Suffire.com | Geek Stuffs, Technology Related

Filed under: Displays

Those in the market for a business / education-minded projector certainly aren’t hurting for options these days, but if you somehow still haven’t found one to your liking, you may want to consider one of these new models from Toshiba and Viewsonic. At about four pounds apiece, they’re reasonably portable, and pack the same WXGA resolution along with some other similar specs across the board, including a 600:1 contrast ratio and 2,220 ANSI lumens on the Toshiba TLP-WX1000U, and a 500:1 contrast ratio and 2,000 lumens on the Viewsonic PJ359w. The Viewsonic also adds HDMI 1.3 connectivity to the mix, not to mention a short-throw lens, though you’ll have to decide for yourself if that’s worth the higher $1,299 list price or not, compared to just $959 for the Toshiba.

Read - Toshiba TLP-WX1000U
Read - Viewsonic PJ359w

Toshiba, Viewsonic launch new widescreen projectors originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Displays

Who knew so many had so much projecting to do? There is such a plethora of small projectors glutting the market these days that it’s hard for one to stand out from the crowd. So while the Olens Technology Personal Entertainment Projector isn’t the smallest (15-inches long by 7-inces wide) or the most powerful, it’s pretty cheap — which we bet will probably make it attractive to bargain hunters in dire need of a home projector. The XPJ-USA010 has a 640 x 480 resolution and 300 ANSI lumens, with s-video, RCA and VGA connections. The estimated life of the lamp is about 300 hours — not so great, but replacements lamps are apparently “low in cost, ” and easy to change, which is nice to know. It’s available now for a paltry $179, and we’re pretty sure it would make a better holiday gift than a digital photo frame, anyway.

[Via About Projectors]

Olens Technology adds another projector to endless stream of projectors originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Displays

You know what trend we really love? Tiny projectors. We seriously cannot get enough of them. In fact, anything that is cool in regular size, is much, much better once miniaturized. It’s not the first time we’ve seen the Aiptek Pocket Cinema V10: when we last spied it, it was getting ready to go on sale in Australia as the Mint V10 for $600 AUD ($414). Well, it’s now available for pre-order on Amazon in the good old US of A, with a miniaturized price tag of $299.99. Russell Crowe is not going to be happy.

[Via I4U News]

Aiptek Pocket Cinema V10 available for pre-order on Amazon originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment

Far from being the first (or second, or third) partnership aimed at getting 3D in the home, JVC and Sensio have jointly chosen EHX Fall 2008 to announce their loving new union. By joining forces, they’re purporting to introduce the “very first high-end 3D solution available on the consumer market.” Granted, this so-called solution won’t be cheap nor simple, as it will require a pair of JVC’s costly D-ILA projectors and a media server integrating Sensio’s 3D decoding technology. At the show, the pair demonstrated the forthcoming system by utilizing two $9,000 (yes, each) DLA-RS2 beamers (pictured), though it’s never stated whether or not any gaudy goggles are required for visualizing the third-dimension. At any rate, the kit won’t be available until sometime in 2009, but it’s quite possible we’ll get a sneak peek at CES in January.

[Via Electronic House]

JVC, Sensio team up on high-end consumer 3D projection system originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming, Laptops

While there still doesn’t seem to have been any developments in the lawsuit Rambus filed against NVIDIA earlier this year, that doesn’t seem to be stopping the company from opening up another front against its would-be arch rival, and it’s now taken its case to the International Trade Commission. As before, Rambus is alleging that NVIDIA and its partner companies are infringing on a whole slew of its memory-related patents, and it’s asking for a ban on all imports and sales of NVIDIA products that include DDR, DDR2, DDR3, LPDDR, GDDR, GDDR2, and GDDR3 memory controllers — or anything with an NVIDIA logo on it, basically. For its part, NVIDIA doesn’t seem to be commenting on the matter just yet, but Rambus said in a statement that it believes the action was “necessary given NVIDIA’s continued willful infringement of our patents.” Look for the ITC to make a decision on whether to start an investigation into the matter or not within the next 30 days, and you can keep tabs on any future Rambus litigation on the Litigation Update section of its website which, yes, actually exists.

Read - Rambus Press Release, “Rambus Files Complaint Against International Trade Commission”
Read - Rambus Litigation Update

[Via The Inquirer]

Rambus takes aim at NVIDIA over alleged patent infringement, again originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Transportation

You’re a good person with noble motivations — you ride a bicycle instead of driving because it’s healthy and it doesn’t have a disastrously negative impact on the environment. We salute you, but not all of society appreciates your virtue like we do. In a sinister and systematic oppression of cyclists (we’re absolutely certain it’s intentional), many traffic lights are governed by sensors in the pavement that give a green light only after they’ve detected the change in inductance when a large metal car pulls up. Before you take up arms, though, take a look at this recently-patented device that sends out a signal that fools the sensors so cyclists don’t have to wait for a car to unwittingly play good Samaritan — we suppose we’ll try this out just in case before we incite a violent revolution.

[Via Core77]

Intersection sensor activator puts an end to cyclist discrimination originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Laptops

Yesterday ASUS stunned and pleased our eyeballs with the announcement of the 12-inch N20A laptop, and today two more get added to the crew: the 14.1-inch N80V and the 15.4-inch N50V. Both have the option of T9400 / P8600 / P7350 Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, up to 4GB of RAM, and each pack NVIDIA’s GeForce 9300M GPU with 512MB of VRAM. The N80V has an up to 320GB hard drive capacity while the N50V goes up to 500GB. The N80V boasts a WXGA display and the NV50 offers WXGA / WXGA+ / WSXGA+ options. There’s also a stunning selection of ports, including eSATA and HDMI on both of these bad boys. For unequaled spec-reading pleasure, hit the read links.

[Via PC Launches, PC Launches]

Read - ASUS N80V
Read - ASUS N50V

ASUS adds N80V and N50V to its ever-expanding family of laptops originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Displays

The portable Dell M109S projector which we saw a while back has just been reviewed over at Laptop Magazine. Similar to other pocket projectors, the verdict seems to be that the quality is nothing to explode in excitement over, but is impressive for such a small machine. Laptop praised the projector’s LED as one of the “brightest in its class,” though they seem disappointed with its non-standard native resolution of 858 x 600. They also laud the simplistic design of the projector, but found the buttons on the box “hard to use,” and complained about the lack of remote control capability. Ultimately, they conclude that the size — not as small as pico projectors, but not large enough to compete with higher-end models — makes the M109S an awkward middle child. If you want the full rundown, however, hit the read link.

Dell’s M109S pocket projector gets itself a ho-hum review originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment

Sure, not every station’s pulled out the Star Wars / Iron Man-style holograms for the 2008 election, but they’re all trying to put shiny new HD studios to full use and get as many eyeballs as possible until things are decided. NBC & ABC immediately jumped out front at 7 p.m. with data pouring in on the widescreen edges of their HD feeds, with CNN waiting until states were decided to begin updating their lists. ABC’s chosen to lean on its touchscreen display and forgo side graphics altogether, while despite Fox’s claim as “America’s Election HQ”, with totally bare shoulders and boring sets, we’re pointing our flatscreens elsewhere. PBS, despite airing the clearest, most high quality video available of three old guys at a table, has no slick touchscreens or HD graphics packages to speak of. Think about that as you check out the rest of the screens after the break, and during the next donation drive. Big Bird deserves better.

Continue reading Election ‘08 coming home in HD like never before

Election ‘08 coming home in HD like never before originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments