Monday, September 20, 2010

HTC Desire HD coming on October 11 to EU markets

HTC releases new GHz 8255 Snapdragon powered smart phone with capacitive 4.3-inch LCD screen with enhanced HTC Sense experience. It will come with 8 megapixel camera with 720p video recording (HD-Ready).


Specification:
  • Processor - 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon

  • OS - Android™ 2.2 with HTC Sense™
  • Internal phone storage: 1.5 GB and SD compatible microSD slot (up to 32GB)
  • RAM: 768 MB
  • Dimensions: 123 x 68 x 11.8 mm (4.84 x 2.68 x 0.46 inches)
  • Weight: 164 grams (5.78 ounces) with battery
  • Screen 4.3-inch touch screen with 480 x 800 resolution
  • 3G - HSPA/WCDMA - Upload up to 5.76 Mbps, download up to 14.4 Mbps (3G+)
  • Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
  • Internal GPS antenna, G-Sensor, Digital compass, Proximity sensor and Ambient light sensor
  • Bluetooth® 2.1 
  • Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11b/g/n
  • Standard micro-USB (5-pin micro-USB 2.0)
  • 8.0 megapixel color camera with auto focus and 2x LED flashlight and 720p HD video recording
  • Battery capacity - 1230 mAh, talk time up to 10 hours, standby up to 420 hours for GSM
  • Dolby Mobily, DLNA support.
Pricing - will be priced around $700 in US, and £470 in UK.
Availability - October 11 on European market; US Market - pending (EU version should work fine with certain providers but with NO or much more slower 3G connectivity)

Competitors:
Nokia N8 (bottom segment), IPhone4 (top segment), Sony Xperia x10 (bottom segment).

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Home Theater & Entertainment System


Home entertainment system configuration



This is the diagram of Home Theater and Entertainment System. It covers pretty much of details of connection of various components. There are no a lot of details on specific audio connection of the amplifier and speakers, but it is good enough acoustic cable, sort of QED XT-Evolution on front and Original on the back.
5.1 system could be simply replaced by any other based on Denon/Maranz amplifiers with any adequate speakers (klipsch, b&w, paradigm etc). Current version is budget one with 2K per package.
Full list of what is included below:
TV
Panasonic TX-PR50VT20
AV Receiver
Yamaha RX-V1065
Speakers Front
Yamaha NS-777
Speakers Rear
Yamaha NS-333
Speakers Central
Yamaha NS-C444
Sub-woofer
Yamaha YST-RSW300
Camcorder
Panasonic HDC-TM700
Console
Nintendo Wii
Sat Receiver
AzBox Premium HD +
HD Player
Dune HD Max
WiFi Router
D-Link DIR-855
Switch
D-Link DGS-3200-10
NAS
Qnap TS-239 Pro
Printer
Epson TX800
External HDD
HP SimpleSave BAAD0015HBK
External HDD esata
WD WDH2Q20000
Laptop 1
HP Pavilion dv7-3110er (WG617EA)
Laptop 2
ASUS K42F
HDMI Cables
AudioQuest Cinnamon HDMI (1.4) 5 x 1m
Audio Cables
QED Performance Original 30m
Cell Phone 1
Nokia 5800 Navi
Cell Phone 2
Nokia n900
WiFi Adaptor
D-Link DWA-160
HDD 4 x 2TB
4 x WD WD2001FASS
Remote
Logitech Harmony One

 please comment if you have any comments on diagram, know better devices for any category. Budget of above stuff including some other things like Wii remote controls, cables etc is $14,000