Nokia N800 Internet Tablet PC

The sleek Nokia N800 Internet Tablet combines a truly personal Internet experience with easy wireless connections, high resolution display and support for a wide variety of Internet applications. Built to be constantly in use, you easily stay in touch with business associates, friends, and family thanks to its Internet calling, instant messaging and email connectivity. And with stereo audio, multimedia support and a new ergonomic design, the Nokia N800 morphs into a portable Internet entertainment device, enabling playback of streamed and downloaded content wherever you roam.

Technical Details

* Internet tablet with ultra-slim design makes web browsing portable and convenient
* Connects to open Wi-Fi networks (802.11b/g) or via cell phones using Bluetooth 2.0
* Conduct video conferences on-the-go using internet calling and the integrated webcam
* 4.1-inch LCD touchscreen with full-screen keyboard; wide variety of multimedia playback
* 256 MB flash memory expands via two memory card slots compatible with Secure Digital, MMC, miniSD, and microSD

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ASUS R1F-K049E 13.3 Tablet Notebook PC (Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7200, 2 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, Windows Vista Business)

ASUS R1F converts easily between notebook and slate modes. A built-in fingerprint reader allows quick and painless biometric identification, enabling secure personal computing. Equipped with Intel Centrino Duo Mobile Technology, R1F lets you enjoy revolutionary entertainment on the go.

Technical Details

* Convertible Tablet notebook with 13.3-inch screen, advanced security features, and multifunctional module bay
* 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 processor, 120 GB hard drive, 2 GB RAM (max), dual-layer DVD burner
* Connectivity: 3 USB, 1 VGA, 1 S-Video, ExpressCard 34, multi-format memory card reader
* Tri-mode Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g), Bluetooth V2.0+EDR, Gigabit Ethernet, Intel GMA 950 video card
* Windows Vista Business Edition operating system

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Apple 8 GB iPod nano AAC/MP3 Player Green (3rd Generation)

An anodized aluminum top and polished stainless steel back. Five eye-catching colors. A larger, brighter display with the most pixels per inch of any Apple display, ever. iPod nano stirs up visual effects from the outside in.

And it'll wow you for hours. Play up to 5 hours of video or up to 24 hours of audio on a single charge. All that staying power and a wafer-thin, 6.5-mm profile makes iPod nano one small big attraction.

Cover Flow
If a picture says a thousand words, think of what all the album art in your collection might say. With Cover Flow on iPod nano, you can flip through your music to find the album you want to hear. Use the Click Wheel to browse music by album cover, then select an album to flip it over and see the track list.

Technical Details

* Now the world's most popular music player lets you enjoy up to 5 hours of TV shows, movies, video podcasts, and more
* An enhanced interface offers a whole new way to browse and view your music and video
* iPod nano sports a larger, 320-by-240-resolution display that's 65 percent brighter than before
* In anodized aluminum and polished stainless steel, iPod nano is now 6.5 mm thin and even more beautiful
* Measures 2.75 x 2.06 x 0.26 inches (H x W x D), weighs 1.74 ounces

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Apple 16 GB iPod touch

The iPod touch also includes Wi-Fi wireless networking, the first on any iPod, and three amazing applications that use it: Safari, the most advanced browser on any mobile device, lets you wirelessly view web pages just as they look on your computer, and features Google Search or Yahoo! oneSearch; Apple's YouTube application lets users wirelessly watch over 10 million free videos from the Internet's most popular video website; and the new iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store lets you wirelessly browse, preview and buy songs and albums from the most popular online music store in the world. And to top it all off, the iPod touch is an unbelievable eight millimeters thin.
Technical Details
* Revolutionary multi-touch interface
* Gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen display
* Music downloads straight from iTunes
* Surf the web with Wi-Fi

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Samsung SyncMaster 740N 17" Black LCD Monitor

Summary

The Samsung SyncMaster 740N is a 17-inch TFT/PVA-LCD offering razor-sharpness and innovative features. An analog and digital monitor with a 0.43" ultra-thin bezel and wall-mount capability, it delivers a 1500:1 contrast ratio, 0.264mm pixel pitch, 1280 x 1024 resolution, scanning frequency of 30-81 KHz horizontal and 56-75Hz vertical, and 178°/178° horizontal/vertical viewing angle.

Features

• Display Panel: 17" color active matrix LCD (TFT)
• Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Native
• Contrast Ratio: 600:1
• Brightness (Typical): 280 cd/m2

• Viewing Angle (H/V): 160/160
• Cabinet Color: Black
• Environments: PC and Mac compatible
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ViewSonic VA503B 15" LCD Monitor

Summary

ViewSonic's 15" VA503b LCD delivers impressive front-of-screen performance enhanced by fast 12ms video response that delivers crystal clear graphics and smooth, full-motion video. With a 500:1 contrast ratio (typ) and 250 nits of brightness (typ) the VA503b displays brilliant colors while sRGB color management technology further assures precise color accuracy. This display's clean lines, slim bezel and compact size give you more room on your desktop and lend a touch of understated elegance to your decor. The VA503b is an ideal choice for small office, home office, education and government users.

Features

• Display Panel: 15" color TFT active matrix SXGA LCD
• Resolution: 1024 x 768
• Contrast Ratio: 500:1
• Brightness (Typical): 250 cd/m2
• Viewing Angle (H/V): 160, 115

• Cabinet Color: Black
• Dimensions: 13.2" W x 13.2" H in x 5.8" D
• Environments: PC and Mac compatible
• Warranty: Three Year Covering Parts and Labor, including Backlight
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Toshiba TLP-XD2000U Multimedia Projector

Summary

The Toshiba TLP-XD2000U Multimedia Projector delivers all the performance and function you want for your presentations. XGA (1024 x 768) resolution, 2000 ANSI lumens and a 600:1 contrast ratio provide sharp, vivid quality for your images, graphics, and videos. These impressive stats are complemented by convenient features, including Quick Start, Instant Shutdown, Password Protection and Panel Lock. The Blackboard Function lets you use the TLP-XD2000U without a projection screen. Password Protection and Panel Lock help to secure your projector against unauthorized usage. At only 6.2 lbs, this model is easily portable, going from boardroom to classroom and anywhere in between effortlessly. Control it all with the wireless remote, so you have full command of your presentation from anywhere in the room.

Features

• Display Resolution: XGA (1024 x 768)
• Brightness: 2000 ANSI Lumens
• Contrast Ratio: 600:1
• Image Size: 33-300"
• Connectivity: RGB, Composite Video, S-Video

• Features: Instant Shutdown, Blackboard Mode, Password Protection, Panel Lock
• Environments: PC Compatible
• Warranty: Two Year Limited, 90 Days for Lamp
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Epson AcuLaser CX11NF

Summary
Get consistent results from the Epson AcuLaser CX11NF multifunction printer. This Color Laser Printer, Copier, Scanner, and Fax will increase your office productivity with ease. Create color documents as fast as 25 ppm. Epson's Resolution Inprovement Technology (RIT) will give you sharps images and outstanding color each and every time. Copy and scan office documents with precision and speed. Full color copies come out at a speedy 5 cpm or get black and white documents at up to 25 cpm. The flatbed scanner will scan with amazing accuracy with up to 9600 x 9600 enhanced dpi. This full featured multifunction also adds fax capabilities to your office, making it the ultimate workhorse for your business. The CX11NF is network ready and has plenty of options available for easy customization to your office needs. The Epson AcuLaser CX11NF will seamlessy provide increased efficiency and superior image quality to your business.
Features

* Color Laser Printer
Print Speed: 25 ppm Black, 5 ppm Color
Resolution: 2400 RIT
* Color Copier
Speed: 25 cpm Black, 5 cpm Color
Zoom: 25% - 400 %
* Color Scanner
Type: Flatbed
Resolution: 9600 x 9600 enhanced dpi

* Fax
Speed: 33.6 Kbps
Memory: 8 MB (320 Pages)
* Interface
Connects Via USB and Fast Ethernet
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HP Officejet 6310 All-in-One Printer/Fax/Scanner/Copier (Q8061A#ABA)

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
The HP Officejet 6310 All-in-One is primed for meeting all your home document and photo printing needs. It can print and copy at up to 30 pages per minute (ppm) in black and 24 ppm in color1. It has built-in Ethernet networking connectivity that lets you print, fax, scan, and copy from multiple computers--perfect for your home or small office. Other special features include printing photos direct from a memory card2, PictBridge enabled camera, or mobile camera phone, a 35-page automatic document feeder, and a junk fax barrier3.
Professional quality results for every project.
Print and copy at breakthrough speeds.
Simple office networking
Print photos directly from a PictBridge enabled digital camera.
Simple office networking
You can easily share your HP OfficeJet 6310 all-in-one with multiple computers using its built-in Networking connectivity. Plug your all-in-one into the Ethernet port of a wireless router for wireless printing4 and more--with just a few mouse clicks you'll be sharing the HP OfficeJet 6310’s amazing functions across your small office in no time.
Technical Details

* Robust and affordable all-in-one printer, fax, scanner, and copier
* Crisp and clear 1,200 dpi black and white print quality; 4,800x1,200 dpi full-color print quality
* Prints or copies up to 30 pages per minute
* Windows and Mac compatible
* 1-year limited manufacturer's warranty

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Canon Pixma MP530 Office All-In-One Inkjet Printer

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
The Canon Pixma MP530 is a versatile all-in-one unit combines printing, scanning, faxing, and copying capabilities in one compact, space-saving device that delivers fast, professional results job after job.

You can use the MP530 to print both photos and text, copy important papers, fax documents and forms, and scan personal notebooks and photos. Featuring a productive 30-page automatic document feeder that can copy, scan, or fax multiple-page documents, this powerful unit prints up to 29 pages per minute (ppm) in black and white and 19 ppm in color, and delivers a borderless 4-by-6-inch photo in about 51 seconds. Fax at up to 33.6 kbps in color or black and white, store 40 speed-dial codes and enjoy the convenience of the 150-page fax memory that safely stores all incoming faxes if paper or ink runs out. Finally, the built-in scanner offers 1200 x 2400 dot-per-inch (dpi) optical resolution with 48-bit color depth for vibrant images.

Thanks to its 1,856 precision nozzles, the MP530 offers exceptional print resolution of up to 9600 x 2400 dpi, and ink droplets the size of one picoliter produce exceptionally detailed photos. And you can enjoy these results immediately by taking advantage of the click-connect-print option. Simply capture an image with a PictBridge-ready digital camera or DV camcorder, then connect and print--it's that easy. Additionally, the USB 2.0 interface enables the fastest possible image transfers and scanning speeds, while the dual color gamut processing technology automatically optimizes copy quality based on the type of originals you are copying. This means that you can always trust the MP530 to deliver the highest quality materials to help keep your business productive.
Technical Details

* Compact, stylish unit saves on office space while giving you all the features your workgroup needs to thrive
* Features a productive 30-page Automatic Document Feeder; prints up to 29 pages per minute (ppm) in black and white, and 19 ppm in color
* 150-page fax memory safely stores all incoming faxes if paper or ink runs out; built-in scanner offers 1200 by 2400 dots per inch (dpi) optical resolution
* Dimensions: 18.4 x 10.4 x 18.4 inches (WxHxD); weighs 28.2 pounds
* All-In-One photo printer prints, copies, scans, and faxes
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Panasonic SDR-H18 30GB Hard Disk Drive Camcorder with 32x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom

Product Description
Manufacturer Description
Perfect for taking on a trip or recording long events. Extended recording for extended shooting fun.

The internal 30 GB hard disk drive holds as much video data as about 22 8-centimeter DVD discs. That means you can record for around 27 hours without changing a disc, tape or anything else. This SD Card/Hard Disk camcorder is perfect for people who want to shoot for hour after hour without worrying about memory space.

SDR-H18 Highlights

High-Quality Pictures

O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer) Panasonic's O.I.S. minimizes the hand-shake that can be such a problem with handheld shots. Because Panasonic's system is optical, there is no image quality degradation.

Pure Color Engine The Pure Color Engine converts the CCD output signal from a complementary color signal into an RGB signal at an early stage and extracts the low-frequency luminance component from the RGB signal. This innovative engine also achieves truly superb color reproduction for high-zoomed pictures.
Technical Details

* Built-in 30 GB hard disk drive
* 32x optical zoom; O.I.S. (Optical Image Stabilizer)
* Pure Color Engine; MPEG2 engine
* Large 2.7-inch widescreen LCD
* One-Touch Navigation for easy, intuitive setting and shooting

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Nikon D80 10.2MP Digital SLR

Product Description
From the Manufacturer
The D80 packs high performance and high resolution into a body that is more compact and slimmer than previous Nikon digital SLR cameras. True to Nikon's commitment to intuitive operation, the size, layout and operation of all buttons and controls are designed for maximum ease of use.

10.2 effective megapixel Nikon DX format CCD
Optimized to capture sharp details, the 10.2 effective megapixel CCD image sensor yields extraordinarily high-resolution images, providing plenty of freedom to crop creatively or print impressive enlargements.

Advanced Auto Exposure system
Consistently dependable exposure is the hallmark of Nikon's exclusive 3D-Color Matrix Metering II. Refinements for the D80 include its inheriting the advanced exposure evaluation system from the Nikon D2Xs and D200 digital SLR cameras. Brightness, color, contrast, selected focus area and camera-to-subject distance information is evaluated, with the results referenced against the expansive onboard database of exposure data from over 30,000 actual photographic scenes, and the final exposure value calculated--instantly. Variable-size center-weighted metering is also available, as are a choice of 11 spot meters linked to each of the 11-area AF system's area sensors.

Technical Details
* 10.2-megapixel CCD captures enough detail for large, photo-quality prints
* 2.5-inch LCD display; power-up time of approximately 0.2 seconds
* RAW and JPEG capture; burst mode allows for capture of three frames per second for up to 100 pictures
* Image optimization functions and in-camera image retouching
* Includes 18-135mm AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor lens
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Stylish new Nokia E51

Stylish smartphone performer comes equipped with essentials for business and private life

London, UK - Nokia today bolstered its Nokia Eseries portfolio of business devices with the introduction of the new Nokia E51 device. The slim and elegant Nokia E51 adds greater simplicity, faster access and tighter integration to key applications, while maintaining the smartphone capabilities and stylish design that customers have come to expect in a Nokia Eseries device. An all-round device, Nokia E51 is ideal for business professionals who require reliable, real-time access to business and people, need to manage time effectively and value a single device that is easy to set up, maintain and use. Nokia E51 users with Nokia mobility solutions can experience mobile telephony, mobile email and messaging, office phone functionality, and cost savings - with the convenience of one phone number, one voice mailbox, one dial plan - in a single device.

While expanding the rich functionality that business users require, Nokia continues to simplify the use of its business devices via the following:

- A home screen including user-selected icons to the most used applications

- One Touch keys with one-click access to key functionalities including email, contacts, calendar and the home screen

- Set-up wizards offering step-by-step guidance for setting up email accounts, configuring Internet calling and accessing wireless local area networks

- Integration with a wide range of business email solutions, including Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email and Mail for Exchange to communicate with Microsoft Exchange Server, and consumer email

- Streamlined email reading experience with easy access to attachments

- Dedicated Email key on the front cover, indicator light for new email, and a preview window to the latest email on the home screen to help keep up with email when on the move

About Nokia

Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. Nokia makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with experiences in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games and business mobility through these devices. Nokia also provides equipment, solutions and services for communications networks.

Print quality photos available at www.nokia.com/press/photos

Crystals USB Memory 1GB

For documents, pictures and music
Functionality at its ultimate. Fantasy at its brightest. From now on, a sensational connection between Philips and Swarovski brings technology to new heights of enjoyment. Its name, Active Crystals.

Beautiful pouch to protect your precious USB Memory Key

Attach your Active Crystals USB Memory Key to your bag and wear it as a stylish charm. To protect and store your precious Active Crystals USB Memory Key, a special designed pouch is included.
1GB storage capacity for large data files

A useful 1GB gives you the capacity to store, swap and share large files like documents, music and pictures via the USB port of your PC or laptop.

Fast data transfer with high-speed USB 2.0

High-speed data transfer rates significantly cut annoying waiting time when you're copying large multimedia files to or from your computer's hard disk.
Share and store up to 250 songs and 1000 photos

This stylish jewel has been developed to share and store up to 250 songs and 1000 pictures and makes it ideal for personal, portable and powerful use. From a mother carrying around pictures of her children, to business women carrying their files, with extreme ease and convenience.

Specially designed and easy to use software included

A complete software suite is included, which will run automatically from the Active Crystals USB Memory Key and give you access to useful features, like file synchronisation and automatic file compression.
Protect your valuable, personal data with a password

Due to password protection including 256-bit AES encryption, your valuable personal data can be protected from unauthorised access by simply using a password.

Nokia 330 Auto Navigation

Description

Need help getting somewhere? Planning your route is easy with Nokia 330 Auto Navigation.

This personal navigation system uses Route 66 Navigate 7 software, Navteq map data, and internal GPS to pinpoint the simplest route to your destination. Just attach the built-in color touch screen to the windscreen of your car, enter your target address and then let the visual and spoken directions guide you. Staying on track has never been so simple.

Europe-wide* map information
3.5 inch color touch screen
Built-in GPS receiver for good satellite coverage
Turn-by-turn, spoken directions
Visual directions accessed quickly and easily via touch screen
Multimedia features include a music player (MP3), photo viewer (JPEG, BMP), and video player (WMV, AVI, ASF, MPG).
Pre-installed Route 66 Navigate 7 navigation system
Pre-installed Navteq map data

*The following countries are covered:

Germany, Benelux, Great Britain, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and Austria (up to 100%).
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Romania (major roads and some minor roads)
Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine (major roads).

The Nokia 330 Auto Navigation provides easy to use navigation with the following features:

Destination setting by:
address and street number
street name
ZIP Postal code
Points of Interest (POI)
co-ordinates on the map
last destinations
selecting your home address
selecting your office address

Guidance by:

view (bv 2D and 3D, or day night view)
voice prompts
street announcement
arrow navigation
map view
auto-zoom into road crossings / junctions
optional dynamic navigation via TMC (module not included in the sales package)
50 favourite destinations

Profiles for route calculation:

shortest way (cars/lorries)
fastest way (cars/lorries)
pedestrian
avoiding motorways
avoiding toll roads
avoiding ferries
definition of intermediates

In the box:
Nokia Gooseneck HH-14,
Nokia Mobile Holder CR-79,
Nokia Mobile Charger DC-3,
Nokia Memory Card MU-39,
Nokia USB Data Cable CA-108D,
User Guide

Technical Details

•	Dimensions: 119 x 83 x 24 mm
•	Weight: 205 g
•	Power: 12V, cigarette lighter socket
•	Display: 3.5 inch touch screen, up to 65,536 colors, 320 x 240 pixels
•	GPS Receiver: Internal
•	Exchangeable memory: 2GB SD (full size)
•	CPU: S3C2440 Samsung, 400MHz
•	Internal memory: 64MB

Home Cinema

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Home cinema, also called home theater, seeks to reproduce cinema quality video and audio in the home.

Technically, a home cinema could be as basic as a simple arrangement of a television, DVD, and a set of speakers. It is therefore difficult to specify exactly what distinguishes a "home cinema" from a "television and stereo". Most people in the consumer electronics industry would agree that a "home theater" is really the integration of a relatively high-quality video output with surround sound.

Design

Today, "home cinema" implies a real "cinema experience" and therefore a higher quality set of components than the average television provides. A typical home theater includes the following parts:

1. Input Devices: One or more audio/video sources. High quality formats such as HD DVD or Blu-ray are preferred, though they often include a VHS player or Video Game Systems. Some home theatres now include a home theater PC to act as a library for video and music content.
2. Processing Devices: Input devices are processed by either a standalone AV receiver or a Preamplifier and Sound Processor for complex surround sound formats. The user selects the input at this point before it is forwarded to the output.
3. Audio Output: Systems consist of at least 2 speakers, but can have up to 11 with additional subwoofer.
4. Video Output: A large HDTV display. Options include Liquid crystal display television (LCD), video projector, plasma TV, rear-projection TV, or a traditional CRT TV.
5. Atmosphere: Comfortable seating and organization to improve the cinema feel. Higher end home theaters commonly also have sound insulation to prevent noise from escaping the room, and a specialized wall treatment to balance the sound within the room.

For more discussion on home theater design and construction you can visit Home Theater Systems, Electronics and Forum: HomeTheaterShack

Design

Today, "home cinema" implies a real "cinema experience" and therefore a higher quality set of components than the average television provides. A typical home theater includes the following parts:

1. Input Devices: One or more audio/video sources. High quality formats such as HD DVD or Blu-ray are preferred, though they often include a VHS player or Video Game Systems. Some home theatres now include a home theater PC to act as a library for video and music content.
2. Processing Devices: Input devices are processed by either a standalone AV receiver or a Preamplifier and Sound Processor for complex surround sound formats. The user selects the input at this point before it is forwarded to the output.
3. Audio Output: Systems consist of at least 2 speakers, but can have up to 11 with additional subwoofer.
4. Video Output: A large HDTV display. Options include Liquid crystal display television (LCD), video projector, plasma TV, rear-projection TV, or a traditional CRT TV.
5. Atmosphere: Comfortable seating and organization to improve the cinema feel. Higher end home theaters commonly also have sound insulation to prevent noise from escaping the room, and a specialized wall treatment to balance the sound within the room.

For more discussion on home theater design and construction you can visit Home Theater Systems, Electronics and Forum: HomeTheaterShack

Home Theatre Flow Diagram

Component systems vs. Theater-in-a-Box

High-quality home cinemas are assembled from component pieces purchased separately to provide the best combination of equipment for the cost. It is possible to purchase home theater in a box kits that include a set of speakers for surround sound, an amplifier/tuner for adjusting volume and selecting video sources, and sometimes a DVD player. Though these kits often pale in comparison to a custom-built home cinema, they are inexpensive and easy to set up; one needs only to add a television and some movies in order to create a simple home theater.

Dedicated home theaters

Some home cinema enthusiasts go so far as to build a dedicated room in the home for the theater. These more advanced installations often include sophisticated acoustic design elements, including "room-in-a-room" construction that isolates sound and provides the potential for a nearly ideal listening environment. These installations are often designated as "screening rooms" to differentiate from simpler installations. This idea can go as far as completely recreating an actual cinema, with a projector enclosed in a projection booth, specialized furniture, a piano or theatre organ, curtains in front of the projection screen, movie posters, or a popcorn or snack machine. More commonly, real dedicated home theatres pursue this to a lesser degree. Presently the days of the $30.000.00+ home theater is being usurped, by the rapid advances in digital audio & video technologies, which has spurned a rapid drop in prices. This in turn has brought the true digital home theater experience, to the doorsteps of the do it your selfer, often for less than what you would expect to pay for a low budget economy car. Current consumer level A/V equipment can meet and often exceed in performance what you would expect to experience at a modern commercial theater.

Backyard theater

In places that have the proper outdoor atmosphere, it is possible for people to set up a home theater in their backyard. Depending on the space available, it may simply be a temporary version with foldable screen, a projector and couple of speakers, or a permanent fixture with huge screens and dedicated audio set up poolside. Due to the outdoor nature, it is quite popular with BBQ parties and pool parties.

Some people have built upon the idea, and constructed mobile drive-in theaters that can play movies in public open spaces. Usually, these require a powerful projector, a laptop or DVD player, outdoor speakers and/or an FM transmitter to broadcast the audio to other car radios.[1][2]

History

1950s and 1960s home movies

In the 1950s, home movies became popular in the United States and elsewhere as Kodak 8 mm film (Pathé 9.5 mm in France) and camera and projector equipment became affordable. Projected with a small, portable movie projector onto a portable screen, often without sound, this system became the first practical home theater. They were generally used to show home movies of family travels and celebrations but also doubled as a means of showing private stag films. Dedicated home cinemas were called screening rooms at the time and were outfitted with 16 mm or even 35 mm projectors for showing commercial films. These were found almost exclusively in the homes of the very wealthy, especially those in the movie industry.

Portable home cinemas improved over time with color film, Kodak Super 8 mm film film cartridges, and monaural sound but remained awkward and somewhat expensive. The rise of home video in the late 1970s almost completely killed the consumer market for 8 mm film cameras and projectors, as VCRs connected to ordinary televisions provided a simpler and more flexible substitute.

1980s home cinema

The development of multi-channel audio systems and laserdisc in the 1980s created a new paradigm for home cinema. The first known home cinema system was installed as a sales tool by Steve LaFontaine at Kirshmans furniture store 5800 Veterans Memorial Highway. In Metairie, Louisiana, in 1974 where he built a special sound room which incorporated the earliest quadraphonic audio systems with his video projection systems he invented and hand built by modifying Sony trinitron televisions for projecting the image. Many systems were sold in the New Orleans area in the ensuing years before the first public demonstration of this integration occurred in 1982 at the Summer Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, Illinois. Peter Tribeman of NAD (USA) organized and presented a demonstration made possible by the collaborative effort of NAD, Proton, ADS, Lucasfilm and Dolby Labs who contributed their technologies to demonstrate what a home cinema would "look and sound" like.

Over the course of three days, retailers, manufacturers, and members of the consumer electronics press were exposed to the first "home like" experience of combining a high quality video source with multi-channel surround sound. That one demonstration is credited with being the impetus for developing what is now a multi-billion dollar business.

1990s home cinema

In the late 1990s, the development of DVD, 5-channel audio, and high-quality video projectors that provide a cinema experience at a price that rivals a big-screen HDTVs sparked a new wave of home cinema interest.

Media Magic™ Luxury Media Server

The Media Magic™ Media Server
Represents the pinnacle of media technology as our top-of-the-line Luxury Edition home theater media server. We designed this for the person who doesn’t settle for almost perfect. Designed to serve the cinema lover’s every desire with resolutions far exceeding 1080p powered by dual graphics processors utilizing SLI technology with 1GB of dedicated video memory and support for both HD DVD and Blu-ray it can produce the most stunning HD video playback available without even breaking a sweat. All this is accentuated by incredible audio with THX® certified quality and unbeatable movie sound with DTS-ES™ and Dolby® Digital EX decoding! The perfect marriage of power and style from its polished aluminum rack mountable case to its Intel Core 2 Duo processing heart it proves beauty is more than “skin deep”.

Features
# Windows Vista Home Premium
# PowerDVD for Blu-ray & HD DVD
# True HD Audio (24-bit, 96khz analog)
# HDMI Video Connection via DVI Cable
# Dual GPU PCI Express x16
# Rent & purchase movies online (requires ISP)
# Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000Mbps
# Display photos, videos & personal media
# 4GB DDR2 Performance RAM
# Pause, Record, Rewind Live HDTV
# 1000GB of RAID0 digital storeage
# Set it & forget it TV series recording
# 2 NTSC & 2 HDTV ATSC/QAM Tuners
# Purchase music online (requires ISP)
# Built-in 52-in-1 card reader
# Rack mount ready
# System Controled Cooling
# Gold plated USB & firewire ports

RSS

Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91), RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9 and 1.0), Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0.0) adalah keluarga format file XML untuk web syndication yang digunakan oleh website berita dan blog. RSS digunakan untuk menyediakan informasi singkat dari content sebuah website atau blog beserta link yang yang merujuk kepada content penuh (full version).

Podcast

Personal on Demand Broadcast. Teknologi ini menyediakan layanan siaran multimedia (radio, televise, dan lain-lain) melalui WWW. Podcast didapatkan dengan cara berlangganan atau melalui RSS. Kebanyakan podcast berupa file audio MP3.

Dangers… Battery NOKIA Meledak..!!!!

Nokia pabrikan ponsel terbesar di dunia, mengumumkan akan menarik battery yang diduga bisa menimbulkan panas berlebih. Kasus battery yang akan ditarik bukan hal baru lagi, kejadian ini pernah di alami oleh pabrikan computer Jinjing alias Laptop. Pemicunya dikarenakan terlalu panas atau Over Heating saat dipakai.

Pemberitahuan penerikan produk ini diperuntukkan oleh battery Nokia tipe BL-5C keluaran Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. Ltd. Of Japan yang diproduksi anatra Desember 2005 dan November 2006. Secara keseluruhan, jumlah produksi anatra kurun waktu tersebut mencapai 300 juta unit. Dan diduga yang bermasalah mencapai 46 juta unit. Wauooo…. Bukan jumlah yang sedikit.

Untuk mengetahui apakah battery Nokia anda termasuk produk Matsushita yang ditarik dari peredaran, pertama lepas battery dari ponsel periksa tipe battery di bagian depan.

Bagian belakang (bawah), terdapat nomer seri (terdiri dari 26 karakter) untuk memastikan apakah kamu termauk yang bermasalah periksa dan masukan nomer tersebut pada situs:

www.nokia.com/batteryreplacement.

Anda juga dapat mengecekkan battery BL-5C anada di gerai resmi Nokia. Jika ternyata bermasalah dan termasuk dalam kategori yang dimaksud, kamu dapat menukar battery tersebut dengan yang baru.

Handphone Robo

Cybercrime

Tindak kejahatan yang dilakukan dengan memanfaatkan teknologi informasi atau computer. Departemen kehakiman AS membagi tindak penyalahgunaan computer menjadi dua. Pertama, penggunaan computer sebagai alat untuk melakukan kejahatan, seperti pencurian. Kedua menjadikan computer sebagai objek atau sasaran dari tindak kejahatan, seperti sabotase yang menyebabkan computer tidak dapat berfungsi sebagaimana mestinya.

Home Theatre Yamaha

Bandwidth

Istilah yang menunjukkan kapitas media dalam membawa informasi. Bandwidth dapat digunakan dalam bayak hal, misalnya telepon, jaringan kabel, bus, sinyal radio, dan monitor. Bandwidth diukur dengan putaran per detik ( cycles per second) atau hertz (Hz), yaitu perbedaan antara frekensi terendah dan tinggi yang dapat ditransmisikan. Tetapi juga sering digunakan ukuran bit per second (bps).

Teori Fesyen plus Barang Dagangan

Dalam dewasa ini ponsel tidak lagi sebtas sebagai alat komunikasi lagi, namun mampu bertindak sebagai layaknya sebuah perangkat pendungkung gaya hidup (life style). Bahkan seringkali pensel diartikan sebagai patokan tingkat kesejahteraan pemakainya.
Ponsel fesyen bisa dilihat dari possisi tampilan desain maupun fitur-fitur pendukungnya.
Dan ingat juga soal harga tak melulu tinggi, mengingat penggunanya juga beragam segmen pasar. Nah jadi dalam era globalisasi dan reformasi ini ponsel bukan lagi barang mewah atau mahal lagi.tx