Slim Page Light Won’t Disturb Your Partner
Do you like to read just before you go to sleep? Is a bedside lamp too bright for someone lying nearby?
There is a thin and lightweight solution: the Super Slim LED Page Light. It allows you to read nightly without disturbing those in sleep around, featuring bright white LEDs that flash the light within the lens, projecting it onto the page without blinding you. All you need is to place it on the book. This $25 gadget is highly portable and good for travelling.
Exclusive Pioneer receivers 2008 For Realistic Sounding
Pioneer Electronics Inc introduces the Elite SC-07, SC-05, VSX-01TXH and VSX-03TXH, four new AV receivers with high definition audio and video for home theaters.
Pioneer’s full line of AV control centers work mainly with Pioneer’s 2008 KURO displays, as well as with Blu-ray Disc players to emotionally response in the living room.
Pioneer’s AV receiver has established the standard for home theater performance. Its 2008 top-rated receivers, SC-07 and SC-05, keep on incorporating the Direct Energy HD Amplifier and ICE power analog class D amplification tech to perform a level of multi-channel power output, never heard in a home AV receiver before.
The SC-07 and SC-05 produce a 3-dimensional aural experience to lift listeners to high resolution multichannel surround sound, and deliver realistic sound quality resulted in exclusive Direct Energy HD Amplifier. Now the receiver will be able to work at extraordinary output levels, producing extremely low distortion and no wasted energy.
There came new advanced ultra-rich surround sound formats: Dolby TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD Master Audi and DTS-HD High Resolution.
For natural sound reproduction, Pioneer introduces its exclusive room tuning feature in all new Elite receivers. Improved MCACC gains studio quality regardless of the room configuration for subtle adjustments, including new symmetric equalization for exact speaker calibration.
Pioneer’s new Elite receivers incorporate Neural-THX to deliver encoded content in a two-channel stereo format and decode for up to 7.1 channel dispersion surround sound. What is more, Elite receivers include dialogue enhancements, Lip-Sync A/V synchronization, Mid-night Listening and set of various listening modes, as well as utilizing anti-jitter technologies.
The SC-07 goes with a professional SRC (Brown Sampling Rate Converter) to provide 192 kHz 24-bit resolution digital audio signals.
Pioneer offers HDMI 1.3a to support 12-Bit Deep Color with a a wide range of hues and shades. 1080p video processing is engineered with Faroudja video scaler chip and a Pioneer digital video converter to match the incoming video stream to a connected display’s native resolution.
VSX-01TXH (750$) and VSX-03TXH (1000$) will be on sale in June. The SC-05 (1800$) and SC-07 (2000$) will be available in August.
All full specifications are here
April’s Hottest 40-inch LCD HDTV At Amazon
High-definition television will be seen in 44 million homes around the world by the end of 2008, a research firm says, with HD homes rising to nearly 180 million by 2012.
According to a new forecast from London-based Informa Telecoms & Media, about 4% of worldwide households will actively watch HD programming by the end of this year, up from 2% at the end of 2007. Let’s have a look at the best-seller of 40-inch LCD HDTV at Amazon.
On April 10, the answer is…Samsung’s 40-inch 1080p LCD HDTV, available today for $1,139 — 34 percent off the suggested list price. The flat-panel set, model LNT406IF, has a contrast ratio of 10,000 to 1, 3 HDMI inputs, a swivel stand, a 1920 x 1080 picture resolution and weighs just 38.6 pounds, ideal for mounting onto a wall.
The high-def set is ranked #32 today in Amazon’s rankings of best selling electronics products and it has a customer rating of 4.5 stars based on 198 reviews.
For people looking to step up to full 1080p resolution in a 40-inch flat-panel LCD, Samsung’s 2007 model LNT4061FF is a good choice. Besides offering full 1080p resolution the LNT4061F also features a 10,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio for rich blacks and subltle texture display, an 8ms response time panel for smooth motion, hidden side speakers, an NTSC tuner, and 3 HDMI ports.
Compared to other Samsung Models
The primary differences between Samsung’s LNT4061F and the LNT4065F LCD HDTV is in the contrast ratio and video processing power. The pricier LNT4065F offers a 15,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio compared to this model’s 10,000:1 ratio, and also offers full 10bit video processing over this model’s 8 bit system. The more expensive model should display finer gradients of shading making for more detail in darker scenes. The video processing difference should ensure smoother motion in fast moving scenes for the LNT4065F.
Video Processing
The Samsung Digital Natural Image engine (DNIe) Video Enhancer refines all analog NTSC and wideband video inputs for an overall improvement in picture quality. DNIe improves contrast, white level, picture detail and incorporates digital noise reduction to improve lower quality video inputs. The 3D Y/C digital comb filter constantly analyzes the three dimensions of picture height, picture width, and picture changes-over-time to dramatically reduce edge image artifacts while improving transition detail.
Connections
* HDMI (version 1.3): 3 (1 CEC cabaple)
* Component video: 2 (Y, Pb, Pr)
* S-Video input: 1 side/1 rear
* A/V inputs: 1 side/1 rear
* PC inout: 1
* Headphone Jack: 1
* USB 2.0: 1
Audio Features
High-quality virtual surround sound can be experienced with just the speakers built into the TV. SRS TruSurround XT technology delivers an amazing, simulated 3D effect with clear dialog and powerful bass through hidden side speakers. TruSurround XT audio adds three audio enhancement technologies to produce an amazingly immersive sound experience.
* Dialog Clarity brings movie dialog into Focus during the playback of any surround-encoded material to make speech much clearer and crisper.
* TruBass creates incredible deep rich bass allowing a person to perceive significantly deeper, richer low bass tones that are far beyond the physical low frequency capabilities of the speaker itself.
* The SRS WOW feature widens the soundstage by processing standard two-channel stereo material as well as multi-channel encoded material for a dramatic improvement in the playback of any stereo audio over a two-speaker system.
What’s in the box: Samsung LNT4061F 40-inch 1080P LCD TV, remote control, 2 AAA batteries, Power Cord, cleaning cloth, owners manual, warranty card.
iCarta – toilet products category or technological relief?
Atech Flash Technology has released weird gadget for toilet use.. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that! It’s still hard to define wether it is toilet products category or technological relief.
It is designed for listening to music while in the bathroom, to be more correct. ICarta is a stereo dock for the iPod & iPhone and it also features a toilet paper holder. It includes four integrated moisture-free speakers that produce a high qualitative sound. The device fits all iPod sizes and can be folded as a stereo dock for those who don’t want to be frustrated by toilet-paper dispenser look.
Features:
- 4 Integrated qualitative moisture-free speakers with exceptional clarity
- Charges your iPod while in the dock
- Audio selector to play iPod shuffle
- Integrated toilet-tissue to be easily folded as a stereo dock
- AC Adapter included
- Audio line in
- USB dock
- Adjustable spacer for iPods of different sizes
Dimensions:
8.25in x 3.68in x 7.12in
Power Requirements:
12V, 1.5A AC adapter
Speakers:
2 x tweeters (highs)
2 x woofers (lows)
Digital book reader PRS-505 from Sony
If you do like reading, the Reader Digital Book PRS-505 from Sony is just what you need! Enjoy reading a variety of your favorite books, which are stored up digitally in one compact device.
The Reader Digital Book can house 160 eBooks or even hundreds more with optionally supplied memory cards. It has a portable size, which allows you to use it while traveling. The eBook Store from Sony gives you the opportunity to download any book titles or documents in Adobe® PDF, RTF, TXT, BBeB® and Microsoft® Word. It is also supplied with long-life battery and possesses paper-like screen technology.
If you are on the go, pick up this wonder with you to carry thousands of reading material
on you wherever you are. “The Reader can handle a stack of books and other documents that people would rather not carry, yet offers a ‘book-like’ reading experience unavailable with other electronic devices,” said Steve Haber, senior vice president of Sony’s Digital Imaging and Audio Division.
“Since launching almost a year ago, we’ve confirmed that Reader owners are avid book readers and great customers of our growing selection of book titles. Publishers are responding by making more electronic titles available, and, increasingly by making them available at the same time as print versions are released.” said Lee Shirani, vice president for eBooks at Sony CONNECT.
So check out its features:
- Ultra portable
- Amazing paper-like display
- Good storage capability (160 eBooks, much more with memory cards)
- Thousands of titles at eBook Store
Specifications:
Technology
• E Ink® “Electronic Paper”
Screen Size
• Approx. 6″ Measured Diagonally
Resolution
• 170 Pixels Per Inch
Gray Scale
• 8-Level Grey Scale
Unsecured Text
• BBeB Book, TXT, RTF, Adobe® PDF, Microsoft® Word (Conversion to the Reader-requires Word installed on your PC)
DRM Text
• BBeB Book (Marlin)
Unsecured Audio
• MP3 and AAC
Image
• JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP
Battery Type
• Rechargeable Lithium-Ion
Battery Life (Approx.)
• Up to 7,500 page turns
Recharging time
• Approx. 4 hours with USB charging from powered computer or approx. 2 hours when using optional AC wall charger
AC Power
• Optional AC Charger requires 120 Volts 60Hz
View or buy this product at Sony’s official site