Philips has just announced a new 9704 LED Pro line of televisions bound for the UK. The two sets promise a 5,000,000:1 contrast ratio, a 200Hz refresh rate, and a 1-ms response time . Philips promises both models — the 40-inch 40PFL9704 and the 46-inch 46PFL9704 — are up to 50 percent more energy efficient than previous models, and both boast 5 HDMI ports.
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Philips launches 9704 LED Pro televisions in the UK
Qualcomm’s Mirasol displays have already found their way into quite a few products, but the company looks to really be branching out into some new territory with its latest prototype: an e-book reader with a full-color, 5.7-inch display. Of course, Qualcomm isn’t planning to sell this one itself, and it isn’t revealing any OEM partners just yet, but it has set the somewhat ambitious target of getting it on the market in the “latter part of 2010.” From the looks of it, however, it doesn’t seem like it’ll have too much trouble attracting interest, considering that the XGA (220ppi) Mirasol display is not only full-color, but allows for video playback, is supposedly readable in direct sunlight, and reportedly has a “minimal impact” on battery life
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Qualcomm Mirasol-equipped color e-book reader said to be on track for late 2010
Why, it was just yesterday that Amazon finally acknowledged the existence of our friendly neighbors to the north, saying “Why not?” before shipping a few Kindles northward. Now Sony is announcing its Reader is also set to take off, but in a very different way.
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Sony Reader follows Kindle to the Great White North, conquers entire high school (video)
If you’re like us, you’ve been marking the days off until you could get WowWee’s Cinemin Swivel — or, the pico with attitude, as we like to call it. We’ve been keeping our eyes on it since CES 2009 , so we can sympathize. Well, looks like the wait is over — it’s popped up on Amazon and we hear you can grab one up at Brookstone, too.
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WowWee Cinemin Swivel pico projector shocker: available now!
We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Matthew, who just can’t wait to let his fingers do the talking within Windows 7.
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Ask Engadget: Best multitouch monitor?
Can something manage to be both an iPod dock and a photo frame yet still manage to look like neither? It can if it’s Panasonic’s new MW-10 “multimedia audio system photo frame,” which looks more like a shrunken down LCD TV than anything else. If that suits your decor, however, it looks like you’ll get quite a bit from this little package, including a 9-inch WVGA display, 4GB of internal memory, an SD card slot, an FM tuner, some puported “audiophile-quality sound,” and even a built-in CD player to complement the iPod dock ’round back
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Panasonic debuts MW-10 photo frame / iPod dock / sound system
Optoma doesn’t have a price, release date or even a name for this thing, but it’s a pretty solid idea: a portfolio-style case with slots for a pico projector and miscellanea on one side, with a pop-up miniature projector screen on the other half. We guess you could call it a “pico screen” if you don’t mind odd looks from math nerds who actually know what pico means
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Optoma’s screen-in-a-bag actually makes a lot of sense
We’ve had a soft spot for Polymer Vision in the fetid hollows of that place you call a heart ever since we pressed flesh to its Readius back in February 2008 . Unfortunately, we had to let go of any hope for the bendy e-reader to ever hit the market after delays turned into bankruptcy turned into cries of noooo! the world over
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Wistron: Readius-like ereader with pull-out flexible display launching in 2010
Willing to pay anything for your home entertainment system so long as it’s Danish? There’s a good chance that Bang & Olufsen’s BeoVision 10 40-incher just wasn’t enough for you
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Bang & Olufsen’s BeoVision 10 LCD grows to 55-inches, makes room for Blu-ray not frugality
If you’re in the market for an Apple handheld-friendly pico projector , you’re in luck. Sparkz is a bulbous white dock that will play nice with your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPod video, as well as your favorite A/V and VGA sources.
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Sparkz projector / dock for iPhone displays your videos, empties your wallet (video)
