If Only I Had It

I have always been a fan of the Philips home theatre system. I have been buying Philips electrical system in nearly all my home appliances. From the kitchen all the way to bedroom stuff. I recently bought the Philips 47″ full HD LCD TV which is a very new model here in Malaysia. But not even 4 months down the road and now the latest system gives me a hard on. With my LCD TV I also bought the Cineos HTS 8100 which at the time was the best in a box home theatre system but now lets have a look .

Home theaters in a box are not for everyone — most people we know prefer to assemble their entertainment systems piecemeal — but if you’re in the market for such a product, then Philips is offering a fairly stylish new HDMI-equipped system with convenient wireless rear speakers that may be right up your alley. The Cineos HTS9800W is a 6.1-channel package (three 125-watt fronts, three rears, and a 150-watt subwoofer) with a slimline, upscaling DVD player that supports DVD+/-R discs, DivX-encoded video, and MP3 CDs, along with all those Super Audio CDs that we’re sure you’ve been collecting over the years. Not a bad setup, especially for your bedroom or guest house, and it’s available now for around $650.

The battle between LCD and plasma for domination of your media room may have just ended. LG.Philips has unveiled what they’re billing as the world’s largest LCD display, a 100-inch panel with a 5ms refresh, 3000:1 contrast ratio and 180 degree viewing angle. The new display bests the previous size leader, Samsung’s 82-incher, and is just three inches smaller than the largest plasma display, Panasonic’s 103-inch prototype. While none of these megascreens are going to show up in stores any time soon, they’re going to continue to put the squeeze on plasma displays, which are already hurting from a price perspective, as LCD prices continue to decline.

I have always been frustrated when my laptop battery dies out on me especially when I am nowhere near an AC and just got an idea for a new blog. Most of the times ideas or work comes to you at the most ridiculous times and you need to get to them fast. 

The Turbo Battery technology used on the MSI GX600-08 laptop lets the laptop operate on the Turbo Battery Mode, which it’ll automatically follow the processor, to adjust the programs that are being used and either stop or lower the parts that are not being used or running. In such a case, the electricity will get fairly distributed among the ports, USB interfaces and other peripherals etc, which will be able to achieve the goal of saving energy and the battery life gets extended.

Once switching back the laptop to AC mode by plugging it to AC source and pressing the turbo button above the keyboard, the laptop’s Turbo Drive Engine Technology will kick off, which simultaneously increases the speed of the CPU and the system up to 20%. And it can run smoothly to the very best of its abilities.

This MSI new premiere notebook has an overall design meant more for gamers. It’s equipped with the best NVIDIA Geforce 8600M GT 3D graphic card (Build-in 512 VRAM) and exclusive MSI vivid image enhancement technology can create the most astonishingly realistic audio and visual effects.

The GX600-08 features the latest Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology, which uses Intel® Core™2 Duo processor and Intel® PM965 Express Chipset, to deliver truly outstanding dual-core performance computing power, great battery life, and expanded wireless connectivity.

Other multimedia applications include: the latest E- SATA support, high-definition multimedia interface, 1.3 mega pixels web cam for better internet chatting, DTV receiver (optional) so you can watch television shows on demand. All these to help you with a total relaxed environment so you can regroup again for the challenges ahead. Furthermore, wireless functions for easy internet connections anywhere and anytime.

It seems now only those into Blu-ray discs and devices manufacturing are producing the first external Blu-ray drive. This is probably due to they have just won the HD/DVD and Blu-ray format war and now their position in the market is certain. The first external Blu-ray drive is produced by PLDS or Philips and Lite-On Digital Solutions. The drive is a USB connected (USB 2.0) BD-ROM drive that is capable of reading Blu-ray disc media at 4x, single layer DVD at 12x, dual-layer at 8x and CD at 32x maximum.

According to Gizmowatch, the external Blu-ray drive can only play user-recorded high-def content from a digital camcorder, but not commercial movies released under the Blu-ray Drive format. This is due to the copy protection issues and lagging software development. One reason is due to commercial content is encrypted with High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) which can be decrypted using a HDCP-compliant graphics card that offers DVI or HDMI connections. And currently in the market, PCs with graphics chips that support HDCP are not available yet, so making it impossible to play the commercial content. Another reason is the Blu-ray disc playback software that can decrypt HDCP isn’t declared as saleable item yet.

Anyway, there is no word on the price and when it hits the street for this first external USB Blu-rayd drive.

This lamp is the Gravia Lamp.

Gravia Lamp is a super green LED floor lamp that makes use of gravity to generate power for it to glow for hundred years. The Gravia Lamp is the LED lamp that is completely free from electrical cable or any related structure as it needn’t be attached to any power source to shine for you.

The Gravia Lamp makes use of slow fall of a mass to spin a rotor to generate electricity to power up its 10 built-in high-output LEDs. And the lamp has a unique way of turning it on, which works more or less like any hour-glass mechanism. To turn it on, you’ll have to turn it over to move the weights from the bottom to the top of the lamp and then it’ll start its slow falling journey to generate electricity to power the LEDs up and shine the way for you.

The Gravia Lamp is a Virginia tech student’s project, who won the designer, Clay Moulton, the first place of the Greener Gadget award. It’s claimed that this lamp can be used for 200 years at 8 hours a day!

Online casinos today are making a huge comeback. More and more people are trying to find the best online casino to make some money. But are you up to it. You could even play for free at some online casinos as you are able to play with fake money for fun. Some online casino even offers you some start up capital to get the ball rolling.

The amount of free money can be from USD 10 up to USD 100 per site. In my own experience I sometimes use the free money myself to check out the site. Some sites gives you the free money knowing that their setting is so tight that you will loose the money anyhow. Some sites have a normal setting and you will notice that sometimes that free money might make you hundreds in profits.

My best try so far has been a site that offered me USD 50 for free and I striked a jackpot on their slot machines which paid me USD 8,930.25 and I got this money wired to my bank account. I did receive it if you are wondering. I played the 25 cents per bet but I played it big betting USD 1 each time I rolled the slot and within my 25′th time rolling I striked a few hundred dollars then I left that machine for a bigger amount machine and striked the jackpot before I lost everything. Did I mention that I did not deposit any money to start out with?

I’d want to be like Mario, stomping 1-up mushrooms in the wild, if those mushrooms would splash gold coins once get stomped. The 1-up mushroom shown to you here is meant to hold coins. It’s a bank, a piggy bank that lets you store all your hard earned coins in it. It’s the best piggy bank for the plumber to store up all his coins after a hard day or of hacking bricks and the plumbing work.

The Super Mario Mushroom Bank comes in two flavors, which are the 1UP Mushroom and Super Mushroom. It’s recommended you store up 100 coins for yourself to gain an extra life. Kinda like this toy bank at the same time it reminds me of my childhood when I am not able to let go of my Atari set which offers the Mario Brothers game.

I would play day in and day out just to reach the Dragon Monster in the end. Although I have done it time and time over again but each time you learn something new.

Being an old timer on the internet ( Dont get me wrong I am only 28 years old but have been on the internet since I was 9 ) time does seem to change a lot of things. Those days the only things I do on the internet was to chat on IRC . Not so sure whether there are still many people doing this as I dont even bother to chat nowadays.

The main objective of getting myself up everyday and logging to the net is mainly to see how much I have made today from my various online businessess. Some of them are blogs. Some advertising. A little more on Shopping and much much more on SEO guide e-books . I do a little code writing once in a while to past my time as well. What do you do when you have so much money in Paypal and nothing much to do the rest of the day. Sometimes when my fingers get itchy I will try my luck at the online casino .

I will usually go to the casino review sites even before I try any of them out. I will also see whether I could get my hands onto a few of these sites that offer free money to play. Once I am in what I do is go to a 50/50 table like Pontoon or Aces High and bet every single free money I have from them there.

If my luck is good then I will win even the very first round and that my friends is money in the pocket. What if I loose? I will come back again tomorrow to the same review site and find other casino’s . The main objective of the game is to find a casino that is very customer friendly and not painful to the eye. Then start your dice rolling.

Most of the times it is up to luck. Like recently I lost my free money round in the first bet and that was like USD 50 . What I did see was that the other people on the table was winning so maybe I had a bad round. I quickly put in some money and lo and behold within the hour I made USD 700 . My investment was only USD 50 . If I would have also lost my second round I would have called it a day. You have to know that when you are leading an making money you should know when to quit before you start loosing everything.

An ultra small prototyped PC, which might not be the world’s smallest, but it could be the lightest, has been revealed by Lenovo at CES 2008 last week. The ultra small prototyped PC weighs only 300g and it employs the “Menlow” - the new platform that Intel Corp is planning to launch in 2008. The ultra small PC runs Linux as the OS. It targets startup time of 20 seconds with easy menu icons for internet ,entertainment, and Home are to be displayed on the startup screen.

The specifications of the ultra small PC at a glance is as follows:

It is equipped with 45nm process “Silverthorne (development code name)” microprocessor, a 4 or 8-Gbyte SSD and a 4.8-inch 800 x 480 resolution LCD display. A wireless LAN, Bluetooth and EDGE or TDS-CDMA are supported. Continuous operation of the embedded secondary battery extends to 4 hours when browsing Websites

Lenovo targets to release this small guy in China in mid 2008. And the pricing will be around $700 with tax included. And Lenovo has plans to move this little guy to other countries such as Japan.

Now this is a gadget that I would surely get if I could afford it. Hey guys if you are reading this please do sponsor me some tips so that I am able to purchase this beauty.

Looks nice ? These skulls are not only a nice piece to have beside your computer they are also speakers. Now you are talking about coolness. These speakers also come with a headphone jack that allows you to hook up your computer or any source of music.

Great for the iPod lovers. These speakers has a sound quality which is not to reckon with. The looks itself is astounding.  The blue that you see coming out from the eyes is no fake effects they are the real thing. These speakers could be picked up at GeekStuff4u.com at a reasonable price of USD 72.

Pyramat brought a well stacked line up of products to CES. This company has already been knowned for bringing the best in innovative gaming accessories right to your doorstep.This items included a full-on chair, a laptop accessory and a few rockers. All of these products should be available now at the nearest gaming shop in the US. Sad for us Malaysians it might take maybe a little while longer before it reaches us.

Pyramat was specifically showing off the PC Gaming Chair 2.1, Laptop Sound Booster, PM450-WR Sound Rocker and S5000 Sound Rocker. These babies cost from RM 300 till RM 1000 .

For more details, check out the full press release down below.

Pyramat® Performance Gaming™ Breaks the Mold at CES
Reaches out to PC Gamers with Laptop Sound Booster and PC Gaming Chair

LAS VEGAS – January 7, 2008 – Pyramat LLC, creators of the original line of sound embedded seats for console gaming, delivers a new level of performance with their latest lineup of game enhancing gear at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 7-10. Occupying Booth #21926 on the ground level of South Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Pyramat will take control of the show with their most innovative product line yet, including the PC Gaming Chair, Laptop Sound Booster, the S5000 next generation Sound Rocker and the PM450-WR, which is the first completely wireless and rechargeable chair ever manufactured.

“Since 1999, we have solely focused on enhancing game play for console gamers. While we continue to offer exciting new innovations for our console based ‘core,’ we are thrilled to announce that we are now reaching out to the 44 percent of the market that predominantly games on a PC,” said Michael Feldman, co-founder and president of Pyramat. “As the leader in high-performance, game enhancing furniture, we want to provide the same level of sophisticated, cutting-edge products for PC gamers that we currently make for console gamers. We’re thrilled to introduce the PC Gaming Chair and Laptop Sound Booster, which will greatly increase the experience of playing video games, listening to music and streaming videos on both desktop and laptop computers.”

Pyramat will showcase the following products at this year’s CES:

PC Gaming Chair 2.1 – The PC Gaming Chair enhances games, and all other computer based
entertainment. The chair wirelessly connects to a PC through a built-in wireless receiver, and features two full range speakers and a POWERSUB® subwoofer, ensuring a precise and immersive audio experience. The PC Gaming Chair also has an input for MP3s and armrest mounted mouse wheel and touch controls. Available at retail for $249.99.

Laptop Sound Booster – The Laptop Sound Booster™ turns laptops into a personal home theater
experience by amplifying sound through two powerful, full range Pyramat speakers. Perfect for use in the home, but away from the desk, the Laptop Sound Booster features an ergonomic design to accommodate hours of games and videos in comfort. It also has an iPod USB dock for music. In addition to adding enhanced ergonomics and significantly better sound, the Laptop Sound Booster also prevents laptops from transferring heat to a user’s lap. Available at retail for $89.99.

PM450-WR Sound Rocker – The PM450-WR is Pyramat’s most luxurious Sound Rocker yet. It uses
PREMIUM DIGITAL WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY™ to offer the most precise wireless audio experience
ever available in a Game Chair. The PM450-WR is the first Sound Rocker on the market to feature a
rechargeable battery, which lasts for up to five hours on a single charge It also includes a 2.4 GHz digital eight-channel wireless transmitter, and a rumbling 5.5” POWERSUB subwoofer, making it the ultimate accessory for serious gaming enthusiasts. Available at retail for $249.99.

S5000 Sound Rocker – The S5000 Sound Rocker is the next generation in sound furniture. Evolving far beyond its upholstered wood predecessors, the S5000 features a futuristic design and ultra-precise audio that puts gamers directly into the action. The ergonomically designed Sound Rocker has lumbar support and an adjustable backrest to accommodate people of varying heights in comfort, for long hours of game play. High-performance Pyramat speakers deliver impeccable sound, and a rumbling POWERSUB adds a visceral element to the gaming experience. Available at retail for $169.99.

All Pyramat Performance Gaming products provide users with exceptional style, luxurious comfort and unparalleled electronic functionality. Meticulous audio clarity combined with rumbling POWERSUB subwoofers lets users feel the on-screen action, immersing them deeper into the game, and resulting in improved game play. Sound Rockers are compatible with all game consoles and most audio visual devices, such as a TV, VCR, DVD, hand-held gaming devices and MP3 players.

Pyramat single-handedly pioneered the video game furniture category as the originators of game
enhancing “sound furniture.” It continues to produce entirely creative, award-winning, high-quality products with unmatched audio clarity and cutting-edge design.