Yamaha presents 3 new DSP AV amplifiers, the DSP-AX759, 559 and 459, available in gold and silver. These amps are entry level models, so no HDMI but rather D4, S-Video, composite for video and optical for the audio. The 759 is a 7.1 (100Wx7ch(6Ω)), has YPAO (Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer) and decodes 21 audio codecs (AAC, DTS, Pro Logic, ...). The 559 is a light version of the 759 that decodes 18 codecs, offers 5.1 (95Wx6ch(6Ω)) and also comes with YPAO. These 2 models (759 and 559) are compatible with the YDS-10, an iPOd docking station that allows you to use all the audio power of these 2 AV amplifiers directly from your iPOD. Finally we have the 459, it's not YPAO compatible, it does not have the iPOD docking station port, but it does provide 5.1 (90Wx6ch(6Ω)).
http://www.akihabaranews.com/news-11...by+Yamaha.html ...

Yamaha alsready took care of your iPOD, and now it's Denon's turn with this ASD-1R, that can be hooked up to an amplifier or Denon HiFi set but also to an S-Video port. If you connect this docking station to a Denon set (there's a long list of units), you can control the iPOD with the remote control of your HiFi set. Connecting the iPOD to this dock also charges it.
http://www.akihabaranews.com/news-11...your+iPOD.html ...

Panasonic, a dominant force in the development and marketing of DVD products, is now poised to take a leadership role in the introduction of the Blu-ray Disc format to European market. At CeBIT, the company not only revealed plans for the roll-out of high-definition Blu-ray hardware, but underscored its role in the manufacture and authoring of Blu-ray discs, and the factors driving the acceptance of this next generation HD format.
Blu-ray Disc – Revolutionizing Home Entertainment
The rapid and continued growth of High Definition Television (HDTV) has sparked consumer demand for both pre-recorded HD movies and the ability to record HD content at home. With its high 50 GB capacity, Blu-ray discs can accommodate the high recording bit rates needed to deliver pristine picture quality and lossless audio, for a true home theater experience. The BD format has gained the support of leading Hollywood studios, to include Twentieth Century Fox, Buena Vista, MGM, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony Pictures and Lions Gate.
A significant advantage of Blu-ray is its backward compatibility with other video formats. With Blu-ray products consumers may continue to enjoy all the existing DVD formats.
The format also allows for the presentation of multiple entertainment content, such as games, movies and music, on one disc. Blu-ray’s enormous capacity lets users record and store video, digital photos, music and data for playback on multiple devices and computers, and enables the seamless movement of HD content across platforms.
Products:
At a press conference held here during CeBIT 2006, Panasonic announced plans for a Fall 2006 launch of a next-generation Blu-ray disc player to European market, that will play back all existing DVD formats as well as new high-definition Blu-ray discs including BD-ROM package software titles which is expected to be delivered by the studios supporting BD format around the time of the launch.
The Panasonic Blu-ray player will have full-HD 1080 progressive output capability, targeting for best-in-class picture and sound quality to be core piece of the company’s full-HD home theater concept. The preliminary version of the player and the full-HD theater system is on demonstration at Panasonic booth.
The Blu-ray player will be also equipped with “HDAVI Control” to simplify the connection with other audio/video devices, which is Panasonic’s proprietary technology based on HDMI format and interface. HDAVI Control function enables the user to enjoy the home theater with the touch of a single button on the remote. Panasonic is starting to add HDAVI Control capability to a part of 2006 Spring line-up for VIErA PDP displays, DIGA DVD recorders, and home theater products.
To meet consumer high-definition recording needs, Panasonic also announced plans to introduce a series of blank 50GB and 25GB rewriteable and write-once Blu-ray discs this spring. The new discs utilize a dual layer structure first introduced by Panasonic in the Japanese market in 2004 that helps realize the large 50 GB capacity – more than ten times the capacity of conventional 4.7 GBDVD discs.
Disk Production
To meet the anticipated needs for blank media, Panasonic has already begun production of both 25GB and 50GB dual-layer BD Discs in Japan. In addition, to support the studios’ activities to introduce their movie titles to BD-ROM format, Panasonic has started BD-ROM pilot production line in Torrance, CA, USA. Panasonic has been working closely with the movie studios and its replication partners to help fine tune our disc capacity requirements, and will be ready to meet the needs of both content providers and consumers as Blu-ray hardware comes to market.
Industry Support:
The Blu-ray format is supported by consumer electronics manufacturers representing 85% of the industry; the majority of major motion picture studios, to include Twentieth Century Fox, Buena Vista, MGM, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Sony Pictures and Lions Gate; the world’s two largest music companies; and top computer brands Apple, Dell and HP. ...

Lik Sang have done it again and are the first to show photos of the new Enamel Navy and Ice Blue Editions of the DS Lite, heres some screens:





Lik Sang today received samples units of the Nintendo DS Lite in Enamel Navy and Ice Blue colors. Take a look at the snapshots of the bad boys below, all taken prior to leaving our fingerprints all over the see-through plastic layer of the new Lites

Huge Backlog of Preorders, Big Fat Heavy Shortage in Japan

We are deeply sorry for the long delay, but we truly don't know when remaining orders will be shipped out next. As per current circumstances, it looks like it could even be April before the entire backlog will be cleared. It all strongly depends on Nintendo's production and shipping schedule. Please understand that Nintendo's exact shipping and production schedule is unknown, so that only the heads of Nintendo knows if they will ship more units tomorrow, next week, or maybe end of March.

As soon as units hit the market, Lik Sang will snatch some of them. We unfortunately don't know yet when that will be, and how many units will make their way through from Japan to our warehouse. Next time we will get stock could be tomorrow, but it could as well be in a week or later. We also don't know if the next time when we will get stock we will receive 10 units, 23 units, or maybe even over 500 units. It is something impossible to predict. This chaotic context is also the reason why the price has been hiked everywhere compared to the initial "suggested" tag. Lik Sang is no exception on this and had to take a 30 US$ raise from suppliers, but judging by other places, it turns out we are still the cheapest offering around the net right now, despite the last minute mark-up. In short: Everybody is affected, in and out of Japan.

All this for sure leaves some of us asking what the heck is wrong right now at Nintendo of Japan. Nintendo DS is currently the hottest selling product of the Kyoto based firm and in fact is probably the fastest selling video game machine on the marketplace if you judge by the sales charts of the last six months. It's in Japan that demand is the strongest. Yet, Nintendo managed to strike the island with a shortage of standard Nintendo DSes from January 5th till February 28th, and by the time the NDS Lite finally comes to the rescue, it is largely under-produced, and brought to the store shelves way too slow. One has to wonder what is going on. This sure doesn't look like the perfect plan, as there is a lot of missed sales at stake. This proves that even a big corporation like Nintendo is just run by human beings and can face problems and crises, same as everybody else does. We truly wish them good luck at facing the crisis!

One thing is sure: until now Lik Sang successfully got each single customer his own console on all past systems releases ever. We won't let you down. Please understand and hang in there with us, the storm will calm down and in the end it will be all good.

OK out of all the 3 colours of the new DS lite which do you like most ?, me i choose the Enamel Navy ...

Lik Sang have done it again and are the first to show photos of the new Enamel Navy and Ice Blue Editions of the DS Lite, heres some screens:





Lik Sang today received samples units of the Nintendo DS Lite in Enamel Navy and Ice Blue colors. Take a look at the snapshots of the bad boys below, all taken prior to leaving our fingerprints all over the see-through plastic layer of the new Lites

Huge Backlog of Preorders, Big Fat Heavy Shortage in Japan

We are deeply sorry for the long delay, but we truly don't know when remaining orders will be shipped out next. As per current circumstances, it looks like it could even be April before the entire backlog will be cleared. It all strongly depends on Nintendo's production and shipping schedule. Please understand that Nintendo's exact shipping and production schedule is unknown, so that only the heads of Nintendo knows if they will ship more units tomorrow, next week, or maybe end of March.

As soon as units hit the market, Lik Sang will snatch some of them. We unfortunately don't know yet when that will be, and how many units will make their way through from Japan to our warehouse. Next time we will get stock could be tomorrow, but it could as well be in a week or later. We also don't know if the next time when we will get stock we will receive 10 units, 23 units, or maybe even over 500 units. It is something impossible to predict. This chaotic context is also the reason why the price has been hiked everywhere compared to the initial "suggested" tag. Lik Sang is no exception on this and had to take a 30 US$ raise from suppliers, but judging by other places, it turns out we are still the cheapest offering around the net right now, despite the last minute mark-up. In short: Everybody is affected, in and out of Japan.

All this for sure leaves some of us asking what the heck is wrong right now at Nintendo of Japan. Nintendo DS is currently the hottest selling product of the Kyoto based firm and in fact is probably the fastest selling video game machine on the marketplace if you judge by the sales charts of the last six months. It's in Japan that demand is the strongest. Yet, Nintendo managed to strike the island with a shortage of standard Nintendo DSes from January 5th till February 28th, and by the time the NDS Lite finally comes to the rescue, it is largely under-produced, and brought to the store shelves way too slow. One has to wonder what is going on. This sure doesn't look like the perfect plan, as there is a lot of missed sales at stake. This proves that even a big corporation like Nintendo is just run by human beings and can face problems and crises, same as everybody else does. We truly wish them good luck at facing the crisis!

One thing is sure: until now Lik Sang successfully got each single customer his own console on all past systems releases ever. We won't let you down. Please understand and hang in there with us, the storm will calm down and in the end it will be all good.

OK out of all the 3 colours of the new DS lite which do you like most ?, me i choose the Enamel Navy ...

Lik Sang have done it again and are the first to show photos of the new Enamel Navy and Ice Blue Editions of the DS Lite, heres some screens:





Lik Sang today received samples units of the Nintendo DS Lite in Enamel Navy and Ice Blue colors. Take a look at the snapshots of the bad boys below, all taken prior to leaving our fingerprints all over the see-through plastic layer of the new Lites

Huge Backlog of Preorders, Big Fat Heavy Shortage in Japan

We are deeply sorry for the long delay, but we truly don't know when remaining orders will be shipped out next. As per current circumstances, it looks like it could even be April before the entire backlog will be cleared. It all strongly depends on Nintendo's production and shipping schedule. Please understand that Nintendo's exact shipping and production schedule is unknown, so that only the heads of Nintendo knows if they will ship more units tomorrow, next week, or maybe end of March.

As soon as units hit the market, Lik Sang will snatch some of them. We unfortunately don't know yet when that will be, and how many units will make their way through from Japan to our warehouse. Next time we will get stock could be tomorrow, but it could as well be in a week or later. We also don't know if the next time when we will get stock we will receive 10 units, 23 units, or maybe even over 500 units. It is something impossible to predict. This chaotic context is also the reason why the price has been hiked everywhere compared to the initial "suggested" tag. Lik Sang is no exception on this and had to take a 30 US$ raise from suppliers, but judging by other places, it turns out we are still the cheapest offering around the net right now, despite the last minute mark-up. In short: Everybody is affected, in and out of Japan.

All this for sure leaves some of us asking what the heck is wrong right now at Nintendo of Japan. Nintendo DS is currently the hottest selling product of the Kyoto based firm and in fact is probably the fastest selling video game machine on the marketplace if you judge by the sales charts of the last six months. It's in Japan that demand is the strongest. Yet, Nintendo managed to strike the island with a shortage of standard Nintendo DSes from January 5th till February 28th, and by the time the NDS Lite finally comes to the rescue, it is largely under-produced, and brought to the store shelves way too slow. One has to wonder what is going on. This sure doesn't look like the perfect plan, as there is a lot of missed sales at stake. This proves that even a big corporation like Nintendo is just run by human beings and can face problems and crises, same as everybody else does. We truly wish them good luck at facing the crisis!

One thing is sure: until now Lik Sang successfully got each single customer his own console on all past systems releases ever. We won't let you down. Please understand and hang in there with us, the storm will calm down and in the end it will be all good.

OK out of all the 3 colours of the new DS lite which do you like most ?, me i choose the Enamel Navy ...

Vexed is a puzzle game in which your goal is to move similar blocks together, which causes them to disappear.
Block can be moved to the left or to the right.
When no block in under the current block, the block falls down.
Once all the blocks are gone, you've solved the level and you're presented with a new level to solve.

You can only access the next level when the current one is solved.

Vexed was created by James McCombe (Vexed at SourceForge.net) for the Palm OS.

Any kind of feedback is welcome, send an email to this address: [email protected]



Vexed.zip for luaplayer
Vexed15.zip for standalone 1.50 version
Vexed10.zip for standalone 1.00 version
All are containing the application, three themes and all (19) level packs

Commands:

In all screens:

Start: Exit the program, use Home in standalone application

In the game screen:

D-Pad: move the cursor or the selected block

X: Select / Deselect a block
O: Undo the last block move (Please note that no block will be with status selected after an Undo)
[]: Retry current level

^: Show all available levels of the current level pack
The best score done for the level is displayed at the left of the level name
R: Show all available level packs
L: Show all available themes

In the selection screen: (levels, level packs, themes)

up and down: select the line
left and right: page down and up

X: Validate selection
O: Cancel


Changelogs in v1.0

- Remove all not needed unmovable blocks
- Keep the selection if by moving a block other blocks have disappeared
- Code cleanup
- Added all available level packs
- Better GUI
- Improved the graphics on the two available themes (default and second)
- Added one more theme (jewels)
- Vexed can be played as standalone application (without luaplayer being installed) ...

To show that this project is still alive I have updated the screenshots page with 6 new images along with a movie clip of the game in action.
The next release is being worked on and here are a few changes that have been made:
- Correct timing method is now used
- The backlight can be turned on or off ( default on )
- The lower screen has been disabled and the backlight turned off to save power
- Added Headspin's touchscreen keyboard to allow custom savegame names and highscores ( disabled until user input is required )
- Saving is partially implemented ( level, health, weapon, ect.. ) saving only - hoping to have full saves before release

More info --> http://lazyone.drunkencoders.com/ ...

To show that this project is still alive I have updated the screenshots page with 6 new images along with a movie clip of the game in action.
The next release is being worked on and here are a few changes that have been made:
- Correct timing method is now used
- The backlight can be turned on or off ( default on )
- The lower screen has been disabled and the backlight turned off to save power
- Added Headspin's touchscreen keyboard to allow custom savegame names and highscores ( disabled until user input is required )
- Saving is partially implemented ( level, health, weapon, ect.. ) saving only - hoping to have full saves before release

More info --> http://lazyone.drunkencoders.com/ ...