Get ready for some new TX Series 1080p HDTVs from Westinghouse as it has just unleashed a list of new models to the world from CES today (TX-52F480S pictured). Featuring 42”, 47” and 52” screen sizes, the new TX Series, “Deliver razor-sharp images with their Full Color Spectrum and High Contrast Picture — which creates deeper blacks and richer dark scene details by dynamically matching the brightness of the TV backlight to that of the on-screen image.” DayBright helps give you a stunning picture for daytime viewing while also assisting in stunning night time viewing as well. Bullet details available by clicking the more link.
Westinghouse also is bringing DayBright to LCD monitors and the L2410NM is one such monitor that will be able to display your dull daily work in a 1920 x 1200 resolution with 700:1 contrast ratio, but also play HD content such as DVD movies and high-def video games. This 24″ wide-screen is a multifunctional monitor with HDMI-HDCP inputs, YPbPr with audio, CVBS/S-Video with audio, and PC with Audio In. You’ll be able to grab this by the end of this month for a dollar under $700.
With 22″, 20.1″, and 19″ LCDs also on tap for release in March, Westinghouse is playing serious with its new LCDs. Also on tap are 10.2”, 8”, 7” and 5.7” Digital LCD frames. The frames will play slideshows from your digital content off of just about every flash card type including CF I/II, MD, MS, MS Pro, MS Duo, MS Pro Duo, SD, MMC and XD. Pricing starts at $119 for the 5.7″ model going all the way up to $229.99 for the 10.2″ model.
Today at CES, Proton Electronic Industrial Co. will be showing off new LCD HDTVs that use LEDs to brighten up the picture. Up for the crowd to see this innovative LED BLU High Definition LCD will be the preview the 32-inch P32L1 and the 42-inch P42L1 LCD TVs (not pictured). Part of Proton’s Premiere line, SvenOnTech was told that, “The new backlight technology provides the P32L1 and P42L1 with broader chromaticity than CCFL-backlit sets — that is, a wider color range, helping them to present the best picture quality available. LED backlighting also offers a number of additional advantages over CCFL technology. It promises to last longer, it displays no distortion, it possesses greater translucency, it weighs less and consumes less power, and it uses no mercury, making it ecologically friendlier.”
The new models stats include progressively scanned 1080p HD resolution for the 42-inch P42L1, 720p resolution (1366 x 768 pixels, WXGA) for the 32-inch P32L1, built-in digital and analog tuners, and HDMI inputs. Their widescreen, movie-style aspect ratio is augmented by conventional 4:3, 16:9 Zoom, and Panoramic display modes.
Keep your eyes open for more details and pictures here on SvenOnTech
When this digital photography revolution took off, one of the first things to come out of the gates after cameras was LCD desk displays. With the lack of brightness and power consumpution such a deficit, I’ve never been a big fan of these displays. But, with technology, everything ends up improving to a point (sans batteries, it seems.)
Looks like Digital Foci is one leader in this improved technology as its LCD displays are both stunning and practical. With a large 8 inch high-resolution display bordered by a beautiful selection of interchangeable frames, you’ll be sure to impress even the stingiest art critic. Its built-in support for common digital camera memory cards such as Secure Digital (SD) and Compact Flash (CF), automatic on/off timer, and brackets for easy wall mounting, make this a really versatile and nice picture frame. Going a step further, Digital Foci also added such features as a slideshow, video and music playback, and an excellent file management system that supports copying, deleting, and renaming pictures.
At $299 $229, I must say, I am impressed with this LCD display and we’re hoping to get one to review and let all of our readers know if the picture frame technology has finally arrived to the point in which you can show it off without shame.
Now that the U.S. is catching onto this thing called Bluetooth that all the kiddies in the EU have enjoyed with an emense appetite for the last five years, we’re starting to get more and more fun and useful accessories. One such gadget is hands-free kits with built-in speakers and mics. Parrot has received a lot of attention here in the States for its devices, but I think Roadmaster has the right idea with the VR3.
The Roadmaster VR3 LCD Wireless Hands-Free Car Kit slips onto your cars sun visor instead of plugging into your cigerette lighter outlet like so many other hands-free kits do. To me, this seems a better spot for such a device as it allows the mic to be right in front of you as well as having the speaker closer to your ear. Further, it keeps your eyes looking up instead of down when making or receiving calls.
The VR3 comes packed. Along with the speaker phone and mic, this baby syncs with your Bluetooth phones phone book with a touch of a button. You’ll be able to view caller ID, call waiting, call forwarding and last number dialed all from its cool blue lit display. No worries on chucking out batteries when it dies as you simply plug in the charger to your cigarette lighter to juice up the lithium ion battery. All this for about $69. Oh ya, it also supports ringtones.
We’re told you can pretty much find this anywhere from superstores to car stores to retailers. We’ll see about getting a review unit and let you know our thoughts on it if we do.
We here at SvenOnTech love, love, our Sonos. We can listen to our vast music library and change tracks, volume, and so forth, from anywhere in the house. But there’s one thing the Sonos can’t do and that’s play Apple FairPlay music, or, music downloaded from the iTunes Store. But that problem is about to be amended.
Today Keyspan announced its TuneView a unique dock that connects to any stereo or to powered speakers via a line-out connector. It also will bring the video of the iPod to a TV through an S-Video jack. Charging and syncing to iTunes is handled through the high-speed USB connector. And oh yes, don’t forget the 2-way RF remote with an LCD screen.
“TuneView is unique. It’s unlike any iPod remote that you’ve used before,” explained Keyspan president Mike Ridenhour. “TuneView features a color LCD screen that lets you remotely view the contents of your iPod and control playback — allowing you to manage the iPod as if it were in your hands.”
The TuneView will be equipped for the future with the ability to update itself via upgradeable firmware. “Both the TuneView dock and TuneView remote are USB devices that can be updated via a firmware download, just like an iPod,” noted Ridenhour. “Over time, Keyspan will release firmware updates that will add new capabilities to TuneView.”
So like the Sonos, the Keyspans TuneView will let you rule your music collection, only limited by the size of your iPod, from a little hand-held remote that will never leave your side. From the kitchen or from the backyard, it really won’t matter where you are, you will be able to control your iPod from just about anywhere. And, you’ll be able to finally enjoy your iTunes Store music without being chained to your computer or iPod.
You can grab your own TuneView for an MSRP of $179. The Keyspan store has it all ready for you to snap up in addition to being able to find it at Amazon.com, PC Connection, TigerDirect, Buy.com, MicroCenter and other leading computer products resellers. Those outside the US will be able to enjoy the TuneView for purchase in January 2007.
Ever since I purchased my PowerBook (TiBook) back in 2002, I’ve really come to dislike widescreen displays on computers. I don’t get it. What world are most of you working in? Sure, for movies they’re great but for work? I’m not an accountant so I have no need to go right but rather down. Web pages, e-mail, documents, ftp, and the list goes on where there are items that go top to bottom more than left to right. Thus, with these widescreen LCDs, I’m losing screen real estate. So why the big hoopla for them?
I understand how they just fit right on laptops, but for desktops, unless you’re getting an 30 inch LCD that can handle high resolution, it just doesn’t make sense to get one. I find on many web pages I scroll much more on my MacBook Pro (MBP) than I do on my PC with its 21 inch 4:3 LCD screen. Sure, I don’t have as much room on the right, but who cares, the MBP isn’t giving me much more that I can use it for something anyway. No, I’m happy with the 4:3 setup and some times dread my MBP for it’s lack of depth. Maybe a higher resolution would help.
Now I wouldn’t mind having a widescreen LCD much like what co-Mac developer Andy Hertzfield and Burrell Smith came up with when they left Apple in 1986 to create Radius. The Pivot monitor was a work of art. I remember the first time I used it I thought the rest of the world would follow. To my disappointment, it didn’t. But today you can pick up something in the same, excuse the pun, frame of thought such as the Philips 170W4P LCD Display. It’s a bit dated, but reviews show it to be a pretty good display and since you can turn it on its axis and get more depth when needed, it hits my mark just fine. But, sadly these type of monitors are not too easy to find and thus I’m back to my beginning rant of why widescreen monitors suck. Lack of depth.
The wonderful key fob. Yes, fob. So many in my family crack up when I tell them the correct name of that black thing attached to their key that locks and unlocks there door as well as create the all ignored “panic” alert.
Reports are, GM will be bringing even a better fob in April to rappers and gang bangers around our great nation with the next model of the Cadillac Escalade. The new fob will notify G-Kill-C3P-Oh when his tires need some air and his tank some fuel. Homie will be able to start his car from inside the crib as well as lock it from six times the distance he can today on his bunk ‘07 Caddy. If he’s interested in how many miles his ride has, he’ll be able to get the 411 on dat as well as change XM to RAW all from the new fob. Now homie ain’t trippin’ that this will cost him $150 more since that’s only a few more dime bags and not a whole rock to sale. GM is also saying that if our beloved capitalist losses his fob, it’ll cost less than $100 to replace.
For all us real world folk and law abiding citizens, you’ll be able to pick this up in one of the other great GM SUV offerings as well as other models soon after the release in April, 2008. Until then, keep cool.
[Via Autoblog]