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Samsung revolutionise its DVD Players look!
The new Samsung DVD-F1080 becomes a true ‘home decoration’ appliance with high-end performances and the ability to playback almost any video format upto 1080p (that is: full HD) with the most popular multimedia formats like DivX, MP3, WMA, JPEG and MPEG-4 clips.

Samsung DVD-F1080 technical details at a glance:

Featuring Ambisound, the HTS8100 delivers full multi-channel surround sound in any sort of room. The 1-piece integrated system fits into the home with ease, providing a full home theater experience with excellent sound and picture quality.

Want dolby digital surround without the wires? Look no further than the Philips AmbiSound Home Theater Sound Bar with Integrated 1080p-Upscaling DVD/MP3 Player.
Philips engineers have tackled this problem. They’ve managed to take the output from 5 distinct channel amplifiers and placed them in a single speaker called a Soundbar. Within the soundbar, speakers are angled to provide a realistic audio environment that literally emulates sound as if it’s coming from all sides. It’s 5.1 surround without the mess! In addition to the latest audio technology, the Ambisound system is only five inches thick and can be easily mounted onto a wall underneath an existing Flat-TV. The simple, yet elegant design enhances the décor of any home theater space, regardless of the room layout or design.

Within the soundbar, speakers are angled to provide a realistic audio environment that literally emulates sound as if it’s coming from all sides. It’s 5.1 surround without the mess!
For maximum audio quality and clarity, the Ambisound SoundBar provides a stylish system with amplifier and a DVD player all in a single speaker called a Soundbar.

Sony Cybershot DSC-H3 8.1MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Zoom with Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization.

An eight megapixel sensor, a special mode aimed at moving subjects, Sony’s proprietary technology Sony Dynamic Range Optimizer, image stabilizer and a compact body are the key points for this unique superzoom camera.

Somehow oddly shaped (just like other previous Sony prosumer cameras) mainly due to the robust grip, the Sony Cybershot DSC-H3 compact digital features a superb zoom in a truly compact body design (4.2 x 2.7 x 1.9 inches - 13.4 ounces, 106 x 68.5 x 47.5 mm - 380 gr).

The Sony Cybershot H3 - available in silver or black - has a 8 MP CCD but what really stands out is its Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar 10x zoom lens: a 35-mm equivalent of 38-380 mm, aperture F/3.5-4.4 definitely places this Sony offering near the top of this class of cameras. Macro mode allows for less than 2 cm (much less than an inch) focusing distance from the subject.

Super Steadyshot image stabilizer helps avoiding motion-blur in images for both newbies and consumed photographers; for faster shooting, Sony incorporates an Advanced Sports Shooting Mode along with a predictive, multipoint autofocus (9 points matrix).

The ubiquitous Face Detection technology is here too, though it still fails to recognize cool people from their faces…

Sony Dynamic Range Optimizer technology, developed for the company’s flagship Alpha DSLR and reused in this high end compact model, analizes CCD captured data and optimizes exposure and hue before JPEG compression and storing.

The H3 Cybershot has a 2.5″ LCD display, a Li-Ion NP-BG1 battery - rated at 330 shootings by Sony, uses Memory Stick Pro Duo as storage media and allows for VGA-resolution, 30 fps video recording with audio.

Last but not least, the HD output (1080 lines) provides spectacular photo viewing on your Sony KDL-40V2500 40″ Bravia V-Series 1080p LCD HDTV and other compatible HDTV screens (cable available separately).

This a recent (and welcome!) trend even for compact and point-and-shoot cameras: Sony already announced on February the Sony Cybershot DSCW200 12.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and Super Steady Shot, which sports HDMI output.

Available for pre-order now, and expected to be in stores by November 2007, the price For the H3 will be around US$ 300.00.

Update: Additional lenses for the H3 are now available, both Super Wide Angle , tele zoom and Macro for close-ups.

The VIZIO Gallevia GV47LF HDTV is a huge 47″ widescreen TV, featuring full HD resolution of 1080p and boosting a fast response panel (8ms). According to the Vizio website, the TV has a full 178 degree viewing angle and a brightness of 500 cd/m2, with detachable stand (allowing users to wall mount the panel) and speakers.
So far, all typical specs for a TV set of this size: what is out of the norm for a panel this big is the diminutive price - $1699.99!
So if you are looking for a bargain showpiece for your living/entertainment room, this product may just fit the bill (and not break the bank).

…because sometimes, you have to give your father a hand if you want him to be a “Cool Daddy”

Olympus Stylus 750: this compact, slim metal bodied point&shoot 7.1MP Digital Camera with dual Image Stabilization (Digital and through CCD Shift) comes with a 5x Optical Zoom (36mm-180mm, f3.3-f 5.0 35mm equivalent) and 2.5-inch LCD with Bright Capture Technology for low-light photography.

Canon HV10: the world’s smallest HDV (High-Definition Video) camcorder, this ultra-compact and stylish offering from imaging giant Canon sports a 3.1MP CMOS sensor with 10x Optical Zoom and Image Stabilization. This camcorder/camera captures true 1080 high-definition resolution video in 16:9 format, using MiniDV cassette tapes. The HV10’s true 16:9 widescreen HD image is ideal if you want to play back your memories on next-gen HD widescreen TV.

Jabra BT250v Bluetooth Headset: a stylish, light Bluetooth Headset with Vibrating Alert. Operated via a single button, the Jabra headset offers total control of your phone up to 30 feet away: operations such as voice dialing, answering and ending calls, redialing and transferring are just a touch of a button away. You can also select vibrating call alert to have calls signaled silently.

Garmin Nuvi 350: this pocket-sized, portable highly versatile vehicle GPS Navigator comes with 700MB of memory for maps and files (expandable via Secure Digital (SD) memory card slot), and is bundled with MP3/audiobook player, photo viewer, and world travel clock. Small enough to fit in a pocket (just 3.87 x 2.91 x 0.87 inches), it can be mounted on multiple vehicles with the included windshield suction cup. The Garmin comes preloaded with the latest version of City Navigator NT V.8, complete with local maps and offering turn-by-turn directions, automatic routing, all clearly and comfortbly visible on the bright 320 x 240 color touchscreen display.

Ok, we all love the image quality offered by DV video cameras (or even the latest model High Definition ones): but what’s better than a pocketful of simplicity? SourceCrowd.com is bringing you a small roundup of higly portable, take-everywhere gadgets that bring the FUN factor back into taking a snapshot or a quick movie and sharing it with friends and family. Forget about having to carry bulky battery packs, winding tapes or anything of the sort: just point, shoot, copy, watch & share!

These tiny videocameras, aptly called Flip Video, allow you to record a maximum of 60 minutes of digital video (on 1GB of storage, 512 MB on the 30 minute version) that can be copied straight into your PC as an AVI file. The camcorder has a 1.4 inch color screen for instant viewing, full 30 fps MPEG-4 video quality at VGA (640×480) resolution, video-out capability for viewing on your TV, built in mic and speakers, and a flip-out USB 2.0 arm for connecting straight into a computer.

Also of note, the RCA EZ105 Small Wonder, a small and sleek minicamcorder capable of recording 60 minutes of standard quality MPEG4 video or 30 minutes of high quality video. At the back of the slim enclosure is a 1.5 inch LCD display to view your footage, and the lens is capable of 2x zoom. It has the same video out capability as the Flip Video, and sports a built in tripod mount. This really is a bring-everywhere piece of kit, running on 2 standard AA batteries.

You can now record your videos anywhere and never worry about dust, sand or even kids crushing a $1000+ videocamera: these solid-state camcorders will get you through the most dangerous missions! All your birthdays, rave parties or whatever you get involved into, can be just a snap away from online viewing & sharing on youtube or e-mailing to your friends.

Sony is rolling out firmware 1.80 for its PlayStation 3. This latest update will add resolution upscaling capability for PlayStation and PlayStation 2 titles, as well as bring DVD playback to full 1080p resolution when viewed on compatible HDTVs. Further enhancements include Remote Play functionality for the PlayStation Portable (PSP), which allows users to access their PlayStation 3 consoles remotely from its portable little brother using any available wireless connection. Moreover, Sony is boosting the PS3 as a media hub for the front room, adding the ability to network the console with home PCs to stream media content on to TV sets.

In related news, VoIP service Jajah has made an update to its website that streamlines it for use on the PS3. As voipstage.com reports, Jajah lets you register with your “home phone number, then when you want to call someone you enter their number into your browser and Jajah will dial your phone and connect you directly”, doing away with headsets as it uses your existing handset (or mobile phone). The service is free between Jajah users.

AMD has today launched its ATI Radeon HD 2000 series of graphic card. They feature, according to the company’s website, a series of “firsts” in the graphics market: second-generation Unified Shader Architecture (USA), a 512-bit memory bus designed for full performance high dynamic range (HDR) rendering, and new Unified Video Decoder (UVD) technology for high-fidelity HD media playback. The HD 2000 series also takes full advantage of DirectX 10 and Windows Vista’s features, as well as the latest OpenGL programs. The new chips have built-in Crossfire capability, allowing users to pair up 2 cards in PCI Express slots without the need of any additional hardware or cables. AMD’s guide design can include HDMI-out with audio, thus completing the process of transforming PCs into real media hubs in the modern home.

This HD revolution involves notebooks as well as desktops: the Mobility Radeon HD series features the same architecture in a package that uses smaller 65 nm process technology in order to achieve passive cooling and promises lower power consumption. At the same time, these powerful chips should relieve the main CPU from the more taxing graphic tasks, allowing next-gen HD content to be enjoyed on even the smaller, thin portable computers.

The Radeon HD 2000 series for desktops will be available in the next few days, with the first Mobility models set to launch in new laptops by the end of the month.

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