EPSON recently has come up with a new high-end projector, Epson EH-TW5000. It features 1600 ANSI Lumens brightness, full high-definition 1080p, with a dynamic contrast ratio of 75,000:1, utilizing advanced DeepBlack technology and E-TORL lamp. Connectivity includes a relatively modest two HDMI slots, plus composite, component, S-Video and D-Sub inputs. Expect a full blown Cinema display, at the comfort of your own home. The device is set for retail in October for £2,400, premium price for top of the class performance. [T3]
Another good news related to Blu-ray realm, Yamaha’s BD-S2900 Blu-ray player is in stock and ready to ship next monday, August 25th. This exciting new player features 1080p/24fps-compatible HDMI video output with 12-bit Deep Color support that allows a whopping total of 68.7 billion possible colors. You also get to have 1080p playback for regular DVDs, photos and personal video data. Apparently Audioholics is the first Authorized Yamaha Internet Dealer to have the new Yamaha BD-S2900 Blu-Ray Player In Stock. The previous news had it the player will hit store as early as November. This time the player will also be available for $1000 or a couple of hundred dollars cheaper than we had expected. [AudioHolics]
The rumor has it that Sony will be cutting the price of its budget Blu-ray player (BDP-S350) down to $299 on sometime in September. This will give larger segment of the market to consider the standalone Blu-ray player over PS3. Even before the intended cut, BDP-S350 which also feature very good regular DVD upscaling, was already relatively inexpensive compared with other standalone units. Sony’s Competitors are ready to cut their prices late September as well. Funai and its labeled brands (includes Philips/Magnavox, Sylvania and Insignia) is planning to cut the price of their players by $50 to $249. [HDGuru]
Microsoft has recently introduced gaming keyboard Sidewinder X6 at Leipzig convention. To ship in September, X6 will feature Switchable key pad with either right side or left side configuration. The keyboard has even adjustable backlighting dial, Keyboard keys are red, and key pad and Macro keys are amber in Game mode. Lighting dial adjusts the brightness of the keyboard and key pad. The switchable keypad enables gamers to record up to 90 macros PER game, which will come in handy for gamers requiring extensive shortcuts, for spells as an instance. Finally, the keyboard remembers specific configuration that works with certain softwares/games, including the macros. The SideWinder X6 Keyboard start hitting stores this September for $79.95. [Microsoft VIA Upcoming Videogames]
Sony has come up with solution to bring music to every room in your home with the Sony S-Airplay SA20PK Multi-room Audio System. With the help of wireless speakers, Sony’s S-AIRPLAY transmits signals to speakers up to 164 feet away. The main docking station has a working range of up to 50 meters, which will cover average houses – unless you’re living in a huge mansion or the like. The system also includes support for iPod, CDs, AM/FM radio. The Sony S-Airplay System is set to retail for $400 sometimes next month. I got the feeling cables are going to extinct one of these days. [Sony]
Pioneer’s Latest Blu-ray player specs have been leaked on the internet. The rumor has it that Pioneer Elite BDP-09FD will be the best Blu-ray player available in the market, surpassing even PS3 performance. The BDP-09FD is the first Pioneer unit to support Profile 2.0 and BD-Live with 4GB of internal storage. It will also cater for more conventional media, like CDs and DVDs, making it one single box for all. Each one of the units 7.1 analog outputs is equipped with their own digital to analog converters. Video comes by the way of one of the industry’s leading image processors and is fed over two HDMI 1.3a jacks. Pioneer Elite BDP-09FD will be available soon enough with price on the upper ante of $2200. [CrunchGear]
Epson has recently come up with new addition to Workforce lineup, engineered for the small business and home office; Workforce 600, 500, 40, and 30. These all-in-ones produce laser quality output at laser fast speeds. Workforce 600 is capable of printing laser-quality black text at 27 pages per minute. It offers both wired and wireless connectivity. WorkForce 500 on the other hand does not print as fast as its brother, 600. It uses Instant-dry DURABrite® Ultra Ink, that is water resistant and enable prints to have lifespan of over several years. Finally, both 40 and 30 are meant for users who simply need to print black text and light photo printing. Workforce 40 offers wired and wireless connectivity as well as higher capacity ink cartridges. Workforce 30 uses unique dual black ink cartridge system that claim to produce twice as many output. Workforce 600 will be available for $600, while WF 500 and WF 40 both priced at $130 and finally WF 30 will be retailed for $70. All models will gradually hit store late august until september. [Epson]
MSI debut IM-GM45 with GM45+ICH9M-E chipset to support Intel’s latest 45nm Core 2 processor, the most powerful processing core with superior performance and power-saving mechanism to conserve energy. MSI IM-GM45 adapts new generation GM45 north-bridge chip which integrated with Intel GMAX4500 HD graphics core which boost 1.7 times 3D performance the previous GME965′s graphics. The ClearVideo technology inside indicates fully support Blu-Ray video playback, smoothen multiple video formats’ encoding and decoding, including MPEG2, H.264 and VC1 via hardware acceleration. The motherboard also comes with various video interfaces: VGA, DVI and HDMI connector onboard. Currently Price is TBD. [MSI]
This architectural landscape lying in the middle of snowy hill is actually concept for a medical rehabilitation centre in the Austrian Alps designed by architecture graduate Sarah Schneider. It is known as Asemic Scapes for Rehabilitation Center Rainberg. Unfortunately, it is not an alien spaceship landed somewhere. Designed to accommodate 50 patients, it features balconies overlooking the mountains and raised walkways running through the surrounding forests. More pictures of interior and designs at Dezeen.
Intel intends to double up the number of cores per chip and add a brand new language code for the upcoming processor generations. Intel’s Core i7 will start applying manufacturing process shrink down from 45 nanometers to 32 during 2009. It will however be replaced with new architecture codenamed Sandy Bridge by 2010, which will double the number of cores per die to eight. Intel will reportedly introduce a new instruction set termed Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) that will ultimately supersede the Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) found in today’s Core 2 and eventual Core i7 designs. The improvement will double the size of instructions to 256 bits and will optionally perform as many as four calculations in a single instruction. The extensions should accelerate performance in media encoding, 3D modeling. These planned upgrades are not the end of the story. As you can see in the slideshow, Intel has also come up with long term plan covering until 2012. Intel promises substantial improvement by then. Intel is believed to be confirming some or all of this information at next week’s Intel Developer Forum, which will primarily focus on Core i7. [Electronista]
