LG on Monday decided to shake up its home theaters with the introduction of the HT752TP. The receiver and all five satellite speakers abandon the safety of rectangular shapes for a pyramid design at their base. To further the effect, the base itself uses no moving buttons, instead using a touch interface to control the DVD player and music.
Sound is enhanced over other home theaters through a distinctive virtualization process: LG boasts that its 5.1-channel system can create a 10.1-channel sound. HDMI output helps the sound and visuals reach the TV at full quality, while a USB port lets the receiver load music and photos from a flash or hard drive. Prices and a possible North American launch are unknown.
ASUS today gave a preview of the EcoBook, its second venture into designer notebooks after the VX series. Each model will use bamboo wood for paneling that not only adds a unique texture to the shell but is completely biodegradable, separating from the main body to be recycled once they or the portable fall out of use. The mousing sinput is also unique: much as with the displays of some Chinese phones, the trackpad is enlarged and supports handwriting either through a finger or a stylus. LED status lights are also hidden underneath the pad’s surface.
Specifications are unlisted for the EcoBook due to its early state: the notebook isn’t due to ship until 2008, when its design and the internal components will both be ready. Pricing should be relatively high due to the choice of materials. Select photos can be found after the break.
Another all-in-one for geeks living in Korea. This one almost does everything except making coffee, go on all fours to look for your mate’s slippers hidden under the sofa, drive around on Sunday mornings, do shopping, the dishes, take the dog out or the trash, even the two at the same time. Oh wait, that’s my job..! Anyway, the latest Trabbit TM-7000 is a PMP running WinCE 5.0 with a 7” screen (480×234), a DMB TV tuner, GPS, support for DivX, XviD, Mpeg4-SP, AVI, WMV files. This sounds basic but this PMP also supports Picture In Picture so you can watch TV or a video while using the GPS. Some nuts even use the PIP to watch TV while watching a video, and drive at the same time! I’ve heard there’s a cure for that…
Elecom offers a new range of wireless mice, the Prumie. They’re got a new design, the USB dongle can be stowed inside, and they support 800 and 1,000dpi. Model M-P3DUR also has the “+1Button” that allows you to map up to 31 different functions with the Elecom software. Don’t dream, you won’t be able to allocate 31 functions at the same time, like a macro, but at least, you’ll be able to map pretty much any functions you want.
OLED Device Description
The PDG is an advanced integrated personal display and mobile phone solution on the market. The PDG has been developed by Mobintech A/S from Denmark and is enabled by ultra-low power P-OLED eyescreen™ microdisplays from MicroEmissive Displays.
* High speed low power digital MDDI interface. MDDI is an official VESA standard (MDDI = Mobile Display Digital Interface)
* Connector is the MDDI standard connector but almost any connector type on the phone can be used via an intermediate cable to the PDG
* Analogue stereo audio built-in-ear-buds or use your own favourite wired audio headset or via a Bluetooth headset connected to the phone
* QVGA resolution in landscape format (320X240 pixels), 18 bit colors
* Uses 2 ultra-low power P-OLED eyescreen™ microdisplays from MicroEmissive Displays that have BT.656 and serial RGB digital interfaces
OLED screen type
QVGA (320X240 pixels), 18 bit colors P-OLED microdisplays (MED)
