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.

 Have you ever wanted a handphone that does not run out of batteries. No way you are going to get one unless it is solar powered and even so I am not so sure when it will be made available. But here is one that runs on normal AAA batteries. So when your power is low just go to the nearest 7/11 and get yourself that needed power.

Philips’ latest handset - Xenium 9@9j, which they have demoed at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is also another mobile phone that has excellent battery life, which can last more than a month on standby, similar to other Philips cellphones in the 9@9j series. Besides, the long battery life, the cellphone can use standard AAA battery as the alternative power source. This is a great idea, as AAA batteries can be easily obtained from any grocery shops while your phone is running dry of battery during emergency.

Actually, the Philips Xenium 9@9j does not operate on the AAA battery. It uses advanced power management technology that makes use of the standard AAA battery as a backup only to lengthen the life of its Li-Ion battery, which is the battery used for its operation. Once the Li-Ion battery is running out of juice, the standard backup AAA battery will start kicking in and feeding the Li-Ion with power so your phone operation will not be interrupted.

The single AAA battery can boost the talk time and standby time from 2 hours to 8 hours and one week to a month respectively.

Sony seems to be getting better and better. Look at its latest Mylo communicator. Isnt it a beauty. I have loved all things Sony but since they are not sponsoring me I cant seem to afford any of their products. I used to be having everything Sony in my house well now it is everything Panasonic or Philips . Sony you guys better buck up and see who are your real supporters .. Anyway drool over the image below then read on .

The Sony COM-2 mylo communicator, as it is being called, comes in black or white body colors and has a backlit, slide out QWERTY keyboard. Like its predecessor it lets you connect to open wireless hotspots to instant message with your buddies. You can also use it to view Web videos, take pictures and post them directly to a variety of sites, use widgets to do various online functions, play games and enjoy various media formats.

SONY’S MYLO PUTS THE FUN OF A PC IN YOUR POCKET ANYTIME OF THE DAY

Portable Communicator Adds AIM, Facebook, YouTube to its Social Network Capabilities

LAS VEGAS (CES Booth #14200), Jan. 6, 2008 –For anyone who lives their life online with multiple social circles and struggles to get enough time on their home computer, Sony’s mylo communicator supports the popular web entertainment applications of a PC, in a pocketable broadband device.

Available in black or white, with a back-lit, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, this wireless broadband device connects to open Wi-Fi networks using 802.11/b and /g standards.

It does not require a monthly service contract, and as an added bonus, the new COM-2 mylo communicator devices will receive free access to participating Wayport® hotspot locations in the U.S. including more than 9,000 McDonald’s™ locations until Dec. 31, 2010.

Enhanced Web Browsing

With Adobe® Flash® Lite 3 software, the mylo communicator gives you full access to many of the odd and outrageous videos posted on YouTube™ and other popular Flash-based Web sites. The device can also upload and download content to and from the Web using the touch screen interface on its 3.5-inch high-resolution display.

Shoot and Share

You can keep Facebook™ photos fresh with the communicator’s 1.3 mega pixel camera and photo editing software. You can resize, write captions or draw on photos and post them from the device directly to most social networking pages or blogs whenever you are connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot.

“With the rise of social networking, people are making more friends and staying closer to the ones they have,” said John Kodera, director of marketing for personal communication devices at Sony Electronics. “And while they’re chatting and posting to their personal web pages, they’re listening to music, playing games or surfing the Web. The new mylo communicator combines these fun parts of your PC in a portable device so you can stay connected when you’re away from your home computer.”

Keeping Up With the Buddies

According to The 2008 TRU Study, almost 50 percent of teenagers in the U.S. use instant messaging clients to send messages to friends and family. With the mylo communicator you can log into existing AIM®, Google Talk™, Yahoo!® Messenger and Skype® accounts to access contact lists, while sending and receiving multiple messages at the same time.

When there is just too much news to type, you can make free Skype-to-Skype voice calls to more than 246 million other people who use Skype. You can use SkypeOut™ to make inexpensive calls to landlines and mobile phone numbers anywhere in the world.

Widgets Do the Work for You

Offering short cuts and the ability to keep tabs on your social networks, the mylo communicator features five specialized programs, known as widgets, to enhance the web experience on the device.

The Google™ Search Widget is a short cut application so you can quickly search the web for information on your favorite band or the new kid at school.

The MyContacts Widget compiles all of your instant messenger contact lists and shows you who is online and available to chat.

The YouTube™ Widget keeps you informed of the featured videos on the site. If you subscribe to real simple syndication (RSS) information, the RSS Widget sends you updates about your subscriptions.

The Facebook Notifier keeps track of specific elements of your Facebook page.

Mylo users can also register to become developers with access to the information they need to create their own widgets for the communicator. Developer registration will be available at the end of the month at http://www.sony.com/mylo. Personalized widgets created for the device can be shared on this same site.

While You Were Out

When you are between hotspots, the device will support flash-based games. Sony will be offering such games as Sudoku and Solitaire as free downloads timed to the product’s availability.

The new communicator comes with 1GB of internal memory, with the option of adding up to 8GB of additional storage with Memory Stick Duo™ media. You can use this memory to store additional flash games, digital music files, video files,image files or news summaries downloaded from the Internet, or imported from your computer or digital camera.

The device supports Windows® Media DRM 10, so users can store and play music that has been downloaded or purchased from compatible online stores and subscription music services. It plays MP3, AAC, ATRAC® or WMA (secure and unsecured) files. You can watch MPEG4 simple profile and MPEG4/AVC baseline profile video transferred to the mylo communicator via USB from a PC or downloaded from the Web.

When you’re ready to get back online, but not sure of where to find Wi-Fi, the unit includes a hotspot location database from JiWire™ for the top 20 U.S. cities. You can easily customize and add locations to the database stored on the device by visiting http://www.sony.com/mylo..

The mylo communicator uses a lithium-ion battery that offers up to 20 hours of music playback, six hours of continuous Skype talk time, and up to seven hours of video playback. It comes equipped with a microphone, stereo headphones, USB cable, a stylus and a neoprene case. You can personalize the device with attachable face plates, which are sold in two packs — red with gold or blue with pewter. Each pair will be sold for about $20. There is also an optional charging cradle available for around $30.

The latest mylo communicator will be available this month for about $300 direct at sonystyle.com, at Sony Style® retail stores (www.sonystyle.com/retail) and at authorized dealers nationwide.

About 2 months ago I bought my first LCD TV and I a made sure that it was the best in the line. I wanted the best so I got it. Philips full hd 1080p LCD ambilight. I was so excited that I went overboard and bought the Philips Ambisound Home Theatre system together with it. Well if this was not enough I also bought myself my second PS3 player with about 12 games and about 15 Bluray titles. You think this is enough?? I had to get the Wii as well. Excitement can be too much of a burden for me sometimes.

Although the installation kinda sucked coz I wanted it done fast I had to call the installers back twice to get it right. Anyway 2 months down the road and guess what. My system is now obsolete. Look at what Philips brought to CES 2008.

Last week at CES 2008 Philips launched the new 7000 FlatTV series line of HDTV LCD’s, boasting a design look that promises to stand out from the sea of LCDs on the market today. The 7000 series comes in sized from 19 to 52 inches and offers some unique features such as rounded edges instead of the usual square corners, four HDMI 1.3a input ports and the absence of a front speaker grill in the bezel.

The 7000 FlatTV line has speakers on the back and pushes the sound through the acrylic frame around the TV to avoid having the speaker grill on the front. This Philips LCD also has the 120Hz ClearLCD technology with a 2ms response time and the HD Digital Motion which will actually estimate motion in some recorded movie content and insert its own “compensation frames” to keep the motion looking smoother. The sets of course also feature the LED Ambilight which produces a light behind the TV.

Believe it or not this is one beauty. Although I feel that my LCD TV is tha bomb with its 52″ long thong .

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The Accenda Sunshine Alarm Clock is a helpful gadget for those visually impaired, as it speaks and responds to your voice commands. Also it’s good for those who are simply too lazy to read the clock face for the time. Even it’s just a few steps from you or just next to you at your bed side, you could simply shout at it for telling you the time.

It responds to 5 voice commands, including “What time is it?”, “Snooze”, “Play memo”, “Night light” and “Replay Alarms”. The “Snooze” is definitely loved most by the lazy butts, which you don’t even have to lay your hand to press the snooze button, just shout at it and it will set itself in snooze mode.

Other functions including recording your voice memos, built-in night light and you can use it to turn on your TV. Playing back recorded memos and turning on and off night light are voice-operated too. Of course, the alarm clock responds well to the touch of buttons, while you’re getting fed up of shouting at it.