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November 30, 2004
BenQ Japan has announced their first home theater projector "PE5120" and data projector "PB7230". The new projectors will be available December 1st. The "PE5120" is expected to cost 148,000 yen & the "PB7230" should be around 548,000 Yen. Both projectors adopt a 5 color segmented wheel - yellow added, this allows for a richer picture.
The BenQ "PE5120"
- 6.4 Lbs.
- DLP™, Projection System
- Native 16:9 WVGA Resolution
- 1100 ANSI Lumens
- 2000:1 Contrast Ratio
- 5-Segment Color Wheel
DLP data projector "PB7230"
- 5.9 Lbs. Portable design
- DLP Technology, Superior Digital Picture Quality that won't fade over time.
- 2500 ANSI Lumens - Superior brightness, and clarity.
- 2000:1 - Ultra-High Contrast Ratio
- 5 Segment Color Wheel
- 8 Preset Performance Mode
- 30db Whisper Quiet
- Wireless Mouse
- Picture-In-Picture
- MORE via BenQ
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November 28, 2004
I am totally addicted to the expensive products of Luxman. A few days ago I touched on the $8000 Luxman Du-10 universal player, today I will bring it down to $6000 with the Du-80 (winner of 2005 Audio Excellence Award). I know the Du-10 is available via AudioCubes, I could not find a US retailer or import shop carrying the Du-80 so you might just have to fly to Japan to get this one.
The Du-80 is another universal digital player, the player supports play back of DVD audio, DVD video, SACD (multichannel, stereo), CD, video CD, CD-R and MP3 files. Like with the Du-10 the Du-80 adopts technology to ensure you get the best audio for your buck - 4Hz - 45KHz (DVD audio, SACD), 4Hz - 20KHz (CD) play back frequency. The Du-80 uses DVD audio multichannel and SACD multichannel, Dolby Digital and DTS audio decoder.
The Du-80 measures 467 (W) x148 (H) x399 (D) mm & weighs 21.0Kg
- MORE via Luxman JPN
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Ah Sony has introduced two new players. The MD/CD/cassette player - CMT-A01MD will set you back about 42,000 Yen. Features of the CMT-A01MD include mini disc, CD (supports playback of CD-R/RW (ATRAC3plus and MP3 ), cassette player, AM/FM tuner & you can record from CD to MD. The CMT-A01MD will be available in black, white & silver. Pretty Cute Player
The CD/cassette player CMT-A50 will set you back 21,000 Yen is not nearly as cute as the CMT-A01MD. Features of the CMT-A50 include CD-R/RW playback (ATRAC3plus and MP3) & 4 line blue liquid crystal display. Everything else is pretty standard
- MORE via impress.co.jp
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Bi-Dsign has a new plasma television for you to spend some hard earned cash on (if you live in Japan that is) -- the 42inch "d:4222GJV3" operating on the SamsungSDI V3 panel features include 852x480 dot resolution, 1,000cd/m2 brightness & 3,000:1 contrast ratio. The new TV uses the GENESIS Microchip which is supposed to give a high quality image according to press release.
The "d:4222GJV3" measures 1,245x79x645mm & weighs 34 kg. Available now in Japan for 299,800 Yen.
- MORE via impress.co.jp
- Visit ByDsign JPN
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November 26, 2004
The EVERGREENANC-01 - Everg's new noise canceling headphone is now available in Japan for 3,979 Yen. via Rakuten. While the EVERGREENANC-01 is certainly not the most attractive headphone, is should do the job, the headphone analyzes noise from outside using it's built in microphone, the head phones creates a sound wave which cancels the sound out, the setup will work with sounds on the 20 Hz - 20 kHz frequency. The Headphone has a on-off function for the noise cancel feature.
The EVERGREENANC-01 features approximately 50 - 60 hours of continuous action time & 70 Hz - 20 kHz playback frequency. The headphone has a foldable design to enhance the ability to carry it around.
- MORE via impress.co.jp
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Looking for a cheap, lightweight screen made of paper for your foam/home theater. Good, well Pigeon has introduced a new screen made of paper, the screen is available in two sizes, the 80 inches * wide (16:9) Paper screen - PSW-80CF & the 60 inches * wide (16:9) Paper screen - PSW-60CF. Ah so you are wondering what good is a paper screen in your home where the cat rules, well since it is cheap you could easily replace, one other good thing is that because of the light weight it should not be a burden on your paper roof & it is easy to install. The screen has an embossing finish which prevents the reflection of light.
80 inch wide including tax 6,300 Yen
60 inch wide including tax 4,700 Yen
- MORE via itmedia.
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Come December 15th the "ATH-M2Z" - Audio Technica's new headphone will be on sale in Japan for 3,990 Yen. The 40 mm in diameter head phone weighs just 190 g, so after many hours your ears should still feel like yours, adopts the large-sized housing, other features include 20 Hz - 22 kHz playback frequency, large-sized housing & high sensitivity treble quality.
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Impress.co.jp has a pretty in-depth look at Hitachi's new 400GB hard-disk-drive-based video recorder that supports HDTV recording - The recorder released in Japan late October is available in two models? The 200,000 yen ($1,820) DV-DH400T has a 400GB drive, and the 160,000 yen DV-DH250T has a 250GB drive. The DV-DH400T has enough space for 40hours of HDTV recording or 555 hours of standard-definition TV. The DV-DH400T also supports DVD recording for the SDTV - DVD doesn't support HDTV.
No plans at this time for an international launch of the new recorder.
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November 25, 2004
Icuiti Corp. (an American company) yeah - winner of the Best Invention prize from CES 2005 (Show is in January Vegas) - will release the 70,000 Yen "VIDEO EYEWEAR" in Japan December 1st. Video Eyewear is a portable video viewer of sorts that you wear like glasses for viewing, you could connect your dvd player for a private viewing etc. for example, features include 640x480 dot resolution , 32 bit full color, indicatory size 4: 3 in 2D&3D, NTSC Video signal input, VGA standard output, 5 hour battery life, Stereo headphones attachment, light weight, frame measures width 2 cm & weighs 70 g, display can load a 42 inch virtual picture about 2 meters in front of you.
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Victor Jpn AKA JVC has introduced a new 50inch plasma display recommended for business places, ah they used a karaoke setup as an example for this new display (ok). The GM-X50R the big brother of sorts to the GM-X50 features include 1,366 x 768 dot resolution , 2,000:1 contrast ratio & supports image input at the following sizes 480i/480p/576i/720p/1080i. While the GM-X50R has many similar features to the GM-X50 one key difference is that the GM-X50R has a front filter which decreases the amount of infrared ray given out from the picture.
Measures 1,232x103x743mm and weighs 50 kg. The GM-X50R goes on sale in Japan on Nov 26 . Expected price 147,000.
- MORE via impress.co.jp
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