Audio,Visual Category - Page 4

Kaz Hirai To Take Over As Sony President, CEO In April [Kaz Hirai Replacing Sir Howard Stringer In April, Stringer To Become Chairman Of Sony's Board In June]

By on Wednesday, 1. February 2012

Kazuo Hirai, the man who has unintentionally created a handful of memorable memes during his time at Sony, has been appointed as President and CEO of Sony Corporation, effective on April 1st, 2012. Hirai will be taking the place of Sir Howard Stringer, who is expected to become the Chairman [...]

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Sony Google TV Update Emerges, Adds Some New Features [Sony's Older Google TV Devices To Get A Shot In The Arm By Way Of Fresh Updates & Added Functionality]

By on Wednesday, 1. February 2012

Admittedly, Google TV is kind of down the list as far as set-top boxes are concerned these days. Most people are likely working with Roku or Boxee, or what comes with their television or Blu-ray player rather than deal with Google. But still, there are people who have Sony’s Google [...]

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Pentax K-01 Mirrorless Camera May Be Coming [Unknown Announcement From Pentax Rumored To Be The K-01, Photos Already In Circulation]

By on Wednesday, 1. February 2012

Interesting news comes on the digital camera front today, as the folks out at Pentax might be having a new camera emerge. Potential photos of the new device have been circulating for some time now, and while the end result may not be the rumored K-01, it’s clear that Pentax [...]

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Toshiba’s Regza 55X3 Television Heads To Mass Production [Toshiba's Massive Television, Offering Impressive Resolution & Glasses-Free 3D In One Package, Gets Ready For Wide Release With Major Production Effort]

By on Tuesday, 31. January 2012

We’ve been hearing plenty about Toshiba’s massive new 4k2k television, the Regza 55X3, since back last October, and the word is that this one’s about to play on a much wider stage. How do we know? It’s all about the production line, and the supply chain tipsters passing out word [...]

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SlingPlayer Mobile App Now Available In the Amazon Appstore [Sling Media Officially Launches A SlingPlayer Mobile App For The Amazon Kindle Fire, Has It Priced At $29.99]

By on Tuesday, 31. January 2012

This latest is a release that we were expecting to happen, but even still, it is always nice to see the app actually come available. That being said, those with a Kindle Fire tablet now have a SlingPlayer Mobile app available for download. Yup, the Amazon Appstore listing for the [...]

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Razer Tiamat Headset Takes Another Delay [The Launch Date For Razer's Tiamat 7.1 Channel Headphones Gets Bumped Back From Late January To Sometime In February, With A Special Bonus Offer]

By on Tuesday, 31. January 2012

Considering that tomorrow is February, probably more than a few of you out there who’d been planning to lay hands on a set of Razer Tiamat headphones have noticed that they haven’t arrived yet, despite Razer’s earlier protestations that late January was totally going to be the launch date for [...]

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MicroOLED Brings Out New Viewfinder Display With Impressive Resolution [A Lot Of Big Numbers Go Into The MicroOLED EVF Viewfinder, A Device That Gives Photographers A Serious Leg Up]

By on Monday, 30. January 2012

I know plenty of you out there are recreational photographers, and as such, you’re looking for a way to see your pictures without having to actually, say, print them out. And I know plenty of cameras these days pack LCD displays so you can get a good look at things, [...]

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Future iOS Gear May Lose The 30-Pin Dock Connector [New Apple Patent For Programmable Magnetic Connectors May Yield Replacements For Long-Held 30-Pin Dock Connector, Others Besides]

By on Friday, 27. January 2012

Perhaps one of the greatest problems inherent in any mobile device, no matter how ruggedized, is the fact that they all have inherent weakness to water and dust. Sure, we’ve seen cases that do a pretty good job of providing rubberized flaps over headphone jacks and USB ports and the [...]

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More Delays Strike Netflix New Release Renters [DVD Side Of Netflix Takes Another Hit As Warner Brothers Demands, Gets, A Whole New Class Of Embargo]

By on Friday, 27. January 2012

Earlier this week I went up to a local Blockbuster Video store that was in the process of closing down. I picked up a couple good DVDs that I’d been meaning to add to my home collection and did so for cheap, and if the sale isn’t finished, I may [...]

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New Apple Patent Discusses Touch Screen-Driven Universal Remote [Apple Patent For A Universal Remote Handles Home Theater Gear, PCs, & More Besides In One Touch Screen Package]

By on Thursday, 26. January 2012

We’ve all seen attempts to turn the iPod Touch or iPhone or even the iPad into a universal remote for your various home theater hardware. Well, today, we’ve discovered a new patent from the folks at Apple geared toward taking the universal remote concept one step farther. Not only would [...]

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