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Gizmodo Announces Support for Some Form of Higher Definition DVD

Budapest, Hungary — Gizmodo, the gadgets weblog and wholly owned subsidiary of Gawker Media Inc., today announced its support for some kind of better looking, higher capacity, more expensive DVD format. The writers and editors of the weblog will purchase high definition DVDs, and the overly-priced components that will be required to play them, as…

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Power User – The Best of Lifehacker

This week at Lifehacker: Mod your Xbox in ten minutes. Buff out scratches on the back of your iPod. Prepare for disaster with an encrypted thumb drive. Find wifi in the sky next flight you book. Kid-proof electrical outlets with clear duct tape. Finally, build a marshmallow gun for some fun with your co-workers kids.…

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Non-Announcement of the Week: Xbox 360

Microsoft’s X05 got underway in Amsterdam yesterday. It was billed as the first chance to, “fully experience Xbox 360, including the first opportunity to play next generation games and encounter the unique digital entertainment capabilities of Xbox 360.” So what was the big news to emerge from the event? That Peter Jackson is executive producing…

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HD-DVD Steaming Ahead

You know, one could say I’m using this as an excuse to post a picture of our beloved Milla Jovovich. But there’s also something I must point out about this. It’s HD-DVD, it’s at CEATEC, and it’s very well alive. Personally, I’m with Blu-Ray so to see this makes me think that HD-DVD could be…

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LG Embraces Media

I never really saw the sense in having a product that just played back media. It’s a nice thought, but kinda crap if you ask me. So I like the idea of LGs LRM-519 media viewer that plays back your media, as well as records it. It’s powered by Microsoft’s Windows Media Center Extender platform…

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TiVo ToGo on the Gameboy Micro

Nintendo fans: Tired of your PSP-totin’ buddies giving you grief for not having multimedia on your gaming handheld of choice? Well fret no more, because Nintendo has rebranded their Play-Yan multimedia device for the Gameboy Micro. It works by streaming data from an SD card through the Micro. The player supports MP3 and MPEG4, and…

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Musician’s Best Friend: Superscope PSD340

At first glance I nearly shat myself. Hot diggity damn, Nintendo is bringing back the Superscope! Unfortunately this has absolutely nothing to do with Nintendo or their fabulous and vintage Superscope. This is a dual-drive CD recorder to be used by musicians. This device lets you pop in a music CD and tweak with it…

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Smart Seed Pods My Ass

Well, they are Dutch. So it makes sense that Philips would come up with some funky designs for our digital future. With softer names like Chameleon and Momento we’ve come to the calmer section of the gadget-sphere. Here’s a lamp shade that changes color. Look at those movie clips playing inside a glowing orb. And…

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Acer’s LCD TV Media Center

Don’t want to excite you too much since this will only be available in Europe this holiday season, but Acer has come up with a wicked cool product called the AT3705W-MGW LCD TV. Quite a mouthful, yes, but it’s an interesting mix of media PC and LCD TV with a 37-inch screen. It has a…

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Sony VAIO Living Room Computer

Sony launched a new VAIO for the living room dubbed the Type X. The VGX-XL70S was revealed at CEATEC 2005 in Japan, and it’s a computer that easily blends in with any super-fancy home entertainment system. This thing is packed with a Pentium D 820 processor with 2.8 Ghz, up to 1GB of RAM, an…

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Mini Media Mac Tutorial

This is not the first or the last guide to turning a Mac Mini into a PVR. But this particular configuration is special in that it provides an easy way to copy the programming to VCD (MPEG-1), DVD (MPEG-2), QuickTime (MPEG-4) or DivX. The underlying functionality comes from the Plextor ConvertX digital video encoder, which…

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Synth Pr0n From Annie and Dave

The new Eurythmics song I’ve Got A Life isn’t getting high marks as a pop tune, but the video is covered in retro synthesizers. Music Thing notes the “Akai S612 with the ‘toast rack’ disc drive.” There’s got to be a Roland in there someplace. Let’s play name that synthesizer… Softcore synth pr0n from Eurythmics…

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Sony MD May Go Bye-Bye

Oh, Sony, how could you? After years of loyal MiniDisc fans sticking with you, you’re really going to cancel the format? Looks like this may be more than just a rumour. According to the MD geeks at independent discussion board Sony Voice, the new restructuring and catching up of the Sony brand is going to…

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Sharp LCD Gets…Well, Sharp

Giving us hope that the LCD TV will be the flat panel of choice in the future (as well as maybe come down in price sometime soon), Sharp has come up with an LCD display with the world’s highest contrats ratio of 1,000,000:1. Yes, the company’s ASV Premium LCD display panel is 37-inches with 1920×1080…

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Sonic Impact Amp

What the nonsense is this all about. Word around the blogosphere is that this amp that costs a measly $30 can outperforms amps that cost upwards of $300 dollars. It seems people are swearing by this amp, and with such a cheap price you can’t really go wrong. With all of the raves and reviews…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Gloves off At Blu-Ray Camp

Ah, the quibbling of media giants. Sort of fun to watch. And now the Blu-Ray backers have fired back at Microsoft and Intel for the reasons the companies gave earlier this week for backing HD DVD. From capacity to managed copy support, the Blu-Ray Disc Association group has said that there have been inaccuracies on…

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Black Toilet Paper

Renova is releasing an all black toilet paper. I have pretty much spent the entire day pondering this concept, dreaming and wondering what kind of advantage using black would have on me and my posterior end. Well after finally reading the Renova press release I have unfortunately come to find out that this toilet paper…

Tech News Travis Hudson

LG Taiwan Gets the Goods

Some pretty 37-inch and 42-inch LCDs were rocked out by LG Electronics in the Taiwan market today for $2883 and $5659 respectively. Both have native resolution of 1366×768, contrast ratio of 1200:1 and a viewing angle of 178 degrees. Obviously not scared by Sony’s Bravia push, prices aren’t hitting bottom yet, but we’d like to…

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Remotes for Dummies: Harmony 880

Remotes like these are a godsend. Every single time I visit my grandmother, I am forced to explain how the TV, VCR, and DVD player work..as well as 500 other things. When a company creates a swiss-army-esque remote like this one, I breathe a sigh of relief and a tear of joy rolls down my…

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Toshiba Launches New HDTVs

Hot diggity, it is a HDTV release fiesta today! Boy, we’re excited! First Dell, now Toshiba has announced three new HDTV’s. These TV’s come with a built-in digital TV tuner, each one has two HDMI slots and they all look generally sexy overall. The sizes available will be 32″, 37″, and 42″. Prices will begin…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Gizmodo Announces Support for Some Form of Higher Definition DVD

Power User – The Best of Lifehacker

Non-Announcement of the Week: Xbox 360

HD-DVD Steaming Ahead

LG Embraces Media

TiVo ToGo on the Gameboy Micro

Musician’s Best Friend: Superscope PSD340

Smart Seed Pods My Ass

Acer’s LCD TV Media Center

Sony VAIO Living Room Computer

Mini Media Mac Tutorial

Synth Pr0n From Annie and Dave

Sony MD May Go Bye-Bye

Sharp LCD Gets…Well, Sharp

Sonic Impact Amp

Gloves off At Blu-Ray Camp

Black Toilet Paper

LG Taiwan Gets the Goods

Remotes for Dummies: Harmony 880

Toshiba Launches New HDTVs

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