Category: Gadgets
One Minute IFA Update: Philips Blu-Ray players and recorders
Ashley looks at Philips Blu-ray DVD players/recorders – the Media Center PC, the MCP9480i, and the Blu-ray player – the BDP9000. For more info, check this link….
IFA 2006: Toshiba announces first high-capacity (SDHC) SD memory cards
Good news for those for movie makers on the go – Toshiba has announced what it claims is the industry's first commercially available high-capacity SDHC memory card. Whether they mean in Europe isn't clear, because Sandisk announced one a…
IFA 2006: Daewoo shows off portable gadgets: DVD and multimedia players
Amongst everything else, Daewoo have been showing off a couple of their portable multimedia devices at IFA 2006. Their DPC-7800PDT is a portable DVD player with a 7-inch TFT-LCD display, built-in speakers, and an integrated DVB-T digital TV tuner. Looks…
IFA 2006: Philips headlines
I am just waiting for the Philips conference to start. The big stories are; Blu-ray lined up details A pair of new Media Center PCs A tiny two Gig music player A nine inch LCD digital picture frame and what…
IFA 2006: Philips refines its Entertaible interactive gaming table
Remember Philips' prototype interactive board game from this year's CES? Well, they've refined it and its ready to face the public. The idea of the Entertaible is to mix the flexibility of the electronic games arena, such as dynamic…
Xoro HSD 7500 offers portable DVD and Freeview viewing
Xoro have announced the HSD 7500, a portable/handheld Freeview TV and DVD player with a 7 inch LCD widescreen, resolution 480×234. Its Freeview tuner is detachable, has auto-scan, EPG and Teletext. The DVD player is a slot-loading affair (smmooth) and…
Get your hands on Charlie Sheen's home gym
So, you spent hundreds of pounds on that home gym gear to get yourself fit, and now it's rusting away in the garage. Don't worry: even Hollywood superstars do the same thing. At least, that's the conclusion to draw…
Jukebox iPod docking station
When I was a kid I always had a dream of owning a jukebox that I could load all my CDs into and play randomly. Then, along came the iPod which gave me a pocket-sized portable jukebox. But what if…
Ditch the watch: time's on your mobile
Wristwatches are being abandoned in favour of using a mobile phone or PDA as the source of the time, particularly amongst men, according to new research. Women predominantly wear watches as a fashion item, whereas men are not so bothered,…
XP3 Programmable Message Clock
Early starts are never appealing – but a cheery word first thing from this XP3 Programmable Message Clock might just brighten your mood. It might also freak you out as that message floats in mid-air, thanks to the "persistence…