Philips Essence HDTV ideal for wall mounting

Philips’ news Essence HDTV is practically Gouda-thin at a diminutive 38 millimeters thick. Philips is going for the wall mounting crowd with this one: it weights only 36 pounds, includes a self-leveling mounting kit, and features a single cable that connects to a media hub and provides power, audio and video. No price yet, but HDTVs aren’t horse flesh: you pay more for less in the gizmo game.

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New walkman player from Sony

The new S-series model has about the same displacement as an iPod Nano, but adds interesting new features like noise cancellation (no fancy headphones required), 30fps video playback and an automatic playlist generator that makes choices based on your listening habits.

It’ll be $150 for a 4GB model and $180 for an 8GB one, both having 40 hours of music playback (or 10 hours of video playback on a 2″ QVGA display.)

And if that’s too pricey, for $100 or $140, depending on storage size, you can grab one of the new E-series models instead, which lacks the thin form and fancy software of the Walkman-S; or the B-series, which has no video and only 1GB or space, but costs only $45.

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6X telescope compatible with iPhone 3G

The famous 6x telescope now finds it compatible with the latest iPhone 3G. What this does is give you 6x optical zoom making zoomed images far better quality then the regular digital zoom you would normally use.

Using the telescope is easy and is just a matter of putting your phone in a supplied crystal type case. Once there the 6x zoom camera attaches to the rear over the regular iPhone’s camera lens.

The 6x telescopic lens costs just $19.

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EOS 50D – Digital SLR Camera from Canon

This week, Canon came up with a new solution for advanced amateur photographers, amid increasing interest in digital SLR cameras: the 15.1-megapixel EOS 50D Digital SLR Camera and the new DIGIC 4 image processor.

The EOS 50D digital camera offers high quality and image control, and includes an expanded ISO range, as well as improved noise reduction, and in-camera photo editing features. The Creative Auto Mode (CA) offers users more flexibility to easily adjust images without being some kind of experts.

The EOS 50D camera offers improved image quality, by using an improved CMOS APS-C size image sensor. The DIGIC 4 image processor adds up to the 6.3 frame-per-second (fps) continuous shooting capability, which supports bursts of up to 90 Large/Fine JPEGs or 16 RAW images on a UDMA CF card.

The Canon EOS 50D camera also offers a high-performance viewfinder with 0.95 magnification and high-performance Autofocus (AF), resulting in a better focus of the targets.

The EOS 50D camera is compatible with the Canon EF and EF-S lenses. The camera is scheduled to launch this October, and will be sold as a body-only configuration for $1,399.00. The kit version with EF 28-135 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM zoom lens will cost an estimated $1,599.00.

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All-in-one printers from Epson

Epson America Inc. has recently made available two new all-in-one printers that look set to cause more than a stir in the printer market with the Artisan 800 and Artisan 700. Both models look set to blaze the industry thanks to their superb performance, highly desirable features and stylish piano black finish that always seem to guarantee attracting the fingerprints of whoever lay their eyes on it. The Artisan series will look great be it at home or at the office, so head on after the jump to read more about the specifications before you decide on whether to purchase one for yourself or not.

The Artisan 800 is the higher end version of the two, and will boast Wi-Fi connectivity that makes it a whole lot easier to share with other people in the network, not to mention doing away with yet another wired connection that could potentially trip some careless soul. In addition, the Artisan 800 will come with fax capability, an Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) and the ability to churn out Ultra Hi-Definition photos. Thanks to the 7.8″ smart touch panel and 3.5″ LCD display, you will have full control of the entire printer at your fingertips that makes it a snap when it comes to selecting, copying, enlarging, rotating, cropping, and printing photos sans a computer.

The Epson Artisan 800 and 700 will retail for $299.99 and $199.99, respectively. Each purchase comes with a 2-year warranty.

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Sony’s KDL-40ZX1 LCD HDTV 9.9 mm thick

The race for the thinnest LCD TV seems incessant. Sony has now bagged the prize for the world’s slimmest LCD HDTV, which measures just 9.9mm across its torso. The KDL-40ZX1 has a 40-inch display and can give anorexic models a run for their money, weighing just 26 pounds. Although the product incorporates just 1 HDMI port, an external HD wireless base station can push the roof up to 3 HDMI, 2 component, s-video, VGA, USB, mouse and LAN ports.

Crystal ball gazers from the industry are predicting that the station uses WHDM, with a range of 20 meters. With assistance from the wireless box, the KDL-40ZX1 achieves 1080p in display and also includes 120hz MotionFlow for better images. We would only be following the customary revelations by stating other features like 3,000:1 contrast ratio, 178 degree viewing angle and four color options. The TV is anyway worth an investment just for its elitist characteristics.

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Universal remote control for your devices

A truly satisfying universal control system would involve a simple but expansive user interface, a piece of buttered ham, and a butler to change the channels.

Until then, a fully baked remote with WiFi will do.

Universal Remote’s upcoming MX-6000 appears to be the newest Cadillac of remotes because it’s something of a mini-computer: it includes a 4.3″ LCD wide screen (480×272), 128MB of DDR RAM, and it can process up to 250 different A/V devices.

Scheduled for release at next week’s CEDIA, the remote also combines a narrowband RF connection with the WiFi to find IPs and control everything.

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External battery pack and speaker for iPhone

The latest neat convergence box is this external battery pack for the iPhones 1 and 2. Like other external batteries, the iPower Portable Power Station juices the battery of the iPhone from its own reserves. When the iPower’s battery charge falls below five percent, it stops feeding the iPhone. Why? Because of the other feature, an external speaker. Apparently, that last five percent is enough to keep the iPower’s speaker running for seven more hours.

It gets better. Although the iPower is only designed for use with the two iPhones, it could be pressed into service (we think) for the iPod Touch, which actually needs an external speaker. The sound all goes through the dock connector, so as long as you can squeeze the Touch into the case (which is expandable) you should be good to go. $44.

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Suunto X10 – GPS device designed to fit on wrist

A few days ago, we covered the Suunto X10, a GPS device that fits on your wrist. While there may not be a huge market for the GPS on the wrist, some concept designer apparently has a plan for a wrist GPS boom.

The designer, Jukka Roitto, has taken the wrist GPS one step further by putting a search engine and navigation guide on his concept model, which he has dubbed the Seek. The name may be simple, but what the Seek does is pretty complex.

The Seek is meant to help a person look for local attractions in an area, such as theaters, restaurants, or clubs. So, if you’re in a strange new town, and you’re looking for a place to eat or have fun, just Seek and you will find!

The user interacts with the Seek with a full touchscreen. I have seen other photos of the Seek that have the touchscreen retracted, but I don’t see how it could, unless they are using that new LED screen technology that can somehow roll up.

There are other functions that the Seek has, such as a Portable Music Player. In fact, it can even give the name and artist of the track, and I think I see a place for a headphone jack.

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Tiny Samsung Hard drive

The tiny 20GB hard drive comes in the same 1.8 form found inside media players and the MacBook Air. Apparently it is very quiet, and draws a maximum of just 1.4 watts, which means it will get power from the USB port, just like any other thumb drive.

The Black Edition Q Series is cheap, too, coming in at the equivalent of US$45. It even has a dinky picture of an HDD on the shiny case so you don’t confuse it with a real credit card. We worry slightly, though, that the magnets inside the drive might cause mayhem with the other inhabitants of your wallet.

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