Japanese consumer and PC electronics company Toshiba has launched into the booming budget video camera market with its own new model. Called the Camelio S30, the pistol-grip style camera weights around 130grams but captures up to 1080p (1920×1080-pixel) resolution video. The camera features electronic image stabilisation in its three recording modes, 1080p, 720p (1280×720-pixels) and [...]
Archive for January, 2011
Pioneer Australia this morning announced that despite a hook-up between Pioneer and Sharp to sell Elite-branded Sharp TVs in the US and Canadian markets, none of these TVs will be (officially) coming to Australia. In a press release, Pioneer Australia general manager, Chris Kotis reiterated the company’s the decision to abandon the Australian TV market. [...]
Notebook PC giant Toshiba has decided there is still life in netbooks (particularly with the start of the new school year approaching) and launched two new models, including the first model under $500 to include HDMI. The NB550D features a 10.1-inch widescreen LCD panel and AMD’s new 1GHz dual-core C50 processor. AMD calls this an [...]
One of the problems that has faced PC makers over the last 13 years has been the inability to get simple fast access to Hollywood movie content other than by physical media. The movie studios have long baulked at the idea of allowing PCs to stream even DVD-quality video, let alone anything higher definition. Both [...]
PC giant Acer has today announced a whole new generation of notebooks based on the recently-released second-generation Intel Core i-series processors, announced last week. While the Aspire 5950G and 8950G models are aimed at the performance/enthusiast end of the market, there’ll be plenty around for those with more modest budgets. Acer will tackle the budget [...]