Posts Tagged ‘Gadgets’

CES 2008

Monday, January 7th, 2008

I have been eating up all the new gadgets coming out of CES 2008. We are just on the verge of seeing some incredible things when it comes to shiny things that make us say Ooooo. Here are a few of my favorites that I have seen so far.

Sanyo PLC-XL50, Ultra Short Throw Projector
smallish_2175911806_841a9e6a85_o.jpgThis projector sits right up to your wall. I guess it is about 21 inches and can project a 80 inch display. Wow. Now that is incredible. No more having the projector at the back of your room and people getting in the way when they stand up. I would love to see this in person. You can check it out on Gizmodo.

Casio’s EXILIM Pro EX-F1
1,200 FPS and 60-Shots-per-Second. Are you kidding me? 60 shots per second. You need to read the full post on Gizmodo on this one. If we buy another non-DLSR camera I can’t imagine buying anything other than this one. Very sweet!

Audiovox’s Digital Message Centers
audiovoxmessagecenter.jpgThis is a nice product that I could see using at home. This way I could leave Marlee video messages to do her chores and she couldn’t dispute what I told her. I could probably just write it down but that is not way to use cool technology. She is 14 now if you don’t know. Again Giz has all the details.

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Media Center: Part 2

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

In this, part two, of my media center project I am looking at different media center applications. Each of these has their own pros and cons and I tried to list them as they applied to my own needs. They may be different for your own project so please evaluate them on your own and make your own judgement. Also make sure you read Media Center: Part 1.

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DirectTV

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

I am making the switch from cable to DirectTV tomorrow. Cable just doesn’t have enough HD channels. I think I only get 17 or 19 channels on cable and satellite has over 50. Plus DirectTV seems to be on a better scheudle to add new channels by the end of the year. I really want Discovery HD, SciFi HD, History Channel HD, National Geo. HD, The Science Channel HD, and The Weather Channel HD. Okay, I was joking about wanting the Weather Channel HD. But all the other are not on Mediacom yet. And I am don’t like waiting. So between eight and noon tomorrow they are coming to do the install. Everyone pray we do not get any snow that impedes the installation.

No show, no snow, no show. Say it with me…

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Media Center: Part 1

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Since I bought my HDTV I have been consumed with building a home media center. Well not consumed but it is the reason for my not posting much to the blog lately. After lots of research, trial and error, numerous posts to forums and friends I have my plans in place. Of at least I think I so. This is the first of a series of posts on my efforts to build my media center.

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Pulled the Trigger

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Finally made the move to HDTV. Terra bought me a birthday/Christmas present this weekend. She picked up a Vizio VW37L 37” LCD. I was torn between a Toshiba 32” that had a better contrast ratio but after looking at them side by side for about 45 minutes I picked the Vizio.

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