Probably aimed more at the office rather than your home cinema, Dell have released a new high end projector, the 7609WU. Sporting a 1920 x 1200 WUXGA resolution and 3850 lumens, the 7609WU rocks in with a US$5,000 price tag. Ouch! If you’re still keen here are a few more specs on the 7609WU

* DLP® and BrilliantColorTM technology
* 2,700:1 contrast ratio
* Dual VGA, Dual HDMI, DisplayPort, S-Video, Composite Video, RS232 and Audio-in/Audio-Out connections
* Dual 5W speakers
* long lamp life of up to 2000 hours (normal mode)/2500 hours (eco mode)
* Image Size 20.9 - 301.0 inches (diagonal)
* Projection Distance 3.28 to 39.37 ft (1 m to 12 m)
* 432 mm (17.0″) x 290 mm (11.42″) x 135 mm (5.31″)
* 6.08 kg (13.4 lbs)

The unit does offer a nifty ‘eco-mode’ to make you feel green whilst using the unit. This mode reduces power usage by 10% from 454 watts down to 405 watts, increases the lamp life and lowers the noise output. However we’re not sure that’s enough to persuade your bank manager to give you a personal loan to buy the sucker. If you’re keen to check out some more projectors take a look at testfreaks.com.

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With the format war over, we haven’t seen a great plethora of new Blu-Ray integrated products now that sitting on the fence isn’t an option. Neither have we seen the usual great price hikes associated with a monopolistic market. In fact Dell are now offering a laptop with a Blu-Ray drive (not burner) for under US$1000.

Their Inspiron 1525 laptop range start as low as US$879 with a Blu-Ray Disc Combo option, tack on another $200 for the Blu-Ray burner. Here are the specs on the $879 Blu-Ray player, err, laptop

* Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 1.83 GHz
* Vista Home Basic
* 15.4 inch 1280 x 800 res display
* Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
* 1 GB DDR2
* 80 GB SATA hard disc drive
* Dell Wireless 802.11g card
* 28 Whr battery

And of course your Blu-Ray combo drive. The laptop has an HDMI output so you can hook it up to your HD home system and supports 720p.

So $879 for a laptop/Blu-Ray player, not bad, eh? Obviously the specs are nothing special, but if you’re looking for a basic laptop and a HD player then this could be a great option. Hopefully this also heralds price reductions with other Blu-Ray integrated hardware.

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Over at Engadget they’ve got some details on Dell’s 12.1 inch laptop the Vostro 1200. Here are the bits and pieces they’ve gathered from Dell’s Japanese website.

* Santa Rosa GM965 chipset
* Intel GMA X3100 GPU
* 4 GB max memory
* 160 GB HDD
* DVD burner
* 802.11 a/b/g/n connectivity
* ExpressCard slot
* 1280 x 800 display
* Optional bluetooth module
* Optional 2 mp camera

The estimated import cost into the US is US$912 but these suckers are due out stateside soon, so it may be worth hanging on to your shekels before splurging.

Source: engadget and laptoping

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Samsung have announced that their 64 GB solid state drive (SSD) has been snapped up by Alienware and Dell and is now available in the manufacturers notebooks. Dell is offering the drive on its XPS M1330 ultra-portable notebook and Alienware have got dual SSDs tucked away in its Area-51 m9750 gaming notebook along side a spinning 200 GB oh-so-yesterday HDD.

Despite only having a 64 GB max capacity - that figure will, as with all figures techie, increase over time - SSD does boast a number of advantages over its older sibling the HDD

* No moving parts, so less bits to go wrong
* Noise free
* Produces little heat, always a bonus with a lap-burning laptop
* Handles shocks and knocks better

So hats off to Samsung for getting this little sucker out into the world, another step forward in the endless quest to squeeze more stuff into less space.

Source: BusinessWire

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Dell will start to sell its PCs via Wal-Mart retail stores in the US from June 10. This is a major shift for the manufacturer which relied on direct sales throughout its 23 year existence.

Consumers will be able to buy a $700 PC with accessories through Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores in the US and Canada. Dell were unable to provide details of what was included in the accessories package.

Dell PCs will cozy up along side PCs from HP, Acer and Gateway on the shelves at Wal-Mart which are already sold by the chain.

According to PC World there appears to be two main reasons for the shift

But the direct-sales business model is no longer such an advantage, since competing PC vendors say they have learned their lesson and trimmed their own costs. And critics note that buyers in developing countries don’t trust their postal systems enough to purchase expensive PCs through the mail.

Hopefully this should be good news for all PC consumers.

Source: Reuters

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