“New in the DSi XL Features”

The new DSi XL only has a few features, but I will go through them here to keep everything simple and apparent.

Size – is much larger than the original DSi, its screen is reportedly 93% bigger.  This improves game play, but does reduce the quality of the graphics.  This size makes it great for playing around the house, but when it comes to portability, the DSi XL leaves a lot to be desired.

Stylus – comes with an enlarged pen like stylus, this allows for more comfortable and accurate game play on the DSi XL.

Buttons – are the same size as the original DSi, so while the stylus may be better for those who had trouble with the original DSi, don’t expect any further relief from the buttons themselves.

Finish – Whereas the DSi had a matte the DSi XL has a gloss finish.  It looks much better, but it is once again susceptible to finger marks and grease smears.

Games and Applications – Unlike the DSi, the DSi XL comes with some games, a Little Bit of Brain Training, and the Photo Clock .  On top of this you also get some additional basic items which increase the DSi XL functionality.

Connectivity – The new DSi XL comes with an internet capability a WiFi ready, so you can go online like facebook and any webpages.

The Nintendo DSi XL

DSi XL is the latest handled gaming console in the world of DS series of Nintendo, it is came from with pre-loaded three DSiWare titles, including: Brain Age Express: Math, Brain Age Express: Arts & letters and Photo Clock. If we talk about the specifications it is nearly identical from the previous Nintendo DSi, except for the other changes.

The 4.2-inch diagonal viewing angle screens that are 93% larger than those of the DS Lite, the increased sized of the DSi screen does a fantastic move, the sharpness, brightness and clearness of the screen. Which is more useful and helpful to the text based games like Scribblenauts with the use of improved and easy to hold stylus pen.

The most interactive part of the DSi XL systems are the two on-board digital cameras, one is located at the upper right corner of the upper screen pointing away from the user, the second one is pointing at the user when the device is flipped open and in between of the two LCD.

The DSi XL features the Nintendo DSi Sound application, which serves as both an interactive voice recorder and music player that allows users to play with their music while they listen to it. Users can access different audio filters or control the pitch and speed of recorded voice or music files to alter voices or change the tempo of a song. The DSi XL microphone is located between the two screens when the device is flipped open.

The DSi Xl came with a WiFi connection, you can go online anytime, anywhere in the malls, bars, restaurants, hotels etc with WiFi connections and with the use of Nintendo DSi Browser. You can download games through Nintendo DSi Shops, can use as an eBook reader, play with your friend via DS Download Play.

For me it is much better than the previous DS, it gives great functionality, increased viewing pleasure and further accessibility.

Save Money with Your Smartphone and a Wireless Internet Connection

Everyone could use a little help saving some money these days. With the poor state of the economy and the high unemployment rate, a penny saved really is a penny earned. Many people are often misled into thinking that the only way to save pennies is to cut expenses, but it can be fairly easy to cut costs without having to reduce your quality of life by simply looking for discounts and coupons. Thankfully, with the ever-increasing use of smartphones with wireless internet technology, people can now have access to money-saving techniques no matter where they go. No longer do you need to sit at home scanning the newspaper for coupons you can cut out. Simply grab your smartphone and go!

One of the best resources for finding discounts anywhere you have a wireless internet connection, is to look at Cellfire. Cellfire is the most obvious replacement for clipping physical coupons because it’s a website that allows users to simply download manufacturers coupons to their phone. Once you’ve downloaded a coupon, you just show your phone to the clerk who rings you up, and they will deduct your savings just as a physical coupon would have in the past. With a quick 3G connection, you can download coupons incredibly quickly, but that will get even better and faster in the future as 4G technology replaces older and slower technologies. An added bonus, is that these ecoupons don’t waste all the paper that goes into the ads placed in newspapers, so by taking advantage of the savings you’re also helping the environment!

If you have a smartphone, be sure to take a look at GasBuddy. GasBuddy uses google maps to map out the lowest gas prices in your area. Simply enter your zip code, and you’ll be quickly on your way to filling up your tank for the lowest price you can. And if you’re driving around town, be sure you look at the gas prices around you, then use your wireless internet connection to send them in so GasBuddy can be as accurate as possible for all of it’s users. By becoming a member (and it’s completely free to do so) you can also enter contests to win gas cards or other free prizes.

LocalReuse is a great iPhone app that enables you to find used items that people in your area are giving away for free. It’s similar to craigslist, freecycle, and newspaper classifieds except that it’s much easier and faster to use. Obviously this is a great resource because it not only saves you money, but it also helps save the environment by keeping unnecessary waste out of the landfills. Yard sales are another great place to save money and the environment by reusing old goods, and YardSaleMapper is another iPhone app that makes it incredibly easy to take advantage of great sales. The app searches websites like craigslist to find sales happening in your area and then plots them on a google map. All you need to do is grab your iPhone, surf the page with your wireless internet connection, and head over to some of the many great yard sales.

Wireless speaker system makes multi-room audio simple and affordable

The award-winning Eos wireless multi-room music systems are designed for people that like to listen music from their computer or iPod, but want to be freed from sitting at their computer or dragging an iPod dock around to enjoy it. Unlike other wireless networked music players, the Eos wireless speaker system requires no software or WiFi connection. Eos offers a choice of Wireless Transmitters, Wireless Speakers and Receivers that connect automatically right out of the box, so there is no complicated setup to stand between the user and their music. Just drop an iPod into the Eos Speaker Dock/Transmitter or plug the Eos Converge Wireless Transmitter into the USB port of a computer and music begins streaming everywhere…even outdoors. Eos Wireless multi-room music systems are especially well suited for streaming not only iPods, but computer audio like iTunes and Windows Media Player or internet radio stations like Pandora, Rhapsody & Last FM.

Utilizing Eos’ proprietary Wi-Fi friendly GigaWave™ digital wireless technology, the transmitter’s signal can be streamed up to 150 ft through walls, floors and ceilings to Eos Wireless speakers and receivers located anywhere in the house, inside or out. The system will play music in up to 5 areas of the home simultaneously. The Eos Wireless Transmitters also feature an auxiliary input allowing streaming of audio from virtually any audio source imaginable. Eos’ simple, unintimidating plug-and-play setup makes the system perfect for non-tech savvy people from ages 8 to 80.

In addition to the Eos Docking Station and Wireless Speaker bundle (EOS-100T1RB – $249.95 MSRP) and the Eos Converge Wireless Transmitter (EOSC-200TX – $99.95 MSRP) Eos offers a fully self-contained portable wireless speaker system (EOS-100RB – $129.95 MSRP). This go-anywhere portable wireless speakers features receiver, amplifier, stereo speakers and subwoofer all integrated into one simple compact design. The portable wireless speakers features an integrated power supply, so listeners can hang the speaker from any ordinary wall power outlet without mounting hardware or for countertop or bookshelf use, by removing the integrated power supply. The portable wireless speaker integrated, compact design, allows it to be moved easily from room to room and weather resistant design makes it perfect for outdoor use.

Eos offers two additional receivers that are designed to take advantage of the audio equipment that people already have. The Converge Wireless Receiver (EOSC-200RX – $99.95 MSRP) features line-level outputs and is designed to connect to users existing home stereo systems. The Converge Amplified Wireless Receiver (EOSC-201RX – $149.95 MSRP) features a powerful integrated digital amplifier that can connect to any pair of speakers — even those outdoor speakers that you wanted to buy but couldn’t figure out how to wire them up. Eos also offers a pair of rich sounding bookshelf speakers (EOS-150SP – $99.95 MSRP) that are acoustically matched to the Eos Converge Amplified Receiver.

The full line of Eos Wireless Multi-Room Audio products were honored at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, with the coveted “Best of Innovations” award.

How To Make A Homemade Wi-Fi Antenna

Before you start making your homemade Wi-Fi antenna, you need to prepare the required materials. The items you will need are a poultry netting or commonly known as chicken wire, a length of hollow pipe, a long thin piece of wood, wires, an USB cord, a thumb-sized USB Wi-Fi transceiver and an electric drill.
After preparing all the listed materials, you will need to ensure that your computer or laptop is not connected to any wireless connection. This will be helpful to set up a connection with the network later on. However if your computer has not been connected to any wireless connection before, you may skip this step.
The next procedure is to secure the pipe onto the center of the chicken wire. The pipe’s length should be tall enough to avoid obstructions from any trees, buildings or other structures. The length of the chicken wire should be about a meter long in order for your homemade Wi-Fi antenna to work effectively. You may choose to use a longer pipe to extend the signal detection.
By using a tie wire, the long piece of pipe is attached to the chicken wire. To perform this, the tie wire is slid under the pipe and being pulled up tight against the pipe. Several tie wires are placed diagonally around the pipe to make sure it is tightly fixed onto the chicken wire. The other length of tie wire is connected onto the long piece of wood attached crossways to the chicken wire. Having the tie wire will help support the chicken wire from slipping or bending in case there were strong winds.
Next two holes are drilled in the upper part of the long pipe and a few pieces of tie wires are being pierced through the holes. Once you are done, you will need to place the antenna in an open location to avoid any interference. Then pull through a USB cord inside the pipe and secure it to the pipe with tie wires. After that, the USB Wi-Fi transceiver should be attached to the USB connector. The USB transceiver is tied with tie wires to keep it firm.
When the transceiver is connected to the antenna, link the other end of the USB cord to your laptop or computer. The wireless connection will be automatically detected and it will display an icon of notification. Then your homemade Wi-Fi antenna is ready to be used.

Improving Technology for Movie Watching at Home

Blu-ray players and discs are the only way to see movies in your home now as this technology is the best. If you are still behind with plain DVD then you are in the middle ages of technology and need to modernize. You will wonder why you waited so long when you see how much better the Blu-ray technology is than DVD.

The amount of data a Blu-ray disc can hold is one of the immense steps forward, it is capable of storing more than five times the information than a DVD. For example, insead of all the Star Wars saga on multiple discs you could have it all on one BD. Way back in time you were very proud just to have a VCR, this was a transformation as it was the first time to be able to view movies at home, a big deal because before you had to wait for them to come to television.

As cable was introduced and more people signed on then that reduced further the amount of time to wait for a movie to be released. Also it was shown as it was in the theater without any reduction of time or content by the networks. As VHS and BetaMax fought over whose version would dominate the scene it presented another choice for consumers. The machines were very expensive at that time but you could watch your favorite movies at the time you desired.

In addition the VCR tapes were very pricey, the majority of people had only a couple and then would rent some or borrow from someone. There was wear and tear on the tapes after repetitive viewings, and if you leave it in a hot car it might be ruined. The winner of the first video format war was the VHS format as opposed to the Beta.

After that there was fifteen years with no format disagreements. Some tried to introduce LaserDisc but that didn’t really go, so VHS ruled over all until the DVD made it’s appearance and took over.

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3D Blu-ray Technology

In mid-December 2009, the Blu-ray Disc Association reported that the means of displaying 3D Blu-Ray content at 1080p had been formalized. Does this mean everything you own is obsolete? No – not everything, anyway. As with any consumer electronics product that makes a break with the past, there are valiant attempts at backward compatibility. Of course, to avail yourself of all the great new features, you need to think in the other direction – how to best go forward and, for some at least, how to do so at minimal cost. The best advice in the latter area is, of course, always to wait a bit after the initial introduction, as prices go down with time.

The new 3D specification uses what is called Multiview Video Coding, a variation of H.264 HD, for upgrading and enhancing the visual experience. The MVC approach presents separate image sequences to each of your eyes, in 1080 lines presented “progressively” (1080p, as opposed to 1080i for “interlaced”), and manages to accomplish this with only 50% more disc real estate. You will have to wear the polarized 3D glasses, of course, but you should get a viewing experience comparable to a watching a 3D movie at your local cinema barn.

The basics
You don’t have to destroy your present audio/video gear, or even sell it on eBay. The 3D discs will work just fine in your current DVD player, although you’re going to get flat 2D images. If you have a Blu-ray player and an HDTV right now, they will handle the new 3D Blu-ray discs just fine. In fact, you don’t even need a dedicated Blu-ray player, as the Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) has plenty of power to process the two 1080p streams used in the new spec. However, you will need a firmware upgrade to do this, and Sony won’t be any more specific than to say it will be during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011.

Some commentators have publicly doubted that the promised firmware update will allow 3D at full resolution. A Sony representative told CNET Tech News at CES 2010, and quite firmly, that consumers will get “full 1080p resolution to each eye,” but others submit that full 3D 1080p resolution needs version 1.4 of the HDMI (High-definition Multimedia Interface) – and the PS3 currently sports HDMI 1.3. Still, it’s the one existing player of any kind for which a 3D update has been announced, so far.

The view from your seat
Unless you bought an expensive stereoscopic TV – available at the high end of the Samsung, Sony and other product lines – or a similarly capable laptop or monitor (also pricey), you will have to get a new HDTV. Most middle-range sets just don’t have the display properties required for the new spec. When you do upgrade, you can choose from any kind of display, from LCD and plasma to OLED, because the 3D encoding does not require a certain display type or technology. The BDA press release made it clear that the discs don’t care about the kind of 3D technology, either.

As CES 2010 came to a close in January, four new 3D players were announced – the Samsung BD-C3900, Sony BDP-S770, Panasonic DMP-BDT350 and Toshiba BDX3000. Sony announced a new home-theater-in-a-box (HTIB) system equipped with a 3D Blu-ray player, the BDV-HZ970W, while Samsung mentioned a similar “box” product without a specified model name. The only one with dual HDMI outputs is the Panasonic, which means you can use it with AV receivers supporting the last HDMI spec, 1.3, since you will send the high-res 3D video straight to the display and the audio to your receiver. This is the way to go if you don’t want to buy a new HDMI 1.4 receiver.

When?
The only remotely precise release date announced by any manufacturer is “the summer of 2010″ for Sony’s first 3D model, and pricing has not been discussed by anyone. Viewing requires active shutter 3D glasses and some TV manufacturers are bundling them with new sets, which some player manufacturers may do, as well. Otherwise, you’re looking at a going rate of about $100. As far as movie titles go, the pickings are still slim – Sony promises “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” by (once again) summer 2010, Disney will release “A Christmas Carol” by 4Q 2010 and Dreamworks reports that “Monsters vs. Aliens” will be available “in 2010.” That’s about it, and that’s how it will go for a while, until enough players are sold.

The tech review and consumer electronics sites are just now starting hands-on testing of these products, and until full reviews are published you can’t really be completely certain about any of specifications, claims or promises. Once these 3D Blu-ray players start hitting the store shelves, you will be able to decide whether the new technology is for you – and your wallet.Vinpower Digital.com has almost any type of dvd copier on the market today, as well as other formats. We have the expertise to help you at every stage of planning to enhance your optical disc duplication. Visit online today.

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