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Record TV to your memory card

Darius Chang | Sep 05, 2006

With the growing popularity of portable multimedia players like video-capable MP3 players and PDA-phones, there is a myriad selection of software to convert your videos into handheld-friendly formats. Unfortunately, squeezing your favorite TV soap into such devices is a convoluted process which involves being intimately familiar with TV tuner hardware and various recording formats.

At the recent IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) consumer electronics show in Berlin, Germany, SanDisk debuted the V-Mate Video Memory Card Recorder. Hooking directly to analog sources like TV and other playback equipment, this device can record straight to most memory cards in compressed MP4 format. Supported media include SD/MMC, miniSD, TransFlash, Memory Stick PRO, MemoryStick Duo and Memory Stick PRO Duo flash memory formats. The provided software can then be used to convert the captured file into several popular portable formats, with video sizes up to 640 x 480-pixel resolution (suitable for conventional TV playback).

The V-Mate Video Memory Card Recorder will be available from October 2006 for US$129.99 (S$203.92).

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eMark Super Mobile Keyboard

Juniper Foo | Sep 04, 2006

The world's thinnest keyboard, which the eMark touts itself as, isn't exactly the world's easiest input device to use. At a pancake-thin 1mm, it'll be like thumping the tabletop, without much tactile feedback for rapid touch typing; unless you're from the three-finger school of typing. We do like that it's spill-resistant and therefore easy to wipe down. If cleanliness is next to godliness, then we PC users are a pathetic bunch. Last we looked, something was alive amidst the crumbs, dutsballs and various debris lodged between the keys. Unfortunately vendor Kimura Metal's never heard of color choices. You can opt for either basic black or white, take it or leave it.

See box | white edition | black edition | key pitch | key depth | retractable USB cablebox

Via PC Watch

Price: 2,980 yen (US$25.40)
Availability: Japan, from Kimura Metal
Device: Rollable keyboard
Basic specs: Retractable 80cm-long USB cable, Windows OS, 350 x 138 x 1mm, 120g, waterproof silicon, USB1.1 or 2.0, Japanese keyboard, 13mm x 14mm key pitch

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