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Sharp LED LCD 70-Inch Aquos HDTV: Bigger Than Your Friends’ TVs

Range — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:40:09 +0000

You got to admit that a 70-inch HDTV is pretty big. Prices have come down significantly for big screens, and the Sharp Aquos brand is no different. Their biggest LED LCD HDTV is probably bigger than a lot of your friends, at 5’10″ diagonal. Heck, hopefully you won’t have trouble finding a space that’s big enough to showcase it.

To put the size of this set in perspective, Sharp says that a 70-inch screen has 62% more screen real estate than a 55-inch screen. The LC-70LE732U is the largest LCD HDTV on the market right now. It’s got Quattron four color pixels, full LED backlighting, and Netflix, CinemaNow, and Vudu Apps. There are three more 70-inch models coming this summer that will have 3D. This one doesn’t, but honestly, do you really need it?

The MSRP for this monster is $3,799 (USD), but I’ve seen it retailing for about $2,650 online right now.

Nixon Master Blaster Headphones: Blast Your Ears in Comfort

Technabob — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:33:56 +0000

After a few too many days wearing those dainty little earbuds that ship with most media players these days, it’s easy to forget what a real pair of headphones look and sound like. That’s what Nixon’s Master Blaster headphones are all about.

These beastly ear blasters are designed not only to crank out some serious volume, they look beefy enough to deliver on that promise. Each pair of Master Blasters offers up a spacious set of padded ear cups to provide you with an all-encompassing audio experience. The headphones feature an adjustable ball-socket hinge that should help them fit about any head, big or small. And it’s hard to see from the pics above, but the outer ring of the right ear cup is actually a volume control – which is a nice touch. Word on the street is that they have a solid low end but really shine with the mids and the highs.

They’re available in six color combinations, and are available over at Amazon for about $200 (USD) a pair. Now all they need to do is add a microphone and control switch for my iPhone, and I’ll buy a pair.

USB Big Panda Speaker: Truth in Advertising

The Scholar — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:36:24 +0000

Why can’t products just tell you what they are? Do we really need non-descriptive names like Wii, Kindle, Nook, and Droid to describe our gadgets? Really? Product naming doesn’t get much more concise and descriptive than this here thing, the USB Big Panda Speaker.

Yep, that’s about it. ‘Nuff Said. The bulbous panda head speaker is available over at Gadget4All for $27 (USD).

They really do need to work on the name, though. Maybe something like Big Oval-Shaped Panda Head With Look of Constant Surprise Stereo Audio Output Device With USB Charging Cable. Or maybe just PanDasonic.

[via GeekAlerts]

Nintendo Ds Jumbotron: the Portable Gets Luggable

Technabob — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:12:53 +0000

An enterprising builder going only by the name “Loopy” has created a mash-up between a pair of tablet PC screens and a Nintendo DS to give birth to this monstrous offspring.

Just like its portable inspiration, the Jumbotron DS has dual screens, with stylus-based control on the bottom one. However, these screens measure in at about 15-inches each, compared to the tiny 3-inch screens on the standard DS.

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To make it all work, Loopy used an FPGA to translate the input from the tablet PC back into data usable by the DS. While it all looks a bit like something out of Dr. Frankenstein’s (or Dexter’s) laboratory, I still think it’s a pretty clever hack.

Now if only I could figure out how to fit the damned thing in my pocket.

[via Kotaku]