Category: Digital Summer 2008
Digital Summer Special: Olympus LS-10 audio recorder
Though I’m more impressed with Belkin’s Podcast Studio for recording audio directly to an iPod, Olympus’s LS-10 linear PCMr recorder boasts high quality portable sound recording directly onto its 2GB internal memory or SD/SDHC expansion cards.
It will record audio through its two in-built microphones at up to 24-bit/96kHz, in WAV. WMA or MP3 format. It has three microphone recording modes — normal, wide, and zoom — five reverb effects and four playback modes…
Digital Summer Special: Olympus compact and DSLR cameras
Olympus was out in force at Digital Summer, showing off a line of their recent digital compact and SLR cameras. We’ve covered some of them already on Tech Digest, and most have been out for at least a couple of months, but it’s still worth taking a closer look.
Olympus SP-570 UZ
This DSLR offers up a 20x wide optical zoom, 10 megapixel sensor, dual image stabilisation, sequential shooting at up to 13.5 fps, super macro mode, face detection, shadow adjustment, BrightCapture technology for low-light shooting, 23 preset scene modes, automated and manual settings. Unusually for a DSLR it runs on four AA batteries.
Available now priced £389.99.
Digital Summer Special: iO Play Bluetooth Music Streaming Car Kit
In-car Bluetooth music streaming kits are becoming quite common now. iO’s Play system offers a number of features designed to sync together your mobile phone, sat nav, and music player…
Digital Summer Special: High-tech audio systems
Several of the companies exhibiting at Digital Summer had some interesting audio technology on show.
There’s been plenty of talk about creating virtual surround sound from a pair of stereo speakers, but not so much (that I’ve heard of) about creating a wide stereo sound space from one speaker unit. Audio Pro, Geneva, and Orbitsound are all pushing technology that does just that. It sounds great, too.
Read on for five great home audio products, and please don’t let the iPod integration put you off…
Digital Summer Special: Belkin Podcast Studio / GoStudio
I’m kicking off the Digital Summer Special with a product that I’m looking forward to getting my hands on.
The Podcast Studio (also referred to as the GoStudio) is Belkin’s hardware solution aimed at anyone wanting to capture live audio directly to their iPhone, much as their TuneStage does…
Digital Summer Special: Hot Gadgets Alert!
As a special Bank Holiday treat (with the likelihood that the weather will be anything but summery) here’s a look at some of the hottest products coming over the next couple of months, from top manufacturers you know and a few you probably won’t…
