Instead of frequencies, the scale on the clock’s face has the hour marks arranged in a line. Keeping with the theme, the time tuner can also play music, as long as it’s in mp3 format. It has a DC plug but it can also run on 4 AA batteries.

The Time Tuner comes in three flavors: Pure Black, Clean White,  and Strong Metal. Unlike the White Bread Wrist Rests, you can definitely use this to sexify your room.

Antrepo doesn’t list the price at their blog though, and I think we know why. Weirdly shaped clocks usually = expensive clocks. Anyway if you’re interested drop by Antrepo’s blog and holla at them. Watch out for mad Engrish though.

[via Kanye's blog]

By using a technique ZeeVee calls “localcasting”, the ZvBox uses your current in-house cable TV network to send the signal to all of your sets. Just plug the ZvBox in between your computer and any open wall jack on your cable line (or splice it into an existing cable), and the system detects an open channel to send content over. Your PC signal simply becomes a new channel on your TV. The box converts the VGA output of your PC into a digital HDTV channel (using real-time MPEG2 compression) and injects it into your cable signal. The signal can even include Dolby 5.1 digital surround sound if the original video supports that format. (I’m assuming that audio somehow flows through the ZvBox’s USB port.)

To connect to each TV, just place a coax splitter (included) between the wall jack and your cable box. One side of the split goes back into the cable box, and the other goes directly into your TV’s RF input. Flip to the proper input on your TV, and voila, high-def computer video on any set in the house with a digital (QAM) tuner. At this point, it looks like the signal will only work alongside cable television, as satellite signals interfere with the Zv localcast channel. Hopefully, they’ll find a solution for those of us with DirecTV or Dish at some point. I’m also a bit surprised that the PC video inputs on the box are VGA – not DVI – so your source signal won’t be digital.

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Once connected, any video that’s available on your computer can be viewed on your TV, retaining the the high-def resolution of the original content. The system also ships with a special widescreen menu application called Zviewer, which provides big-screen optimized navigation of all your media.

Also included in the box is the ZvRemote, which lets you control your computer’s mouse and desktop interface from up to 150 feet away. As an added bonus, you can access any application on your PC from the convenience of your couch.

Of course, the real “secret sauce” here is that a single ZvBox can send its signal to all of your TVs, so you only need one for the whole house. Plus, you won’t need to do any new wiring, assuming you’re already set up for cable TV, and you’ve got a cable jack somewhere near your PC.

The ZvBox, including the ZvRemote and Zviewer application will retail for $499 when it ships this June. More product information will be available at www.zeevee.com.

Using a technology called “iTunes Tagging”, you can flag songs that you’ve heard on HD Radio broadcasts and queue them up for purchase via the iTunes store. The integration automatically sends the list of tracks to the docked iPod, then iTunes will automatically mark them for purchase when you sync up with your computer. (Hopefully they’ll update this to work with the new iTunes Wi-Fi store on the iPhone and iPod Touch once that’s live too.)

The $499 I-Sonic ES2 will be available from retailers, including the Apple Store and PolkAudio.com starting this October.

The Doori insect TV tuner looks like a giant ladybug and clips onto your laptop or flat screen to provide your computer with digital television capabilities. In addition to TV reception, the Doori functions as a USB storage device and also comes with DVR software for recording over-the-air broadcasts. Unfortunately, the Doori only receives signals in DMB format, the digital standard in South Korea, with limited use anywhere else at this point.

So if you happen to live in Korea, you can pick one up from ITComputer for KRW 76,000 (about $80 USD.)

These “BooRu-BooRu” dolls look like some sort of bizarre Teletubbies on crack. They have a soft cloth body and hide their controls in the eyeballs, ears and tummies. Each of these battery-powered speakers has a built-in FM radio, amplified speaker and can connect to an MP3 player.

If you’re looking for a really trippy way to play back your tunes, you can pick one up from Korea’s Story Shop for 35,000 KRW (about $37 bucks.)

Unfortunately, the tuner is only planned for markets that support 1seg digital broadcasts at this point, which means that you won’t be able to use it outside of Japan. Also, it will only work with the newly released, thin PSP models (PSP-2000), not the original model (PSP-1000.) The tuner is expected to be released on September 20th for ¥6980 (about $57 USD.)

Hopefully, they’ll make a model that works with other types of signals down the road.

[via AV Watch]

Until recently, most HD Radio tuners have either been stand-alone stereos or designed to be put into your car. Now there’s a way to add HD radio tuning capability to any home stereo system. At roughly the size of a DVD player, the $199 Sangean HDT-1 HD Radio Tuner fits in nicely with most home entertainment systems. It adds CD quality digital versions of FM stations in most metropolitan areas, and its LCD display can show artist, track and title information in many cases.

In addition, the HDT-1 can receive traditional analog AM/FM signals and adds RDS information when available. The tuner comes with a compact remote control and can store up to 40 preset stations. The only real downside to the HDT-1 is that it only features analog RCA outputs, negating some of the quality enhancement that you’d expect from a digital signal. Oh well.

The W51K crams in a plethora of multimedia functions including an MP3 player, video player, FM tuner, 2MP digital camera and even a TV tuner with an EPG program guide. It features a large 2.7″ LCD screen for video and television, as well as a tiny monochrome external display for date, time and caller ID features. To round things out, the phone’s docking station even features built-in amplified subwoofer. The W51K comes in three colors: orange, blue and silver.

Kyocera is only planning to release the phone in Japan at this point, but you can always import one if you’re into this kind of feature overkill.

[via Newlaunches]

The Sony DT1 is a stand-alone television tuner that can tune both analog or digital broadcasts, but also integrates with media center PCs such as the round VAIO TP1 to provide HD DVR capabilities. You can even burn recorded programs to DVD on an attached Media Center PC. You’ll also be able to watch live TV on connected PCs. The DT1 tuner should run about $400 bucks, and is slated for release in Japan any day now.

[via Electronista]