SanDisk today introduced an 8GB SD Flash Memory card, which could mean great media-transfer capabilities for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC gamers, not to mention digital-photography enthusiasts. The SanDisk Extreme III 8-GB SD High-Capacity card will be packaged with a SanDisk MicroMate USB 2.0 Reader, which means console gamers can feasibly transfer image, music and video files to their PS3 and Xbox 360 with ease. The digital-photography aspects are also encouraging, as the 8GB size will store more than 4,000 high-resolution … [Read more...]
GameTap Reveals Fall Season Programming
In a move to "tap" into wider audiences GameTap announced today hightlights from its TV Fall season programming, spanning music, movies, animation and, of course, videogames. Shows will be accessible for free alongside GameTap TV's current programming, in a system that's similar to on-demand, at www.gametap.com. "As broadband continues to penetrate more households, GameTap TV is becoming accessible to a wider audience," said Ricardo Sanchez, vp of content and creative director for GameTap. "We're excited to offer … [Read more...]
SanDisk Retools Its Sansa View Portable Media Player
SanDisk is taking Apple and its iPod head-on with its own portable video and MP3 player called the Sansa View. The flash-based Sansa View supports most popular media formats including MP3, protected and unprotected WMA, WAV, DRM-free MP3 downloads via embedded player functionality. In addition, a one-time software download of the Sansa Media Converter will quickly transcode numerous video files -- including DivX. A MP3 player at its core, the Sansa View is equipped with a backlit scroll wheel and 2.4-inch widescreen … [Read more...]
I Can Play Guitar Review
Inspired by the recent Guitar Hero craze, Mattel takes the genre a step further and sets out to actually teach gamers how to play guitar. I Can Play Guitar requires no set-up and easily plugs into your television set. The game comes with one cart containing four songs to rock out to, a strap, plug and play chords, and a sticker pack to customize your guitar's appearance. Additional carts can be purchased with songs from the American Idol series as well as the popular SpongeBob SquarePants. The concept behind I Can Play … [Read more...]
New Accell Switch Supports HDMI 1.3a Category 2
Accell today unveiled the world's smallest and first HDMI 1.3a Category 2 compatible 2-1 switch. Called the UltraAV 2-1 HDMI 1.3a Category 2 Switch, it will be shown publicly for the first time during CEDIA Expo 2007 in September. The switch, which is expected to retail for $99.99, is the first to support both the HDMI 1.3a Category 1 and Category 2 specifications. Other companies produce HDMI switches in 2-1 and 4-1 configurations, but not all of them support HDMI 1.3a Category 2, also known as HDMI 1.3 … [Read more...]
Apple Announces New iMac
Apple announced a new iMac today, replacing the white enclosure with a new aluminum and glass design.. The new iMac comes in 20" and 24" configurations, bringing an end to Apple's 17" iMac offerings. The updated machines will run on an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, with clock speeds of either 2GHz and 2.4GHz. A 2.8 GHz chip is available as a configuration model. The machines will come equipped with a base of 1GB of installed RAM with memory capacity of 4GB. The low-end model will feature an ATI Radeon HD 2400XT graphics … [Read more...]
LEGO Indiana Jones Announced for Consoles
Normally we get upset by me-too games, but every now and then one rolls along that just sounds awesome. Like LEGO Indiana Jones. LucasArts and Traveller's Tales are teaming up again, this time to create a game for all home consoles that covers the first three films in the Indiana Jones trilogy (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade). The two companies last teamed up for the LEGO Star Wars games. Lucasfilm Ltd. recently announced that the LEGO Group will begin releasing LEGO Indiana Jones playsets … [Read more...]
Bull's-eye for Blu-Ray
(Reuters) - Target plans to carry only Blu-ray high definition DVD players through the holiday shopping season, a move that boosts the Sony-backed technology and may deal a blow to rival HD-DVD. In a statement on Thursday, Sony Corp. said that Target will exclusively carry Blu-ray players "at least through the holiday season" and will also expand its inventory of Blu-ray discs. The move begins in October with Target's sale and promotion of Sony's BDP-S300 unit, which sells for about $500. It was the second major … [Read more...]
Xbox 360 HD DVD Player Drops to $179
Microsoft announced a $20 price drop of the HD DVD player starting Aug. 1, 2007. In addition, the give-away happy company will add five free HD DVD movies for anyone purchasing an Xbox 360 HD DVD player between Aug. 1 and Sept. 30. Furthermore, Microsoft inked a deal with Warner bros. and Universal Studios to begin streaming on demand HD movies and television series starting Aug. 14. In a nutshell, you'll be able to download the first season of Heroes and the popular movie "300" very soon. … [Read more...]
Sony Says: People Like Us on the Cheap
Looks like consumers really do like things on the cheap, especially when it comes to high-end hardware. Sony announced this afternoon that PlayStation 3 sales at its top five retailers have increased 135 percent since the console dropped in price to $499. The PS3 hasn't been the only thing selling well for Sony, though. Although PS3 sales were up 21 percent over May's figures, (98,469 units sold), the PSP was up 31 percent year-over-year (290,108 units sold, and the PS2 showed no signs of dying, as it moved 270,763 … [Read more...]
