New 1394-Enabled Cameras, Computers, Televisions, Computers – Featuring New Notebooks The new Sony Vaio VGN-NW20EF/W is equipped with FireWire and a The FireWire-equipped IdeaPad U350 from Lenovo is an ultra-notebook with a 13.3" LED screen, a 1366 x 768 resolution, a range of ultra low voltage Intel CPUs and a choice of Intel's GMA 4500M or GMA 4500MHD graphics. There's also space for up to 8GB of DDR3-800/1066 RAM, 500GB of hard drive space and an eight-cell battery with 10 hours of life. The business-minded G550 has a 15" display, Intel's Centrino 2 / Core 2 Duo processors, up to 4GB of DDR3-800/1066 RAM and up to 320GB of hard drive space. Both are shipping, with prices starting at $649 and $599, respectively. Toshiba has announced two new CULV ultraportables with FireWire. The Satellite T135, a 13.3-inch notebook with options including either an Intel Pentium, Celeron single core or Celeron dual-core CPU, up to 3GB of DDR3 RAM, and 250GB hard drive. The Satellite T115 features an 11.6-inch display, either an Intel Pentium or Celeron single core CPU, and up to 4GB of RAM and 500GB hard drive. Priced at $599 and $449, respectively. The Asus G71Gx is the latest laptop in the Taiwanese company’s gaming line-up, and balances a powerful GPU and FireWire interconnect with a high-end quad-core Intel processor. Although it only has a single graphics card, it’s also a lot cheaper than many high-end gaming machines, striking a good compromise between price and power. The 17-inch screen is on par with most other gaming notebooks, with a high-definition 1920 x 1200 pixel resolution. Along with the powerful graphics card, Asus has fitted Intel’s Core 2 Quad Q9300 processor, which runs at 2GHz, and it incorporates 4GB of memory, making it excellent for multitasking. Price: $1,900. The Kontron Concept Box 751 is Kontron's new compact Embedded Box PC with a dual-core processor. Equipped with FireWire, it offers high computing performance, an extensive feature set in an extremely compact format and fanless operation due to its high level of energy efficiency. The Concept Box 751 is suitable for challenging industrial environments and also for application areas such as medical technology, transportation systems or digital signage. Due to the use of SSD or CF media, the box operates completely 'silently' and is consequently the 'perfect' choice for applications in noise sensitive areas. Audio CasaTunes, a leader in whole house audio systems, announced two1394-equipped products: CasaTunes XLi Music Server and CasaTunes XLe Music Server, offering advanced multi-streaming capabilities, including up to five streams of Windows, iTunes, and iPod music as well as Internet radio for the CasaTunes XLi Music Server, and up to nine streams for the CasaTunes XLe Music Server. Each incorporates a pair of 1394 connections for maximum performance. The CasaTunes XL Music Servers include a hardware-based multi-zone switch, providing the capability to switch any stream to one or more rooms, with individual volume level and equalization setting adjustments for each room. Using hardware to perform the switching ensures that all rooms, which share the same stream, are perfectly synchronized, with no annoying delays or echoes. CasaTunes XLi Music Server is priced at $1,499 and the CasaTunes XLe Music Server at $2,199. Both products are available through authorized dealers and from the CasaTools web site. Boards Asus’ FireWire-enabled TUF Sabertooth 55i is based upon the Marine Fujitsu has announced a FireWire-equipped Mini-ITX motherboard designed for around-the-clock operation in industrial applications. The D2703-S includes AMD Mobile Turion or Sempron CPUs, four SATA interfaces with RAID support, up to 8GB of RAM, a CompactFlash slot, and Longlife components for 24/7 use in industrial applications. It includes tin-plated PCB for improved durability and provides revision control and a product lifetime up to five years. The D2703 has the ability to operate either via ATX or BTX 12V power supplies, or 24VDC input taken from a real-panel connector. When fitted with AMD's Sempron 2100+ processor, the motherboard can operate fanlessly. Pricing on request. Storage Recorders T2 is a complete and self-contained SD and HD audio/video playout center, equipped with one recorder and two player channels. The front-panel transport controls are designed to look and feel very much like those of traditional VTRs and its two-output channels support SD or full resolution HD (1080p24/25/30, 1080i50/60, 720p50/60) content. I/O types include SD/HD-SDI, DVI-I (with support of HDMI and analog component), and composite video. Each record and playback channel includes 8 channels of embedded audio, as well as 2 channels of AES/EBU and two XLR connectors. The T2 iDDR can be controlled via integrated RS- 422 ports and GPI inputs. The T2 can also exchange content at high speed over a standard gigabit Ethernet network or via removable media, such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or solid-state drive (SSD) via USB or FireWire, or by using the optional 2.5-inch HDD/SSD slot. Pricing starts at about $12,000. |
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webcam that allows users to click and share quality pictures. With minimum weight at around 2.7 kg, the latest member of the Sony Vaio family is fitted with 3072 MB of RAM, which can be extended up to 8 GB. Built around an Intel Pentium Dual-Core T4300 processor, the VAIO also includes hard disk memory of 320 GB and a 15.5-inch display that provides a resolution of 1366 X 768. The device also includes an Intel GMA 4500M graphics card along with a number of connection ports, including 1394, branded as i.Link. Priced at about $990. 
interface. Musicians can choose from both FireWire and USB 2.0 connection options, while the hardware supports Mac and Windows platforms. The interface provides two mic/instrument inputs, six line-level analog inputs, ten channels of analog output, S/PDIF digital output and a headphone port. A CueMix FX digital mixer is used to route all of the signals without latency. Users can also apply reverb or a variety of other filters, while the levels can be adjusted with a seven-band equalizer. Other processors include a conventional compressor and a Leveler modeled after the LA-2A optical compressor.
The variety of connection options allows users to connect DSP effects processing independent of the host computer. Pricing: about $550. 
Cool concept board, which features emergency battery, backup memory and a cooling system. The motherboard offers the latest RAM slots that make removal of memory modules easy. The 55i includes brackets for mounting an active RAM cooler. It also features five PCI-Express 2.0 slots, two x16 and three x1 slots. Two PCI ports can be used for older cards. Six SATA 3.0 GByte/s ports enable RAID 0 and 1 as well as RAID 5 and RAID 10. Two 1394a ports are available. Besides the onboard Gigabit LAN chip 8112L by Realtek there is an onboard sound processor VT2020 by VIA which can cope 10 channels.