Gizmodo: teac

Teac's LP-R500 CD-Equipped Record Player Fell Through Ugly Timewarp

Kit Eaton — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:30:19 EST

Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. This is Teac's LP-R500. Ugh. Sorry, I'll try pulling myself together: it's a modern version of what my grandad used to call a "radiogramme," cramming in an FM radio, a CD player, cassette player and record deck into one ~~sleek~~ ancient, massive, clunky box along with an amp and speakers. Admittedly it does let you record your vinyl and tapes to CD. But... ugh. Yours for an ugly $700. [Akihabaranews via Dvice]

Teac's Wall-Mounted iPod Dock with CD Player Has Sub, NXT Speakers

AddyDugdale — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:15:18 EST

Japanese audio company Teac is letting you have it up against the wall next week, with the release of the MC-DX32i iPod dock, AM/FM tuner and CD/CD-R/RW player. Expected to cost around 30,000 , ($270) the flat-panel system comes with all the gear you need to wall-mount it. Specs are below.

5W x 2 channel speakers
15W subwoofer
210 x 81 x 169mm speakers
160 x 335 x 245mm subwoofer
255 x 115 x 169mm, main unit
Alarm function
Remote control

Tell you the truth, I'm not convinced about iPod dock-CD player combos. [Impress]

One-Step DVD/CD Duplicator Rips Without a PC

Haroon Malik — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:45:00 EST

TEAC's One-Step DVD/CD Duplicator will rip your CDs, or DVDs, without the need for a connection to a PC. That is enough information for us to decide we like it; it is simple and it can copyright infringe in around 6 minutes flat, thanks to the 48x CD drive read speed / 16x DVD read speed. Nice—but don't use it to copyright infringe, or you shall be hunted down like a dog and be made to pay like a millionaire pooch.

We like it for its law abiding backup qualities, of course. The 8MB internal buffer might mean you have a few error reads, but at $349.95, if you intend on copying media on the regular, give your PC's fans a rest and grab one of these to do the dirty work instead. [Product Page via Gadget DNA]

SACD player from TEAC Esoteric Rocks Minimal Style, Maximal Price

AddyDugdale — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:33:58 EST

Teac Esoteric is celebrating 20 years of semi-high end stuff with the VRDS X-05, a Super Audio CD player that boasts all sorts of sexiness—well, the sort of sexiness that only comes with CD players. For example:

Its high-precision loading mechanism gives you, says Teac, an altogether quieter, smoother CD experience, while the aluminum turntable reduces vibration to a minimum. Output is two-channel, this is its backside...
... and this is what you'll have to pay when the X-05 comes out in the US, probably in January — $4,350. [Teac Japan via Akihabara News]

TEAC MP-600 Media Player is Thin and Crisp

Charlie White — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:38:29 EDT

We like our MP3 players small and wafer-thin, and this TEAC MP-600 qualifies as both because it's about the size of a Triscuit. Even though it's just 3 inches wide and 9mm thin, it still shows off a 3.5-inch touchscreen up front, and packs an FM tuner along with digital voice recording inside. Take the jump for a big pic, and you'll see just how sharp this baby's screen really is.

Yeah, that's a fine, tack-sharp display, better to play back those videos, but underneath, we just wish this trinket could handle DivX. Wait a minute, it can play back XviD? Now we're really getting interested. Besides that, file compatibility is sparse, supporting just MP3, WMA, DRM9 and JPEG.

Take your pick of 1GB, 2GB ($197) and 4GB ($230) capacities. And hey, if these players can't hold enough of your stuff, you can slip in an MMC/SD flash memory card for even more storage. Not cheap, but thin and tasty.

[TEAC, via Anything but IPod]

Portable TEAC Drive Plays Nice With Your Media Cards

Louis Ramirez — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:37:01 EST

It may look small and innocent, but TEAC's forthcoming Portable Multifunction Drive knows how to get around. You see in addition to its USB port, the drive has a built-in memory card slot that lets you off load files from your CompactFlash, SD, Memory Stick Pro, and MiniSD cards (among others). It doesn't let you view or listen to any media files (even though it has a small LCD), nor can you transfer files from the drive to the memory cards, but for quick and dirty file swapping, it does the job. It's Mac and PC friendly and will be out soon in sizes that range from 40GB to 120GB. – Louis Ramirez

TEAC [Product Page]

Teac R-1B Retro'd Radio: Knobby!

Travis Hudson — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:49:49 EDT

Here is the Teac R-1B Retro AM/FM Radio. I am a sucker for any kind of vintage looking radio. Maybe I just like big knobs. (No sexual pun intended) This radio comes loaded up with two big ass knobs and three average sized knobs to give it that classic look. The speaker is pretty average with an output of 1.5W. Nothing too spectacular. It operates on batteries and a two-hour charge will provide 10 hours of playback.

What kind of modern radio would this be with an "iPod port"? It actually isn't an iPod port, rather it is a standard auxiliary input, so any MP3 player or audio device can hook up to the R-1B. It will be available tomorrow, in Japan only, for $90. This one may be worth an import, though. – Travis Hudson

Teac R-1B Retro AM/FM Radio [Newlaunches]

Convert Vinyl to CD With the Teac GF-350

gizcontrib — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:20:28 EDT

Old farts like me remember vinyl: deliciously shiny slabs of plastic filled with the latest pop tunes. And old farts like me still have vinyl lying around that we can't listen to because our record players haven't been the same since we tried to use them to drive a disco ball. Fortunately, there's the Teac GF-350, a funky $330 device that converts vinyl records into CDs, and David Pogue of the New York Times takes his usual quirky look at the product here.
Check out the video for a glimpse of Pogue circa 1985, complete with the appropriate 1980's hair. The downer of the device is that you have to use special Music CDs, which, of course, cost more than normal blank CD-Rs. And the sound quality isn't great: he describes it as listenable, but without much bass And there's no audio output, so you can't use it as a record player. Oh well, I never liked that disco ball all that much...– Richard Baguley

Teac CD-X10i and MC-DX22i NXT-enabled CD Players With iPod Dock

Jason Chen — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:00:55 EDT

These two ultra-thin CD players from Teac not only include two Hollywood-actress-slim speakers and a subwoofer, they also include an iPod dock. The CD player supports regular CDs along with MP3 CDs, CD-R and CD-RW discs. An AM/FM tuner also allows you to listen to the barren wasteland known as drive-time radio now that Howard Stern's moved to satellite.

Of course the more important feature for us on the CD-X10i (left) and MC-DX22i (right) is the iPod dock. It fits all standard dock-compatible iPods and charges your iPod while playing. The CD-X10i will be $249 and the MC-DX22i will be $299 when they're available later in August. – Jason Chen

Press Release [NX Sound]

Teac SL-D900 CD Player/Clock Radio

Charlie White — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:17:56 EST

Teac Japan goes retro with the SL-D900 CD player/clock radio, available in six colors for $210. Its best feature is the USB port where you can plug in your thumb drive and play MP3s. It hopefully sounds good, too, with its 2.1 speaker system with built-in sub. It's cranking out 15 watts—not bad for a clock radio. Available now in Japan; no word whether or when we'll get it here in the states (but keep an eye on a Sky Mall catalog near you).

Teac SL-D900 Retro styled CD player with USB port [New Launches]

I-O Data Double-Dipping DVD Device

Charlie White — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 13:06:15 EST

Here's a double-decker DVD burner from I-O Data that lets you copy a disk from one of its TEAC DV-W28SL burners to the other with no PC in sight. You can also plug this model DVR-UW8DP into your computer via USB 2.0, and use it as a normal pair of drives. You'll pay dearly for the privilege: at $448, but the thing looks rather cool with the two discs hanging halfway out and that swanky blue light underneath the power switch. Wait a couple of months and it'll probably cost a c-note.

External Dual DVD burner, the DVR-UW8DP [Akihabara News]