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Intempo iFi-01 iPod Sound System

Intempo makes some unique looking iPod accessories, including the previously mentioned iDS-02. Now we take a look at the iFi-01, an aluminum tower 2.1-channel surround sound system compatible with iPods and other MP3 players. The iFi uses two 15-watt stereo speakers to pump out music and a 30-watt subwoofer helps out with the low frequencies.…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon Jul 20

Artec T14A USB TV Tuner: HDTV on a Laptop

Plug the Artec T14A USB TV Tuner into your laptop, install the software and you’re watching HDTV. All of a sudden you’ve bypassed buying an HDTV, setting up an HD cable box or anything else. Using its included antenna, it pulls in over-the-air HDTV broadcast stations in the US, Canada, South Korea, Taiwan and Argentina,…

Tech News Charlie White Jul 20

Netflix To Offer Sneak Preview of Fall NBC Shows

Taking their Youtube show promotion to the next logical step, NBC’s going to add a sneak-peek for two of their new fall dramas to Netflix. If you’re a Netflix subscriber, you can watch the pilots of “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” and “Kidnapped” up to six weeks before the premiere, shipped to you on…

Television Jason Chen Jul 19

Start Saving: Panasonic 103-inch Plasma Prices Unveiled

Earlier this month, we mentioned that the glorious Panasonic 103-inch plasma television would be shipping. Unfortunately, we had no idea of prices. I am a gambling man and I speculated “well over 10 G’s.” Boy howdy was I wrong. This TV has a staggering price tag of $51,000. There will be 5000 units manufacturered. Don’t…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jul 19

AT&T Launches HomeZone, Yawn

AT&T announced today the launch of their Homezone satellite TV service. Included in the service is the Homezone DVR (pictured). It can record regular DISH Network satellite feeds—you can also schedule recording via the Internet. The big kicker of the service is a movies-on-demand download service. This service is being powered by Movielink and individual…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jul 19

LixSystems Lx8100 Bare Bones HTPC

Here’s a home theater PC (HTPC) “bare bone” case from LixSystems, a company that apparently pays attention to the right details for a box that’s going to be in an environment that needs near-total quiet. Its 280-watt power supply has a fan that keeps the noise down to 14dba, which is right down there in…

Tech News Charlie White Jul 19

Altec Lansing im500 iPod nano Dock

I wonder what would’ve happened to all these companies that pump out dock after dock if Apple never released their indefatigable iPod. Such as it is, we’re blessed seemingly every day with another dock and today is Altec Lansig’s day in the sun. The InMotion im500 is designed for the iPod nano, but will work…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Jul 19

Eva Solo Gas Grill

Grilling with gas is the way to go even if you have to use a propane tank, and here’s a gas version of the Eva Solo Barrel Grill that hides that funky-looking canister out of sight where no one will be the wiser. The grill is all stainless steel through and through, and has a…

Tech News Charlie White Jul 19

Sony Launches DVDirect Recorders for PC-Free DVD Burning

While Blu-ray and HD-DVD seem to be getting all the attention, Sony is still serving its customers interested in recording video directly to DVDs. It’s added two additions to its DVDirect DVD recorder family, the VRD-MC3 which can store both video and digital photos, and the VRD-VC30 which works with video only. The neat trick…

Tech News Charlie White Jul 19

TiVo Confirms Series3 Testing, Hitting Retail Soon

TiVo sent a letter notifying FCC and cable operators that testing for Series3 devices have started and should be ready to hit store shelves soon. The text from the letter reads: The TiVo Series3 HD DVR product supports up to two CableCARD decoders. This product acts as two independent single stream UDCP CableCARD hosts within…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 18

HD DVD vs. Blu-ray, Yet Again

If you’ve just tuned in, there’s a next generation DVD “war” going on to vie for the cash you mooch from your parents. Our veteran readers probably already made up their mind about which format they’ll support, but the choice isn’t as clear to the rest of us. The humor site Cracked gives an illustrated…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 18

Solid Silver Xbox 360 Faceplate

If solid gold cellphones are part of your everyday out-the-door accesories, then you should have no problem loosening the old snake-skin wallet and pulling out $1,260 bones for a solid gold Xbox 360 faceplate. The plate is made by Christofle, and can be seen in Paris at the Colette boutique. There’s only going to be…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 18

That Blu-rayin’ is Hard, Sez Microsoft

Now we hear from our beloved basement-dwelling brothers at Kotaku that Microsoft spokespeople are saying that Blu-ray discs are apparently “hard to make.” There’s an extra layer of copy protection on Blu-ray discs, called BD+, and that makes the manufacturing of those disks a whole lot more complicated. In a recent podcast, a couple of…

Tech News Charlie White Jul 18

New Xbox 360 Bundle Coming? Plus, View Your Live Friends On Windows Live Messenger

Two bits of Xbox 360 gaming news today. First is an update on the new premium bundle that might be coming sometime this fall which may be called the “Xbox 360 Pro Bundle”. Rumors are the bundle will have everything the current $399 bundle has plus a three month Xbox Live gold subscription, 1,250 Marketplace…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 17

iPAQ USB Music Dock

Stop the presses, a non-iPod music player dock is on the loose. Designed for the HP iPAQ rw6818/6828, this dock does most everything you’d expect a dock to do, like charge your player and play back your tunes with a set of stereo speakers. Even though it’s designed with the iPAQ in mind, a line-in…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon Jul 17

Pioneer Elite Pro-FHD1 Plasma: 50 Inches, 1080p

We saw the Pioneer Elite Pro-FHD1 plasma display at CES way back in January, and now it’s time for the 50-inch 1080p screen to ship, at long last. Last time we saw the thing, it had a crispy-critter-looking picture, with nice dark blacks and plenty of contrast, as well as some fine-looking 1080p resolution. There’s…

Tech News Charlie White Jul 17

Microsoft Employee’s Thoughts About Xbox 360 HDMI

A Microsoft employee ponders on what Microsoft would do if they were actually to implement an HDMI port on the Xbox 360 (there isn’t one now). We talked about the possible leaked pic of a development board having HDMI a few days ago, and the employee thinks if this is true, Microsoft would offer an…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 14

When is a TiVo Not a TiVo?

You know your product is successful when its brand name is commonly used both as a verb and a noun. Such is the case with TiVo, where on last week’s Pimp My Ride, the show host kept talking about a “TiVo” that was most certainly not anything close to our favorite personal video recorder. Take…

Tech News Charlie White Jul 13

I-Deck: Album Art Has Returned!

Ever since I saw my parents’ Rolling Stones Some Girls vinyl album back when I was a wee lad, I have been in love with album art. With the MP3 generation taking over, this artform was slowly becoming lost in a digital sea. Luckily, English designer Michael Kennedy shares the same passion and invented the…

Tech News Travis Hudson Jul 13

Toshiba RD-A1 HD DVD Recorder Shipment Delayed

Since we tipped you off last month about the Toshiba RD-A1 HD DVD recorder that was set to ship in mid-July, we figured you might appreciate an update on that, where now it’s mid-July and the RD-A1 is not going to be shipping just yet. Toshiba has reportedly run into a glitch in the production…

Tech News Charlie White Jul 13

Intempo iFi-01 iPod Sound System

Artec T14A USB TV Tuner: HDTV on a Laptop

Netflix To Offer Sneak Preview of Fall NBC Shows

Start Saving: Panasonic 103-inch Plasma Prices Unveiled

AT&T Launches HomeZone, Yawn

LixSystems Lx8100 Bare Bones HTPC

Altec Lansing im500 iPod nano Dock

Eva Solo Gas Grill

Sony Launches DVDirect Recorders for PC-Free DVD Burning

TiVo Confirms Series3 Testing, Hitting Retail Soon

HD DVD vs. Blu-ray, Yet Again

Solid Silver Xbox 360 Faceplate

That Blu-rayin’ is Hard, Sez Microsoft

New Xbox 360 Bundle Coming? Plus, View Your Live Friends On Windows Live Messenger

iPAQ USB Music Dock

Pioneer Elite Pro-FHD1 Plasma: 50 Inches, 1080p

Microsoft Employee’s Thoughts About Xbox 360 HDMI

When is a TiVo Not a TiVo?

I-Deck: Album Art Has Returned!

Toshiba RD-A1 HD DVD Recorder Shipment Delayed

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