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Sony HTCT100 Sound Bar with Sub-Woofer

Sony HTCT100 Sound Bar with Sub-Woofer Pair of your LCD TV or home theater display with the best audio you can get in the market with the Sony HTCT100 Sound Bar with Sub-Woofer . This audio solution promises to deliver the much demanded surround sound experience in a compact design which is composed of a power center speaker and subwoofer.

It comes with three HDMI inputs which can be a complimentary addition for viewing your favorite movies and gaming needs. The HT-CT100 can also control a select number of BRAVIA televisions with BRAVIA Sync via the HDMI interface.

Price: $234.95

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New Portable Video Borescope

iRis portable video borescopeThe new iRis portable video borescope is a revolutionary remote visual inspection tool that is light weight, easy to use and high performance. The new video borescope produces brilliant high resolution images with a powerful Sony Color SUPER HAD CCD camera. Powerful LED’s provide brilliant white light with a color temperature of 6500° K and outperforms all other industrial video borescopes in this category. A high resolution LCD display, 4 -way articulation, text annotation and digital image capture are also included features.

The iRis portable borescope weighs in at just 1.5 Kg (3.3 pounds) which is nearly half that of competitive portable video borescopes. Light output and battery performance also make the iRis™ video borescope the leading choice in the industrial market.

The iRis video borescope is also extremely competitively priced at just just over $11,000.00. to make the decision even easier AIT is offering a 25% trade in credit for old videoscopes (regardless of the condition) until December 31st, 2009.

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Advancement in Handheld Gaming with the Sony PSPgo

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The Sony PlayStation Portable has always been the most desirable handheld gaming console since its first release in 2004. There have been other incarnations, but they all had the same clean interface and no-nonsense controls that lets you get into the game without much introduction as long as you know how to handle a PlayStation. However, its medium of distribution, the UMD, has always been that little piece of doubt that kept it from truly reaching its full potential. Hacks and homebrews took over as far as it goes, so it has always been a fodder for piracy. But still, the PSP is unparalleled in its handheld gaming capabilities. In its fifth year, Sony is planning to launch a new one — the PSPgo.

The PSPgo is scheduled for release on October 1, 2009 and features a new design with a slide screen and features full digital distribution, shedding the cumbersome UMD’s altogether. While it is the latest version, it will not replace the PSP 3000, which is good news for old PSP owners. It will have 16GB of internal flash for games, music, video, and other media. This memory is expandable courtesy of Memory Stick Micro (M2) flash cards. It is significantly more compact than the original PSP-1000 and the PSP-3000. While it may have a smaller screen, it does mean that with the new slide design, it will be easier to carry around. This gives it real credibility of a handheld console.

This is the next step for the PSP as physical media is thrown out the window in favor of full digital distribution. How it will curb piracy, however, remains in question. But still, it aims to satisfy customers by improving on its original design. That is what truly counts in technology.

Sony’s PlayStation Eye with Face and Age Detection Features

PlayStation Eye is a webcam device developed by Sony Computer Entertainment for the video game console of PlayStation 3. This device, via its computer vision, provides games with a natural user interface as well as mixed reality video game applications. It is integrated with simple edge detection, color tracking and Digimask face mapping. Just recently, Sony announced that new and additional features will be added to PlayStation 3. According to Sony, PlayStation gamers can expect for a PLayStation Eye with improved face-recognition and gender-recognition technology.

According to Sony Europe’s head of developer services, Kish Hirani, the newly developed PlayStation Eye can detect gender, as well as the age of the face, the separate facial features of the eyes, nose, and ears. It can even detect whether you are giving out a smile or not. It can capture video up to 120 fps.
This updated and improved version of PlayStation Eye is planned to be used with the upcoming Sony Motion Controller. In this match-up, the camera tracks X, Y and Z motion by using the glowing ball. It also comes with four microphones and is integrated with two zoom levels.

Setting the additional features aside, PlayStation Eye will retain its original specifications: a USB 2.0 interface, a USB Type-A plug connector and a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels at 60 Hz and 320 x 240 pixels at 120 Hz.

Isn’t this great news for all PS3 gamers out there? This means no more status updates about your gaming mood, or additional user info with regards to age and gender as the camera already knows it. Sony’s new PlayStation Eye will be officially out in the market starting October 23 this year and is said to be retailing at $69.99. So, if you want one, there’s still a few more months to do some saving.

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Sony BDP-S350 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player

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The Sony BDP-S350 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player is worth every penny, this lets the user download firmware updates directly to the player. This model can also access web content fixed to Blu-ray discs via BD-Live, compatibility with the Bonus View feature of select Blu-ray movies, and a USB port that allows you to add more storage to access the rising amount of extraordinary features that will be available given the vast storage capacity of Blu-ray discs themselves. The Sony BDP-S350 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player also outputs a Full 1080/24p True Cinema picture, and enhances your existing DVD collection to 1080p when using an HDMI connection. Dolby True HD capability delivers a massive sound that is true to the original studio master. Bringing it all together, this one of a kind DVD Player has the new icon based Xcross Media Bar, which provides uncomplicated navigation of the player’s menu system. The BDP-S350 1080p Blu-ray Disc Player supports (picture-in-picture) featured on some of the Blu-ray Disc theatrical releases. In addition, the player also features compatibility with a collection of video formats, including DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW (video mode), BD-R/RE (BDMV and BDAV modes), CD, CD-R/RW (CD-DA format), and JPEG on DVD/CD recordable media.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-BDP-S350-1080p-Blu-ray-Player/dp/B001A4LVYY/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=audio-video&qid=1239723869&sr=1-3