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10:00 PM on Thu Aug 31 2006
By Jason Chen
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commodoregravel.jpg Portable Media

Commodore Gravel In Pocket Portable Media Player and Gravel In Home

Featuring the weirdest name for a PMP we've heard this week, the Commodore Gravel In Pocket supports MP4, MPEG, DivX, Xvid, WMV, MP3, WMA, WAV, JPG, BMP and GIF files. It has 1 or 2GB of internal flash memory, plus an expandable SD slot for removable memory. It plays at a respectable 24FPS (film quality) on its 2.8-inch TFT screen. More »

9:00 PM on Thu Aug 31 2006
By Jason Chen
1,297 views, 12 comments

Latest by uhm...Bob: C-World yo!!! It's the izzle!!!! more »

103plasmanbc.jpg Home Entertainment

SOLD: First 103-Inch Plasma, to NBC Meatheads

Geeks, we lost. It reminds me of wedgies and having lunchroom meatloaf dumped on my head, but the first two Panasonic 103-inch plasmas were just sold to NBC for use on the set of Football Night in America. No, the first thing to run on these TVs won't be Xbox. The set, with a fully HD, 1920 by 1080 resolution screen, a 5000:1 contrast ratio, will first run the live version of Madden. The TV still has the screen real estate equivalent to four 50-inch plasmas, or a queen-sized bed. More »

8:38 PM on Thu Aug 31 2006
By Brian Lam
5,426 views, 8 comments

Latest by jackcasanova: The 103-inch LCD television of Panasonic is great and so with the 108-inch of SHARP! But i consider these sizes more »

oppo-lcd-tv-dvd.jpg Home Entertainment

Oppo LCD TV/DVD Player With DivX Support

Back to school is upon us, and this Oppo LCD TV/DVD player is perfect for cramped dorm rooms all over America. The $600 player has a 20-inch LCD, slot-loading DVD player, USB port and card reader. Best of all it looks like an iMac, which, I guess, is actually "worst of all" if you're not an iMac fan. More »

8:30 PM on Thu Aug 31 2006
By Jason Chen
699 views, 1 comment

Latest by Josh*: Christ... http://www.engadget. sort it out, Jason! I always seem to be calling you out these things. Over a month ago more »

tiv7.jpg Home Entertainment

TiVo Series 3 Unboxing - Boy It's Got A Lot Of Ports

Ooh, la la! PVR Wire got their hands on a Series 3 TiVo and documented every step of the standard undressing ritual. You can see the two CableCard slots, the cable and antenna in, and lots of output slots as well. There's also the standard phone line, plus an ethernet port and USB ports. More »

8:13 PM on Thu Aug 31 2006
By Jason Chen
770 views, 10 comments

Latest by billybudd: I'm not too happy about the Season Pass transfer at $200. It really doesn't make sense since the multi unit more »

bluray_logo2.jpg Peripherals

TDK Makes 200GB Blu-ray Discs, Too Bad Nobody Can Play Them

Yes, TDK, who said they were going to make 200GB discs, went and made 200GB discs. Who'da thunk it? Well, unfortunately for everyone on the planet, there isn't any drive or player out right now that can read 200GB discs. Oh well. More »

8:00 PM on Thu Aug 31 2006
By Jason Chen
410 views, 7 comments

Latest by Mister Cow Pnoy: "Are you going to blow our minds with, wait for it, THREE HUNDRED GIGABYTE DISCS? OMG." Binarilly(based upon rules of binary), more »

potty_putter_center_200_32048.jpg Gadgets

Toilet Golf, For Saving Par while Dropping a Dookie

I guess for some people, pooping is a pretty boring ordeal. Personally for me, I have the time of my life while taking the Browns to the Super Bowl. Sometimes I make it a game, like race the clock, etc. Enough about my fecal fun. More »

7:41 PM on Thu Aug 31 2006
By Travis Hudson
712 views, 8 comments

Latest by BrittK: Hey, ease up on the Giz you guys. This one made me laugh, and believe me, I needed a laugh more »

tytncradle.jpg Smartphones

HTC TyTN Sync Cradle

Speaking of the HTC TyTN, here's a dock and hot-sync cradle for $20. USB cable comes included, and the dock fits the HTC TyTN, HTC Hermes, HTC Z, Orange SPV M3100, T-Mobile MDA Vario II, i-Mate JASJAM, Qtek 9600 and Dopod CHT9000. Yes, they're all the same phone. – Jason Chen More »

7:30 PM on Thu Aug 31 2006
By Jason Chen
1,606 views, 1 comment

Latest by Scott: Why does it say "CHT" on the unit in the photo? more »

Fatal1ty-EL-Keyboard-2.jpg Peripherals

Creative Fatal1ty Keyboard: Same Shit, Different Name

Here is an shot of the Fatal1ty keyboard being manufactured by Creative with Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel's logo plastered all across it. Keyboard look familiar? It should, it is damn near identical to the Auravision EluminX that we first told you about almost four years ago! What's up Fatal1ty? No new ideas for a keyboard? More »

7:04 PM on Thu Aug 31 2006
By Travis Hudson
4,069 views, 10 comments

Latest by joeymazoey: I'm sorry, but did RainyDayInterns just plug their own blog? Lame. more »

koreangps.jpg Gadgets

Maxtek 4.3-inch GPS Navigation With Picture-in-Picture DMB

If you think about it, we're a bit lucky here in the US. If we look at gadgets such as the 4.3-inch T-DMB GPS navigation device from Maxtek, it's like looking into our own future. Sure, we can't have this now, but in a few years, we'll be able to watch TV and get directions to Wal-mart using the same device. More »

7:00 PM on Thu Aug 31 2006
By Jason Chen
941 views, Comment

treo700wxmanual.jpg Cellphones

Sprint Palm Treo 700wx's User Manual Leaked Online

Boy, those fellers at Sprint really have their act together. First it's all the leaked product material. Now their actual user manual is online! More »

6:30 PM on Thu Aug 31 2006
By Jason Chen
2,022 views, 3 comments

SRU9600.jpg Gadgets

Philips Prestigo Universal Learning Remote

Looking more like a magician's wand than a remote, the Philips Prestigo—hey, someone there thought so too—has a touch-screen LCD and a rotary dial on its face to let you point and click your way to TV bliss. The LCD only lights up the appropriate buttons for the device you're controlling, so you won't get a "DVD EJECT" button when you're on TV mode. More »

6:30 PM on Thu Aug 31 2006
By Jason Chen
4,397 views, 4 comments

Latest by Slab: I wasn't too impressed with a demo of Novii that I tried on my Palm. I've had a Pronto more »

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