by Eric on March 24, 2011
Samsung has just announced a $150 external Blu-ray drive that supports 3D playback. The new drive is bus powered via USB so there are no clunky power cables, and it fits nicely into a slim housing for portability. While Samsung says that the SE-406A works with “all major operating systems,” it only specifies Windows 7 and Mac OS.
The SE-406 runs at a variety of speeds depending on the task at hand and media involved. Read/write speed specs are as follows: 6X BD-R, 4X BD-R Dual Layer, 24X CD-ROM, 24X CD-RW, 8X DVD±R recording, 8X DVD-RAM recording, 6X DVD+R Dual Layer recording, 6X DVD-R Dual Layer recording, 8X DVD+RW recording and 6X DVD-RW recording.
The SE-406 should start shipping in April. Check availability on Amazon.com.
by Eric on February 27, 2011
Hot on the heels of the new MacBook Pro models with Thunderbolt, LaCie has introduced a dedicated Thunderbolt-compatible external drive. The Little Big Disk should be available this summer and will pack two 250GB Intel 510 Series SSDs that are preconfigured as a Striped RAID Set.
When LaCie showed off a prototype of the Little Big Disk at the Intel Developer Forum last September, it was churning over a 700MB/s constant data transfer rate at the end of a daisy chain that also included a DisplayPort monitor.
by Joe on January 29, 2011
Twelve South’s popular BookArc will soon be available for the second gen. MacBook Air. The BookArc for Air is a desktop, upright stand built like the BookArc Stand for the MacBook, first gen. MacBook Air and iPad, but designed to snuggle the second gen. MacBook Air’s thinner body.
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by Eric on January 18, 2011
CES is always packed full of a lot of crap and a lot of cool stuff. There’s always a couple of things that stick out on both ends of the spectrum. [click to continue…]
by Eric on January 10, 2011
by Eric on January 3, 2011
The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show takes place January 6-9 in Las Vegas.
Joe and I will be bringing everything we can get our hands on at CES to the pages here on Tech Tilt. This page will serve as ground zero for all the action, and fresh posts will be rolling out on the front page of Tech Tilt through the event.
Expect to see lots of tablets and 3D TVs throughout CES 2011, as these products are budding right now. [click to continue…]
by Joe on January 2, 2011
Intel is now shipping the SSD 310 series solid-state-drives in 40GB and 80GB versions. The new SSD 310 series is 1/8th the size of a standard hard drive, allowing for multiple drive setups in small notebooks and netbooks, along with added durability and weight reductions.
The prices are $99 for the 40GB and $179 for the 80GB in a 1,000 unit quantity, so unless your building machines you may have to wait a while to upgrade to one. More in the press release after the break. [click to continue…]
by Eric on December 18, 2010
The Actiontec MegaPlug 85Mbps ethernet adapter kit contains a pair of HomePlug ethernet adapters for around $65. If you’re not familiar with the HomePlug standard:
The HomePlug Powerline Alliance was founded in March of 2000. Since most electronic devices already use power outlets to receive power, the goal of the Alliance was create a way that these same power outlets and electrical wires could be used to connect the devices to each other and to the Internet. The Alliance achieved this by evaluating technologies and creating a specification. The HomePlug 1.0 specification was released in June of 2001, which was followed by HomePlug AV in 2005, and HomePlug Command and Control in 2007. -HomePlug Powerline Alliance
I picked up a pair of these to give me a hard line connection for my bedroom, where I’ve got a Sony BDP-S370 Blu-ray player that I wanted to stream Netflix and Pandora through. [click to continue…]
by Eric on December 9, 2010
LaCie’s new Slim Blu-ray lets you use Blu-ray discs with your desktop or laptop without any internal modifications. The new drive connects via USB 2.0, which also provides bus power to the drive.
Cyberlink Blu-ray Disc Suite software is bundled with the LaCie Slim Blu-ray drive for Blu-ray disc authoring in PowerDVD 9. The LaCie Slim Blu-ray drive runs $264.99 direct from LaCie.com.
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by Joe on December 8, 2010
Adesso has created a keyboard and faux leather case combination for the iPad. The case offers protection and folds to a nice slim package for carrying and folds open to reveal a full keyboard with bluetooth connectivity, so there are no wire to deal with and according to Adesso the iPad and keyboard can be 30 feet apart. The keyboard features iPad and multimedia hotkeys, an on/off switch and a rechargable polymer battery. The keyboard is removable and the bluetooth connectivity makes pairing it with other enabled devices a breeze and is waterproof as well to protect from spills. The iPad, unfortunately, is not waterproof.
The retail price is$ 79.99 and Adesso says the Compagno is available at several retailers. Check Amazon for availability. [click to continue…]
