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cinedisk cd26hd: high definition video in your pocket

filed under: media players

Savit Cinedisk CD26HD Multimedia Player

This compact media player from Korea’s Savit Micro lets you carry an entire HD video source in the palm of your hand. The Cinedisk CD26HD is just a little larger than a typical media player, and offers high definition playback at up to 1080i resolution…

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September 12th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

lacie golden disk: it’s getting gold outside

filed under: computing | design

LaCie Golden Disk by Ora-Ito

Ah, Gold. Computer peripheral maker LaCie has really stepped up their game lately, working with world-renowned artists like Karim Rashid and Neil Poulton to help create some truly stunning accessories. Now they’ve enlisted the help of Ora-Ïto to come up with their latest creation, the Golden Disk…

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September 11th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

my theory on the 80gb playstation 3

filed under: video games

PS3 80GB Evidence

There’s been a bit of buzz lately that Sony is working on new PS3’s with larger hard drives. Heck, a photo even surfaced on Kotaku today of a box from one of the supposed new 80GB models.

There is compelling evidence that Sony was testing a new 80GB model with the FCC a little while back, too…

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April 25th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

olympus vj-10: am/fm radio with hard disk

filed under: home entertainment | media players

Olympus VJ-10 MP3 Radio

Olympus is showing off this new tabletop radio design that integrates a 37GB hard drive to store up to 2500 hours of MP3 and WMA audio files. The Radio Server VJ-10 features an easy-to-read 3.9-inch backlit LCD screen for viewing track, title, and radio station information…

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February 27th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

hard disk drive swallows itself

filed under: computing | strange and wonderful

Hard Disk Hard Drive Enclosure

Here’s an odd one from Hong Kong importer Brando. It’s an external hard disk enclosure that looks exactly like an internal hard drive.

The drive enclosure is literally a large mock version of a hard drive that you can place any 2.5-inch IDE drive inside of, and connects to your PC or Mac via a USB 2.0 port…

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February 26th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

the end of the hard disk: solid state drives hit 160gb

filed under: computing

Adtron 160GB Solid State Disk

This week, Adtron announced the availability of a new solid state drive (SSD) that’s capable of storing a record-breaking 160GB in its flash memory. The drive will be available in IDE and Serial ATA version.

As storage size is rapidly approaching that of decent-sized hard drives, it would seem that these drives are really the future of computer storage…

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February 24th, 2007 3 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

epson introduces new portable media storage banks

filed under: digital imaging | media players

Epson P-5000 Multimedia Storage Bank

If you take a ton of photos when you travel, and want a great place to store and organize all of your digital photographs while on the road, a a media storage bank might be worth the investment. The Epson P-3000 and P-5000 storage banks feature 40GB and 80GB of hard drive storage, respectively.

Both have 4-inch 640×480 TFT displays and can import photos from your CF, SD or SDHC memory cards…

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September 26th, 2006 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

record video directly into your ipod

filed under: gadgets | media players

iLuv i180WHT iPod Video System

At just under $200, the iLuv i180WHT Video System allows you to record VGA quality (640×480) video directly into your iPod.

Simply feed in your camcorder or other video source via Composite or S-Video and RCA inputs for audio. The i180WHT provides adjustments for recording quality and length, then encodes the video into MPEG-4 format…

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September 20th, 2006 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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