The Amulet Remote is the first voice-enabled remote control designed specifically for Vista Media Center. It makes it easy to record and watch TV, listen to your favorite music, and view DVDs, videos and photos - all using simple voice commands.
Using Amulet just say “Watch Channel Cinemax” and the system selects the Cinemax channel. To watch last night’s recorded episode of your favorite bizaro action drama, say “Watch Program Lost”, and Amulet will find and display it.
The same approach works for music. To listen to that new album you bought last week, say “Play Artist Tiffany” and after the system mocks you merclessly the music starts to play.
Don’t recognize that song? Say “Name that tune” and Amulet tells you what’s playing - the product includes a high quality synthesized voice that allows two way conversations, even when the television is turned off.
The Amulet Remote is scheduled to ship in March 2009. http://www.amuletdevices.com
The new NAS device allows iPhone owners to access their photos, videos, files, etc., via Buffalo’s unique Web Access 2.0 feature. Web Access allows users to access data via a web browser from any computer.
Offered in three distinct colors, Blue Onyx, Pearl White and Ruby Red, the MiniStation Cobalt includes easy-to-use backup and sync software for PC and Mac’s.
PENTAX has announced two compact digital cameras: the Optio P70 and Optio E70. The ultra-slim PENTAX Optio P70 digital compact camera has 12 megapixels, a 4X optical zoom (equivalent to 27.5mm-110mm), plus a wide angle 28mm lens, the Optio P70 metal body is available in multiple colors.
Today LaCie announced its Hard Disk MAX high capacity storage system for users who want advanced RAID features with consumer-level ease of use and style. Featuring a Neil Poulton design, the Hard Disk MAX delivers 2 TB (terabytes) of storageness...that’s a word right?
I just got word that PPC (http://www.connect2ppc.com) will be releasing their patented design this week at CES for a locking HDMI cable. Was this a problem I was unware of...dislodged and falling HDMI cables?
Ok, you’ve made the leap to buy that little gem of technology - the iPhone. Some may argue about whether or not the iPhone is really the best phone under the sun, however, chances are if you bought one you love it. But, now that you’ve dropped $200-300 on your new phone dark thoughts start to enter your mind that make your blood run cold. What if you scratch it or worse drop it? What if you dropped it face down in gravel? Yikes! Time to start thinking about cases. Proporta offers several options to put your mind to rest. Below is a summary of several current offerings I have taken for a real world test:
The DSS 30 is compatible with Wav, Flac, AAC, OGG, DFF and WMA files, frequently used compressed formats such as MP3, MP4 and M4O - and others. Using its USB ports, it accepts memory sticks, hard drives, PCs, and CD-Rom players. A built-in Windows-Directory program organizes custom playlists in a variety of ways, and a large, bright, two-line display shows key information about individual tracks, including, titles, times, and formats.
Santa was a busy elf this year. I try to keep a simple uncluttered media center in my living room. To that end I have had the Xbox 360 Pro since launch and a Yamaha YSP surround sound bar. This worked great until 1080p and serious up-scaling came onto the scene a couple of years back. I added an Oppo 1080p DVD player about 2 years ago and recently I replaced my non 1080p LCD for a Samsung 1080p A650 LCD.
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