TechniSat Launches Freeview approved USB DVB-T Stick
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Expanding TechniSat’s range of PC TV products, the AirStar TeleStick 2 is a small form factor USB stick for the reception of Freeview digital TV and radio programmes on a PC or laptop – including interactive red button services when used with Windows® 7.
With Personal Video Recorder (PVR) functionality, the AirStar TeleStick 2 allows [...]
Broadcom announces next gen single-chip 802.11n USB solutions
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Broadcom Corporation today announced its next generation single-chip 802.11n USB solutions for multimedia applications.
As a follow-on to the success of the world’s first single-chip dual-band 802.11n Broadcom® BCM4323, these new Wi-Fi® solutions integrate high-performance Power Amplifiers (PAs) in a single monolithic CMOS die and leverage ubiquitous USB interfaces to add high performance Wi-Fi connectivity [...]
Firebox announces USB tape-converter
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Firebox.com has announced that the USB Tape Express, a portable device that converts old tapes into MP3s, can now be pre-ordered.
Tape Express, which retails for £49.95, connects via USB to either a PC or Mac.
As well as allowing you to listen to your old tapes, it converts them to digital files so they [...]
Netgear Digital Entertainer Live
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Netgear launched a new set top box on Tuesday titled the Digital Entertainer Live that allows an HDTV to be connected to a web video service such as Hulu or any hard drive that is on the same home network.
The Digital Entertainment Live will cost users around US$200 with the set-box actually weighing in at [...]
Record TV onto USB with Digital Vision’s GiGo DV DTR1
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Digital Vision has launched an affordable solution to recording and transporting TV programmes.
The GiGo DV DTR1 has three USB ports and a Freeview tuner, allowing Freeview programming to be recorded and stored onto any USB memory device in MPEG2 format.
The user can even record one channel while simultaneously watching one of the shows they have [...]
New 4.3-inch USB monitor from Century
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If you tend to have several applications running and find that your desktop gets too cluttered, then the LCD-4300U USB-powered monitor from Century Japan could be just what you need.
The tiny monitor has its own kick stand, and can keep your social networks, e-mail and other peripheral stuff clear of the main screen.
The [...]
Blackmagic Design Demos Blackmagic Video Recorder
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Blackmagic Design Inc. is demonstrating Blackmagic Video Recorder, a compact USB video capture product, at IBC 2008, the broadcast and media event in Amsterdam.
Blackmagic Video Recorder is a low cost H.264 encoding solution for consumer video capture for iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, YouTube, IPTV, Web or full resolution archiving.
The Video Recorder allows direct [...]
WiQuest & DisplayLink collaborate on WUSB
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DisplayLink, which provides USB connections between computers and displays, is collaborating with WiQuest Communications, to transmit high-quality graphics via Wireless USB.
WiQuest specialises in WiMedia Alliance standardised Wireless USB solutions for worldwide PC manufacturers.
The collaboration will bring together DisplayLink’s USB technology, which allows users to add an additional monitor to a computer, and WiQuest’s [...]
Iogear announces USB 2.0 External Video Card
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Iogear has announced the USB 2.0 External DVI Video Card, which makes it easy to add an extra screen to either a desktop or laptop computer.
The video card simply plugs into the USB port on the computer to install the included driver.
Up to six of the devices can be connected to a computer, [...]
Lenovo USB Port Replicator gains Displaylink technology
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Cambridge-based DisplayLink’s USB graphics functionality has been integrated into Lenovo’s Enhanced USB Port Replicator with Video.
DisplayLink’s technology allows video and graphics to be transmitted at high-speeds over a standard USB 2.0 cable. This enables universal USB port replication, allowing a notebook PC to be docked through a single USB 2.0. connection.
The solution eliminates the need [...]
Samsung adopts DisplayLink USB technology
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LCD display manufacturer, Samsung, is using DisplayLink’s display technology for its SyncMaster 2263DX, 22-inch LCD monitor, with an attached 7-inch tandem monitor.
DisplayLink provides USB hardware and software to power the tandem monitor, and connect it to the main monitor.
This is achieved with a USB cable and without the need for any power connections.
The [...]
DisplayLink beta links multiple monitors to Macs via USB
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DisplayLink’s technology which expands visual workspace by connecting computers and multiple monitors via USB, has been extended to support Macs.
A beta version of the technology has been launched which allows up to four additional monitors to be connected to any Intel Mac via USB.
DisplayLink’s software works in conjunction with a plug-and-play USB docking [...]
TerraTec releases Cinergy T USB XXS tuner
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TerraTec has released the Cinergy T USB XXS, a DVB-T tuner which provides digital TV via a computer for just £29.99.
Users simply plug the stick into a USB port on the computer, and install the TerraTec Home Cinema software, in order to watch TV through their PC.
The tuner comes with an antenna, remote [...]
Huawei adds mobile TV tuner to USB Pebble modem
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Huawei has upgraded its USB pebble HSDPA modem with the addition of a digital TV tuner.
The company traditionally manufactures connectivity kits for European carriers, including Vodafone, and the USB combo marks a move into new categories.
The USB pebble modem, known as the E510, has a top download speed of up to 7.2Mb/s and [...]
Huawei Technologies provides mobile TV with USB data card
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Huawei Technologies launched a portable USB data card, the E510, at the CeBIT annual trade show for information and telecommunications technology, in Germany.
The slim, high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA) stick allows PC and laptop users to access mobile television and broadband while on the move.
According to Huawei Technologies, the device is the first [...]
Pinnacle launches PCTV Nano stick
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Pinnacle has launched the PCTV Nano stick, a USB digital TV tuner which allows users to watch digital TV on a laptop.
The Pinnacle Nano stick has ultra-sensitive DVB-T reception technology, which can pick up digital TV, either through the included rod antenna, or an existing TV aerial.
The Nano stick also comes with a [...]
Cinergy Hybrid T USB XS FM stick announced
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TerraTec Electronic of Germany has announced the Cinergy Hybrid T USB XS FM, a TV stick complete with an FM Tuner, which allows a computer to receive digital (Freeview) and analogue TV signals as well as FM Radio.
The Cinergy Hybrid T USB XS FM connects to a computer via a USB 2.0 port. It [...]
Equinox announces TubeStick USB TV receiver
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Equinox has announced its TubeStick hybrid USB TV receiver, which allows Mac users to watch, pause and record live TV on their machine in HD quality.
The device has a stylish, white casing, containing two receivers for watching digital over-the-air HDTV or digital (QAM) and analogue cable TV.
It comes with a one month trial of [...]
Pinnacle launches Video Transfer Unit
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Pinnacle Systems Inc launched the Video Transfer unit at CES 2008 in Las Vegas, a device which converts video files into a format that can be played on a portable media player without the need for a PC.
The unit connects any device with a composite video or S-Video output, such as a camcorder, to [...]
DisplayLink & Alereon announce wireless USB graphics adapter
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DisplayLink and Alereon have announced a reference design for a Wireless USB display adapter which wirelessly connects PCs to standard displays.
The reference design allows PC accessory manufacturers to develop wireless display connectivity adapters and similar products. It is the only design for a Wireless USB adapter which fulfils all international regulatory requirements.
The design [...]