Digital Experience - Alienware curved screen

This is one of those items that you have to see to believe. The folks at Alienware , who are renowned for making some of the most cutting edge performance systems for gaming enthusiasts, previewed their latest foray into the ultimate interactive experience.

The screen is rear projection DLP and is actually 4 screens ‘stitched’ together. The end result is astounding. It’s lit by LED’s and has a 2880x900 resolution with an almost unimaginable .02ms response time.

It’s not expected to be available until the 3rd or 4th quarter, and if I had to make a guess I would expect it to cost in the range of about four grand.

But let’s face it, you can’t put a price on love and this is probably as close as you will ever come to getting a hug from your monitor.

Lunch@Piero’s – VIA Pico-ITX Mainboard

Years ago, VIA made ‘good things come in small packages’ its mantra. They are arguably the best at cramming full PC functionality onto tiny motherboard and chipset spaces. This year they outdid themselves.

Numerous small form factor devices were on exhibit at the Lunch@Piero’s event and at the heart of them was VIA technology. I saw quite a few production and prototype pieces, but what really grabbed me was the Pico-ITX motherboard .

As the picture shows, this 1Ghz powerhouse is little bigger than a standard playing card.

I was blown away by the fact that the largest thing on the board was the VGA connector.

This board has all the pins and ports necessary to support a standard, low power consumption PC running Windows or Linux.

Having worked with VIA components before, we’re looking forward to receiving our Pico-ITX and putting it through its paces.

You Can Take it with You

Mobile devices were everywhere. I could write another 20 pages on all the different kinds of gizmos companies were touting as the next great, must have with you all the time, device. Don’t worry, I’m not going to.

Suffice it to say that every cell phone and media player company is packing more and more content delivery capability into their devices.  Even the satellite providers are getting in on the action. Echostar (Dish Network), having recently acquired Sling Media, was showing off its new SlingCatcher as well as Pocket Dish devices from Archos that allow you to take your TV shows with you.

We’ll be looking at a number of these devices over the course of the next several months, and we’ll keep you up to date with our reviews and perspectives.

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