Would You Pay $5 To Upgrade an Old DVD to Blu-ray? [Blu-Ray]
Warner Bros. has an interesting program that they’ve recently expanded a bit—mail in an old DVD movie along with $5 to swap it for the newer, Blu-ray version. After mulling it over, I think I like the idea.
Facebook and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: What You Need to Know [Facebook]
This morning, the Twitterverse was abuzz with mentions of Facebook and syphilis. The Sun published “Sex diseases soaring due to Facebook romps” (according to The Guardian , the original headline was “Facebook spreads syphilis”). So what’s this all about
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James Cameron Hates Commercials on His DVDs, Too [Blockquote]
James Cameron on why both the Avatar Blu-ray and DVD will be released without any superfluous trailers. More »
Mythos XTR-50 Squeezes High-Performance Sound Into Slender 1.5-Inch Speakers [Speakers]
Home audio company Definitive Technology thought that it’s a crime to put huge, thick, ugly speakers next to a slim wall-mounted TV. So they made the ultra-thin 1.5-inch Mythos XTR-50 home theater speakers to prevent decorating disasters. More »
MSI Air Keyboard Mouse Is Like a QWERTY Keypad Crossed With a Wiimote [Peripherals]
The upcoming MSI Air Keyboard is an HTPC keyboard/mouse combo that fits right in your hands much like a game controller. Because aside from the typical QWERTY layout, the back is ergonomic for dual-handed use, and it even includes LB and RB shoulder triggers.
The upcoming MSI Air Keyboard is an HTPC keyboard/mouse combo that fits right in your hands much like a game controller.
Because aside from the typical QWERTY layout, the back is ergonomic for dual-handed use, and it even includes LB and RB shoulder triggers. And much like the Wiimote, the Air doubles as a mouse through the use of an internal accelerometer, allowing you to aim the device to control an onscreen cursor—effectively eliminating that whole where does the mouse go on the couch problem.
Through a USB dongle, the MSI Air (which is technically a rebranding of an existing product by Cideko), can connect to PCs and Macs up to an impressive 160 feet away. It’s available overseas now for the equivalent of $110 bucks. [ElectricPig via EverythingUSB]
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The Signal That Stops Your Old TV From Supporting 3D, But Allows the PS3 [Home Theater]
Maybe you have a super awesome 240Hz LCD. Technically, its refresh rate should probably support new FHD3D (full 3D HD) Blu-ray signals
Maybe you have a super awesome 240Hz LCD. Technically, its refresh rate should probably support new FHD3D (full 3D HD) Blu-ray signals. But it can’t because of this diagram (by HDGuru3D)—how the information is sent to your television.
It’s called over/under, and rather than a single 1920×1080 frame beaming from your Blu-ray player to your TV, it’s a double stack, a 1920×2205 image (representing left eye and right eye frames along with some active blanking for audio and extra info). The signal fires at a bitrate of 6.75Gbps.
Bottom line, the fancy TV in your house now was never designed to accommodate a 1920×2205 image.
That FHD3D bitrate is an important point, however, because while many of us have claimed HDMI 1.4 is needed for FHD3D, that’s not completely true. HDMI 1.3 and 1.4 both have throughputs of 10.2Gbps. And because of this basic rule of bandwidth, the smartest HDMI 1.3 devices, those using software instead of systems on a chip (like the PS3) will be able to make the FHD3D transition.
As Gary Merson from HDGuru put it to us, “There is nothing inherent in HDMI 1.3 that would prohibit FHD3D signals from passing through.”
I’m not going to rewrite his entire article here. But if you’re a home theater enthusiast, I’d strongly recommend his walkthrough of 3D tech, the new HDMI 1.4 standard and what it will mean to differing devices (and even the cords!) in your system. Because being a couch potato just got a lot more complicated. [HDGuru3D]
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Casio’s EX-10HG Camera Is Bringing Its Geotagging To the Table In October [Cameras]
Announced at CES, the GPS-enabled EX-10HG from Casio has been a bit of a mystery so far, but has just been given full launch details, with the price expected to be in the region of $400 when it hits in October. That’s a good 10-month long wait, and it’s not like the EX-10HG is the first camera with geotagging—though Casio uses three-axis accelerometers and an orientation sensor for gauging the correct GPS position, which can sometimes become unclear when indoor. This 12.1-megapixel model has a 10x zoom lens and records video at 720p, so it’s not like it’s just a basic point and shoot with a GPS sensor rammed in as an afterthought
Announced at CES, the GPS-enabled EX-10HG from Casio has been a bit of a mystery so far, but has just been given full launch details, with the price expected to be in the region of $400 when it hits in October.
That’s a good 10-month long wait, and it’s not like the EX-10HG is the first camera with geotagging—though Casio uses three-axis accelerometers and an orientation sensor for gauging the correct GPS position, which can sometimes become unclear when indoor. This 12.1-megapixel model has a 10x zoom lens and records video at 720p, so it’s not like it’s just a basic point and shoot with a GPS sensor rammed in as an afterthought.
Alternatively, the Eye-Fi Geo SD card adds geotagging to your photos, and doesn’t have a 10-month wait. [Photography Bay via Gadget Venue via Geeky-Gadgets
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