Looking for a great sounding headset and one that allows you to talk on your phone when not listening to music. The Bose MIE2 and the MIE2I that works with IPOD/IPhone controls which gives you the great sounding Bose quality from your smart phone. With the Bose headset one can become a “smart” listener as well.
Author: Tech Pro Geek
Consider B-Stock Apple Products
Anyone who has been in an Apple store knows that the price is what it is, ahh the economics of supply and demand. No big discounts or those after Christmas sales on the Ipads or Mac notebooks to be had at the Apple store. Well something to consider is looking at the B stock refurbished Ipads, MacBook Air, IMac, MacBook Pro, Ipod, Nano, Mac Pro, Displays. Just look for these items under the Shop Refurbished heading. The discounts vary anywhere from 11 to 27 percent depending on the item, it seems the Ipads, notebooks, MacBooks generally average around 15 percent for current models up to 27 percent to those not minding some that are 2010 models.
A good example is one of the latest 11inch MacBook Air notebooks that is normally 999.00 that is discounted to 849.00 which is a 15% discount which includes a 1 year warranty.
Thor Displayport Extender and Cable Assembly
With HDMI and DVI having range limitations, the THOR-CBL Displayport is worth checking out. It supports 4 data pairs at 2.7 Gbps for a total of 10.8 Gbps in a single cable. 16bit color depth per channel and 2560 x 1600 resolution per channel. Will support distances up to 100 meters with Aux channel, and 2km without Aux channel. Aux channel allows bi-directional data/device control at 1mbps to comply with the Vesa EDID and MCCS (monitor contro command set) standards.
Four-channel Heavy Duty Tactical Cat5E Cable
Sometimes one runs across situations when there is a need for Cat5 cables that is not installed but really needed for reliability at conferences for computers, data, remote control, video over Ip Cameras, etc. Gepco manufactures two and four channel heavy duty snakes
with a second color coded jacket for each pair of Cat5E for easy identification that can be rolled up on a cable reel.This also cuts down on set up and break down times at events. People really prefer a fast break down after a week long conference. One does not have to worry about an array of tangled loosely laying ball of wires that are usually all similar color wires that are difficult to identify that usually do not lay flat and easily get crushed, squeezed, damaged, or pulled on easily.
4 Watt Long Run Time Led Flashlight
Another good choice for an LED flashlight for around 25.00 is the Rayovac Sportsman Xtreme 4W LED 3C Flashlight (RAYSE4W3C) that has an output of 120 Lumens. Utilizing C batteries will yield a run time of 22 hours on High power and 60 hours on Low power setting. The Cree XRE LED is rated at 100,000 hours. It comes in a nice CNC machined water resistant anondized aluminum body with rubber grip and lanyard.
Worlds Brightest Flashlight Under 40.00 dollars
The Dorcy model 41-4269 flashlight has a 160 lumens output that utilizes a high powered K2 Luxeon watt LED solid state diode which lasts approxiamately 12 hours of run time on 6 AAA batteries and will cost around 35.95 at Amazon. There are higher lumens models from Dorcy that output 200 lumens however for slight increase in lumens one sacrifices run time which can be more important in some long term outages or not wanting frequent battery changes.
Sony PMW F3 Camera
Are you wanting to step into 35mm Digital Cinematography that up till recently was out of reach except for the large film, production houses, and Hollywood big budget movie producers. Even rentals could run in the thousands per day just for the equipment. Sony has come out with
an “affordable” full sensor 35mm digital camera body Sony PMW F3L for 16,800 list before lens or 24,800 list for PMW F3k that includes 3 PL lens kit 35,50,85mm T-2.0.
Granted by the time one adds on additional accessories, tripod, filter, etc it will easily exceed 30k, however its way lay less than the
6 figures that was previously required, so its still within reach of the well heeled aspiring film students, and professionals wanting to step up to real 35mm Digital Cinematography with an established Sony workflow and less than the price of an average home.
Professional Ipod Dock
Have you been looking for a real professional docking station for one or two Ipods, then the RTIDock is the perfect device with many features that consumer docks do not provide. The first thing is that it is rack mount capable, the Ipods are concealed in sliding drawers (1 or 2 model version). Can sync
to Itunes over the network using RTI sync technology. Able to control Ipods via RS232 or over IP bi-directional with RTI remote wall or handheld devices. Has video outputs to see GUI screen display of Ipod output on a video monitor.
This is definitely an item any professional studio or business would want to display content using Ipods at a professional level, rather than
a consumer dock or breakout cables. Isnt image everything?
Google TV
Sony manufacters the Google TV integrated in certain Sony models ranging in screen size from 24 inch to 46 inch sized LCD. If one already owns a relatively new HDTV with HDMI inputs (does not have to be Sony) one can buy a stand alone Google TV Set Top Box with integrated Blu Ray player for around 199.00. Its possible to search tv programs without needing to know what channel something is on. Great for doing Web browsing, even multitasking with the picture in picture feature. Lots of many free apps available, there is even a free Google TV remote app for Android and Iphone. One can watch movies streamed directly from the Netflix app, Amazon, or many of the other services.
If someone is not into a lot of technical hookup/setup and wanting a cleaner looking system the Sony Google TV might be the way to go, surprisingly the refresh rate on all the Sony Google TV sets are 60 Hz not the 120 or 240 Hz refresh rates that have become more common place today. If your just wanting a larger screen to display web/internet content and not watching fast motion such as sports; or fast action video content the Sony Google TV might be a good choice.
Nikon CoolPix AW100
If your looking for a rugged waterproof(33ft depth) camera with GPS this model might be worth checking out. The Nikon CoolPix AW100 has a 16MP sensor with 1080P video resolution. It has a 5x optical zoom with 28-140 mm 35mm equivalent. Also freeze proof to 14 degrees and drop
proof to 5ft. Does not have raw capability shoots JPEG stills and Mov (AVC H.264) video format and wave audio. Uses SD, SDHC, SDXC memory cards. Can shoot full 1920 X 1080P or 1280 X 720P video. Monitor has 460,000 Pixel resolution, and it has an ISO range of 125-3200.
Also has quite an array of scene modes, and shutter speed of 1/1500 to 1 sec. Also uses famous brand Nikon ED glass lens.