Here we have it, the black mamba of short-throw projectors: 3M's DMS800. The 0.7-inch DLP projector mounts to the wall yet throws a 1,280 x 1,024 image with a 1,300:1 contrast in sizes ranging from 50 to 85 inches thanks to that long, telescoping neck which can extend up to 4.2-feet. Inputs are available for [...]
While Sony and LG may believe their booths are the undisputed champs of CEDIA, Toshiba could certainly give 'em both a run for their money. The standouts, of course, were the third-gen HD DVD players and the wall of RF350U LCDs, but nothing at this booth was really worth skipping over. Check the gallery over [...]
JVC's got a couple of new LCD TVs for those who won't settle for any less than full 1080p, today rolling out two new series of sets encompassing three different screen sizes. The slightly lower-end of the two, the 688 series includes 37 and 42-inch models, each with an all-black cabinet. Taking things up a [...]
Get 'em while they're hot, Dell's offering up free (labor and parts) replacements for laptop LCD screens with vertical line issues. Owners of Inspiron 6000 and 8600, Latitude D800 and D810, and Precision M60 and M70 machines exhibiting one-pixel wide vertical line(s) are now eligible for a free LCD replacement or cash money refund if [...]
We had an opportunity this week to spend a few minutes mesmerized by the tube (literally) television mounted prominently to the floor of the passenger compartment in Ford's Airstream concept van. Granted, the big news here is that brick-like aerodynamics and hydrogen power make for strange bedfellows, but the bizarre display comes in a close [...]
While e-books might still be a bit out of the price range for most consumers, that quick trip to the store for a jar of mayonnaise might give the lowly proletariat its first glimpse at the wonders of e-ink, thanks to some new price tags from Sharp. The tags will include price info, along with [...]
Although names, numbers, and logos are commonplace figures on your average sports jersey, electroluminescent displays could be the next big thing to hit professional sports. In what's sure to elicit drooling from advertising firms everywhere, the University of Australia's Mitchell Page and Andrew Vande Moere has developed a basketball "vest," more commonly known as a [...]
There's certainly no shortage of low-res video goggles on the market, but Australia's 22Moo seems to think there's room for just one more (they must know something we don't), bolstering its own lineup with the SeepuStar DV230 wearable display --- apparently, coming courtesy of OEM manufacturer Icuiti. While 22Moo's holding back on most of the [...]
Artist and gadget builder Drew Northcott, of Bicester, UK, has just spent the last five months building his own Wacom Cintiq drawing tablet (no, not a tablet computer). Now of course, Drew could just have gone the normal way and bought the 21-incher for $3000, but as he cleverly pointed out: "where's the fun in [...]
We still have a week to go before Black Friday --- the day after Thanksgiving in the United States when retailers offer some of their best deals of the shopping season --- and Vizio has already announced a one-day price reduction on their 42-inch plasma. The sale at Costco will mark the first time a [...]
