Month: August 2005
Sky announces HD line up
Sky subscribers will be able to watch Barclays Premiership footie and recent movies in High Definition from early 2006. Both Sky Sports and Sky Box Office are among the channels which will be launched as part of Sky HD…
Today's top tech stories from the US
Some new bitesized chunks of tech from the apple pie of American news. The PSA-615 (gizmodo): Nice looking little 6GB media player from Phillips. The Nintendo Play-yan Micro Media Adaptor(engadget): Actually it's pretty much like the original SD card…
Podcasting goes off the pod, onto the phone
Mobile phone company Melodeo, who normally deal in software that allows you to listen to music on your mobile has just made an announcement that it will offer a program that lets you select and download podcasts to your…
Google releases Google Desktop 2
Google is really going for it: first the incredible Google Earth is released and now, Google Desktop 2 is available for PC. For those unfamiliar with the concept of Google Desktop, the program lets you search your hard drive…
Sony taking pre-orders for ceramic PSP
Hot on the heels of the announcement by Nintendo of the Gameboy Micro (still a little unconvinced by the micro: who wants to play games on a thing that small?), Sony has announced the release of the PSP ceramic…
Sony releases DAV-X1
Sony has released a nice and shiny looking new media package: the DAV-X1. The set looks like it's aimed at the more casual home cinema viewer, boasting an easy setup routine with no complicated wiring to figure out. The…
Today's top tech stories from the US
Five slivers of technology news hewn from the biggest blogs stateside. Saitek's A-250 and A-200 on the go speakers (Engadget): Saitek's designers try a promising new style of products. Savitmicro NTP-25 plays lotsa movies (DAPReview): Screenless PMP that is still…
Denon Smart-Life S-101: the thinking man's home cinema
Dolby, DTS, THX, 2.1, 5.1, Hi-Fi, Wi-Fi, MP3 and DVD… ever wanted a system to just make home entertainment into something a bit more straight forward? Something that can play your music and films without requiring you to battle to…
DAB getting cheaper
Last week we brought news of the Bush PSDAB2004 personal DAB costing less than £60 and now it looks as though the budget digital radio price race might be on. Now we have the Perstel Bluenote, also retailing at…
JVC Recordable Digital Cinema Systems
JVC has unveiled two entry level all-in-one recordable DVD packages, the TH-R1 and TH-R3, sporting 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound and quick setup. The new 'hand-clap' system will automatically calculate levels and delays for you so that hopefully you…
