Deals of the Week: Hot dSLRs, big monitors and Wi-Fi ready Blu-ray players

Just because you’re running low on cash doesn’t mean you should be without some cool tech toys. Here we cover some of the best deals of the week.

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Whether you’re in the market for home theatre gear, mobile gadgets, computers, cameras or video game systems, you’ll find a handful of hot high-tech suggestions on sale from various Canadian retailers.

This week, we take a look at a big monitor with a small price, Wi-Fi ready Blu-ray player and hot dSLR camera with lens.

Monster monitor

A 24-inch brand-name LED monitor for $160? Yep. TigerDirect has a sale on the Philips’ 24″ 247E3LPHSU ($159.99), a 1080p widescreen (16:9) computer monitor with both HDMI and VGA connections for your desktop PC or other device. Specs includes 20-millisecond speeds, 60Hz refresh rate and 20,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. A PowerSensor feature conserves electricity – up to 80 percent more than other 24-inch monitors. the monitor can also be tilted for a desired angle.

Feeling Blu

If you’re ready for your first high-definition Blu-ray player, Visions has a sale on the Toshiba BDX2155 for only $68. along with playing Blu-ray discs and DVDs (up-scaling the video to 1080p on supported TVs) but it also has an Ethernet jack for Internet access and the option to pick up a Wi-Fi dongle for wireless connectivity. many Blu-ray discs have BD-Live support for online content. at the front of this Blu-ray player is a USB port for you to insert a thumbdrive loaded with video, photos or music.

Snap happy

On sale at Vistek for just $649.99 – and with an 18-55mm VR lens — the Nikon D5100 is a 16.2-megapixel dSLR (digital Single Lens Reflex camera) with a 3-inch Vari-angle LCD screen (with 1000:1 contrast ratio), 1080p HD video recording (with full-time autofocus) and in-camera effects that can be applied to both photos and movies. the EXPEED 2 engine is responsible for the quick 11-point autofocus system — even when shooting fast-moving subjects. Dozens of high-quality Nikon lenses work with the D5100 to give you the right tool for the situation.



Samsung S5260 – A Complete Gadget

Samsung S5260 is an amazing handset with many remarkable features. The gadget is well equipped with some additional options like GPS and geo tagging. It has loads of interesting functions and interestingly, the multimedia options are the best part that most people like about this gadget.

Display and Design

It has an amazing display and design features with fine dimension measuring 108.8 x 53.7 x 12.4 mm. It has 3.0 inches of large TFT and weighs just 92 g which means that it can befit into any type of pocket. It has a wide touch screen TFT which supports 256 K colors. The display screen supports the resolution of 240 x 400 pixels which is perfect to click beautiful images. It also supports accelerometer sensor, TouchWiz, smart unlock and other several applications.

Multimedia

It provides good multimedia features that a perfect handset should have. It has 3.15 mega pixels camera which supports the resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels. It has other additional features including smile detection and geo tagging. One can find any place across the world with the help of the geo tagging feature. It also has secondary camera which is used for recording or to play videos. The camera provides high quality of images and one can record videos at the speed of 15 fps.

It has great multimedia features and interestingly, the music player supports almost all types of audio and video formats like MP3, WMA, WMP, AAC and AAC+ along with it supports video formats like MP4, H.263, and H.264. It also includes FM radio in which one can play any station according to ones choice.

Connectivity

The connectivity features are good in Samsung S5260 as the browser supports formats like WAP 2.0, HTML and xHTML for the trouble free loading of web pages.It also supports GPS and java applications for the better viewing experience.Google maps application is also available through which one can enjoy different geographic locations throughout the world.



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Top 5 Windows Gadgets For Windows Vista & 7

The right Windows gadget can help you get things done quickly and easily. since the introduction of Windows Vista’s sidebar gadgets, I’m now able to keep up with the latest headline news, weather and stock quotes right from my desktop. furthermore, with the new Windows 7, you can run those gadgets directly from your desktop without having to have Windows sidebar running.

I love these Windows gadgets. unfortunately, not many companies are developing them at this time. therefore, we have very limited selections. However, there are still several good ones out there. Here is a list of top 5 Windows gadgets to add to your collection.

Twadget

This is a Twitter gadget that lets you do basic twitter tasks, such as sending and viewing all the tweets from your friends, right from your desktop.

Samsung S5260 – A Complete Gadget

Samsung S5260 is an amazing handset with many remarkable features. The gadget is well equipped with some additional options like GPS and geo tagging. It has loads of interesting functions and interestingly, the multimedia options are the best part that most people like about this gadget.

Display and Design

It has an amazing display and design features with fine dimension measuring 108.8 x 53.7 x 12.4 mm. It has 3.0 inches of large TFT and weighs just 92 g which means that it can befit into any type of pocket. It has a wide touch screen TFT which supports 256 K colors....

Remote Desktop

This gadget enables Windows users to remotely connect to other computers in their network. this is a very useful gadget; especially you have a network of computers located long distance and would like to control them right from your desktop.

Blue Calendar Gadget

This gadget changes the original Microsoft calendar gadget to blue in color. this new blue matches the Windows 7 color scheme. Hey, who wouldn’t want more color choices :)

Windows Live What’s New (Beta)

This is a very useful gadget if you find yourself constantly checking what your friends are doing across multiple social networks, such as twitter, Flickr, StumbleUpon, custom blogs, etc. this gadget displays your Windows Live what’s new feed on your desktop with real-time updates.

Simple Search Bar

This gadget lets you search the web using Google, Yahoo and Live Search right from your desktop.



Studies show tablets becoming in-demand devices for businesses, consumers

Published on May 4, 2012 by Brafton Editorial

A report from Yahoo found that tablets are quickly becoming the preferred devices for a number of tasks typically associated with desktop or laptop PCs. while more users consume news or entertainment-related content on their mobile devices, sales for tablets continue to rise and will do so steadily through at least 2017, according to a report from NPD DisplaySearch.

Yahoo’s study suggests that consumers are using their tablets to access website content throughout the day. Whether it’s the 91 percent that said their iPad or other device is the tool they use to browse the web access articles and blog content before going to bed, or the increasing amount that prefers a tablet to television, the reach of news articles grows as more people use tablets.

According to NPD, there were approximately 82 million tablets in use in the U.S. in 2011. By 2017, the company expects 424.9 million handsets to be used regularly by Americans. in the next two years, NPD expects the number to top out at 184.2 million, based on current growth and demand figures.

Apple’s iPad remains the best seller in the tablet market, but it’s likely that handsets from other companies, running a number of operating systems, will become more popular moving forward. already, the Amazon Kindle fire, which uses Google’s Android, has accounted for growth in the market.

“So far in this relatively young product category, the tablet PC market has been dominated by Apple,” Richard Shim, NPD DisplaySearch senior analyst, said in a relase.

“however, as the market matures, and competitors become better attuned to consumer preferences … we expect the landscape to change dramatically, giving consumers more choices, which will drive demand for more devices.”

Brafton recently reported that Amazon’s handset accounts for more than half of all tablets running on Android. Despite only being released in November, the sleek 7-inch device has attracted consumers looking for an easy way to access website content and other items on the web.

Moreover, NPD found that the Kindle Fire’s value as a high-end e-reader attracted a greater audience than most Android-powered devices. As a result of its greater capability, companies using content marketing campaigns for SEO can target Kindle fire users with news articles and blog posts, as it’s increasingly used for search.

According to Yahoo, the utility of the device has shifted its role for many users, as tablets are no longer used just for reading on the train or picking up a new bestseller. fifteen percent of consumers said they would give up their car for an entire year before sacrificing their tablet. Similarly, families with tablets in the household are finding instant access to the internet and engaging website content has made it the second most fought over device in the household, behind laptops and desktops.

Brafton recently reported that iPad deployments are becoming more common in businesses as well with the device accounting for 97 percent of activations in workplaces throughout the U.S. Morever, a separate Brafton article found that Apple’s iOS accounts for substantial mobile search activity, which could help B2B marketers leveraging SEO and content marketing to drive site traffic and conversions. With 70 percent of all B2B buyers saying that they turn to search engines to conduct research on purchase decisions, maintaining a strong presence on search could help businesses attract prospects using iPads as their main gateway to the web.

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Calendar: April 25-May 1

“Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed,” spotlights some amazing body art from folks whose love of biology, mathematics and astrophysics has truly gotten under their skin.

Photo by Sterling Publishing

Wednesday, April 25

RaekwonThe Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon is one of the best crime rappers in the history of crime rap. Only Built For Cuban Linx parts 1 and 2 are the rap equivalent of Francis Ford Coppola’s first two Godfather films. They’re damn near perfect—dope beats, well-developed characters, world-building and scene-setting, memorable hooks and astute lines. when you listen, you can smell the coke and gunpowder. Unfortunately, his latest mixtape, Unexpected Victory, is the equivalent of Godfather 3. it stinks. due to the sloppy volume fluctuations alone, it’s damn near impossible to listen to. (Just ’cause it’s a mixtape doesn’t mean production’s unimportant, Rae: See any tape by Curren$y or Freddie Gibbs.) Raekwon still has the lyrical might of a werewolf during a full moon, but aside from “A Pinebox Story,” “MTV Cribs” and “Silk,” Unexpected Victory fails. Hope this show’s better than that tape. -Elliott Sharp

9pm. $25. With Maino, JD Era, Kofi Black, Mic Stew, Jaye + DJ Active. the Blockley, 3801 Chestnut St. theblockley.com

A Behanding in SpokaneYoung playwright Martin McDonagh penned six plays in the mid-1990s that took the theater world by storm. Graphically violent and filled with brutal but also sympathetic characters from rural Ireland, McDonagh was hailed as the most exciting playwright of his generation. At the peak of his success, he turned away from theater and focused on films. There was talk that he would never write another play. Thankfully, those dire predictions proved false with the 2010 appearance of A Behanding in Spokane, which makes its Philadelphia debut tonight in a production from Theatre Exile. the first McDonagh play set in America (specifically, a seedy motel in a barren Ohio town), the grisly story focuses on a killer who has spent the last 47 years searching for his lost hand. A twisted and graphic look at America’s obsession with violence, the production stars Pearce Bunting, whose previous colaborations with director Joe Canuso include the wildly successful Killer Joe and Blackbird. -J. Cooper Robb

8pm. $40. Through May 13, $25-$30. Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. American St. theatreexile.org 

Thursday, April 26

Nerd NiteAs part of the Philadelphia Science Festival, the ever-popular Nerd Nite returns. this time around, it’s a scholarly ode to the 2012 apocalypse mania. After an initial meet-and-geek hour, three engrossing oracular discussions will take place: Mayan expert and National Geographic contributor Simon Martins’ discussion “the End is not Nigh: Fact and Fantasy in the Maya 2012 Phenomenon,” will lay some apocalyptic myths to rest; Doctoral mythic studies student, Li Sumpter, will present her dissertation “Apocalyptic Soul: seeing through Image in the Age of End Time,” an examination on the effect the ominous media has on our psyches, destinies and the phenomenological world as a whole. And, just in case the end of time does decide to occur, historian of modern cities and technology professor Scott Knowles will enlighten us on “how to Survive the Apocalypse.” Afterward, dance like it’s the last night on earth to the sounds of the West Philadelphia Orchestra. -Abigail Bruley

7:30pm. $5. Frankford Hall, 1210 Frankford Ave. 215.634.3338. philadelphia.nerdnite.com

Dining Out For LifeToday, more than 200 restaurants around the city will donate a third of their profits to fight HIV and AIDS. From hot spots like Vedge and Lolita to neighborhood joints like Dahlak and Mama Yolanda’s, your night out will feed your appetite and your soul. Proceeds support local AIDS service organizations including Action AIDS, the city’s largest AIDS service organization, which offers a full range of support for the positive community from testing to case management. Celebrating its 22nd year, Dining Out for Life holds events in 60 cities and raises close to $4 million a year. So whether you pepper your weekends with protests and rallies, are a closet slacktivist or just like to eat out, today is the perfect day to wed your appetite with your good intentions. -Allyn Gaestel

various locations. diningoutforlife.com

Hollywood Rides a BikeThere are few finer uses of Tumblr than “Rides a Bike” (ridesabike.tumblr.com), Inquirer film critic Steven Rea’s parade of images devoted to classic Hollywood stars astride two-wheelers. Updated “twice or thrice a week,” Rea’s site offers shots of instant happiness, as well as careless law-breaking: Terry Melcher perched on the handlebars of mom Doris Day’s Schwinn; Doris Day inside a basket; Dorothy Malone riding with no hands; and not a helmet in sight. To commemorate the release of the site’s inevitable coffee-table book, Rea will discuss his wares, along with bike-related cinematic miscellany courtesy of Secret Cinema. Avoiding the usual suspects (Bicycle Thieves, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Rad), the evening instead showcases the 1933 tongue-in-cheek bike history Handlebars, ’50s bike trickster Paul Gordon and ’70s educational films, plus François Truffaut’s earliest surviving work, Les Mistons, in which boys obsess over Bernadette Lafont’s fetching biker. -Matt Prigge

8pm. Broad Street Ministry, 315 S. Broad St. 215.735.4847. thesecretcinema.com

Friday, April 27

Good Old WarBefore they formed Good Old War, a couple of the dudes in this steadily rising Philly indie-folk trio were sloggin’ it out on the low-level emo-punk circuit as members of Bucks County’s Days away. Then they got the fine idea to throw away the crunchy chords, pick up acoustic guitars, embrace Simon & Garfunkel/Buffalo Springfield vocal harmonies and warm, winning melodies, and become our city’s answer to Fleet Foxes. GOW’s new Come Back As Rain is a worthy successor to their excellent 2010 self-titled LP (the band’s second)—the countrified, Laurel Canyon vibe is even more acute and the harmonies, like always, are show-stoppers. -Michael Alan Goldberg

8pm. $16-$18. With the Belle Brigade + Family of the Year. Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St. 215.232.2100. utphilly.com

Thighs, Lies & SpiesYour not-so-secret mission, should you accept it, is to attend this 1960s spy-themed party and mingle while dressed to kill in your finest mad Men gear, deceptive defective wear and sleek mod attire. Browse the art show or track down the double agent and ask them what your secret mission is in order to win prizes and spy gadgets. Ladies who think they could be a femme fatale can enter the Bond girl contest to win a photoshoot with local pin-up artist Dr. Sizzle and other swanky gifts. Music by Gommy Dreco, Kacie Marie and the Sharkskins add to the ambience. -Ashley Kole

8pm. $5. North Bowl, 909 N. Second St. 215.238.2695. northbowlphilly.com

the FractalsThe ’90s brought us lots of things, some of them easily forgettable—America Online, the Tamagotcihi, the Macarena. but it also brought us things we’ll never forget­—Bill Clinton’s cigar acumen, MC Hammer’s pants and, of course, Philly guitar wizards Huffamoose, the fractured remains of which still plug in their amps under a new moniker, the Fractals. A decade of making music together in their current form means these guys lay down tracks with skill and precision that redefine every old-school notion you had about pop-punk. Relive the ’90s and enjoy the bands born-again success, but please, leave the pager at home. -Gabrielle Chepurny

11pm. $7. With hello Cleveland + Crobot. the Grape Room, 105 Grape St. 215.930.0321. graperoommusic.com



Modern Home Setup Ideas

Setting up your home is always something that most people look forward to. You are sure to have a good time knowing that you are doing something that would give you much satisfaction as the end result. though this process may be tedious, depending on the setup you want, it is also very exciting to do. A home is composed of many different parts such as the living area, the bedroom, the bathroom, the kitchen, and many more. There are so much that you can do with each area so you need to know what you really want before making a decision. If you are not yet sure of what you want to do with the setup of your home, here are some simple yet modern home setup ideas:

A Simple Home – this type of setup is very common and is applicable to all. Having a simple home means that you only have minimal design, a common paint color, minimal furniture sets, and other basic stuff that you need. being a minimalist has a lot of advantages. it could save you a lot of time, it could give your house more space, and you won’t have to spend much time setting all up. A simple home is ideal for those who want to have a place that is different from their workplace and places found in most progressive cities.

A Hi-Tech Home – as the name implies, this is a setup that makes use of the latest innovations in technology. this is also common especially in these recent times where almost everything gets done in just a push of a button. Large-screen televisions, internet-based systems, and hi-tech gadgets are common components of this type of setup. it has its own benefits too such as providing convenience and could provide a more efficient security system as well since it makes use of the latest technology. this setup is ideal for those who want to have an easy life and those who have more money to spare.

A Modern Home – this type of setup is between the two aforementioned setups. this is not a cheap setup but it is not very expensive too. Modern dining sets, modern glass coffee table, and other modern furniture sets is utilized in this setup. it could be simple, it could make use of hi-tech gadgets, or both. this is ideal for those who are in middle-class or those who have passion for modern lifestyle.

Whatever type of setup you choose, just keep it natural. There is no use for having a home setup that does not fit your lifestyle or your personality or one that is outside your budget since you are just to regret it in the end. You also need to seek the opinions of your family members so that different preferences could be accommodated and varying opinions could be considered. These are just simple home setup ideas that only serve as a guide; you may follow one or combine different aspects of each.



Laser pointers make super-fast ‘optical Wi-Fi’

COMMONLY available laser pointers can zing data through the air across a room twice as fast as most USB cables or Wi-Fi routers. The new optical wireless promises to be cheap and easy to roll out in hospitals and other places where radio transmitters cannot be used.

Engineers at the National Taipei University of Technology in Taiwan picked red and green laser pointers because they are cheap and easy to get hold of. The hardware used in a demonstration cost only about $600, says Hai-Han Lu, who led the work. “Hobbyists could do this at home,” he told New Scientist.

The team replaced the pointers’ standard batteries with a power source that switched each laser off and on 500 million times a second, and aimed two pointers at a light-sensitive detector 10 metres away. after processing, the signals contained less than one error per billion bits, a sign of high-quality transmission. Combining the two signals yielded a billion bits per second, double the data rates of USB 2.0 or high-speed radio-based Wi-Fi (Optics Express, vol 20, p 9919).

Fog, rain and snow make long-distance laser links through air impractical, but they could work for indoor use. A system along these lines could one day be useful for high-speed connections between smartphones.

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Laser System Paints Information on the Road Ahead  – Technology Review

Head-up displays, which project visual data onto the windshield and the driver’s view of the road, are debuting in a growing number of car models. But more vibrant, compact, and efficient displays being developed by Microvision, a company based in Redmond, Washington, could help the technology become much more common. 

Japan’s Pioneer Corporation plans to release its first head-up display product based on Microvision’s novel technology this year. Major carmakers in Detroit are also planning to integrate the technology into their vehicles by 2016, says Lance Evans, a director of business development at the company. Microvision’s image projector relies on semiconductor lasers and a microscopic mirror. 

The company’s head-up display is already in some concept cars but has so far been too costly for commercial models, says Evans. now, falling prices of green lasers—a significant cost component of the display—should make the technology competitive with conventional displays, he says. 

 most existing head-up displays generate images using LCDs. Light-emitting diodes produce light and liquid crystal arrays act as shutters, controlling whether or not light reaches each pixel. This approach drains power, and the images often aren’t bright enough to be visible in daylight. Newer displays use either liquid crystal devices or hundreds of tiny mirrors to reflect light onto each pixel. while more energy efficient, these displays are still not very bright. 

 Microvision’s system uses a set of three lasers—red, green and blue—and a single, millimeter-wide silicon mirror that tilts on two axes. the lasers put out light at different intensities, and the three colors are mixed to produce the final pixel color. As the lasers shine light on the mirror, it rapidly scans horizontally and vertically, painting the image onto the windshield one pixel at a time. This happens so fast that the image looks static. Evans says that the lasers’ pure, saturated colors result in more vivid images with a higher contrast ratio, so they are visible in daylight. Illuminating one pixel at a time also saves energy. and the use of a single mirror rather than an array makes the device smaller, simpler, and cheaper. 

 the final cost of Microvision’s product will hinge on the price tag of advanced green lasers. Materials for true green lasers have traditionally been difficult to engineer, so most green lasers contain semiconductors that emit infrared light, which is converted to green using complicated optics. In the past few years, though, half a dozen key players, such as Nichia,Osram Opto Semiconductors, and Soraa, have developed cheaper pure-green lasers. They’re slowly scaling up production, which should lower costs. Evans expects that costs should fall to a tenth of current levels by the end of this year. 

“Green lasers alone are $200 each now,” he says. “Car companies are looking at the whole display to be that much.” Microvision’s laser-scanning display technology beats its competitors in terms of image quality, says Krishna Jayaraman, an analyst at Frost & Sullivan. 

While other companies are also developing laser-based head-up displays, Microvision was the first to propose the approach and has a technology lead. Chris Chinnock, president of the display market research firm Insight Media, points out that mobile connectivity is on the rise, and drivers need more and more information to be displayed in the least distracting way possible. That means the head-up display market for cars could be on the cusp of significant growth.