IFA 2007 Booth Babe Photos

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In case you wondered if there were Booth Babes at the IFA 2007 show in Berlin, the answer is yes there were one or two.

I only found a few photos, way less than other shows like the CeBit 2007 for instance. IFA is not known for being a hotspot for Booth babes. Below are a couple of links to IFA 2007 Booth Babe photos. Despite its size and consumer focus (already over 100,000 visitors) they stay away from hiring hot and sexy models. Read more

Posted on Mon, 3 Sep 2007 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Gadgets at IFA promise simpler, more beautiful Life

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By Nicola Leske

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Television sets traditionally dominate the IFA consumer electronics trade fair but there is an abundance of new high-tech gadgets on display in Berlin this week aimed at making life simpler and more beautiful too. Read more

Posted on Mon, 3 Sep 2007 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Weekly I4U Top 10: IFA 2007, DMX-HD1000, N81, LG-KS20

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The IFA 2007 consumer electronics show in Berlin, Germany opened its doors today. Most new product announcement have been made yesterday, see our IFA 2007 News Round-up.
The the World's smallest HD Camcorder from Sanyo is already available for pre-order on Amazon.com.

More top stories of the past week are listed below. Read more

Posted on Sun, 2 Sep 2007 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2007: Casio 60fps Exilim Camera

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Casio shows a new digital camera at the IFA 2007 that can record 6MP digital images at 60 frames per second. VGA video recording is possible at 300fps.

The new camera prototype features 12x optical zoom, 6MP sensor, 2.8 inch screen and image stabilization.
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Posted on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2007: Sharp BD-HP205 Blu-ray Player

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Sharp announces their BD-HP205 Blu-ray player at the IFA 2007.

The Sharp BD-HP205 features HDMI 1.3 and 1080/24p playback. Sharp's Blu-ray player supports Dolby digital plus, Dolby TrueHD and AQUOS LINK. Read more

Posted on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2007: 3D DLP HDTVs powered by Texas Instruments

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Texas Instruments shows a new 3D technology fro DLP HDTVs at the IFA 2007.

3D-Ready HDTV are already made by Mitsubishi and Samsung.
The 3D DLP technology requires wearing synchronized shutter glasses. Read more

Posted on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:42:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2007 News Round-Up

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The IFA 2007 officially opens today to the public in Berlin. Yesterday several companies held their IFA press-conferences and product announcements have been released already all week.

There have not been any mega announcements, but several interesting ones. Sony announced PVPs for the U.S. market and opened their players for the Microsoft music ecosystem and ditched ATRAC.
Philips pushes its ambilight to the limit with the new Aurea line.

See all IFA 2007 news that appeared so far on I4U NEWS below. Read more

Posted on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2007: Dolby Volume Technology

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Dolby Laboratories demonstrated Dolby Volume technology for home audio systems, including audio/video receivers (AVRs), home-theater-in-a-box systems, and stereo audio systems at the IFA 2007 in Berlin.

First announced at 2007 International CES, Dolby Volume brings a fundamentally new approach to delivering consistent volume levels across a wide variety of channel programming or input sources. This unique technology performs measurement, analysis, and control of volume levels according to a psychoacoustic model based on the characteristics of human hearing. Dolby Volume complements Dolby Digital (AC-3), the de facto standard for surround sound in DVB-based broadcasting, as well as the audio standard for DVD-Video and for DTV broadcasting in North America. Together they provide a comprehensive solution for controlling loudness over a wide range of consumer media formats. Read more

Posted on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:10:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2007: Samsung SP-A800B full HD Projector

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Samsung introduces the SP-A800B full HD projector at the IFA 2007.

The new Samsung SP-A800B features 2 HDMI ports, Component (2), S-Video, Composite, a PC input (D-SUB 15 PIN) and RS-232C interface.

The SP-A800B comes with Texas Instrument’s latest 1080p DLP chip. In addition the new projector supports 24p.
The contrast ratio of the SP-A800B is 10,000:1 and the brightness is 1000 ANSI lumen. Read more

Posted on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Philips to Launch Aurea TVs at IFA 2007

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Philips announced today that they will be launching their new Aurea HDTVs as IFA2007. Aurea is Philips’ update to their Ambilight technology, which worked pretty well. We reviewed a 50” Ambilight Plasma HDTV back in March and found it to work well.

The Aurea HDTVs will use the new LED-based Ambilight system as well as integrating discrete speakers and the Perfect Pixel HD Engine. Aurea TVs will be available in Europe next month. Read more

Posted on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:27:36 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

IFA 2007: LG shows 60p full HD LCD TVs

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LG announces at the IFA 2007 the next generation full HD technology that works with 60 frames per second instead of the currently used 30 frames per second.

60p full HD TVs offer sharper, smoother, and more stable images.

“Many experts, including our own engineers, believed that 1080/60p content would provide far superior picture quality and would eventually become standard in many countries. However, due to numerous technological obstacles, no company had been able to demonstrate the technology. LG, together with NHK, invested more than a year in research, development and production, eventually proving that LG’s full HD TVs are already capable of displaying 60p full HD content,” said Havis Heewon Kwon, head of LCD TV Division, LG Electronics. Read more

Posted on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2007: Samsung 225UW Monitor with Webcam

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Samsung introduces at the IFA 2007 show in Berlin the Samsung SyncMaster 225UW 22 inch LCD monitor.

A 2MP webcam and a headset plug make this monitor an ideal VOIP and video conferencing device.
Other features of the Samsung 225UW include 5ms speed, 700:1 contrast ratio, 300 cd/m² brightness, 170°/160° (h/v) FOV, HDCP and MagicColor. Read more

Posted on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2007: LG Design Art LCD TVs

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LG introduces a line of Design Art LCD TVs and a Design Art Home Theater System.

Besides the 'arty' appearance that is supposed to be emotionally appealing, the Design Art LCD TVs sport some interesting features.
The full HD LG TVs feature a 10,000:1 contrast ratio, hidden speakers and XD Engine. The new LG TVs optimize brightness and contrast automatically to reduce eye fatigue. Read more

Posted on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2007: LG Pause & Play TVs

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LG Electronics announces Pause & Play TVs for Europe at the IFA 2007 in Berlin. LG also announces that they received the Freeview Playback certification from the UK’s Digital Television Group for these new TVs with integrated DVR.

The Digital Television Group, or DTG, is the UK’s industry association for digital television. It set technical standards for DVR in 2006 and also created guidelines for consumers who are looking to purchase digital video recorders as the UK prepares to change over to digital broadcasting by 2008. Read more

Posted on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:25:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG-KS20 - the new 3G iPhone Killer from LG at the IFA 2007

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LG will show a new touch-screen smartphone at the IFA 2007. The LG Electronics LG-KS20 is a bit similar to the Prada phone but packs much more advanced features.

For starters the LG-KS20 is a 3G HSDPA handset. It runs Microsoft Window Mobile 6.0 and measures only 12.8mm in thickness (the iPhone is still thinner with 11.6mm).

Other features highlights of the Apple iPhone killer are 2MP camera, WiFi, MP3 player, LG will show a new touch-screen smartphone at the IFA 2007. The LG Electronics LG-KS20 is a bit similar to the Prada phone but packs much more advanced features.

Other features highlights of the Apple iPhone killer are 2.8 inch color touch-screen, 2MP camera, WiFi, MP3 player and Bluetooth. Read more

Posted on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:50:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2007: NXP PNX5100 Video Processor first to remove Halo Effect

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NXP, founded by Philips launches the world’s first video postprocessor IC that removes the halo effect from motion pictures on HDTV at the IFA 2007.

The NXP PNX5100 proprietary Motion Accurate Picture Processing technology enables TV manufacturers to drastically improve high-definition (HD) motion picture on LCD TVs. Read more

Posted on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:53:30 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2007: LG XCANVAS HT762TZ

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LG Electronics wants to party at the IFA 2007 as you can see in the photo with the lovely champagne toasting booth babe.

The LG XCANVAS HT762TZ is a surround sound home cinema solution. Features of the HT762TZ include 700W power, DVD upscaling to 1080p, DivX, DVD±RW, DVD±R, WMA, MP3, JPEG format support, Virtual Sound up to 10.1Ch, AM and FM tuner, USB port to connect DAPs and XTS Pro Digital Amplifier. Read more

Posted on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 05:18:37 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

IFA 2007: Tiny Samsung VP-HMX10A Camcorder

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Samsung will introduce the new Samsung VP-HMX10A digital camcorder at the IFA 2007 in Berlin.

The Samsung VP-HMX10A is not a full HD camcorder (e.g.: New Panasonic HDC-SD5 and HDC-SX5) it supports a resolution of 1920x720pixels (Hi-Vision).
Features of the Samsung VP-HMX10A include 8GB internal memory, SDHC slot, records in MP4 format and features a 10x zoom. Read more

Posted on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

EA Says FIFA 08 Will Support 10 Player Online Play

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EA announced today that FIFA 08 for the Xbox 360 and PS3 will have an update a few weeks after the game ships that allows up to 10 players to join for an online game of soccer.

The play mode is called Be a Pro and is a new play mode in this FIFA release. Players get real-time feedback and camera angles that follow their player for ideal views of their game. Interactive Leagues are also included in the game allowing you to represent your club online against your rivals. Read more

Posted on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:02:55 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

IFA 2007: LG 5.1MP HSDPA Camera Phone Viewty LG-KU990

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LG Electronics will introduce the LG-KU990 5MP camera phone at the IFA 2007 in Berlin next month.

LG calls the all black camera phone 'Viewty'. Somebody should tell the Korean mobile phone companies to stop giving their phones weird names. Samsung recently named one of their phones miniskirt. Yesterday we reported on one that Samsung dubbed UFO. Viewty is the worst name yet. Read more

Posted on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:10:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

I4U Top Stories of the Week: RAZR2, YSP-4000 and Miss IFA 2007

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The new RAZR2 is going to be available from all major carriers in the US (Sprint, AT&T, ...). Yamaha updated its digital sound projectors with the YSP-4000 and YSP-3000. The first HTC Shift review appeared as well this week. There is also a birthday to celebrate; The CD is 25 years old.

More top stories from last week are below. Read more

Posted on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr