Epson updates its Ensemble HD Home Cinema System

The 3LCD projector specialist is updating its projector-based home cinema package with two new editions. These will feature its latest full-HD beamers in addition to a bundled DVD player, motorized screen, universal remote and integrated surround sound system. The PowerLite Home Cinema 6100 will offer a 18,000:1 dynamic contrast, while the PowerLite Home Cinema 6500UB have a 75:000:1 dynamic contrast. Both will be priced at US$6,499 and US$7,999, respectively. The Epson Ensemble HD Home Cinema Systems are available only for the US market.

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Sea & Sea's DX-2G deceptively similar to Ricoh's GX200

Akihabara News has reported Japanese company Sea & Sea, renowned for its underwater casings for cameras, has recently announced a digital camera. Coined the DX-2G, it has similar specifications to Ricoh's GX200 which has a 12-megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom, 2.7-inch LCD and RAW image capture. If that's not enough, even the designs of these two point-and-shoot look similar.

The tech blog managed to contact Sea & Sea which categorically denied any resemblance between its shooter and Ricoh's. However, any discerning consumer would be able to pick out the similarities at a glance. That said, the DX-2G has an underwater mode which makes sense, since the camera is manufactured by a company that specializes in underwater imaging equipment.

According to Sea & Sea Singapore, the DX-2G is available worldwide for S$1,450 (US$1,032.84) now with a housing that can go down to maximum depth of 55m.

Via Akihabara News

Real CEO acknowledges RealDVD will copy rentals

Update 9 p.m.: To include more on Glaser's comments about efforts to prevent RealDVD from being used to pirate movies.

SAN FRANCISCO--Rob Glaser, founder and CEO of RealNetworks, acknowledged in federal court on Tuesday that his company's software, RealDVD, could be used to make unauthorized copies of DVD rentals.

But Glaser said that the company does all that it can to "steer people away from that," including limiting playback of copies to five separate machines. Moreover, he said the problem could be eliminated if the major movie studios helped create a way to identify a movie as a rental.

Glaser's testimony promises to be the dramatic highpoint in the dispute between Real and the Motion Pictures Association of America over RealDVD. The two parties presented their cases before U.S. District Judge Marilyn Patel.
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Sony's Flip killer not so lethal

Sony's first entry in the mini-camcorder arena was 2007's NSC-GC1 Net-sharing Cam. That model didn't fare too well in our review, but Sony seems to have learned from that experience and made some improvements to its new line of YouTube-friendly budget camcorders, dubbed "Webbie HD" models.

We picked up the MHS-PM1 (US$150 at Best Buy), which follows in the footsteps of models like the Flip Video MinoHD, with a vertical, almost cell-phone-like design. Sony also makes a horizontal, more traditional and slightly more expensive version, the MHS-CM1, which features a 5x zoom lens. Both models come in three colors--purple, orange, and silver--but Best Buy was only carrying the purple MHS-PM1 here in New York.

We had high hopes for Sony coming through with something truly compelling in this category. And yes, the Webbie HD has some nice aspects. But when all was said and done, the model we reviewed came up a little short.

Via Crave CNET

Macs to get Blu-ray?

Sometimes, information can be gleaned from the most unexpected sources. In the yet-to-be-released iTunes 8.2, Blu-ray was mentioned on the "About iTunes" splash screen.

For those not well-versed in the world of Apple computers, Mac machines currently do not support Blu-ray discs. Though you can install a third-party optical drive in the Mac Pro, you'll still need to boot into Windows to read Blu-ray media. However, if iTunes is going to allow ripping from these discs, we might finally see Macs and MacBooks with fully integrated Blu-ray support and drives.
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