January 3rd, 2009

Just in case Santa didn’t drop off a Blu-Ray player for you over the holidays, ezGear have unleashed a unit, namely the BluCobra EZ3000, for you to pick up with your petty cash. That’s of course if your petty cash stretched to US$400. Here’s the bells and whistles in case you’re still itching to do more shopping
* supports DVD, SACD and Blu-ray with full 1080p/24Hz output
* output in 1080i, 720P, and 480i
* supports BD Profile 1.1 (Bonus View)
* outputs include HDMI 1.3, Component Video, composite video and S-Video
* audio support for Digital Dolby, MPEG-2 Audio, Dolby TrueHD (lossless) and DTS-HD Master Audio
* Optical and Coaxial digital audio outputs
The little sucker won’t be available until March but can pre-ordered over at ezGear if you’re real keen. Admittedly it’s an average player but with a price tag of US$400 (or less) you can’t really complain.
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December 25th, 2008

It’s a cool looking unit, the Cowon S9 PMP, but then you’d expect that for a US$240 tagged PMP. You’d also expect a few nice bells and whistles so here they are for you to work exactly how cool the S9 is.
* 16 GB capacity
* Touchscreen interface
* USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity
* Composite video out
* 2.2 x 4.17 x 0.5 inches
* 2.7 oz
* Video formats supported - AVI, WMV
* Audio formats supported - MP3/2/1, WMA, FLAC, OGG, WAV, APE
* 480 x 272 video res
* 11 hours of video playback time
* 55 hours of audio playback time
* Built in microphone
* Handles jpg and txt file fomat
Despite all this we feel US$240 is a tad too high making the Cowon S9 more ho hum than ho ho ho. For example the Cody 30 GB PMP is available for only US$185, admittedly sans touchscreen, but hey $60 so I can get grubby fingerprints all over my viewing screen, I don’t think so, but then may be we’re just old-fashioned kinda guys.
Source: JetMall
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December 21st, 2008

Cunninngly disguised as a TV stand, ZVOX’s Z-Base 550 surround sound system takes the soundbar concept top the next level. The whole unit measures 28 inches wide by 14.5 deep and stands 3.5 inches high, small enough to be inconspicuous but large enough (and strong enough too hopefully) to handle a 50 inch flat screen TV atop of it. As with all soundbar’s you’ve got to question the actual ’surround’ sound quality but as combo concepts go the TV stand cum audio system is pretty cool. Here are a few more bits and pieces on the Z-Base 550.
* ZVOX proprietary PhaseCue virtual surround system
* 20 lbs
* 60 Watt amp
* Two rear “mixing” inputs
* 5.25″ subwoofer uses a high-mass long-throw design in a ported enclosure
* Five 2 ” main speaker drivers use ferrofluid and neodymium magnets to create remarkably loud, remarkably clear sound
To be honest we’re not totally convinced by these soundbars ability to reproduce true surround sound but if you’re short of space then the ZVOX Z-Base 550 could be just what you’re looking for. Or if you’re short of cash, as this little sucker rocks in at a neat US$500. Not so un-sexy now, eh?
Source: ZVOX
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December 17th, 2008

Lots of information is floating around about the Motorola i9 clam shell, but the little sucker is yet to surface or even have a price tag attached to it. Electronista suggest that the i9 will be available at Sprint, but there’s no sign of it over at Sprint’s website as of yet. Anyway here are the bells and whistles on the little unit
* iDEN network (800 MHz)
* 3 Mp camera with video recording
* Handles MPEG4, 3GP, RealVideo, WMV, H.263, H.264 video formats
* Handles MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, RA audio format
* microSD memory slot
* USB and Bluetooth connectivity
The i9’s controls are similar to the ROKR E8, which means they will switch functions depending on whether you are listening to tunes or making a call. Other than that no one seems to know much about the i9, especially on the launch date or price tag front. So we’ll just have to wait for Sprint to pull finger and give us an official launch before we can say yay or nay to the Motorola i9.
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