Rocketfish Wireless HDMI Solution Now Available at Best Buy
It still may not be as cheap as most of would like, but Rocketfish's WirelessHD Adapter for $599.99 is the least expensive solution on the market currently to provide a wireless HDMI solution for your HDTV. According to Best Buy, the Rocketfish WirelessHD Adapter provides one input, one output HDMI connection capable of outputting 1080p [...]
The CrunchPad Internet Tablet Pronounced Dead after a Falling Out
Terrible news today. Michael Arrington posted on TechCrunch that the CrunchPad Internet Tablet is DEAD. The product's demise is due to a falling out over IP rights and equity stakes with their hardware development partner, Fusion Garage. It's all a big shame, really, since the CrunchPad, we're now learning had a 12-inch capacitive touchscreen and [...]
New Handheld Wireless PC Controller Features QWERTY Keyboard and Touchpad
If you have $62 to spare and a Windows PC you'd like to control from a distance, you should definitely consider picking up the USB Wireless Handheld Keyboard and Touchpad at USB Geek. The product design makes so much sense, it's surprising no one has come up with it yet. It kind of reminds me [...]
LaCie Intros the LaCinema Classic HD Network Media Player
If none of the current crop of digital media adapters haven't gotten you excited, check out the latest LaCie product called the LaCinema Classic HD. The $249.99 device has 1TB of built-in storage (2TB model planned), is certified DLNA/UPnP compatible (runs Twonky Media Server), supports all the latest codecs and video formats (including MKV, DVD [...]
VUDU’s New Cloud-Based Interface Adds New Features on the Fly
You may have noticed lately that VUDU has been rolling out new features on a regular basis — today they announced the integration of Wikipedia — and on a variety of platforms (i.e. VUDU Box, Networked Blu-ray players & HDTVs). What you may not have known is that VUDU's interface is essentially a web app [...]
AOpen Intros the Barebones, NVIDIA ION Powered XC Mini, GP7A Series HTPC
What's this...? AOpen USA has added a new barebones mini HTPC to their lineup that should grab everyone's attention. The company's new XC Mini (GP7A-U/HD/BDR) is capable of playing full 1080p HD video via its integrated NVIDIA ION (GeForce 9300M) graphics chipset and supports Intel's Socket P Penryn Core 2 Duo or Celeron M processors. [...]
Roku Launches Channel Store
The day that many of you Roku Player owners have been waiting for has arrived. Roku is announcing the launch of the Roku Channel Store and its first 10 free channels to compliment its existing premium offering from Netflix, Amazon OnDemand, MLB.TV. The new free channel lineup includes: Pandora, Facebook Photos, Revision3, Mediafly, TWiT, blip.tv, [...]
Condé Nast Shows Off ‘Digital Magazine’ for Tablets and Other Large Screen Devices
With help from Adobe, Condé Nast is showing off a concept "iTablet" app that may soon power a new generation of multimedia tablets and large touchscreen devices. Attached below is a video taken at the Wired Store in NY showcasing what a digital magazine from the publisher may look like — in this case on [...]