The Queen Loves the Web
It’s confirmed: the Queen loves the Web. Her Majesty has just awarded the Order of Merit to Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the WWW. That’s the most exclusive club in Britain, chaps. It’s limited to 24 living members and getting that funny cross is a personal decision by The Lady herself, not advised by any…
B&O BeoVision 7 Fully Satisfies the Snob in You
Yes, they did it again. Danish pals, clown number and technology re-packers Bang & Olufsen want to sell you another Samsung LCD panel in a nice box: the BeoVision 7. Nothing wrong with that. Their 40-inch TV with integrated DVD and central speaker certainly looks amazing, but when Kim Gravesen, B&O Chief here, says she’s…
Archos TV Plus Also Downloads Movies, Surfs the Web
Archos has also jumped into the personal-video-recorder-streaming-box-Internet-TV-thing-a-mathon bandwagon. Their TV Plus works on its own, connected to the Internet using Wi-Fi or Ethernet, as well as in tandem with their multimedia players. It has your usual AV ports, including HDMI and component up to 720p, and stores 80 to 250GB of content. It does a…
Videos of the Archos 605 and 405
Those cool froggies at Le Journal du Geek got their le hands over le Archos 405 and le Archos 605. They look sweet and quite small for their features, but from here the interface looks like the usual too-complex-for-my-taste Archos stuff. Whatever, I like the track. https://gizmodo.com/archos-605-wifi-downloads-movies-over-the-web-268929 Les Archos Gen5 en vidéo [Le Journal du…
Archos 605 WiFi Downloads Movies Over the Web
Archos has just announced their Generation 5, their new line of multimedia players. We will get a hands-on later today, but the 605 Wi-Fi has been posted on their site. Although it looks very similar to the previous model, it has been improved all around. First, the 4.3-inch screen is now 800 x 480 pixels.…