LambdaTable at SC07
September 23rd, 2008
This is a great application for detail views of high-res imagery. I can see an application for this as this in medical and PHARMA tradeshows and exhibits, as well as shows that need people to linger in a tradeshow booth by captivating users and engaging them to manipulate images on their own.
Sony Flexible Full Color Video Screen at CES
September 23rd, 2008
These were showcased at the last CES in Las Vegas, this technology is getting bigger and bigger, the last time I saw them they were 22 inch screens and should hit the market this year 2008. I would see application for these on poles, in very dynamic signage opportunities and installations. Check out this video.
Blue Ray Player vs. PlayStation
September 21st, 2008
Sony BDP-S300
OK, so I bought this Blue Ray player last holiday season. It has been great, I bought it with a new Sony LCD TV as well and they combine to be a really nice set. The one thing that I have to say is that this player is about the slowest thing I have ever seen. My family has times it and it takes 65 seconds to start up and open the DVD tray, as well it takes almost 30 seconds to start playing the DVD once put into the machine.
I have loaded all of the updates, and am running the latest firmware on this machine, was a challenge as I use a Mac and had to run parallels to get the updates and burn a dvd to install. after all of the updates there was no increase in speed of startup or load time.
OK so why am I writing this posting? I was at a friends house recently and saw the Sony PlayStation in action on a similar model TV. I saw a Blue Ray disk being played and it looked awesome, I saw the machine start up in no time and spit out the disk tray in under 20 seconds. I later found out that the Blue Ray drive in the unit was upgradeable as well, and will likely support the new 2.0 format of Blue Ray. Not sure I need it or not but wow. So I went to SAMs last week and the Sony was almost the same price as the PlayStation.
If you are thinking about going the Blue Ray route, I say go for it but do the research and buy the PlayStation even if you never use it as a game console. You will appreciate it in the long run. The game stations will likely integrate more and more into the living space. Good luck in your search.
Topics: Blu-Ray Disc, Blue Ray Player, Compact Disc, Digital Media, DVD, Electronics, Game Stations, HD, HD, High End Audio, PlayStation, PlayStation 3, Research, SAMs, Sony, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Playstation, Technology, Video Game console
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