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Transcend to Introduce Its First HD Media Player

Pallavi Gupta — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:42:53 +0000

According to the latest news Transcend rolls out its first HD media player. It is called the DMP10. It is able to support a full range of popular formats. Also the media player offers a high-resolution digital video/audio output. The DMP10 is able to play their Full HD 1080p digital content that can be streamed on any TV. Actually, the device can compete with the TV Live HD media player created by Western Digital.

The DMP10 HD media player comes with S/PDIF and HDMI 1.3 digital connection interfaces. It is able to offer Dolby Digital audio decoding, VC-1 video decoding as well as Full HD 1920×1080 H.264/AVC. You are able to enjoy HD video that is provided with the best quality sound.

The media player is available with two USB ports and it is supportive to most HD file formats, such as AVI, MKV, RMVB, WMV, as well as M2TS.

It is available for Rs. 7,000. Moreover, it comes with a two-year warranty. Knowing the price, you can think twice before availing the TV Live HD media player of Western Digital.

Sony to Unveil DVD Writer

John Turner — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:04:37 +0000

Sony has rolled out its new DVD Writer, it is known as the DRX-S77U. The manufacturer claims that the device is considered to be the slimmest nowadays. The lightweight as well as sleek optical drive offers up to 8X DVDR recording speeds.

The new Sony External DVD Writer is 19mm. It comes with a USB 2.0 connection interface. The drive integrates a 2MB buffer memory and also offer maximum write speeds of 6x for DVD-RW, 8x for DVD” R, 6x for DVD” R DL, 8x for DVD+RW, 24x for CD-R, 5x for DVD-RAM, as well as 24x for CD-RW.

Also the maker integrated Nero 9 software that comes with DRX-S77U that is used for data writing requirements of all purposes. The DRX – S77U external drive is offered in India and it is available in the following color options: pink, white, black as well as gold. It is available for Rs 5,500 and comes with one-year warranty.

HP to Introduce its New 30-inch LCD Display

Chloe Mark — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:31:14 +0000

HP has rolled out its new 30-inch LCD display that is able to display one billion colors. The color resolution of the screen is 30-bits per pixel. Actually, the new display is based on S-IPS panel technology. It should be mentioned that S-IPS panels as well as Super-In Plane Switching panels are considered to be high-end and are more expensive.

The new ZR30w LCD is capable to display 16:10 aspect ratio supporting screen that provides the resolution of 2560×1600 pixels as well as decent visuals with 4.1 million pixels. This S-IPS offers high color accuracy that will be handy for professionals as well as artists that are working on video and photo editing. Actually, it offers 3000:1 dynamic contrast ratio.

According to HP the new ZR30w is provided with 85 percent efficient power supply compared to the previous 30-inch model. At present, S-IPS panels are regarded as the best especially when it comes to color reproduction as well as 178 degrees of viewing angles. One should say that that display is equipped with five USB ports, DVI-D as well as DisplayPort.

It is expected that the 30-inch S-IPS ZR30w LCD display will be offered in North America and will be available for $1,299.

AMD Introduces Fusion APU Chip at the Computex 2010 Convention

John Turner — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:20:21 +0000

AMD has showcased its Fusion APU chip to the attendees of the Computex 2010 convention. The AMD Fusion APU includes AMD x86 microarchitecture that is based on CPU along with ATI Radeon GPU chip. It is expected that the company will make available Fusion APU coming with one billion transistors in the beginning of 2011.

Actually, the project of AMD delayed and there were a lot of hype especially when it was announced in 2006. AMD acquired ATI graphics and only then the company announced the Fusion project. In fact, the Fusion APU will include GPU, CPU, video processors as well as other accelerator capabilities that were combined in a single power-efficient die. AMD claims that the Fusion APU is able to provide media-rich Internet experiences, DirectX 11 support as well as improved HD video application usages.

According to the reports of AMD, Fusion APU can be used for netbooks and ultraportables as well as notebook and desktop platforms.

Actually, the AMD Fusion APU looks good on the paper when it comes to specification as well as possibilities.

Nvidia to 3D Graphics Cards

John Turner — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:01:06 +0000

Nvidia has released a graphics card that is known as the GeForce GTX 465. Due to it one can view 3D movies on PCs.

The graphics card is used for desktop machines and has a price tag of US$279. In fact, it is able to decode Blu-ray 3D content. Apart from 3D content, it is possible to enhance the gaming experience with the help of the graphics card that is available with hardware support for DirectX 11. As a result, graphics in Windows 7 seem more realistic as well as they are smoother.

The graphics card takes advantage of the latest Fermi graphics processor microarchitecture of Nvidia. In March, the company introduced the GTX 470 as well as GTX 480 chips, which has a price tag of $379 as well as US$499.

The concept of a 3D PC is to bring movie watching as well as 3D gaming to PCs. Nvidea is cooperating with a lot of PC makers on 3D PCs, such as Digital Storm as well as CyberPower to build 3D desktops. Moreover, the company is offering 3D Vision glasses.

Symphony for Dot Matrix Printers #2 to Be Performed at Mutek

Pallavi Gupta — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:52:51 +0000

For the second time in history, a Canadian arts duo has plans of performing a symphony, using only the sounds of dot matrix printers as musical instruments. The piece is entitled – “Symphony for Dot Matrix Printers #2” and will be performed at the Mutek electronic music festival in Montreal.

The composer, Emanuel Madan and the artist Thomas McIntosh collectively go by the name of “The User” and they’ll be coordinating the operation of a variety of rapidly clacking, but obsolete dot matrix printers to produce some jingles.

The symphony was also performed 10 years ago and it was well received by the audience. This event could certainly be the last one and it is definitely going to be remembered for a long time. On a bigger scale, the symphony can be heard as a form of electronic music as well as an offshoot of industrial music. However, the idea of creating sound from different devices isn’t old because it goes back to the year 1913, when Luigi Russolo performed “The Art of Noises”.

“The User” duo said that we live in a society that is absolutely fueled by these ideas of continual, never ending progress. Things that were functioning and considered to be perfect are no longer being used because something new has taken over — it is a real tragedy.

Buffalo to Unveil DriveStation Hard Drive

John Turner — Mon, 31 May 2010 02:27:09 +0000

Buffalo Technology has rolled outs its DriveStation Hard Drive available with Hardware Encryption. The DriveStation HD-CXTU2 hard drive provides support for USB 2.0 and is available with a built-in AES 256-bit encryption chip. Those users who deal with a big amount for confidential data are able to take advantage of such a hard drive.

The new DriveStation hard drive boasts of a glossy finish that looks stylish. Also it is enabled with SecureLogManager Easy program that is responsible for facilitating security of the data as well as easy log-in. moreover, the DriveStation HD-CXTU2 drive is 165 times faster when it operates along with the Turbo PC software.

Furthermore, the maker added Buffalo Tools. They are considered to be a range of tools that are designed to improve PC performance. Also there is Eco manager software that is used for the power saving. In fact, it is easy to use the drive and there is no use to take advantage of any additional drivers.

DriveStation can work with Mac computers and is compatible with the Time Machine. The hard drive is supportive to Mac platforms as well as Windows. It is available with a three years warranty and is offered in different capacities, such as DriveStation 1.0TB, DriveStation 1.5TB, and DriveStation 2.0TB.

Intel to Focus on Multi-Core Microprocessors and Graphics

Brayden King — Mon, 31 May 2010 02:26:25 +0000

Intel revealed its plans concerning its graphics chip, known as Larrabee. It turned out that the company does not plan to push discrete graphics in the market. It is explained by the fact that it will draw its attention towards development of multi-core microprocessors as well as integrated graphics.

Actually, such a move of the company is not a surprise. As 6 months ago the company said that it would scrap its plans concerning Larrabee. According to the blog post of Bill Kirocos who is considered to be a director of Product and Technology Media Relations Global Communications Group in Intel, the company is focused on processor graphics, as the company considered that mobile computing as well as media/HD video are the most important areas that need attention.

The Larrabee’s technology will be integrates future multi-core server chips as well as laptop processors.

It is still unknown whether Intel is going to aim at the potential gaming market providing game developer with the multi-core Larrabee products. At present the Larrabee chip is in the hall of Development and Research chips of Intel, like the 80 core Tera scale chip.

Intel Rolls out Ultra-Low Voltage processors

Brayden King — Thu, 27 May 2010 07:38:22 +0000

Keeping in line within their tradition of launching more powerful processors, Intel has officially launched into the market new processors in the Corei3, Corei5 and corei7 processor families. Intel claims that the new Ultra Low Voltage processors would increase the performance of the system by more than 32% when compared to the ULV processors in the Core 2 family.

The new processors are expected to reduce power consumption by 15% which would help us to save in our energy bills. The new processors are expected to make our PC’s and laptops function faster and the user would be benefiting from the increased performance of his system.

The new ULV core i3, i5 and i7 processors will increase the battery life of our PC’s and will provide a significant boost to their performance. These Ultra-Low Voltage processors are meant for Ultrathin laptops. Are you going to buy a new laptop in the immediate future?

Then wait for two more months as Ultrathin laptops equipped with the new processor is expected to strike the market within the next two months. Why should you go for those older processors, when you have a chance to increase the performance of your system with the new series of ULV processors?

Nvidia to Reveal GTX 400 Series Graphics Cards

John Turner — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:01:37 +0000

Finally, information about Nvidia GeForce GTX 400 series graphics cards has been revealed. They can be found on eNet.co.cn Chinese forums. Although high-end Fermi architecture cards, such as GTX 480 as well as GeForce GTX 470 are still out of reach for the common man, the maker is going to unveil its mid-to-high range GTX 465 graphics card.

It is expected that Nvidia GeForce GTX 465 is another Fermi architecture. It is available with GPU core engine that is able to clock at 607MHz. In fact, it is considered to be as much as GTX 470. The new GTX 465 will be equipped with steam processors or 352 CUDA Cores.

There is also another change, i.e. 1024MB GDDR5 memory is able to clock at 3206MHz, utilizing 256-bit memory bus interface. But still it is unclear about the power consumption, price as well as board length. One should say that the GTX 470 is able to consume about 215W.

It seems like the GTX 465 offers low power consuming graphics card. Moreover, performance of graphics resembles the mid-high range rival, such as ATI Radeon HD 5830. But still it is too early to say something about performance as the card has not arrived yet.