NES Controller Business Card Case Officially Available in Japan

GeekStuff4U.com just announced the availability of this stunning NES controller business card case. It seems our friends have some in stock!

If you want one, you can order now on geekstuff4U

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JVC's XV-BP11: a New Budget Blu-ray Player for the US

Today JVC announced the availability of a new entry-level Blu-ray player. The new JVC XV-BP11 is a truly versatile high definition player, offering playback of high definition Blu-ray discs, plus playback of the AVCHD format, the high definition format widely used for HD camcorders, including the JVC HD Everio line.

JVC XV-BP11 Features
•Playable Discs: BD-Rom, BD-R/RE, DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, Audio CD, CD-R/RW
•Playable Formats: AVCHD, WMV, JPEG, MP3, WMA, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital plus, Dolby True HD, DTS, DTS HD Master Audio/Essential
•Connections:
Video: HDMI V1.3, composite
Audio: Analog L/R, coaxial, HDMI V1.3
USB Host (front panel)
•Convenience Features: Quick loading, cinema zoom (x16), parental lock, slim design

The new JVC XV-BP11 Blu-ray player is available immediately for $199.95.

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Mitsubishi Electric's New 23” Diamondcrystal WIDE

Here's the RDT231WM-X, Mitsubishi Electric's latest 23” monitor featuring an IPS panel with a 3.8ms response time (GTG), Full HD resolution (1920x1080), a 5000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, and a 300cd/m2 brightness. It has 2 HDMI, 1 DVI-D (HDCP) and 1 D-SUB Input, a dedicated remote control and will be released in Japan at the end of November.

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Century Japan's New FireWire to SATA - IDE Dongle

There are plenty of USB to SATA - IDE dongles available, and very few SATA - IDE to FireWires. If you're desperately looking for one, search no more! In November, Century Japan will launch the CRAISFU2, a FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 dongle supporting SATA HDDs, and both 3.5” and 2.5” IDE HDDS.

This dongle is only available in Japan, but can be ordered soon online via GeekStuff4U.com

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Taxan to Release a New Ultra Compact Video Projector in Japan

Here's a new compact DLP video projector from Taxan, the KG-PL011S, offering an 80” (2.41m) worth image at just 183x60x122mm and 880g. It has a SVGA resolution, a 200 lumen brightness, a USB port for direct support of JPEG files and MPEG 1/2/4, DviX, XviD and Motion Jpeg video.

WIth it you can forward audio to a stereo thanks to its FM transmitter, and it features a HDMI port. It will be available in Japan around the middle of November.

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PCL-ET-MA-S, I-O Data's Latest HD-PLC LAN Converter

Today I-O Data released a new set of PLC (Power Line Communication) LAN converters for easily connecting TVs (but not limited to) to the Internet, and to enjoy Japanese VOD services like acTVila.

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Cool Buz, JVC’s Latest Headphones

Available in six flashy colors, here's the HA-FX15, cute little headphones with an output of 106dB/1mW at 16Ω on a 10Hz to 23kHz frequency.

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Buffalo BR-PX68U2-BK, Watch Burn BD

Here's Buffalo's latest CD/DVD and Blu-ray disc burner, the BR-PX68U2-BK. It's an external USB 2.0 drive that burns and reads BD-R/RE or BD-R LTH 1 layer discs at a 6x maximum speed and at 4x speed BD-R/RE or BD-R LTH 2 layers discs.

It's USB powered, and weight only 340g for total size of only 137x142x20mm. It will be sold in Japan for around 31,000 Yen (€230).

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Buffalo Unleashes a Faster, More Powerful NAS Upon the Geeks of Japan

Here's Buffalo's LS-WXL/R1, a NAS supporting various RAID configurations, but sold by default with RAID1 and in the following capacities: 1TB, 2TB and 3TB.

Thanks to its Gigabit Ethernet port, Buffalo announced a 40.1MB/s max speed for data transmission, as well as twice smaller than the previous generation.

Of course it supports basic DLNA functions, but also implements DTCP-IP for storing and playing DTCP-IP capable copyrighted materials.

Same applies for Buffalo's LinkStationMini mini NAS also sold in RAID1 in 500GB, 1TG or 240GB (SSD), with DTCP-IP support, DLNA… Without, however, a CPU upgrade.

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[FPD 2009] LG's Booth LED Backlight

Far less exciting than what Samsung displayed at their Mobile Display Booth, at least LG really showed the world how thin their 47” LED Backlight TV (5.9mm) is… Anyway, we saw a selection of various AMOLED concepts and even this interesting monitor, a 13.3” In-Cell Projected Cap. Multi-touch NBPC…

But nothing jaw-braking here.

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Samsung's Mobile Display AMOLED Wonderland - With Video

While so far Samsung had yet to impress us, we changed our minds when we stepped into Samsung's Mobile Display booth. It was an AMOLED wonderland with some very impressive concepts, like this Hybrid Desktop Notebooks featuring a 14” WXGA or 1366x768 AMOLED screen with a brightness of 300cd/m2 and a 1000000:1 contrast ratio as well as a 2.7mm thickness.

Or this set of Netbooks with a 7” WSVGA or 1024x600 AMOLED screen, a 16:9 ratio and a brightness of 300cd/m2 and a 1000000:1 contrast ratio.

And this tiny but impressive transparent display with a 176x200 resolution and also featuring a brightness of 300cd/m2 and a 1000000:1 contrast ratio, and this curved 3.5” WVGA screen (same contrast ratio same brightness), AND this new AMOLED 3D TV with a 240HZ panel and a 3.5mm thickness.

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Samsung's Plastic e-Paper and Video Capable e-Paper Concept

Next to Samsung's so called, but yet proven, slimmest TV in the world, the Samsung PDF booth also had some interesting e-paper based concepts, like a video capable panel and plastic e-paper 10.1” using a reflective electrophoretic display with a 10:1 contrast ratio and a 12% reflectivity.

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Samsung Falsely Claims Slimmest LED Backlight TV???

Let’s tease Samsung (Korea) and their haughty staff a little. A couple of days ago Samsung claimed the slimmest LED backlight TV with the Needle Slim concept, 3.9mm, and today was the first time the Needle Slim TV was introduced to the public… If this were true we saw a 40” LED Backlight TV with a 3.6mm sticker on it. It was absolutely impossible for ANYONE to see the TV on its most advantageous side and check whether or not it was THAT slim…

We spoke to the FDP Korean manager and were told that Samsung had no way today allowing anyone to see their Needle Slim concept's thickness, and Samsung isn't ready to show it to the public…. Yeah… Right, so we have to trust them on this one… Way to go Samsung!

If I follow Samsung’s marketing methods, tomorrow I can claim whatever the hell I want without proof, and not allow anyone to check if my claims are true…

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Bridgestone Announces a Flexible Touchscreen Color e-reader

This morning at FDP 2009 Japan Bridgestone displayed their latest QR-LPD or Quick-Response Liquid Powered technology, this time based on a new e-Book concept with a 13.1” all color touchscreen only 5.8mm thick and a 0.8 refresh rate… While Bridgestone didn't show their color version in action, they did display both a color and black QR-LPD panel with a nice little demo video

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Pioneer Acco Finally Hitting Japan in December

Back in May 2009, Pioneer announced their new in-house iPOD friendly audio system, better known as ACCO. Today Pioneer announced that finally ACCO will be available in Japan (in December).

One of ACCO’s most interesting points is their iPod Touch cradle, once a DAP plug into the ACCO system, allows access to your DAP's audio library and plays anywhere at home.

Here's the ACCO A-IW001 and its ceiling speakers the S-ICH125, Pioneer's latest in-house audio system that's also iPod friendly.

Basically you have to install speakers in all the rooms you want music, and this wall mounted amp and control device (the A-IW001) and its iPod cradler lets you enjoy music all over the house and being control your tunes on the fly. If you own an iPod you could do the same with a decent pair of headphones without:

1) Having to drill a lot of holes in your house
2) Disturbing your neighbors.

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