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Princeton Japan has announced the launch of a NAS of 5TB, the DN-503AH-PDC. The NAS is compatible with RAID 0/1/5 and 6. Thanks to 5 hard drives of 1TB each, Princeton managed to assemble one of the biggest NAS to the general public. This NAS with 5TB of storage should be launched in Japan in December, but we have no information for the price.
Here is a good news for you, with this new “Traveling Webcam Hub” designed by Earth Trek (Hong Kong). In fact, we said “excellent” but we do not really know what … It seems to be a simple webcam for desktops, but we Earth Trek announcement as the hottest Webcam time…
According to the manufacturer: This new device is “different from a conventional webcam, this version allows Desktop to avoid scratches on your LCD display”. Why not, and it is probably true because we are talking about a webcam destinated for desktops…
In short, our webcam has a sliding metal protection (to cover the lens), an Auto Focus, an Auto Brightness, and a two USB Hub ports.
Finally, you will be entitled to a VGA quality (640×480), and a 1.3-megapixel sensor. Earth Trek announced a price of $ 45-49.
Thomson launches the Firecoder Blu, a graphics card with dedicated video encoding (MPEG2, MPEG4, AVCHD, H.264,…). First, the term “graphics card” is misleading. This is not a graphics card in the sense that most of us understand. It does not have a monitor plug. It’s more a dedicated adapter with functions of encoding-decoding video. To transcode (convert from one format to another) it can save your time, if it’s programmed in a right way.
Decoding is easy: Nvidia, ATI and Intel have all graphics chips for that cost within $10 (wholesale prices). Between the three, Nvidia can transcode video with Bababoom, Intel passes through the central processor.
With a price of $539 (¥52,290 in Japan) for the Firecoder Blu, we have questions. Who would be crazy to buy a co-processor which is twice slower than the CPU of the PS3, while the GeForce GTX 280 is within $450? We would like to know what are the forecasts for sales…
It is in Japan that Kenwood has released its new intra-ear headphones, the KH-C311, offering an audio spectrum of 20Hz ~ 20kHz and a sensitivity of 95dB/mW, with a weight of 4g. Price: 3000 yen or $30.
Genius, the specialist in multimedia and computer peripherals, began with “touch” with a new highly ergonomic bluetooth headset, the BT-03i, its particularity: it acts as a hands-free kit, including a key to receive a call and hang up once the call ended.
I hesitated a long time before looking for this type of product to listen to music from a mobile phone. The discovery of this model is a first for me.
Specifications:
The Genius BT-03i bluetooth headset is an excellent headset for smartphones, especially those compatible with Bluetooth stereo, but not compatible with Apple. Price: $80.
Sony offers four new systems of speakers for desktop PCs including the SRS-M50 (set of speakers to travel of 5W), the SRS-Z50 (2.0 system with a 38mm Neodymium and a “rich bass reproduction” ), the SRS-D25 (2.1 system with a 25W subwoofer “hatbox”) and the high-end SRS-Z100 of 25W with “improved bass” and “limpid shrills”. You can choose between black, pink and red versions when they will be available. Prices and availability are not known yet.
Pandigital produced a new scanner called the PhotoLink Handheld Scanner, and it’s portable. A portable scanner with a resolution of 1800×1200 pixels at 300dpi. You can scan photos up to 4×6-inch in size. Price: $99.
The first Blu-Ray drive of the Onkyo, after trying the adventure with the HD DVD. The DV-BD606 reveals a compatibility with Profile 1.1, BonusView, a Deep Color mode via HDMI, the Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio via HDMI or 7.1 (with a Burr-Brown quality: 192kHz/24-bit DAC). Price: around $500.
It’s in Japan that we discovered a new soundstation, the JBL MX100, which offers a successful design, a power of 2 × 30W, CD player, FM tuner, the inevitable iPod dock, MP3/WMA compatibility, a display to control the device, all in 585×252x194mm for a weight of 7kg. Price: 98,000 yen or $1,025…
This motherboard presents a AM2+ socket compatible with the latest Phenom and probably future AMD Phenom II, supports DDR2 memory up to 800 MHz and has six Serial ATA connectors compatible RAID 0, 1 and 5, one PCI Express x16, two PCI Express 1x ports and three PCI slots. PS2 connectors for keyboard and mouse, twelve USB ports, an Ethernet connector, input/output analog and digital audio are available. Three video outputs are also arranged on the rear panel: one HDMI, one DVI and one VGA.
Soberly named EVGA nForce 730A, this motherboard is already available, directly from the manufacturer’s shop among other things, for the retail price of $95.
