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

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…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 11

Aquagate Steam Shower: Sings to You

The Aquagate steam shower is Gizmodo-notable because of its touchscreen radio/mp3 player. But its a hell of a way to clean off, too. It’s made out of the teak hardwood usually used in sailboats, Italian limestone, and aluminum. The stall has both shower and steam functions, aroma and light therapy programs. It even has a…

Tech News Brian Lam Aug 11

MediaStreet Pure eMotion 128: LCD Frame Price Drop

We’re big fans of digital picture frames, which can completely eliminate that most loathsome task: printing. No need to cross that digital chasm into the bleak analog world when you have a MediaStreet Pure eMotion 128, a digital picture frame with a 7-inch screen. That 128 number in its name stands for its amount of…

Gadgets Charlie White Aug 11

Naf Naf Hyp MP3 Music Box, Sort of Looks Like a Beer Barrel

The Naf Naf Hyp MP3 is a music box that’s capable of playing radio, CDs, cassettes and MP3-laden CDs; a line-in jack allows you to connect an external MP3 player as well. (Not to mention that it resembles a beer barrel, but that’s probably just suppressed love of drink acting up again.) It’s got all…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Aug 11

Going Digital: Training Wheels for DigiCam Noobs

We show you so many digital cameras and camcorders here on the Giz, you must be getting bleary-eyed just trying to sort through all the choices. Coming to your aid is Going Digital, a book by technology columnist and radio host Alex Goldfayn that helps you noobs navigate through that thicket of info and specs,…

Books & Comics Charlie White Aug 11

Blu-ray, HD-DVD War To End in Stalemate, Research Shows

The current battle—war, if you will—between Blu-ray and HD-DVD will end in an inglorious stalemate according to research conducted by Screen Digest, a business-related media research and analysis firm. Moreover, the research firm also predicts that the war will do more harm than good and actually harm the high definition disc market, which kind of…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Aug 11

Viddler to Bring Searchable Video to the Interwebs

As nearly everyone and his brother tries to figure out how to monetize a video site on the Interwebs like YouTube, in comes Viddler, an idea that just might work. Its major innovation is its searchable video, where uploaders tag certain sections of a video and then viewers can search within it, finding whatever spot…

Tech News Charlie White Aug 10

Jukebox Station: iPod Connections, Seven Speakers, Blinkinlights

Take a look at the Jukebox Station, a 3-foot-tall iPod-ready music machine with FM radio, CD player, and an attractive array of LEDs designed by Saffire USA. There’s a universal docking cradle inside for any iPod accepting such connections, and you can also hook up your video iPod to a TV using SVideo or composite…

Tech News Charlie White Aug 10

Hauppage TV Anywhere: Poor Man’s Slingbox

Hauppage TV Anywhere is bundling already-free software from Orb Networks with its WinTV box to let you record shows on your PC and then stream them to you wherever you’re able to access the Interwebs. The WinTV box snags those over-the-air video signals and records them on your PC via USB 2.0, and then the…

Television Charlie White Aug 10

Sprint WiMax Network Going Live in Q4 2007

We reported Tuesday about Sprint Nextel’s WiMax broadband wireless network it was planning to build using WiMax technology. Now, the company says it’s going to start laying down some serious money to make this happen, vowing to spend $3 billion over the next two years to build the WiMax network. The advantage for us? Nothing…

Tech News Charlie White Aug 10

Sony TA-DA3200ES Receiver Brings Serious Power

As the HDMI spec filters throughout the home theater landscape, more and more receivers fall into line supporting that high-definition audio and video I/O scheme, and now Sony’s TA-DA3200ES receiver joins the crowd with the ability to move 1080p video from one place to another with plenty of power to spare. The thing that will…

Tech News Charlie White Aug 9

Yamaha RX-V2700 and RX-V1700 HDMI Receivers

Yamaha introduced its RX-V1700 (130 watts per channel) and the RX-V2700 (140 watts per channel ) 7.1 channel A/V receivers, both able to pass through and switch 1080p video via HDMI, as well as up-convert any composite, S-Video or component video signal to 1080i. Nothing new there so far, where there are plenty of receivers…

Tech News Charlie White Aug 9

Logitech Wireless DJ: Hands All Over the Music Streaming System (Verdict: Poor Man’s Sonos)

I had some cozy time in a hotel bedroom with a preproduction Logitech Wireless DJ. This music streaming system uses Extended Data Rate Bluetooth to let your PC, the fancy remote and the receiver talk. Yes, Bluetooth, even if the spec sheet doesn’t admit it. That’s because this system is practically dummy proof, and aimed…

Tech News Brian Lam Aug 8

Chess Teacher: Built-In Cheat Sheets for Airheads

The Chess Teacher helps beginners learn the ancient game with crib notes inscribed on the back of each piece, showing how they’re allowed to move. This might be an excellent aid in teaching your young apprentice the art and logic of chess. The $18 set includes a chess board and instruction booklet in case all…

Tech News Charlie White Aug 8

Pioneer PDP-5070 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV

Pioneer is showing that there’s still some life left in plasma displays with the PureVision PDP-5070. It’s a 50-inch, 1080p plasma display that, in addition to looking quite handsome, should deliver some pretty decent visuals. Pioneer redesigned the panel to improve some of the inner circuitry, chief among them improved red and blue phosphors, supposedly…

Television Nicholas Deleon Aug 8

Xbox 360 HD DVD Interface Preview

This is only a preliminary design, but these pics are what the Xbox 360 team are looking at for integrating the HD DVD with your internal DVD drive in the UI. Looks pretty straightforward. Similar to the design that the current DVD has. We wonder if we’re going to be able to play games in…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 7

Samsung LED-Backlit LCD TV Coming Next Month

Samsung announced it will ship a 40-inch LCD TV next month with an unusual attribute: its back light won’t be a fluorescent bulb but a row of LEDs. This method of backlighting an LCD screen provides richer colors and results in much longer bulb life. It’s not the first monitor to do this, though. In…

Gadgets Charlie White Aug 7

Xbox 360 Saint’s Row Bundle Available in Europe

North America may be getting a pretty PGR Xbox 360 Bundle, but Europe did not go quietly into the night about getting shafted on a bundle. They countered with a package of their own. https://gizmodo.com/xbox-360-pgr-bundle-confirmed-preorders-available-192153 Microsoft has announced the release of an Xbox 360 Saint’s Row bundle heading for Europe. It will make a triumphant…

Tech News Travis Hudson Aug 7

PS3 Digs Itself a Deeper Grave, Requires Adapter for Backwards Compatibility

In the biggest twist of the year, including last year, Sony has made another bad decision regarding the PlayStation 3. Claims have been running rampant that this console would be able to play both PS2 and PSOne games—it still will be able to, but require an additional adapter that will likely cost a kidney or…

Tech News Travis Hudson Aug 7

iBlaster Clock Radio For The iPod

The iBlaster is an AM/FM alarm clock from Excalibur Electronics that integrates with the iPod. Also included in the package is an infrared remote control. It’s compatible with all models of the iPod thanks to a series of different sized dock adapters. The back of the radio has a number of ports like S-Video and…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Aug 7

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

Aquagate Steam Shower: Sings to You

MediaStreet Pure eMotion 128: LCD Frame Price Drop

Naf Naf Hyp MP3 Music Box, Sort of Looks Like a Beer Barrel

Going Digital: Training Wheels for DigiCam Noobs

Blu-ray, HD-DVD War To End in Stalemate, Research Shows

Viddler to Bring Searchable Video to the Interwebs

Jukebox Station: iPod Connections, Seven Speakers, Blinkinlights

Hauppage TV Anywhere: Poor Man’s Slingbox

Sprint WiMax Network Going Live in Q4 2007

Sony TA-DA3200ES Receiver Brings Serious Power

Yamaha RX-V2700 and RX-V1700 HDMI Receivers

Logitech Wireless DJ: Hands All Over the Music Streaming System (Verdict: Poor Man’s Sonos)

Chess Teacher: Built-In Cheat Sheets for Airheads

Pioneer PDP-5070 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV

Xbox 360 HD DVD Interface Preview

Samsung LED-Backlit LCD TV Coming Next Month

Xbox 360 Saint’s Row Bundle Available in Europe

PS3 Digs Itself a Deeper Grave, Requires Adapter for Backwards Compatibility

iBlaster Clock Radio For The iPod

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