenwood's Audio System is USB-Compatible, Skinny
Kenwood has brought out three slimline iPod-compatible audio players that can connect to your computer via USB. There's a CD player that plays CDs and CD-R/RW also an AM/FM radio and it supports WMA as well as MP3s. Full specs of the CLK - 5i-S / W and CLK-7i-S are below. More »
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Being as into tea as the British folks this Kenwood Response Kettle was made for, we're definitely looking forward to marveling at its color-changing capabilities. Not only is it a container to keep water from spilling all over the place while you heat it, the exterior actually shifts from blue (cool) to red (hot) while it's being heated. Plus, it also has the option for shutting down when it gets to 80 degrees, which is supposedly the perfect temperature for coffee and herbal tea. Only available in the UK for now. [KenwoodWorld via ChipChick via Apartment Therapy via PopGadget]
Kenwood Response Kettle Changes Color As it Heats
Being as into tea as the British folks this Kenwood Response Kettle was made for, we're definitely looking forward to marveling at its color-changing capabilities. Not only is it a container to keep water from spilling all over the place while you heat it, the exterior actually shifts from blue (cool) to red (hot) while it's being heated. Plus, it also has the option for shutting down when it gets to 80 degrees, which is supposedly the perfect temperature for coffee and herbal tea. Only available in the UK for now. [KenwoodWorld via ChipChick via Apartment Therapy via PopGadget]
In an effort to minimize R&D costs, JVC and Kenwood announced they're in the process of merging. [DailyTech]
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Miuro Robot Speaker: Takes Your iPod and Wireless Music Around the House, Comes in Yellow [verdict: I WANT ONE]
Announced last year in Japan, the Miuro is now ready to go around the house on its own. The robot speaker on wheels who follows you about like an annoying child (but with better tunes) is available not just in white but in a number of hot fruity colors like Lemon Sunburst and Acid Orange* as well as basic black. Miuro will connect now to your 802.11b/g wireless network to stream music from your PC or play Internet radio. It will also connect to the PC to use the new Autonomous Motion Package, a $166 PC software that uses Miuro's camera to map your home or office and allows you tell him where to go. More »
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Kenwood Wireless Speaker System Looks like Something from AVN
No, this isn't the latest in teledildonics featured at AVN, but rather it is just a wireless speaker system from Kenwood. The
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Kenwood 10GB7: Smallest 10GB Hard Drive-Based DAP
Kenwood is about to release the HD10GB7 portable digital audio player, which is supposedly the world's smallest 10GB hard drive-based player. These claims of "world's biggest/smallest/fastest" are always pretty dubious, but the provided specs do indicate that the DAP will be quite small indeed. Measuring 62x44x17mm (2.5x1.7x0.6 inches), the HD10GB7 is only slightly larger than the iPod shuffle. Battery life is expected to hover around 24 hours for MP3 playback while Kenwood promises better sound thanks to a proprietary technology of theirs. More »
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Kenwood Media Keg HD30GB9: It's Got an Amp
Kenwood hasn't exactly broken through the digital audio player market here in the U.S., but its woefully named HD30GB9 appears to have enough features to at least let it compete with all the non-iPods out there. Users load songs onto the 30GB hard hard using Windows Media Player 10 or Kenwood's own groovy software. While it doesn't support FLAC like some digital audio players are starting to do more often, it does support "Kenwood Lossless audio files" (and MP3 and WMA). Odds on that format sticking around long enough to be worth converting your entire digital audio library? More »
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Kenwood's VDR-55 In-Car DVD Player
If you haven't jumped on the incredibly safe DVD-player-in-the-car bandwagon just yet, Kenwood may have something in the woodworks to change your mind. Their VDR-55 plays standard DVDs and DVD-Rs, as well as CDs loaded with your quality collection of MP3 and WMA files. They're even hawking a special cable to connect your iPod directly to the unit, totally making the use of CDs obsolete. Kenwood's also releasing the LZ-702IR 7-inch screen in conjunction with the VDR-55. With a resolution of 480x234, the VDR-55's $522 partner in crime will actually be available first, sometime later this month (in Japan, of course) while the $427 VDR-55 won't hits stores until late June. Better check to see if your insurance premiums are affected by having an entertainment center installed in that sweet ride of yours. More »
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Kenwood's USB-enabled Car Stereos
Kenwood is releasing four car stereos that includes a USB port for playback via USB storage devices. This is a great feature, but I ponder what kind of limitations there will be on the USB devices. Obviously mass storage devices like USB flash drives and portable hard drives would work, but would an iPod or other USB MP3 players work? These models have support for MP3, WMA and AAC. The models are the U717, U515, DPX-UO99 and DPX-UO77. More »
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