Here’s LHT888 by LG Electronics. A stylish DVD home theater system in that piano black finish some of just can’t get enough of these days. Besides offering 1080p upscaling via HDMI and support for media via USB you get DTS / Dolby Digital 5.1 / Dolby Digital 2 channel, XTS Pro and an AM/FM tuner.
Oh, and did I mention that the rear speakers are wireless?
LGE.com: LHT888 DVD Home Theatre System ($649.95)
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Creative Asia announced the 32GB Zen yesterday and besides the obvious excellent storage capabilities it comes with a nice price tag as well; about $378. Cheap? Yes indeed. After all, you do get a credit card sized PMP with 30 hours of music playback (mp3, aac, wma), video (DivX, XviD, WMV, AVI, MPEG4 etc), photos, a 2.5" TFT display and a expansion SD slot.
There’s no word on when the 32GB model will be available globally, but the North American site does include it in the model dropdown (with an ‘out of stock’ mark), hopefully meaning it’ll be available soon.
Here’s the Wizpy by Turbolinux. A versatile little Linux powered thing with a 1.7" OLED screen and 4 GB of storage that can do pretty much anything. Web, RSS, E-mail, VoIP, photos, play and record videos, radio and e-books, music (ogg, mp3, aac) etc.
The Wizpy was launched in February 2007 in Japan but now it’s available globally.
TurboLinux.com: Wizpy (White, $290.00)
Here’s two new videos to cure that friday morning boredom for you; the new World of Warcraft ads soon to be seen on national TV in the US.
William Shatner plays a shaman (nice quote, “Play World of Warcraft dog, you can be anyone!”), Mr. T plays a night elf… mohawk.
Continue reading to watch the videos:
This motorized replica of R2-D2 stands 15" tall (about 38cm), responds to 40 different voice commands (like “Turn around!” and “Move forward!”) while being able to navigate rooms and hallways. It’s equipped with an infra-red sensor so he can play games like tag and find you, follow you around or just act as a guard and let you know whenever someone enters the room.
Besides being able to replay sounds from the Star Wars movies and answer yes/no questions it features a rotating top and distinct moods, just like the original. If he goes sad you just need to say “R2, behave yourself” to make him snap right out if it. Hopefully.
Evolve is a truly wireless iPod sound system from Griffin Technology. Each speaker cube is equipped with a Lithium-Ion battery pack capable of 10 hours of playback. When the juice runs out you place the speaker on its charging station and just wait for it to fill up again. Easy as that.
The speakers has an effective range of 150 feet and besides the regular iPod dock the base unit sports composite and s-video out as well as in- and outgoing female RCA connectors for non-iPod devices.
Tomy’s i-SOBOT is listed in the Guinness book of World Records as the “smallest humanoid robot in production” (and what makes a humanoid? Its own MySpace page of course). It’s just 6.5 inches tall and by using the remote control (and your commanding voice) you’ve got a fully articulating and bipedal robot.
It’s gifted with 17 servo-motors, 19 circuit ships, a built-in gyro-sensor, two LEDs, 90 sound effects, 5 songs, voice command recognition and can speak hundreds of words and phrases and perform preprogrammed actions like walking, dancing, martial arts(!), pushups, soccer and such.
The Japanese version is white and the US model is black and it’ll start shipping in October 2007.
Continue reading for an i-SOBOT video:
Sony Rolly sure is an odd product and there’s been quite a few rumors about it ever since the first video emerged. Part Aibo, part MP3 player this rolling, Bluetooth-enabled robot sports 20mm active speakers (1.2Wx2) and its sole purpose is to roll around on your floor while playing your favorite music and showing off with its ambient blue/green/orange LED lights.
There’s 1GB of built-in Flash memory and if you’re a control freak you’ll probably enjoy the bundled motion editor software.
The Rollies will start shipping September 29th.
AudioCubes: Sony Rolly SEP-10BT ($449.00)
Sony.jp: Rolly official website (Japanese)
Continue reading to see a video of it in action:
Altec Lansing’s Soundbar is a 2.1 desktop speaker system designed to occupy the often unused area beneath flat screen monitors. Among the features we find two 2" speakers and a bass pressure driver, Altec Lansing’s proprietary SFX technology to enhance the sound experience, auxiliary input for external devices, headphone jack and XdB bass boost.
AltecLansing.com: Soundbar ($99.95)
Remember the good ‘ol days when Virtual Reality was the bomb and everyone expected everyone to be walking around with some sort of massive 3D video helmet by the next month or so? Well, many years have passed since then but let me introduce Vuzix’s iWear AV920.
These lightweight glasses feature twin hi-res (640×480) LCD displays (equals a 62" screen viewed at a distance of 9 feet), 24-bit true color, 60Hz progressive scan, easy 2D/3D switching, 6 hours of battery time along with removable and flexible earphones.
As far as compatibility you can hook it up with most devices like your DVD player, media player, digital camera, gaming system, cell phone and - last but not least - your iPod Video.
Vuzix.com: iWear AV920 ($349.95)
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