110 Drum: TECH
TV Wristwatch £129.95
Short of strapping a brick on your arm, the notion of a TV wristwatch was served for
the most optimistic of Sci-Fi enthusiasts. Not any more..
The secret to the TV watch’s unparalleled brilliance is its
1.5” colour screen, which relies on TFT (Thin Film Transistor)
technology to deliver a high-resolution (130,338) picture
that is superior to anything traditional televisions can
offer. Powered by a rechargeable lithium-polymer
battery, which provides an hour of viewing time, you
can extend this to 3 hours by placing the watch on
its smart little battery-powered docking station.
Of course it couldn’t really be described as a watch if it
didn’t tell the time; a digital display shows the time, date
and selected channel.
This little techno masterpiece is so easy to operate,
because a SONY PLL synthesizer tuner allows for quick
channel hopping and nifty earphones double up as the TV
Wristwatch’s antenna.
Vivitar Portable Entertainment Centre £299.95
This Portable Entertainment Centre is the world’s first 6-in-1 multimedia recorder/
player. Which, in simple terms, means that this is a video camera, digital stills
camera, voice recorder, digital photo frame, MP3 player AND TV/video recorder.
The PEC has 20gb of onboard memory plus SD
card compatibility. This means it can capture 15
hours of VGA movies, 24,000 high quality still
images and more than 5000 MP3 music files.
Using the small, detachable camera/camcorder
module, the PEC captures high-quality MPEG4
video in both VGA and XVGA formats. It also
records video from virtually any source, including
TV, VCR and DVD.
The PEC can easily store movies, videos or TV
programmes, and playback is a pleasure as it
boasts a generous 3.6” LCD screen, making it in
essence a 20gb video jukebox. It also functions
as a 3.1-megapixel digital camera with a vast
array of features. It even has a voice recorder
an MP3 player and a built-in speaker! Genius!