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CEATEC Japan 2009: Yamaha finds a new use for your iPhone, makes a table a piano and gives a robot a voice
Just to remind you that there's more to Yamaha than just home cinema receivers and Air Wired iPod docks, the company's putting its music division to the fore here at CEATEC.But that doesn't mean technology is taking a back seat: building on its ...
CEATEC Japan 2009: Toshiba's Cell Regza in pictures and video
More on the Toshiba Cell Regza technology, which we covered in news yesterday; it's the sole focus of the huge Toshiba stand here at CEATEC Japan 2009, which opened this morning. We took a closer look at what the technology can do, saw the ...
Oppo BDP-831: all the universal player you could ever need?
UPDATE: AS OF 27.10.09, OPPO HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE EUROPEAN LAUNCH OF THE BDP-831 HAS BEEN 'POSTPONED INDEFINITELY'Not so long ago, buying a do-it-all disc player was simple: you picked up a ‘universal’ DVD machine, also able to play Super Audio ...
The tech behind Panasonic's Full HD 3D TV
Panasonic will use the CEATEC Japan 2009 show, opening next week, to show its prototype 50in Full HD 3D plasma TV, which sees high-definition 3D coming down in size to more domestically acceptable screens.Used with high-precision active shutter ...
Music you can sit on
On show this weekend at 100% Design London has been the latest and greatest in interior furniture and fittings, with everything from the hottest fireplaces to a concept fridge designed to save time and energy by teleporting the food from the farm ...
Incredibly, more on last week's amazing Apple launch
Just in case you think I went a bit OTT when I asked whether last week's Apple launch was more hype than hardware, click the pic...
The Apple Launch: was that it?
I suppose by now I should be used to every utterance from the people in the Infinite Loop being hailed as the Second Coming. But even by the usual standards of a lot of hoopla about not very much, Apple's latest world-shaking announcements of ...
LG and Samsung prosper in LCD boom-time
LED backlights, emerging markets and eco-considerations are fuelling a boom-time for Korea's leaders of the global LCD TV market.LG expects a near-50% increase in its sales next year, while Samsung says it's on course to sell two million ...
3D at home: look out, there's a monster coming…
So, the 2009 IFA show has been awash with 3D demonstrations from big names including LG, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony. The Blu-ray Disc Association is promising 3D standards will be set by the end of the year. And some of the big movers and ...
IFA BLOG: Those new Sony receivers and Blu-ray players
Here's a closer look at some of the new Sony home cinema products, launched yesterday at the International Funkaustellung – or IFA – show in Berlin. Seen here at a jaunty angle, this is the STR-DA3500ES receiverwhile below is its big brother, ...
