Wednesday, March 2, 2005

Mac mini Lexus. In the glove box of this new Lexus sits a Mac Mini, USB 2.0 hub, and an easy bundle of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support. On the dash is a Pioneer in-dash receiver with touch screen displaying the mini's OSX output. Gin and juice, money on your mind optional. Hopefully within a couple of months this will be so common it's not notable. Mac Mini in a Lexus [theRADblog] [Gizmodo] 1:35:20 PM   comments[]   Turtle Beach Video Advantage USB. Turtle Beach has a new video capture device that's not only small, but has such a low draw that it works off USB bus power alone. The $130 Video Advantage USB isn't fancy, exactly, but it can capture DV-quality video, which is a big step up from the old school USB 1.0 devices. If you're bringing video in over RCA or S-Video in the first place, it will probably get the job done. Product Page [TurtleBeach] [Gizmodo] 1:24:54 PM   comments[]   EvolutionTV gets in on the Mac DVR game. Miglia’s EvolutionTV steps into the ring as a notable contender to Elgato’s EyeTV in the Macintosh digital video recorder market. Not only does it undercut the EyeTV in price ($279 versus $329), but its feature set outshines the elder product by including MPEG-4 and DivX support along with the traditional MPEG-2 option. Bundle in TitanTV compatibility, integrated iCal scheduling, and no-import editing in iMovie 5, and this device is starting to look like the best DVR solution out there for the Mac. So far. [Engadget] 1:24:09 PM   comments[]

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