HP is also dropping a pair of updated desktops and monitors for CES. First up, the HP Pavilion Slimline s3330f is a media-oriented machine, now with a sweet Dual Format Blu-Ray and HD-DVD player, plus a TV tuner and GeForce 8500 vid card with an HDMI port to connect to an HDTV. It comes in at under a grand, which is nice with the Dual Format HD drive.
The top of the HP brand is the Elite series, and the updated m9100 is packed with an Intel Quad Core processor and up to a TB of storage, starting at $US1160. The monitors are 24- and 22-inch widescreens, the w2408h and 2207h, respectively and they each come with HDMI ports and better, contrast-y ratios. Not a basket of brand brand, but nice little updates nonetheless—they’ll all be available next month.
Dell has flaunted this gorgeous monitor for a while in various trade shows and press events, always saying that it’s just a design concept and not available yet. That all changes now, because the 22-inch Dell Crystal LCD display is suddenly a real product. Just in time for CES, this beauty is set to ship in the next few days, and even though its spec list isn’t as high-end as we had hoped, it’s still so pretty, if it were smaller we’d want to wear it as a necklace.
You’d think that most companies are going down the cheap, low-end laptop route (Eee PC) in order to differentiate themselves and bring in more customers, but Lenovo is one brand that still focuses on shoving in as many features as possible. Their IdeaPad Y710 and Y510 laptops are focused at both entertainment and general-use users, but have some very interesting unique features such as VeriFace facial recognition and a frameless screen.
Those charming froggies from Archos are coming to CES2008 with the new Archos TV Plus, their personal-video-recorder-streaming-box-Internet box we showed you in 2007. We still don’t have prices for this 250GB Wi-Fi high definition box, but at least now we have nice clear product pictures.
Jim Jannard, the rambunctious Oakley founder and Red HD camera revolutionary has taken a leak into his own hands and confirmed that the company’s next camera, a pocketable pro dubbed Scarlet, will be shown at this year’s NAB. Jim: I’m glad you’re pushing the tech toward consumers. This sounds like an interesting dovetail with the redcode rumours from Macworld. [RED Forums]
Netflix’ movie streaming is fine if you’re OK with watching movies on your computer, but LG’s planning on integrating hardware into their TVs to allow you to watch those same films in your living room. The NYT says LG and Netflix have reached a deal to be announced at CES to allow integration via its HD DVD/Blu-ray combo players as well as a TV line with Wi-Fi that will stream stuff straight from the internet.
People love coffee, I get it. But spending $US11,000 on a machine that produces one cup of “heavenly” coffee at a time is just plain stupid. It pours water over a bean people. The device was developed by Clover for cafe owners looking to charge a premium (like $25 apparently) for a regular cup of coffee. The machine works using an extremely fine filter on top of a piston that sinks into the machine. Over time, the piston will rise creating a vacuum that forces water through the grounds. More info and an additional pic after the break.
newVideoPlayer("pointuihandson.flv", 475, 286,""); Pointui, the app that sits on top of Windows Mobile 5/6 in order to skin it into something actually usable, awesome. It’s so awesome that I actually made a movie out of it, including Jesus-style subtitles, so that you guys can see just how awesome it is. It fixes 50% of what’s wrong with the surface of Windows Mobile right now, allowing you to get around the OS using finger swipes instead of a stylus. On your current hardware, no less. Who the fuck knew that Windows Mobile supported this?!
We saw this Belkin wireless high definition video streamer in a blurry shot, but had little clue what it was. Months ago, we saw an impressive demo by Aminom of true HD over wireless, up to 1080p using a standard called WHDI, but it was nothing more than parts you couldn’t buy. No more. Belkin and Aminom just got together to make this 6 input wireless video device, although details aren’t that forthcoming, this is how it works:
