Onkyo is a brand of audio products that Japanese people revere. Their products are of excellent quality. I’m always sad to see that this brand is not very popular elsewhere, compared to Bose for example, with their lower sound quality, which manages to be extremely well known. Onkyo is always doing its best to come closer to the computer market by offering PC running Media Center or HD sound cards. And now, Onkyo is striking hard again with the HDC-10 HD audio PC, the APX-1 amplifier, and the D-D1E speakers. The audio PC has a Core 2 Duo T5500, 1GB of RAM, a 120GB hard disk, a DL DVD burner, RCA I/O, S/PDIF I/O and an Onkyo SE-90PCI sound card (they could have used the 200, which by the way, is available on GeekStuff4U.com). Onkyo even offers their own audio software, CarryOn Music 10, which supports almost every existing format. Onkyo worked hard to produce a quiet system that only generates 25dB when on.

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Toshiba announced 2 new media recorders, but without HD-DVD or Blu-Ray support. Toshiba is nowhere near offering Blu-Ray capabilities… So, the RD-S600 and S300 respectively have a 600 and 300GB hard disk, a DVD burner, an HDMI port, 720p/1080i upscale and a digital TV tuner.

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If you’re a mobility fan, these new Buffalo optical mice are easy to store. Model BLMU-R/S measures 60×91x35mm, weights 69g, and has a retractable USB cable. Model BOMU-W05/S is a wireless mouse measuring 52×91x33mm and weighing 57g, with 157 hours of autonomy (requires only 2 AAA batteries).

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I was complaining my Wi-Fi router didn’t have enough coverage… I should go live in Korea where Etri was demonstrating 2 new wireless products, including an AP and a router offering a range of 100m to 1km for one product, and 240Mbps speeds (MIMO-OFDM) for the other. On both products, Etri has increased the security so you can exchange your stuff at the speed of light without fear.

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There! A new Sharp electronic dictionary! Just as if Asia was eating dictionaries! So what’s new here? An update of the internal dictionaries with a focus on business. This model has TTS (Text-To-Speech) for pronunciation, a new MP3 player, and a touch pad.

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If your PC is equipped with a couple of poor speakers, you’re probably on the lookout for a viable solution that allows you to listen to your favorite music at the office, without wearing a headset that usually ruins your hairdo (in my case, less and less hair…). So for those of you who haven’t the ideal solution yet, the latest Yamaha toy has a compact speaker (248×33x100mm and 500g) outputting 2×10W, powered by USB or by 4 AAA batteries. The UX-U10 also has an audio port to connect a DAP.

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In case you haven’t noticed yet, we’ve entered the Vista Age… which by the way gives me a bunch of new white hair from raging so much against my computer since it runs Vista. Anyway, this doesn’t prevent manufacturers from offering new computer s with Vista, including BenQ and their Joybook S73VG. So what’s new? The computer has a 14.1” display, an ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphic card, and a Core 2 Duo CPU.

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