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Bleeding Edge TV 282: E3 2008: Nintendo Announces Wii Sports Resort, Wii MotionPlus, WiiSpeak

Posted by Nate True Categories: High Score, Announcements, Handhelds, Video Games, Videocasts, Videos,

At , put on quite a show at their keynote. Among the announcements were , a sequel to the much acclaimed Wii Sports, , a music creator with no talent required.  Also featured were Shaun White Snowboarding and Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party, Grand Theft Auto Chinatown, Animal Crossing Cityfolk, Guitar Hero On Tour, Creatures, Star Wars: Clone Wars, and a new game.

Nintendo also announced new accessories, the , an add-on to the Wii Remote that adds real-to-life motion sensing; and , a set-top microphone that enables audio chat in online multiplayer games. Check out the video for the highlights, and don’t forget, we put up a full gallery of the event as well.

Gallery: Bleeding Edge TV 282: E3 2008: Nintendo Announces Wii Sports Resort, Wii MotionPlus, WiiSpeak


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Bleeding Edge TV 280: E3 2008 Xbox Media Briefing

Posted by Nate True Categories: Full Episodes, Announcements, Home Entertainment, Microsoft, Movies, Video Games, Videocasts,

In this episode, coming to you straight from , we chat with Xbox’s Heather Snavely about all the news that Microsoft announced during their Xbox Media Briefing. We have keynote clips here as well, in case you missed it and want to see all that went down, while Heather gives us a bit more detail and answers a few questions we had about some of the specific announcements.

Specifically, Heather tells us a bit more about the new Xbox 360 Experience dashboard, answers a few questions we had about the Lips game and the motion-based microphone controller, as well as Xbox avatars and questions we had about the future of Gamer Pictures on Xbox Live. All in all, a nice look at all the new details uncovered at E3 in relation to Xbox 360.

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Bleeding Edge TV 279: The Wait for iPhone 3G

Posted by Nate True Categories: Full Episodes, Apple, Cell Phones, Handhelds, Peripherals, Portable Audio / Video, Videocasts, Videos,

We were quite nearly first in line at the Alderwood Mall Apple Store in Lynnwood, WA for the launch of .  Sure the purchasing experience was a fiasco, but overall the night was great fun.  We had an exclusive Tap Tap Revenge tournament, along with a giveaway of the excellent Monster LRG iPhone cases, and even an impromptu listening demo of the headphones, which we recently unboxed.

We must admit, towards the end we were kind of jaded over the whole thing, since between everyone in our group we had a 15 iPhone mixture of original iPhones and iPhone 3G units, all of which didn’t work due to the activation issues - but to be fair, the employees at the Alderwood Mall Apple Store location were all top-notch. Check out the full adventure in the video.

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Bleeding Edge TV 277: AverMedia Volar TV Tuner for Mac

Posted by Nate True Categories: Gizmatic, Apple, HDTV, Home Entertainment, PC / Laptop, Peripherals, Podcasts, Portable Audio / Video, Videocasts, Videos,

At in Taipei, Taiwan, AverMedia shows off their new digital TV Tuner solution for the Mac. It looks like a competent solution, and it’s great to see more TV tuner hardware that’s OSX compatible.

Look for it by the end of 2008. Pricing is likely to be on par with the other Volar series, which is around $100.

Gallery: Bleeding Edge TV 277: AverMedia Volar TV Tuner for Mac


Bleeding Edge TV 276: The Voodoo Omen ultimate custom PC

Posted by Nate True Categories: Gizmatic, Mods / Hacks, PC / Laptop, Videocasts, Videos,

At HP’s conference in Berlin, Germany, Rahul Sood of PC announced the Voodoo Omen, a new top-of-the-line water-cooled PC using an as-yet-unannounced new set of SLI GPU’s and a new CPU as well. It also features a fully functional LCD monitor on the front of the case.

The construction on this PC is amazing, but with its $7000 price tag we’re not sure we’re ready to upgrade just yet. The Omen is currently only available to former Voodoo customers on an invite-only basis, so if you are looking to get your hands on one, you might just be out of luck.

Gallery: Bleeding Edge TV 276: The Voodoo Omen ultimate custom PC


Bleeding Edge TV 275: The EeeStick motion game controllers from Asus

Posted by Nate True Categories: Gizmatic, Home Entertainment, Misc. Tech, PC / Laptop, Peripherals, Video Games, Videocasts, Videos,

At the booth during , we had the pleasure of looking at their new EeeStick video gaming controllers. Similar to the ‘s Wii Remote and Nunchuk, aiming and player movement is controlled by swinging the right controller around and moving the left thumbstick.

Sunrise Kuo of Asus showed us a demo of the controllers in action. When they’re ready in July or August, they will be packaged with the Asus EeePC 901 or EeePC 1000 models.

Gallery: Bleeding Edge TV 275: The EeeStick motion game controllers from Asus


Bleeding Edge TV 274: A Look Into the Future with HP’s Phil McKinney

Posted by Nate True Categories: Full Episodes, Features, Handhelds, Household, Internet, Misc. Tech, PC / Laptop, Peripherals, Science, Software, Videocasts, Videos,

At HP’s event in Berlin, Germany, we caught up with the CTO of HP’s Public Systems Group, Phil McKinney, who had some very interesting things to say about where HP believes the future will take us.

Phil talked with us about what’s coming in the future of technology - everything from wearable computing to a very advanced “avatar” that is programmed to make decisions just like you would, only you can send it to a meeting while you get to go play video games. We look forward to seeing what the future holds. Thanks Phil!

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Bleeding Edge TV 273: Gigabyte’s NetBook M912 Tiny Convertible Tablet PC

Posted by Nate True Categories: Gizmatic, Handhelds, PC / Laptop, Videocasts, Videos,

We were pleasantly surprised at this when we saw Gigabyte’s new convertible tablet, the M912. At $650, with an 8.9-inch screen and 160gb HDD, it promises to be an excellent competitor to the , which we reviewed recently. Gigabyte’s Brendon Lo says that the M912 should be out somewhere around July 2008.

We’re looking forward to getting our hands on one.

Gallery: Bleeding Edge TV 273: Gigabyte’s NetBook M912 Tiny Convertible Tablet PC


Bleeding Edge TV 272: Computex 2008 - AMD Live! Home Theatre hardware

Posted by Nate True Categories: Gizmatic, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Household, PC / Laptop, Videocasts, Videos,

AMD shows us how the home theatre PC arena is getting exciting again. Thanks to AMD Live!, manufacturers are finally creating affordable high-quality and high-performance components for the home theatre PC. Inexpensive platforms supporting full-resolution 1080p HD and 7.1 channel surround sound are being manufactured and will be out for sale real soon.

We love the intiative AMD has taken on this one! We talk with Jay Taylor of AMD Live! and have a look at the new components.

Gallery: Bleeding Edge TV 272: Computex 2008 - AMD Live! Home Theatre hardware


Bleeding Edge TV 271: Hands-on with the new HP TouchSmart PC

Posted by Nate True Categories: Gizmatic, Announcements, Household, Internet, PC / Laptop, Videocasts, Videos,

At ‘s Connecting Your World event in Berlin, Germany, we talked with John Cook, VP of marketing for HP’s Consumer PC group. He gave us a hands-on first look at the beautiful new HP PC.

One thing we really liked about the new TouchSmart is its completely redone interface.  The software looks clean, polished, useful, and eminently easy to use.  It would be great, however, if the TouchSmart made more use of multi-touch.  Cook demonstrates a pinch gesture in the software but that’s pretty much it.  We’re keeping our eyes peeled for more functionality in upcoming software updates and releases.

Gallery: Bleeding Edge TV 271: Hands-on with the new HP TouchSmart PC


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