Here’s another little ditty we should be seeing at CES (only a few days away now). The Ridata DVB-T Tuner USB Stick, by Ritek USA, is just $60 and receives digital terrestrial TV and radio signals and supports DVB protocol ETS 300 744. Of course, this standard is specifically applicable in Europe, Taiwan, and Australia—not for America—(fantastic) but the company does insist that it will have one for our ATSC standards soon enough.
Advanced Media Set to Introduce USB DVB-T Tuner [Ritek]
From Gizmodo
I know you’ve just been dying to spend more money this season. And what could be a better investment than the world’s first tube-based iPod speaker system. Sold only at Hammacher Schlemmer, these Studio-Quality Triode-Tube iPod Speakers will only set you back a mere $4,000, but hey, you’ll also get a aluminum-encased amplifier housing four Class-A tubes. The company claims they are specially made for MP3 players because the speakers will smooth over distortions found in digital recordings as well as compensate and minimize the quality loss inherent in compressed audio. And that, my friend, will cost you 4000 big ones. You know what? I think I’ll take those crazy digital distortions anytime.
Oregon Scientific shows us what they’re made of (and what kind of drugs they’re on) once again with the MP121 Waterproof MP3 Player and Pedometer. Yes, that’s right, you too can now listen to music in the rain and count how many steps you’ve taken, all for just $150. The product is really being marketed to swimmers and, um, waterskiers it seems. But with an included FM radio, I think it’s really for all of us, don’t you? It measures 2.72 x 2.07 x .83 inches and includes two separate headsets, one specifically designed for swimming, and the other more-traditional earbuds.
Zalman has teamed up with some British Aerospace wind tunnel engineers to design this, the Big Boy Turbo Mega Fan 2. It requires an absurd 1400W of power and the included documentation even gives instructions on how to daisy chain power supplies to properly feed this beast. If you squint hard enough you can see a size comparison to a pack of delicious menthol cigarettes.
Need a little more bass in your place? Try out the iWoofer from Rain Design. With models fitting everything from the shuffle to the iPod video, you’re guaranteed to get some bass satisfaction out of this. Dock your iPod and it can charge it, play back music through its 2.1 channel stereo system, or control the bass with precision. The iWoofer also adds FM radio to your iPod with channel memory and auto scanning. You can power the device with 4 AA batteries or you can use an AC adaptor if spending $10 a week on power isn’t really your thing. Both the iWoofer or iWoofer nano will be available in mid-January for $129.
