Hammacher Schlemmer has announced that it is now selling a new gadget dubbed The Camcorder Projector. If you recall from November we mentioned that Viewsonic was rebranding a 3M camcorder that had a projector inside. Hammacher isn’t even bothering to rebrand theirs; it still carries the 3M logo on the thing.
Last we spoke of the 3M Camcorder Projector Shoot ‘n Share CP40 the thing had 14-lumnes, 5MP stills, and 1280 x 720 HD video recording. Hammacher list slightly different specs for its gadget. According to Hammacher Schlemmer, its camera records 720p HD and shoots 5MP stills as well.
The only real difference is that Hammacher list the projector at 12 lumens of light output. That’s only 2 lumens less than 3M says and those two lumens won’t make a huge difference; it’s going to be hard to see the images that little projector tosses no matter what. You can pick The Camcorder Projector up now for $299.95.
Epson has a wide range of projector options that are available for home theater fans, business users and for education. Today the company has added two new projectors to its line that are aimed at use in the education market and they are each around $1000. The new projectors are the PowerLite 905 and 915W.
The 905 will sell for $999 and the 915w will go for $1099. Both of the projectors have a 16-watt speaker and a mic input along with HDMI inputs and RJ-45 connectivity. The 905 has 3000 lumens of color and white light output with XGA resolution.
The 915W has 3200 lumens of white and color light output with WXGA resolution of 1280 x 800. Both of the new projectors use 3LCD technology and have 1.6x optical zoom. The projectors are plug and play compatible to show presentations from PC and Mac machines. The new offerings will ship in March.
Harman Kardo have just added a new soundbar option to their range complete with subwoofer. The Harman Kardon’s SB 16 is designed to bring home cinema sound quality direct to your TV.
With a single amplified loudspeaker unit connected directly to either your TV, DVD player or game console, and a single wireless subwoofer that you may place anywhere in the room, to get the sound just perfect for your music requirements.
Harman Kardon’s SB 16 offers both traditional stereo playback or realistic 3-D surround-sound processing, the SB 16 livers music performance with the absolute minimum number of components, and wires.
The soundbar features two-way, dual-driver, left and right soundbar speaker channels, each with two 3-inch (75mm) midrange drivers and a 3/4-inch (19mm) dome tweeter.
The sleek and glossy wireless subwoofer is driven by 100 watts of power and boasts a 10-inch (250mm) driver within a ported enclosure. The soundbar amplifier power boasts 25W x 2 into 8 ohms, 20Hz to 20kHz, at <0.07% THD, when both channels are driven simultaneously.
The Harman Kardon SB16 is now available to purchase for $600.
Art Lebedev hoped to launch their new Optimus Popularis keyboard before the end of 2010 but unfortunately didn’t make it and has now announced it will be more like the middle of 2011, due to the recent economic unrest.
However Art Lebedev has unveiled that before the Optimus Popularis arrives they we be launching their new Optimus Mini Six keyboard.
The Optimus Mini Six is expected to have 6 programmable buttons, twice the amount of their current Optimus Mini Three. But unlike the Three the Mini Six will have LCD panels and means Art Lebedev can fit a higher resolution, 64 x 64 screen into physically smaller keys.
I know its not even close to a full Optimus Popularis keyboard but as soon as any information is made available about its launch date or prices we will update you.
We are pretty sure that over the years, you must have amassed quite an impressive collection of CDs and DVDs, and assuming you’ve made the jump to the Blu-ray bandwagon, keeping everything organized and in its proper position might be a task too large for some.
Good thing there is always the option to settle for outside help, this time in the form of the DiscGear Selector 100 which will retail for £29.99 a pop. This brilliant and elegant CD archive will come with a slide-away index to help you quickly browse up to 100 titles, while its patented one-touch disc retrieval system allows you to retrieve the disc in mind in a jiffy. All you need to do is scan the index for the number that matches your chosen CD, move the slider over to that particular number on the unit and press the button – and watch magic happen right before your very eyes, as your disc is presented to you.
A gadget can’t get by on looks alone, but sometimes they can go a long way.
That’s the case with this Cisco/Linksys E4200 router. The Wireless-N router will deliver best-in-class speed and performance and is equipped with 6 antennas which deliver maximum range and reliability.
These also double your network bandwidth with simultaneous dual-band N (2.4 and 5 GHz) for high performance wireless entertainment. It has 4 Gigabit Ethernet posts for as much as 10 times faster wired speeds. You can expect it to hit the stores in the next few months for $180.
Samsung has made its RMC30D TV remote to look more like a touchscreen smartphone instead of the regular remotes that have many buttons. The RMC30D is a universal TV remote control that packs a 3-inch touchscreen for various touch controls for your TV. It has a primary home button at the bottom of the touchscreen and a power button at the top.
It’s far slimmer and sleeker than any average TV remote but offers more capability and flexibility to understand the commands of various A/V appliances.
The RMC30D universal TV remote also presents you a virtual QWERTY keyboard on its touchscreen, allowing you to input texts for searching videos on YouTube or NetFlix. The Samsung touchscreen remote will start shipping sometime in first half of 2011 but no word about its pricing yet.
Plantronics new K100 in-car Bluetooth speakerphone includes dual microphones and digital signal processing (DSP) technology that keeps the user’s voice sharp and clear and also limits the surrounding noise. Also echo cancellation improves listening on both sides of the conversation, while a high-quality speaker makes every call clear.
The Plantronics K100 also has an integrated FM transmitter, so you can hear conversations, stream music, or play podcasts from your smartphone to the car stereo system. It also features large buttons so you can control the K100, while keeping safe on the road.
The Plantronics K100 speakerphone is just $79.99.
A new smartphone speaker dock called Perch has been socially developed by Quirky’s online community in less than 3 weeks, creating a very unique and stylish speaker dock.
Perch is the 81st product designed and developed by the Quirky community since Quirky’s launch on June 2, 2009 and was unveiled at Pepcom’s Digital Experience at CES 2011 in Las Vegas.
Perch is a portable wireless speaker system designed to be used with smartphones and media players. The speaker can be removed from the dock and connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth. You phone or media device can sync and charge while connected and the dock has a built in microphone for conference or video calls.
The Perch Speaker Smartphone dock is now available to pre-order from Quirky’s online store for a hefty $179.99
Samsung intends to launch what they are calling the worlds thinnest 3D Blu-ray player at CES 2011, and it will apparently measures just 23mm thick, and will feature a metal chassis.
This new 3D Blu-ray player from Samsung will also featured 2D to 3D conversion, plus a range of built in social networking features which include Facebook and Twitter, plus video streaming from sites like YouTube.
Unfortunately there really aren’t very many other details about this new ultra thin 3D Blu-ray player from Samsung, I guess we will have to wait until next week to get some more information.
