USB dongle brings HDTV to laptops
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AMD has announced the TV Wonder 600 USB, an external USB dongle which brings HDTV signals and DVR capabilities to a laptop.
The slim, black device allows HD content to be recorded straight to the laptop’s drive.
As well as the HDTV tuner it has an A/V input jack for capture directly from a [...]
Plextor announces USB digital HDTV receiver
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Plextor has released its Mini Digital HDTV Receiver, which connects to a laptop’s USB port, allowing a user to watch high definition television while on the move.
The receiver, which draws its power from the computer, has an external antenna and software that scans for over-the-air HD signals.
It works with computers running Windows XP or [...]
MobileLite USB Card Reader announced by Kingston
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Kingston Technology has launched ‘MobileLite‘, a 9-in-1 USB card reader.
The reader is designed to help mobile consumers navigate multiple expansion memory card formats more easily, while moving between mobile devices such as cell phones, digital cameras, MP3 players and PCs.
MobileLite features nine different card reading options, making it easy to move music, video, [...]
Elgato’s USB stick accelerates Apple TV exports
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Elgato Systems has released the Turbo.264 USB hardware encoder which converts video files to high quality H.264 (MP4) format for iPod, Apple TV, and Sony PSP.
The device accelerates exports by a factor of 4 on an Intel Core 2 Duo up to a factor of 10 on a Power PC G4.
Turbo.264 acts as [...]
USB camcorder makes video sharing easy
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Pure Digital, which manufactures disposable cameras sold in drugstores, has released Flip Video, a pocket-sized camcorder designed so that its footage can be easily uploaded onto the Internet.
Flip Video comes with a built-in USB arm and software for editing and uploading onto video sharing sites such as Google’s YouTube site or Grouper, an online [...]
Sony announces USB camera for PlayStation 3
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Sony has announced the PlayStation Eye - a new camera with built-in microphone designed to work specifically with the PlayStation 3.
The device, a digital camera with a built-in noise-cancelling microphone, caters for those who want to communicate with others through the PlayStation Network via functions such as voice, video chat and social gaming.
The [...]
EPOS announces Digital Pen and USB Flash Drive
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EPOS announced its latest Digital Pen and USB Flash Drive at the 2007 CES event.
A user simply writes or draws with the pen and everything is wirelessly transmitted to the USB flash drive.
When the flash drive is connected to a PC the handwritten information can be saved as a PDF or JPG, or [...]
USB-Powered DVD Burner announced by Panasonic
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Panasonic’s latest DVD player - the Panasonic LF-P968C - can both play and burn DVDs and can draw its power from a USB port, eliminating the need for a separate AC adapter.
The Panasonic LF-P968C is compatible with Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system and works with dual-layer DVD+/-R at 4x, single-layer DVD+/-R at 8x, and [...]
DisplayLink demos world’s first USB-connected display
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DisplayLink Inc. is planning to demonstrate Samsung SyncMaster 940UX - the world’s first USB-connected display - at CeBIT 2007 in Hannover, Germany, March 15-21. It will also demonstrate its innovative Wi-Fi and wireless UWB network display technology.
DisplayLink’s technology provides high-image quality and high-performance monitor/mouse/keyboard interactivity over wireless and USB connections to a PC.
Samsung [...]
Avid launches USB 2.0 Mac TV tuners
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Avid, the consumer product division of Pinnacle Systems, has launched two new USB TV tuner devices for the Mac.
The Pinnacle TV for Mac Sticks transform a Mac into a TV receiver/recorder. They come complete with EyeTV Lite software from Elgato and connect to the Mac using a USB 2.0 port.
Two versions of the [...]
Equinux intros TubeStick USB device
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Equinux has launched TubeStick, a white DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial) receiver, which connects to a Mac via a USB port.
TubeStick comes with Equinux’s new TV software “TheTube”. The device also works with Equinux’s own media center solution, MediaCentral.
In order to watch and record live television a user simply inserts the Tubestick [...]
Samsung to demo USB monitor at CeBIT
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Samsung plans to launch the SyncMaster 940UX at CeBIT 2007, the annual trade show for information and telecommunications, which takes place in Hanover in March.
SyncMaster 940UX is a 19” LCD monitor which connects via USB rather than via DVI and VGA connectors.
USB connection means that the monitor is simple to connect and disconnect, [...]
SanDisk’s USB Drive Transfers Movies To TV
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SanDisk has developed a USB Drive to transfer multimedia content from a PC to a TV, which will be distributed in Spring/Summer 2007.
Video or other media stored on a PC can be dragged and dropped onto the media-enabled flash drive. The drive is then simply plugged into a small dock which connects to any [...]
USB Docking Station with Video Introduced by Toshiba
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Toshiba has revealed its dynadock USB docking station with video capabilities. The device allows users to connect multiple displays and peripherals simultaneously and is compatible with any notebook computer or Tablet PC featuring Windows XP. It is also compatible with Windows Vista.
Dynadock come in silver aluminum and mist gray. Its upright design [...]
Smallest Universal USB 2.0 TV Tuner Box Launched by Compro
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Compro Technology has launched VideoMate U890, a thumb size USB 2.0 TV Box with a credit card size remote control. The device features a built-in advanced high performance silicon tuner.
It provides powerful features for TV viewing, MPEG-1/2/4 formats scheduled recording, timeshifting, channel surfing, still frame capturing, and also supports universal TV system broadcasting reception [...]
Elgato Launches Mac Dual-tuner EyeTV Diversity USB Stick
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Elgato has released EyeTV Diversity, a USB 2.0 stick powered by EyeTV 2 digital TV recording software, which allows users to watch digital terrestrial television on a Mac indoors, in areas with weak reception, and at speeds up to 160 km/h.
EyeTV Diversity is designed for easy travel and incorporating sports dual attachable antennas [...]