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The updated Sony MDR-EX700LP earbud headphones sport new 16mm drivers to give you ear-drum-shattering action (108dB) with “more precise sound” (4-28KHz) than before. Sony says the magnesium-housed MDR-EX700LP earbuds have a new “multi-layer diaphragm for reproducing high resolution sound.” For $300, that better be a lot of layers and a lot of high-res sounds.
Sony’s NWZ-A720, A820 and A820K Walkman players all look alike, but the 8-series has added Bluetooth to sweeten the deal. It’s quite similar to their NW-A829 and NW-A828 brothers that were announced in Japan, in fact. https://gizmodo.com/sony-nw-a829-nw-a828-walkmans-come-with-bluetooth-conn-358497 NWA-A720 • 4, 8 and 16GB • Windows Media DRM compatible • MP3/AAC/WMA/L-PCM audio • h.264/MPEG4 Video •…
Sony figured out two reasons people don’t buy flagship noise-canceling headphones—whether Bose or Sony or others: they’re awfully expensive and freakin’ huuuuge. The MDR-NC40 coming out in March costs $100, and is both cheaper and slimmer than the bulky $400 NC500D. This set runs for 40 hours on a single AAA battery and can be…
PS3 aside, the Blu-ray players Sony sold up until now are worthy of only your garbage can. Now that HD DVD is dead like a doornail, the 800-lb. gorilla is getting serious. The $400 BDP-S350 will feature an Ethernet port, USB port for connecting external storage and “BonusView” picture-in-picture capability (from the leapfrogged profile 1.1).…
Sony’s latest venture into wireless home-theater-in-a-box 5.1 systems includes options for wireless rear speakers and a new system called S-AIR that can transmit audio from your home theater to smaller clock-radio receivers in other rooms, up to a precise-sounding 164 feet away. They all have five-disc 1080p-upconverting HDMI DVD players and an included TDM-iP10 iPod…
Either Sony’s trying to tell us that vinyl will never die, or that vinyl is finally dead. After years of quietly selling regular old turntables, Sony is now offering what some niche brands already sell: a USB-connected turntable for converting records to MP3s. We don’t have a lot of detail on the PS-LX300USB, except for…
If Sony exists for anything, it’s synergy, so its latest quickie home theaters are made to match its Blu-ray players—you’ll notice only one of this fourfer has an upscaling DVD player—you’ve gotta bring the vid (Blu-ray) goods (Blu-ray) yourself. The $400 5.1 HT-SS2300 is the top audio-only, which pumps out 1000W and as three HDMI…
The DRC-BT815 (love them truly unique product names) is a little $130 stereo Bluetooth receiver that you plug your headphones into—bam, instant Bluetooth headset. The mic’s onboard the dongle, which has a clippy to attach it to your shirt (or earlobe). The sucky part is that battery life is only six hours, and it’s, you…
Professor Michael Stoll has posted an amazing collection of promotional art Syd Mead did for U.S. Steel. Prof. Stoll posted the Syd Mead images to the (Boing Boing Gadgets/Paleo-Future Blog) Flickr Group, In the Year 2000. The entire set of images can be found in the Portfolio of Probabilities photoset. One thing that is interestingly…
Hookay. So I was talking with Jason about buying a new MacBook Air to replace my aging PowerBook 17″. He suggested a new MacBook Pro or even a MacBook. “I love the Air. It is hot,” I said. “It you want hot, the MacBook Pro will scorch your balls groin,” he replied. So I told…
Goldmund has just announced the Eidos 20 BD, a device that they claim is the first Blu-ray player from a high-end AV manufacturer. So, naturally, that makes it all right to slap a $16,000 price tag on it. Apparently, that premium price will score you an AC-Curator power supply circuit for improved picture and sound,…
If you have ever had the privilege of viewing a work by artist Mike Rea, chances are you were instantly captivated by his amazing geek-inspired wood sculptures. The folks at Fecal Face managed to catch up with him and ask a few questions—and the brief peek inside his mind that resulted is interesting to say…
Not surprisingly, Amazon is looking to dump a whole mess of HD DVD titles to clear out more space for Blu-ray. Rather than dump the whole lot in the desert, they are passing the savings on to you in the form of a 50% discount on most titles. Get em’ before they are gone for…
Remember those rumors that AppleInsider was claiming a few hours ago? It came from an unfamiliar source, but while we’re wildly guessing, here’s an image of those updated model numbers with prices in the sub-$2000 range, far more appropriate for the Macbook standard than the pro: https://gizmodo.com/macbook-pro-new-model-tomorrow-allegedly-360464 According to this source, these are not the…
As you might have guessed, the NXMP324 from Neux Corp is not what I would call a “serious” product, but those looking for something a little different may find its support for MP3, WMA, WMV, WAV and ASF file formats, built-in USB 2.0 port, FM radio, and 128MB to 4GB capacities mildly interesting. Not me…
The “Softphone” concept phone from designer Quian Jiang utilizes a series of discs with electronically wired cotton fabric stretched in between. The benefit to a phone like this would be that one could fold up the keyboard to save space while the bulk of the electronics are housed inside a tiny clip made out of…
You may only be vaguely aware of DivX’s Stage 6 video site (which probably explains why it wasn’t successful) but it’s going to be shut down entirely at the end of February. Stage 6 was DivX’s YouTube-like video site meant to provide a bunch of streamable content for living room and mobile DivX players. The…
Panasonic’s badass 103-inch Plasma TV might have been shown up at CES by an even more retardedly-gigantic set, but that doesn’t mean that Panny has forgotten its roots. https://gizmodo.com/103-inch-hdtv-xbox-360-nerdgasm-293313 What can we expect from this new 103-inch model? Better wall mount configuration, improved video processing technology, anti-Reflective coating, enhanced wireless presentation capabilities, more versatile media…
If you are the kind of person that has Post-it notes strewn all over your desk, this USB-powered lamp may help you cut through the clutter while simultaneously providing some colorful ambient lighting. Using the included pen, users can write notes on the base and simply wipe the message off when needed. Sure, it is…
As if 1080p video, full-resolution audio, net connectivity and multi-tuner signal decoding wasn’t enough, Toshiba’s HD DVD team had even cooked up a system of embedded animatronic control before the format was put out of its misery. In this video left over from CES 2008, this little mechanical jazz band playing the Duke Ellington classic…