Be warned, this is merely speculation of the ‘my friend told his friend whos second cousin, once-removed, works for Gamestop that…..’ - you get it.
According to this rumour/fervent prayer, a Gamestop US employee has come across a new SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) on its system which refers to an Xbox with a HD DVD drive on the inside. That would be great, no doubt. There is a weird logic to it, of course – like all good rumours.
With all Xbox 360 Premiums getting a HDMI port the Elite version, with the black paint job and the 120GB HDD could sit in the middle with room for a super-duper, uber-Xbox on the top. What about the entry-level Core system? Well, if true, the 360 Premium becomes the entry level box, the Elite becomes the Premium and the one with in-built HD DVD drive becomes the top dog.
Of course, it will not be called the Ultimate – that’s just for the purpose of this story/rumour. Get the salt out big time on this one.-Martin Lynch
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I’m not adverse to a bit of relaxation. I’ve owned the odd lava lamp and light projector in my time but this one cranks things up a notch.
The Healing Theatre Umine from Takara Tomy is what you get when you combine a basic projector with those Sounds of Nature audio tapes your mother got free with Readers Digest. Essentially, it projects the sea on your ceiling with accompanying sounds of dolphins, bubbles and waves, or, if your inner Hobbit needs a stroll you can opt for a forest scene. You get the idea.
I like the idea of the sea on the ceiling. As long as you don’t mind the impression that you’re drowning, it should relax you no end. Just make sure you ease off the 'special' brownies. Yours for around £45 and they ship to the UK. -Martin Lynch
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Quality audio maker, Polk Audio has joined the growing number of companies creating single speaker surround solutions.
The SurroundBar50 is 51ins wide and designed to sit in front of, or beneath, bigger HDTVs. The company has created new drivers and crossover design, combined with a larger enclosure, to greatly improve the bass performance over the original SurroundBar. The company says it can now deliver low-end grunt to rule out the need for a separate subwoofer in smaller rooms. The surround trickery is performed by the company’s SDA (Stereo Dimensional Array) technology, which is based on how the ear processes sound so there’s no need for bouncing audio off walls. Well, that’s the claim anyway.
This is what’s inside the giant slinky:
“The SurroundBar50 is composed of a single 51 x 4.5 x 5.1in extruded aluminum enclosure housing nine mid/bass drivers with Neodymium magnets, three dome tweeters, and a four-PC board crossover with over 60 components.”
It comes in titanium or black and when it launches in the US first in October, it will cost around £600.
Still, you might want to also check out recently announced rival offerings from Denon and Philips if you plan on heading down the ‘clutter-free’ pseudo surround route.-Martin Lynch
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