Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Hitachi's DV-DH-1000D 1TB HDD/DVD recorder
Yeah we know, those wimpy 800GB video recorders are for chumps. The cool kids are all hangin' with Hitachi’s new 1TB, DV-DH1000D HDD/DVD video recorder. Yeah, that's 1,000GB of freakin' storage to fix that high-def recording stuff. The rest of the details are sketchy. The best we can make out from the machine translation is that the device sports HDMI and includes both terrestrial analog and digital Hi-Vision (HDTV) tuners for simultaneous recording and/or playback.
Sony Ericsson's W700i: the W800i Walkman phone done-up in gold
That Sony Ericsson Walkman line-up just keeps growing and growing. Today, SE announces their 8th Walkman phone, the W700. Said to appeal to "lovers of classic and discreet design," the W700i throws-down tri-band GSM/GPRS 900/1800/1900, Bluetooth 2.0, FM radio, a 2 megapixel cam, and ships with 256MB of Memory Stick Pro Duo'in storage. Expect these to ship in Q2 nought-six in both "titanium gold" and "smooth white."
DirecTV shows off $1,500 D-HR20P HD DVR
As much as we'd like to find out more information about DirecTV's D-HR20P HD DVR, pretty much everything we know, we've already said. The box, which the satellite broadcaster showed off at EHX last week, apparently has 750GB capacity, an integrated HD receiver, and will sell for between $1,500 and $2,000US.
Seven major studios line up to sell movies online
Today seven major movie studios announced they'll be selling movies online through Movielink and CinemaNow. Warner Bros, Universal, Sony, Paramount, Fox, and MGM will all be distributing first-run titles online -- definitely something they've never done before -- through Movielink. Lionsgate (and Sony) also announced distribution through CinemaNow.
Sony CE-P MP3 players with color OLED, MP3/WMA
Sony has a new series of flash-based players, though for now, it looks like you may have to go to China (where it was apparently designed) to get one. The CE-P series includes a 1.5-inch color OLED display, MP3 and WMA playback (no word on PlaysForSure, but we're not holding our breath), FM tuner and voice recorder.
South Korea wants 100% robot market penetration by 2020
You've got 14 years, South Korea, to make good on your promise: 100% market penetration for robots in the home some time between 2015 and 2020. We'll be generous and give you the later date to work with, but don't you and your Ministry of Information and Communication go spouting off about how you've got goals to put a robot in every home by 2020 unless you're dead serious, you hear us?
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Borders to Sell Sony Reader
Remember the Sony Reader that we covered back in January during CES? Word around the street is that Borders will be selling the Sony Reader nation-wide at their stores in the future. Borders won't be selling eBooks, but they will sell prepaid cards for the Sony CONNECT service that allows users to download eBooks, online, for their Sony Reader. There is no set date for the Sony Reader release, but we will keep you posted as the information comes.
Borders to Sell Sony Reader [I4U]
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