ATI Radeon HD 4850 and 4870 reviewed: all that and a bag of RV770 chips

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/319608375/

Filed under: Desktops, Gaming

If you haven't heard of AMD's new RV770 graphics processor then you either haven't been paying attention or are simply too set in your ways to start calculating your GPU's performance using a 1.0 TFLOP base unit. For the rest, we bring you all the reviews that on-line advertising can buy in the link round-up below. We'll give HotHardware the honor of summarizing the performance of the sub-$200 Radeon HD 4850 and $299-ish 4870: "it appears AMD is back in the graphics game versus rival NVIDIA." Now put on your propeller caps and start clicking.

Read -- Hot Hardware
Read -- PC Perspective
Read -- Hardware Canucks (HD 4870 only)
Read -- AnandTech
Read -- TweakTown (4870 in Crossfire)

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Read More...

Summary only...

VIZIO intros XVT Series of 1080p LCDs / plasmas

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/319665552/

Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment

Well, what have we here? A trio of newcomers from "North America's fastest growing brand of flat-panel HDTVs," that's what. Kicking things off in the all new XVT Series is the 42-inch SV420XVT and 47-inch SV47XVT LCD HDTVs, both of which feature 1080p panels, VIZIO's Smooth Motion technology (120Hz), a 6,500:1 contrast ratio and the usual complement of ports including four HDMI 1.3 sockets. Next up we've got the 50-inch VP505XVT, a 1080p plasma with Silicon Optix's famed REON HQV processing engine. Furthermore, this one packs an integrated digital TV tuner (with ClearQAM support), a dynamic contrast ratio of 30,000:1 and SRS Labs' TruSurround XT audio processing technology. The new trio is all set to ship next month for $1,499.99, $1,899.99 and $1,699.99, and of course, you'll find 'em perched at Circuit City, Sears and your favorite Club retailer. [Warning: PDF read link]

Gallery: VIZIO intros XVT Series of 1080p LCDs / plasmas

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Read More...

Summary only...

MyVu Crystal a worthy travel companion, available now

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/319665554/

Filed under: Displays, Portable Audio, Portable Video

Surely you remember Veronica Belmont posing with the MyVu Crystal / Shades at CES earlier this year? Yeah, the former unit is finally available to order for the three people in attendance who care, and better still, a recent review by PC World asserts that this thing actually isn't a half bad travel companion. Imagery was said to be "crystal-clear" (har) and battery life was more than reasonable, but look, even the reviewer admitted that he "wouldn't be caught walking down the street" with 'em on. Purchase accordingly.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Read More...

Summary only...

Varioptic liquid lenses now shipping in SnakeCam webcam

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/319902114/

Filed under: Digital Cameras

We've been hearing about how Varioptic's liquid camera lenses would revolutionize cellphones for a while now, so it's a little bit surprising to see the oil-and-water optics pop up in Akkord Electronics' el cheapo SnakeCam webcams first. The 1.3 megapixel S1300 and 2.0 megapixel S2000 cams feature a Varioptic Arctic 416 lens, as well as bendy mount, built-in microphone, and CMOS sensor, and will sell for just $20 per unit -- but we'd imagine that whoever ends up rebranding these will mark that up a bit.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Read More...

Summary only...

More details and press shots of ASUS Eee Box

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/320132114/

Filed under: Desktops

In typical ASUS style, it utterly failed in dishing out a nice gallery of press shots to go along with the official unveiling of the Atom-powered Eee Box. Nevertheless, those photographs you've been hankering for have finally appeared, with luscious high-resolution angles of the white, black and "red" Eee Box. For the whole gallery along with a few informational pages on how this miniature PC is guaranteed to revolutionize the way you compute, give the read link down there a little love.

[Thanks, Sascha]

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Read More...

Summary only...