Find Our Latest Video Reviews on YouTube!
If you want to stay on top of all of our video reviews of the latest tech, be sure to check out and subscribe to the Gear Live YouTube channel, hosted by Andru Edwards! It’s free!
Latest Gear Live Videos
XtremeMac Roadshow Integrates iPod Into Car Entertainment System
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Portable Audio / Video, Transportation,
Let’s face it, trying to watch the latest episode of Lost (or The Bleeding Edge) on your iPod Video while in the passenger seat of a car speeding down the highway isn’t known to be the easiest of tasks. The XtremeMac RoadShow aims to take a bit of the burden off, offering a solution that allows you to integrate the iPod into a vehicle entertainment system. For $49.95 USD, you get an 8-foot long RCA cable that sends the audio and video from the iPod to the car, along with a 12-volt power adapter to keep the iPod juiced up during the trip. Call us impressed.
Read More 
| XtremeMac RoadShow via MobileWhack
Gallery: XtremeMac Roadshow Integrates iPod Into Car Entertainment System
Advertisement
BuddhaPad: The Good Luck Mousepad
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Design, PC / Laptop,
If you haven’t been getting your Buddha belly rub on lately, break out your credit card and order yourself a BuddhaPad. Simply put, this is a mouse pad that had you rubbing Buddha while you surf the web. Even better, your other hand is still available for any other rubbing you need to be doing at the same time. You can pick one of these up for $10.95 USD - a small price to pay for happiness, prosperity, and good karma, no?
Read More | BuddhaPad
Gallery: BuddhaPad: The Good Luck Mousepad
Live From CES: Game Boy Advance SP DVD Player
Posted by Chris Cardinal Categories: Accessories, USB, CES, CES 2006, Peripherals,
MyFlix was showcasing their Game Boy Advanced DVD player, a device that allows you to plug in a GBA SP through its cartridge slot and play back full DVDs. The quality of the screen was definitely watchable, and they assure me that they’ll be slimming down the actual unit, which itself was just a tad bulky. It will retail for close to $70 and be available in normal retail markets and online in July. Battery life was the one element that I had a few misgivings about—3-4 hours for four AAs. (They suggested rechargeables, natch.) The unit does have an AC adapter and they’re looking to integrate speakers. It also has a standard minijack headphone jack.
In addition to the MyFlix, they were also demoing the MyFrame, an affordable, USB-based digital picture frame. Essentially a tiny, USB-based display, the unit pulls pictures and power from your nearby computer. Adding pictures is as simple as dragging them to their software, and you can control the slideshow details. The unit will retail for about $70 as well, and the way they can get the cost down is by using a smaller, limited viewing angle LCD. It’s about 3.5”, and the easel it rests on is adjustable so you can set it for your normal sitting position at your desk. It’s actually a pretty neat solution for office pictures, and affordable enough to make sense to buy for mom.
Gallery: Live From CES: Game Boy Advance SP DVD Player
Live From CES: Larry Page Keynote Address Liveblog
Posted by Chris Cardinal Categories: Accessories, CES, CES 2006, Corporate News, Internet,
We’re live at the Larry Page keynote for Google. We’ll do our best to make note of the cool stuff…
4:15 Very cool Google Earth demonstration video, featuring a bunch of National Geographic pictures overlayed, showing sheep and such. And the Grand Canyon.
4:20 Google’s Larry Page has come on stage
on Stanley, the winning DARPA entry.
4:22 Larry’s showing us the results of a collaborative effort with VW to develop Google Earth into a car dashboard… Perhaps this is the beginning of Google in embedded devices…
Now, he’s showing us Google Maps on a live cell phone… AJAX over cell? He’s showing scrolling on a satellite map. google.com/glm
4:27 I’m noticing Page sounds sort of like Ernie from Sesame Street…
(The rest, after the jump…)
Click to continue reading Live From CES: Larry Page Keynote Address Liveblog
Gallery: Live From CES: Larry Page Keynote Address Liveblog
Live From CES: h20 audio iPod Waterproofing Kit
Posted by Chris Cardinal Categories: Accessories, CES, CES 2006, Portable Audio / Video,
At Showstoppers, an after-CES press-only event, we got some hands on experience with h20 audio’s waterproofing kit for the iPod. Offering models for the mini, nano, shuffle and standard iPod, the kit includes a locking mechanism to ensure that no water seeps in, and an innovative scroll wheel that allows you to twist and select even underwater. They say it’s perfect for snowboarding, skiing, hot tubbing or even those pleasant bubble baths that the Gear Live staff is so fond of. We interview Kristian from h20 who tells us more about the included waterproof headphones and the price points. (Around $70.00, depending on your pod’s size.)
Another still of their display unit submerged, after the jump.
Click to continue reading Live From CES: h20 audio iPod Waterproofing Kit
Gallery: Live From CES: h20 audio iPod Waterproofing Kit
GameDR ScreenMax Sends PSP Video Signal To Your Television
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, CES, CES 2006, Home Entertainment, Video Games,
For Sony PSP fans frustrated by the inability to connect their extra-small dream machines to larger viewing screens, Digital Innovations is set to release the GameDR Excelerator Series ScreenMax for PSP Video Transmission System, which the company is touting as the first product that makes it possible to play PSP games and movies on any TV or computer monitor. You can pick it up in stores for $69.99 USD.
In addition to the ScreenMax, DI will launch several new exciting product lines at CES on January 5th. All new products will be available for demo and review. Digital Innovations will also hold a press conference at the LVCC on January 5th at 3:00 PM CT to launch the winner of their 1st Annual D.O.C. Awards (Design, Originality, Creativity).
Read More | Playfeed
Gallery: GameDR ScreenMax Sends PSP Video Signal To Your Television
Gear Live Holiday Giveaway: SLEEPTRACKER, SCOTTeVEST Rodeo, UMD Disc Cleaner, And More
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Announcements, Wearables, Features, Video Games,
So, we are giving away stuff this year in our 2005 Holiday Gift Guide, and we are pretty excited about it. Now that Christmas is officially upon us, here is what you need to know. We will be choosing our winners on Tuesday, December 27. If you aren’t already entered, then you have no way to win. We have over $450 worth in prizes up for grabs so far, including:
- SCOTTeVEST Rodeo Technology Enabled Jacket ($199 USD)
- SLEEPTRACKER Wake-Up Watch ($149 USD)
- CanaryWireless Digital Hotspotter ($59 USD)
- Motorized UMD Disc Cleaner ($29 USD)
- Antec FanPal ($20 USD)
If you are interested in winning, head on over to the contest thread on our message board.
Read More | Holiday Gift & Giveaway Guide 2005
Gallery: Gear Live Holiday Giveaway: SLEEPTRACKER, SCOTTeVEST Rodeo, UMD Disc Cleaner, And More
Monster GameLink 360 Component Video & Fiber Optic Audio A/V Kit
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Accessories, Product Reviews, Video Games,
We have complained about the
Xbox 360’s loose fiber optic connection
in the past, noting that it is such a poor oversight on Microsoft’s part. Since we didn’t want to use crazy glue or a twisty tie, we went for the next best thing - replacing the Microsoft cable all together in the hopes of finding something better. We got the Monster GameLink 360 Component Video & Fiber Optic Audio A/V Kit. Putting aside it’s insanely long product name, we unpackage the new wires and set everything up - check out the images after the jump.Click to continue reading Monster GameLink 360 Component Video & Fiber Optic Audio A/V Kit
Gallery: Monster GameLink 360 Component Video & Fiber Optic Audio A/V Kit
Get rid of pesky telemarketers, annoying “friends”, and bill collectors with the aid of the Get Off The Phone Excuse Machine. The key chain device features six pre-recorded sound effects that you can use to get off the phone in a hurry. Sounds include doorbells, a police siren, static, a crying baby, Chinese food delivery, and a car crash. You can pick one up for $9.89 and use it for stocking stuffing, or give it to someone as their “main” gift. Word of warning, there is no sound effect that will get you out of explaining why this was the only gift you purchased for your spouse.
Read More | PrankPlace
Gallery: Electronic Excuse Machine
Get rid of pesky telemarketers, annoying “friends”, and bill collectors with the aid of the Get Off The Phone Excuse Machine. The key chain device features six pre-recorded sound effects that you can use to get off the phone in a hurry. Sounds include doorbells, a police siren, static, a crying baby, Chinese food delivery, and a car crash. You can pick one up for $9.89 and use it for stocking stuffing, or give it to someone as their “main” gift. Word of warning, there is no sound effect that will get you out of explaining why this was the only gift you purchased for your spouse.
Read More | PrankPlace
