Listening, viewing, enjoying. 3:0 for Epson’s new home cinema center. Elegant design, ease of use and highest convenience. Just one device is sufficient for the extraordinary cinema experience. Epson EMP-TWD1 features all in one. The latest device of Epson’s home cinema range combines DVD player, surround system and projector. This device provides a crystal clear image of the 5th Epson 3LCD-technology generation. The integrated DVD player and the JVC sound system compliment the combined device. For an exceptional home cinema experience just plug in the power cable, insert the DVD and press start - and films, sport events and concerts are displayed at home.
The benefit: A large room is not required. A 1.20m wide image can be generated at a distance of just 1.50m. The new Epson EMP-TWD1 tops the plasma and LCD screens also in this respect.
All Epson home cinema projectors feature a lens shift function ensuring a perfect image even when the projector is positioned off-centre. No image distortion thanks to horizontal and vertical image shift control. The integrated cinema filters for excellent presentation of colour and mono values top off the cinema feeling. It only takes a single step to experience the world of home cinema. The Epson EMP-TWD1 can also be used as a surround hi-fi system when not viewing a film. The small Epson device can also be integrated in large systems and can be connected to an external tuner and game console, video recorder or S (Y/C) video.
Furthermore, it can also be used as a “slide projector” for viewing holiday snaps from the CD directly. Thus, it becomes the core device of the home entertainment system for experience at home or with friends and family. The home cinema expert weighs only 7 kg enabling easy transport. Easy and rapid installation and dismantling. With this device you are well-equipped for the football Worldcup 2006. Experience the games live and feel the fascination! The Epson EMP-TWD1 can be connected directly with a DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting-Terrestrial) or a satellite receiver. Epson EMP-TWD1 - all-in-one!
The Epson EMP-TWD1 will be available in shops as of September 2005 priced EUR 1,299.
September 4th, 2005
Hitachi is saying high-capacity, miniature hard drives are the new “bling” for their ubiquity and desirability among the consumer digerati. Hitachi’s latest “bling” are the industry’s smallest one-inch and lightest 1.8-inch hard drive, introduced in concept earlier this year under the monikers Mikey and Slim.
Hitachi anticipates these two hard drives will play key roles in the emergence of high-capacity smart phones, multi-function audio/video players and other handheld consumer devices. CE manufacturers across these segments have already designed Mikey and Slim into prototype consumer devices, the earliest of which are expected out this year.
The new drives feature an unmatched combination of CE-specific features, such as higher capacity on smaller footprints, easier integration with a ZIF connector, industry-first CE-ATA interface, significantly lower power consumption for longer device battery life and industry-leading shock protection through a number of technologies, including a new drop sensor.
“We believe the hard drive — especially miniature hard drives — has become the must-have accessory for today’s portable electronic devices; in consumer electronics, the hard drive has truly become the new ‘bling’ for both the valuable and priceless data they carry,” said Bill Healy, senior vice president, marketing, HDD business planning and strategy, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. “Mikey and Slim offer the unique combination of small physical size and high capacity to give new categories of devices — like smart phones — the benefit of more powerful applications that require multiple gigabytes of capacity at an affordable price.”
Mikey - Microdrive 3K8
Mikey, which is officially called the Hitachi Microdrive 3K8, will be available with 6 and 8 gigabytes(a) (GB) of storage capacity and, yet, is nearly 20-percent smaller and consumes 40 percent less power than its predecessor. The 3K8 is also the first hard drive to offer the CE-ATA interface, which is designed to support the specific relationship between small-form-factor hard drives and the handheld consumer electronic devices in which they are embedded.
In addition, Hitachi is deploying drop-sensor technology on the new Microdrive, which protects against data loss in the event of a drop. Acting like a sixth sense, Hitachi’s ESP or Extra Sensory Protection(TM) technology works by immediately parking the read-write head safely away from the surface of the disk when it detects a fall, preventing head/disk contact which may cause data loss.
ESP is activated during a drop of as little as four inches (10 cm) and effectively allows the operating-shock tolerance to mimic non-operating-shock tolerance, which in the 3K8 equates to 2000 Gs, the industry’s highest shock rating for a one-inch hard drive.
ESP will be especially useful in emerging hard-drive-based smart phones, which may experience greater user handling and, potentially, a greater number of drops than other types of consumer devices (see Hitachi shock-related press release for details). Hitachi believes ESP technology should be as essential to hard-drive-based devices as airbags are to cars.
Travelstar C4K60 Slim
Hitachi’s newest 1.8-inch drive, the Hitachi Travelstar C4K60 Slim, sports a profile that’s 30-percent thinner than its predecessor, measuring a mere 5 mm on the one-disk model. With its new physique, Slim is tougher and lighter than any other 1.8-inch drive on the market, for a total volume advantage of 10 percent.
Slim offers an upper capacity of 30- and 60-GB of storage on the one- and two-disk model, respectively. Slim, like Mikey, features a ZIF connector for ease of integration in consumer electronic devices. Both drives are using femto slider technology for improved shock performance and power consumption. Specifically, Slim features a 20-percent improvement in operating shock tolerance and offers the highest shock rating in its class.
September 4th, 2005