Archive for November, 2008

Fuzebox 8-bit DIY game console, strictly for those who’d rather DIY

What do you give the person who has everything this holiday season? How about a game system without any games? Fuzebox is a homebrew, open source 8-bit game console kit based on an ATmega644 8-bit processor, with a whopping 4K RAM and four-channel MIDI sound. The console plays games written in C, accepts two SNES [...]


Tomy’s printer-equipped Xiao digital camera hits Japan

We already caught a brief glimpse of Tomy’s Zink printer-equipped Xiao digital camera earlier this month, but with the Friday release date now upon us, we finally have a few more details about the would-be Polaroid successor. That includes word of a price for both the camera (¥34,800, or just under $370), and the paper [...]


Vizio hacks prices on select HDTVs prior to Black Friday

We’ve already seen that a number of retailers will be offering Vizio HDTVs on the cheap this Friday (or Black Friday, as the in-crowd calls it these days), but the company is stealing a bit of their thunder by announcing cuts from the top a few days early. Vizio’s 19-inch VA19 LCD will be offered [...]


LG’s BD300 next in line for HD Netflix streaming

Remember when we heard that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 was just one of many boxes that would support HD Netflix streaming over the next few months? Yeah, well we get the impression that the first week in December will be the go-live date for a smattering of new units. Just hours after hearing that Samsung’s BD-P2500 [...]


DTV3200 Multi-media Phone With Digital TV & Bluetooth Function

The DTV3200 supports high-definition digital TV function which enables you watch TV directly. Along with 3.2 inch QVGA touch screen could provide you high-definition programe as the Olympic game is coming.


Optoma DLP Pico projector “coming soon” to US

The last time we saw it, Optoma’s tiny Pico projector was being launched in Japan, and now it’s finally been officially announced for the US. If by chance you’ve forgotten, the PK-101 has a 480 x 320 resolution, 9 ANSI lumens, a 1000:1 contrast ratio, gets up to 2 hours of battery life and has [...]