That Samsung really went ahead and started to ship their Blu-ray Player BD-P1000 gets more startling every day. Sony’s online shop shows now October 25th (via HDBeat) as release date for the Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray player.
Early June SonyStyle delayed the release date the first time to August. So Sony fans need either wait or for the first time buy something from Samsung to get Blu-ray in their house. Several Blu-ray movies are now available.
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“If you’re chomping at the bit to start watching, editing, and burning HD video, the Sony VAIO VGN-AR190G delivers the goods.
If your hedging between this Blu-Ray system and the HD-DVD-enabled Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV650, the Sony gets points for its lighter, sleeker design (8.4 pounds versus 10.1 pounds), better graphics scores, and, of course, the fact that the VAIO’s Blu-ray drive can write as well as read discs. However, these advantages don’t quite justify the $500 delta between the Toshiba and Sony. “
Read the full review.
This people at Cowon won’t stop surprising us , this time they bring us the great Iaudio6
MP3, OGG, WMA, ASF, FLAC, WAV, MPEG4(video) playback,
FM Radio Receiver and Recording, Voice Recording, Line-In Recording
built-in 0.85 inch HDD (4GB)
Supports MAC OS (Data transfer only), Supports Linux v 2.2 or higher (Data transfer only)
jetShell (File transfer, MP3/WMA/WAV/AUDIO CD PLAY)
jetAudio VX (Integrated multimedia player software, music/video conversion feature)
Read full specs from Cowon.
Researchers from Nebraska are studying the possibility of giving a human-like sense of touch to a robot using electricity and tiny particles to allow a machine to “feel” surfaces, using nano technology; the point is that these robots can perform minimally invasive surgery.
“There is great interest in developing humanoid robots that can sense shapes, textures, and hardness and manipulate complex objects, which are not readily possible by vision alone.”
Full Story: Extreme Tech
Just for $329 you can buy today the new version of the 30GB U2 special edition, with the same style as its antecessor, black and stainless steel, red navigation wheel and engraved on the back the signatures of U2’s four band members it now has video capabilities, a battery life of up to 14 hours, two more than the older version. It can hold up to 7,500 songs, 25,000 photos or up to 75 hours of video.
The Apple people also added a coupon for you to download 30 minutes of U2 video footage from iTunes.
Sony press release:
SAN DIEGO, June 5, 2006 — Sony is jumping into the digital single lens reflex (D-SLR) camera market with today’s introduction of the α (Alpha) DSLR-A100 system. The system combines advanced SLR features with other Sony digital imaging innovations.
With its 10.2-megapixel APS CCD image sensor, the DSLR-A100 camera is expected to have the highest resolution available in its class. It will be introduced with 19 high-quality Sony lenses, and will be compatible with most of the former Konica-Minolta Maxxum® mount lenses. The system will include a wide range of accessories as well.
Sony developed a new Dynamic Range Optimizer image analysis technology to provide exceptional picture quality and natural color reproduction, along with a new Bionz image processing engine. This new engine supports a continuous burst mode for fast-action shooting and performs intelligent power management. (Read on …)
