Panasonic launched the world’s first portable Blu-Ray player enables HD video viewing on the go, the Panasonic DMP-B15. At a time when more consumers are taking to HD – largely because of falling prices of Blu-Ray players and the disappearance of the competing Toshiba HD format – this somewhat expensive portable Blu-Ray player could well be the first in a trend that is similar to the current proliferation of portable DVD players. The latter were also very expensive (costing more than $2,000) when they were first launched. Now, they can be purchased for $100 plus. The B15 can be connected to a HDTV via HDMI cable and comes equipped with an SD card slot (for viewing pictures, camcorder movies in AVCHD and MPEG2 format and downloaded DivX content) and a LAN port. With the Viera Cast function, users can access YouTube, Picasa and other websites from the Viera Cast screen. The B15 is also backward-compatible and plays CDs and DVDs.
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Follow the success of it Pavilion series, HP unveiled the new Pavilion dv2 entertainment notebook, which sets a new standard in high-performance computing and ultra-portability – all at a surprisingly affordable price. Your hi-def life is also enriched with the Pavilion dv2’s vivid 12.1-inch diagonal HP BrightView display with 1280×800 pixel resolution, and the AMD Athlon™ Neo processor, ATI Radeon™ X1250 integrated graphics and optional ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3410, powered by Genuine Windows® Vista Basic, or Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit) with DDR2 SDRAM, one SODIMM memory slot that supports up to 4096MB.

The HP Pavilion dv2 also packed with full range of connectivity, such as 802.11b/g WLAN, or 802.11b/g WLAN and Bluetooth, or 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN, or 802.11a/b/g/n with Bluetooth, or WWAN. It also comes with external LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±RW with Double Layer Support or external Lightscribe Blu-Ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Double Layer.
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Working with AMD, TUL Corporation unveiled the new ATI TV Wonder 600 Hybrid PCI Express and TV Wonder 650 Hybrid PCI enabling the ultimate digital TV experience for European PC market. The TV Wonder family of products is AMD LIVE! Ready and Certified for Microsoft Windows Vista ? delivering The Ultimate Visual Experience and strengthening the value of multimedia PCs. The ATI TV Wonder 600 Hybrid PCI Express features a single TV tuner with hybrid functionality allowing users to watch or record DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting ? Terrestrial) or analog TV via cable, and listen to FM broadcasts. ATI TV Wonder 600 also supports active powered antennas to deliver better reception for improved TV broadcast viewing. Meanwhile, the ATI TV Wonder 650 Hybrid PCI offers similar features of ATI TV Wonder 600 while allowing customers to digitize content from a variety of external video sources in real time. Additionally, ATI TV Wonder 650 Hybrid PCI includes a high performance hardware MPEG encoder for high quality TV recording with Microsoft Windows Vista that frees up valuable computer resources.
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Gateway has released two new high-end desktop PCs under GM series with decent configuration, the Gateway GM5664 and Gateway GM5662. The GM5662 is a bit low end, while in GM5664, the built-in Blu-ray + HD DVD dual format hybrid drive, give you enjoy titles from both camps. Besides that, the GM5662 comes with 500GB HDD storage, while the GM5664 comes with 1TB HDD storage. The rest of system specs:

• AMD Phenom 9600 Processor (AMD Live!) (2.30GHz, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz system bus)
• Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit)
• 3GB Memory
• 1000GB 7200rpm hard drive (GM5664), 500GB 7200rpm hard drive (GM5662)
• Hybrid Blu-ray/HD DVD player and SuperMulti DVD-RW DL drive
• ATI Radeon HD 2400XT 256MB discrete video memory with Dual-DVI, S-Video and HDMI supported
• Gateway 15-in-1 media card reader with copy button and IR receiver
• Gateway USB 2.0 speakers
• Analog/digital TV tuner

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DXG USA has unveiled the new DXG-565V 5 Megapixel all-in-one combo digital camcorder/camera/MP3 player/voice recorder/webcam. It features a 2.4-inch TFT LCD screen and 32MB of built-in storage. The DXG-565V has a new sleek camcorder-shaped design and comes in 5 new trendy colors: Metallic Pink, Ruby Red, Deep-Sea Blue, Gun Metal, and Midnight Black to fit everyone?s style, and priced at only $99. It has minimal buttons for increased ease-of-use, while at the same time boasting features normally found in more expensive 5 Megapixel camcorders/cameras, such as a built-in flash in 3 modes, Macro Mode, White Balance, and EV Compensation features. In addition to its fashionable good looks, the DXG-565V also records DVD-quality MPEG-4 video at 720 x 480 D1 resolution with sound and captures still images of up to 12 Megapixels.

The DXG-565V is perfect to take on the road for recording high-quality video with sound or for snapping photos to send to friends or to post on your website or favorite social sites, such as MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube. You can also entertain your friends at parties by connecting the DXG-565V to your TV to view your own holiday slideshows on a large screen.
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Marvell has just announced an 802.11n 3×3 WLAN solution with three spatial streams, the industry’s first 802.11n chip operating at 450 Megabits-per-second (Mbps), the Marvell TopDog 11n-450. With maximum bandwidth more than eight times faster than 802.11g 54 Mbps versions and 1.5 times faster than current 802.11n 300 Mbps offerings, the new product will enable significant performance enhancements for notebooks and desktop PCs, printers, routers, set top boxes, digital TVs, gaming devices and DVD players and recorders. The TopDog 11n-450 provides 500 percent increased range over 802.11g, as well as 160 percent increased range compared to competing 802.11n solutions.

“Marvell is first-to-market with an 802.11n 450 Mbps solution so manufacturers can deliver industry-leading wireless range and performance to consumers who are seeking faster and more powerful Wi-Fi capabilities,” said Sameer Bidichandani, senior director of technology strategy, Marvell Semiconductor. “Compliant with the 802.11n specification, the new Marvell TopDog 11n-450 chip also offers Marvell-engineered enhancements to the specification, such as Space-Time Block Coding (STBC), that helps maintain higher throughput over longer distances.”

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UPOP U48S is the lastest PDA/PMP (portable media player) device powered by Windows CE 5.0. The outside looks like VAIO UX with its folding screen and keyboard. The U48S has a 4.8-inch TFT screen display, a digital TV Tuner DMB, and integrated WiFi connection. It supports most of the media format: AVI, DivX, WMV, MPEG-4, VOB, MP3, WMA, MP4, AAC, AC3, OGG, and WAV. Futhermore, you can access Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.
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Compro Technology, an innovative leading manufacturer and developer of PC multimedia products, has launched VideoMate E800, which is a hybrid advanced PCI-E interface DVB-T and analog TV/FM tuner card with powerful real-time hardware MPEG-2 encoding. You can hardware record DVD full-D1 / MPEG-2 TV shows and hardware timeshift for instant replay of live TV without heavy CPU loading as a high-end DVD recorder. E800 combined the hardware MPEG-2 encoding which brings high quality digital terrestrial TV and universal analog TV/FM broadcasts to your desktop PC. It turns your computer into a home entertainment center by bringing you digital/analog TV viewing, video/audio capturing, high quality 480i/576i component video input and is certified for Windows Vista 32 and 64 bit system.

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