Archive for September 7th, 2007

Dish Network’s CEDIA booth tour

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Dish Network's booth was certainly not destitute of propaganda, but it did provide an open look at its current line of DVRs and receivers as well as giving onlookers something else to look forward to. We'd hate to leave you hangin' like that, so follow the ...

Is this Creative’s full-screen Zen Vision?

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Filed under: GPS, Portable Audio, Portable Video Sit down, we're going to take you for a bit of ride which might just end with Creative launching the next generation Zen Vision model sporting HD video and GPS navigation. Some forum jockeys on Epizenter.net have put 2-and-2 together over at the 3DLABS ...

Hands-on with EI’s four-CableCARD 754 LifeMedia Server

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Filed under: Desktops, HDTV, Home Entertainment Ready or not, Exceptional Innovation is already showing off its latest LifeMedia server, complete with four CableCARD tuners. We know you're itching to see such overkill in more detail, so follow the trail to the gallery and gawk away. Permalink | Email this | CommentsOffice Depot ...

Hands-on with Niveus’ Media Center Extender

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Networking While Microsoft representatives at CEDIA were being exceedingly selfish with any information about the media-centric partnership with D-Link and Linksys, Niveus was putting all its cards right there on the table. Essentially, Microsoft claims that the actual hardware from Linksys and D-Link "could change" from its ...

The hundred gadget giveaway: round 14

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Filed under: AnnouncementsAlright everybody, round fourteen of Engadget's hundred gadget giveaway! Up for grabs for the next six hours: Gold - Ten Naviplay Bluetooth stereo adapter for iPod Silver - Philips Norelco BG2020 bodygroom shaverBronze - Lego Star Wars II game (Windows)The rules (yeah, there are always rules): ...

DirecTV’s CEDIA booth tour

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment DirecTV's booth seemed entirely too small for the amount of people and LCD TVs that were stuffed within, but we survived long enough to catch a few shots of the newfangled HR21 Pro DVR and to hear some not-so-encouraging words about the next rollout of HD ...

JVC’s Air Cushion headphones for you mister tender cakes

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Filed under: Portable Audio The thing we hate most about in-ear headphone designs is their tendency to fall out during our fits of high-impact irritability and coffee-fueled snark. That, and the ache from wearing so-called "sport" ear buds which can be a bit too unforgiving to our sensitive side-mounted, man-holes ...

Logitech’s CEDIA booth tour

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Peripherals, Portable Audio Logitech's showing at CEDIA wasn't anything to write home about, as the sheer size of its booth seemed to overshadow the ho hum products on hand. Still, it did manage to offer up a dedicated Transporter tinker room and a couple of demo remotes, ...

Samsung’s CEDIA booth tour

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment Samsung's booth wasn't exactly located in prime territory, but it definitely took up a lot of second-rate real estate. Beneath the illumination, attendees found a slew of HDTVs, projectors, audio systems, and plenty of self-confident individuals willing to rock 3D goggles in broad daylight to ...

iPod touch vs. HTC Touch: Apple trademark dispute, round 2?

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/iPod_touch_vs_HTC_Touch_Apple_trademark_dispute_round_2'; Remember that ridiculously public to-and-fro'ing between Apple and Cisco over the "iPhone" trademark? Ding, ding, ding... welcome to round two ladies and gentlemen. In this corner, we have a feisty Taiwan-national with Microsoft in its pocket: ...

Microsoft contracts Siemens VDO for in-car entertainment

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video, Transportation Siemens VDO and Microsoft just announced a deal to co-develop in-car entertainment systems and navigation products. The companies will initially develop a multi-media platform to more easily integrate mobile phones and music players into automotive systems. The first products based on the Microsoft ...

Yamaha’s CEDIA booth tour

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Filed under: Portable Audio Yeah, it does seem like the video aspect of AV has dominated the show floor till now, but thankfully, Yamaha showed up in a big way to tickle our ear drums. Receivers, speakers, and music management solutions await you in the EngadgetHD gallery. Read | Permalink | Email ...

Gear4’s BlackBox Bluetooth speaker makes our geek-loin ache

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio See that? That's glossy black sex in stereo. The BlackBox and BlackBox mini Bluetooth speaker systems from Gear4 pump 24W and 4W from 2x speakers, respectively, with a front-facing red LED panel and blue capacitive touch-panel controls up top. Gear4 assures compatibility with your cellphone ...

Say it with style… say it with DrumPants

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Enter the percussive world of odbol, AKA Tyler Freeman, AKA the man behind DrumPants. Imagine a pair of slacks, now picture those slacks being laced with Piezo transducer triggers which receive audio that becomes MIDI data (similar to how traditional drum triggers function). Now, imagine those triggers ...

Blackhawk Warrior Wear combat uniforms feature integrated tourniquets

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Filed under: Wearables We've seen some incredibly high-tech approaches to better-equipping our soldiers in the battlefield, but Blackhawk Products Group is trying to save lives with a more back-to-basics approach -- by integrating tourniquets directly into their Warrior Wear line of battlefield clothing. According to the company, most preventable combat deaths ...