VGA to HDMI with Audio Support

This morning Ratocsystem revealed the REX-VGA2DVI-H1, a nice little VGA to DVI and HDMI converter with audio pass-through via USB for HDMI.

Thanks to this nice little dongle you can connect a notebook to a Full HD TV or WUXGA LCD via DVI or HDMI and forward PC audio to a TV through HDMI. Just plug the dongle to a PC via USB or your regular lineout and to have audio on TV.

This product also supports 120Hz LCDs or PDP panel, but unfortunately doesn't support HDCP…

Source : Akihabaranews

Softbank Sharp 935SH Premium Waterproof Phone

Softbank is going to launch next month Sharp’s 935SH Premium Waterproof clamshell mobile phone. The 935SH meets the IPX5 and IPX7 raing for water resistance. It features a 3-inch New ASV LCD display with 854×480 resolution and 16.7 million colors, a 1-inch secondary display and a 8 Megapixel CCD camera with ProPix image processing technology.

Sharp’s 935SH integrates 1Seg digital tuner. The phone works with WCDMA 3G network and supports WCDMA and tri-band GSM roaming. It supports Bluetooth, InfraRed, FeliCa, GPS and microSDHC cards

Source : ITechNews

Sharp's New AQUOS DX, World's First 20” LCD TV with Blu-ray Recorder

Here's Sharp's AQUOS DX TV, the world's first 20” LCD TV (available in either black and white) with an average HD Ready resolution of 1366x768, digital TV tuner and a Blu-ray & DVD embedded recorder.

It has a 1500:1 contrast ratio, a 450cd/m2 brightness, and will be sold in Japan at the end of June for 150,000 Yen or €1,141.

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Video: MSI Wind U115 for sale in Japan, UK

MSI's Wind U115, the huggable, lovable, notable, and ultraportable hybrid SSD/HDD is now available to faithful readers in the UK and Japan. It's been spotted making the rounds on the Interwebz in the £450 - £500 (approx. $675-$750) range. A bit pricey for a 10-inch netbook, sure, but perhaps the Atom Z530 processor, 6-cell battery, and 720p video playback will make it worth your while. You have been making some irrational decisions lately -- but we'll talk about that later. Hands on video after the break.

Source : Engadget

Rogers to sell HTC Dream, Magic for $199.99 on contract

Canadians have had to wait quite a while to get their first official taste of Android, and even longer to know how much it'd cost, but it looks like that last detail has now finally been cleared up. According to The Boy Genius Report, Rogers will be asking the ever popular $199.99 for both the HTC Dream and HTC Magic on a three-year contract when they launch on June 2nd, or a hefty $649.99 off-contract. As Boy Genius points out, that's actually $100 more than the previously rumored off-contract price, which briefly spurred talk of a too-good-to-be-true $149.99 on-contract price.

Source : Engadget

Entelligence: Time for Microsoft to tell a better Zune tale

Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he'll explore where our industry is and where it's going -- on both micro and macro levels -- with the unique wit and insight only he can provide.

A lot's been made of the new Zune commercial that Microsoft aired recently. If you have haven't seen it, take a look. Now don't get me wrong. I think there's a lot that Microsoft can do with Zune, but this ad doesn't quite do it for me. What's wrong? First, it took a shot at Apple that felt silly -- after all, most consumers don't spend $30,000 to fill up their iPod (how much did it cost to fill yours?).

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Phoenix VS1-250-SSD Solid State Disk Module

Phoenix International announced the VS1-250-SSD Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial ATA (SATA) based VME mass data storage module. The 6 U module can hold one or two SAS or SATA SSDs with a total capacity up to 512GB.

Phoenix VS1-250-SSD offers a burst data transfer rate of 300MB/s and a sustained data transfer rate up to 120MB/s. The module has front panel or P2 connection interface. It meets military and IRIG 106-07 declassification standards.

No words yet on pricing and availability.

Source : ITechNews

Sotec DC204A3, Onkyo’s Latest 32GB SSD Netbook

It’s been a while since Onkyo updated their Netbook line-up, and the wait was worth it… Here's the DC204A3, a nice Netbook powered by an Atom N270, Intel 945GSE Esxpress, 1GB of RAM, a 10.1” LCD with a 1024x600 resolution, WiFi, web cam, D-SUB and Ethernet via USB dongle and a 32GB SSD.

Despite the lack of an Nvidia Geforce card (ION), these Netbooks are worth your interest and will be sold in Japan for 49,800 Yen (€380).

Source : Akihabaranews

Shuttle XVision X50 All-In-One Atom 330 PC Review

Shuttle has long been associated with all things petite ever since it pretty much invented the small form factor (SFF) PC. Indeed, since pioneering its various diminutive and elegant cuboid PC cases it's produced little else. However, with the arrival of the Intel Atom, Shuttle thought it might be time to branch out into other areas.

Enter, then, the Xvision X50. As evident from the above picture it's an all-in-one PC but there are two things to note straight away. One, the screen is touch-sensitive and, two, unlike Shuttle's other SFF PCs, the X50 isn't a barebones system designed for you to pop in your own hardware; this is a fully fledged all-in-one PC that's ready to go straight out of the box.

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Eee PC 1000HV Spotted in Italy

Just when we all thought that Asus is already done with the 1000 series, here comes another one bearing the model number 1000HV. But don’t get your hopes to high on possibly getting this Eee PC as reports say that it will only be available at the Italian online store Computer Discount.

Anyway if you’re based in Italy, you stand a chance at getting the 1000HV to possibly add to your Eee PC collection. As for stats you’ll get pretty much the same standard features as other 10-inch Eee PC netbooks, except for its ATI Radeon HD 3450 video card which has its own 256MB memory.

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