Category Archives: Media Devices
Casio announced today that it plans to release a new projector, the XJ-H2650, in July of this year. The XJ-H2650 equipped with an original mercury-free light source with a roughly 20,000-hour lifespan, delivers WXGA (1280 x 800 dot) high-brightness projection of 3,500 ANSI lumens. The XJ-H2650 projector achieves high brightness projection of 3,500 ANSI lumens using a mercury-free light source by projecting three colors through a DLPchip: red emitted by a high-lumen red LED, green converted from blue laser light with a phosphor, and blue emitted by a high-lumen blue LED.
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BenQ, launched today an all-new product lineup of large displays, including a selection of industry-leading digital signage and touch-integrated interactive flat panel (IFP) products designed for use in corporate, education, banking and retail applications. Interactive displays have become one of the most powerful presentation tools today, revolutionizing traditional meetings and trainings with a new style of communication that greatly enhances efficiency, productivity and collaboration. Drawing on its successful experiences in corporate and education markets, BenQ combines the power of optical touch panel and a variety of connectivity to build superior interactive flat panel displays for business professionals and educators seeking to engage their audience with high-impact presentations.
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Wintech from Japan today announced the launch of iPhone / iPod docking clock radio CD. This product is certified as Made for iPod. The docking tray of Wintech (KW-211 iPH) iPhone / iPod docking clock radio CD can be pushed in when not using as a docking port. This way it becomes a table clock/ CD playing device. Besides playing music, you can choose a voice alarm function corresponding to the iPod / CD / radio / buzzer. iPod/iPhone can be charged while listening to music. Time display on the blue black light can be selected for12/24 hrs. The brightness can be adjusted in steps.
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Samsung announced today that it has begun producing the industry’s first four gigabit (Gb), low power double-data-rate 2 (LPDDR2) memory using 20 nanometer (nm) class technology. As large-screen tablets and smartphones equipped with quad-core CPUs lead rapid growth of the mobile market, there is greater demand for more energy-efficient and higher-capacity memory products that guarantee longer battery life, as well as faster processing speed. Samsung’s 20nm-class 4Gb mobile DRAM represents the thinnest, highest-density, and highest-performance mobile memory, which enables ultra-slim mobile designs, as well as superior next-generation systems for both mobile manufacturers and enterprise solution providers.
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Panasonic announced today that it will start shipment of its 65-inch Interactive Plasma Display (TH-65PB1), incorporated with electronic pen functions, in Japan, the U.S., and Europe at the end of June, followed by other parts of the globe for the use of professionals. The Interactive Panasonic Plasma Display offers excellent visibility and operability, capitalizing on the full extent of the advantages of self-emitting plasma panel displays, including a large screen, rich color expression, wide viewing angle, and high-speed response.
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The Asus O!Play Media Pro Smart TV set-top box continues to extend the O!Play range as global markets shift ever more towards all-digital and fully-live home entertainment. Its powerful media player component supports over 50 formats to ensure complete compatibility, while the integrated digital TV tuner adds instant digital capabilities to any television set. Wireless-N and Gigabit Ethernet offer high speed access to a wealth of live entertainment options while supporting smooth downloads and streaming of HD content, and exclusive O!Direct and O!MediaShare functions connect the O!Play Media Pro to diverse devices, from desktops to pads and smartphones.
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Bang & Olufsen announced the launch of its sculptural on-wall speaker, BeoLab 12, in a new white version. With their powerful acoustic performance and intelligent, wall-hugging design, BeoLab 12 speakers are now ready to add stunning soundscapes to even more home decors. With their Acoustic Lens Technology, ICEpower amps and breakthrough range of radically flat, high-performance speaker units, Bang & Olufsen’s engineers have managed to set new standards for just how rich slim speakers can sound.
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Lenovo launched the K-series Lenovo Smart TV products for the China market at a press conference in Beijing today. With today’s announcement, Lenovo is now offering products across all four screens — personal computer, tablet, smart phone and smart TV — that define the company’s long-term “PC-Plus” strategy. As the first television product to adopt the Android 4.0 OS, Lenovo Smart TV employs the powerful Qualcomm dual core 1.5GHz CPU. Supported by Lenovo’s R&D capabilities combining a “trinity” of software, hardware and cloud services, Lenovo Smart TV delivers three major innovations to the user experience.
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Fujitsu today announced development of the world’s smallest and slimmest palm vein authentication sensor that is capable of being employed in tablet devices. By upgrading the technology’s design with new image sensors and other optical components, Fujitsu has successfully slimmed down the new sensor to a thickness of 5 mm.Through repeated simulations, Fujitsu has developed a new low-distortion wide-angle lens that offers a field of view equivalent to that of existing sensors, regardless of reductions in size and thickness, as well as a diffused lighting system for uniform luminance distribution. These developments ensure that the new sensor is compatible with authentication data from existing palm vein sensors.
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Apple announced its earnings results on Tuesday, with net profit for the first three months of this year nearly double those of a year ago. Apple’s first-quarter revenues totaled a staggering US$39.2 billion, up 59 percent, while operating profit amounted to $15.4 billion, up 97 percent. Its operating margin was 39.3 percent, which means it made a profit of almost $40 for every $100 worth of products it manufactured and sold. Main rival Samsung Electronics is estimated to have achieved W45 trillion ($60 billion) in revenues and W5.8 trillion ($7 billion) in operating profit in the first quarter (US$1=W1, 141). But that includes money made from semiconductors, TV sets and LCD screens as well as smartphones and other mobile gadgets. Apple managed to achieve similar revenues by selling only finished mobile devices iPhone, iPad and iPod. Samsung’s operating profit was only 33 percent of what Apple made.
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