Tag: IFA 2008
IFA 2008: Sony's PDV-IT1000 speakers are epic thin
Susi Weaser writes…
So you’ve got your 9.9mm LCD TV from Sony – it’d be a shame to spoil it all now with some fat speakers, wouldn’t it? These new speakers from Sony are just 16mm thick, and were wonderfully codenamed ‘Pocky’ after that delicious Japanese biscuit/chocolate/confectionery thing…
IFA 2008: Gear4 end radio tuning hell with their new iPod transmitters
Susi Weaser writes…
iPod radio transmitters come under the bracket of ‘great in theory, poor in performance’. Often no matter how carefully you choose a clear frequency, the signal between the iPod and the car radio will drop out. Gear4 hope that they’ve rectified the problem, however, with their Follow Me technology…
IFA 2008: Creative lines up three GigaWorks models – T3, T20 and T40
Lucy Hedges writes…
Creative announced the launch of three GigaWorks speaker systems today – the GigaWorks T20 Series II, GigaWorks T40 Series II and the GigaWorks T3. Based on the huge paragraph dedicated to the T3 and the 2 lines allocated to the T20 and T40 in the press release, it’s fair to say the T3 is the one Creative really wants to grab your attention with. Not to stand in the way of the intentions of a press release, it’s the T3 up first. Looking like an impressive piece of kit, the T3 is a 2.1 speaker, combining innovative design with what Creative are calling ‘the best audio components and state-of-the-art technologies’, to deliver a sound that’ll raise your listening experience to a whole new level of fantastic-ness and produce a sound any audiophile would be proud of…
IFA 2008: Harman/Kardon MS 100 all-in-one audio system
In stark contrast to the ugly ugly speakers we saw earlier, this all-in-one audio unit is considerably prettier. All-in-one isn’t an empty promise, either. It’s got an iPod dock, a CD player, FM radio, speakers, and a clock radio. Basically, sit this on your bedside table and you’ll never be wanting of audio entertainment ever again…
IFA 2008: Philips shows off 42PFL9803 42" Flat TV
Get ready for this, specification fans – the Philips Flat TV features a 2ms response time and a dynamic contrast ratio of 2,000,000:1. It does this by a very technically complex fashion to do with an LED LUX system the stops light leaking. I’ll let Andy from HDTV explain. He’s better at understanding stuff to do with pixels and ratios:
“The LED LUX system comprises of 128 segments of LEDs in 8 rows containing 16 segments. Nine LEDs are assigned to each individual segment, and these can be individually dimmed to precisely control the output of each pixel.”
And that’s how it works. It also…
IFA 2008: Harman/Kardon GLA-55 loudspeakers
There are two basic things you can rate speakers on. The most important is obviously how they sound. Harman-Kardon have a great track record in this area – I expect the GLA-55s sound amazing. They’ve got a 3.5″ mini-jack connection – designed for your PC or for an MP3 player – and they’re 56 Watts, so you should be able to crank them a fair bit…
IFA 2008: Philips brings backlighting technology to PC, with its 22OXW9 22" LightFrame Monitor
According to Philips, its new 22OXW9 LightFrame LCD PC monitor is “proven to reduce eye fatigue,” making your PC-based life slightly easier to tolerate. It does this in the same way Philips’ range of HDTVs have been doing it for years – powering up a backlight to bathe the sides of the screen, and your wall, and your desk, in a relaxing glow…
IFA 2008: Medion announce new home theatre tech
Not content with merely making tonnes of powerful desktop PCs, Medion is trying to muscle in on the tellies and home theatre market with a couple of new devices…
IFA 2008: Griffin Evolve wireless speaker system & more docks (urgh)
Ahhhh, Griffin Technologies. If ever someone would suffer should the iBubble burst, it’d be them and they’d end up begging on the streets, probably next to Belkin.
For those of you without anything that requires a dock, then look away now, however, if your live in a four-strong pod family, then do have a listen to what our Susi from Shiny Shiny spied when she knocked on their door of the Griffin Evolve at IFA…
