Just when we were getting used to having most Nikon announcements thoroughly preceded by a
flood of leaks, the company's managed to totally surprise us by introducing a new head-mounted display with PMP features -- and it actually looks pretty sweet. The WiFi-enabled 8GB Media Port UP UP300x has a .44-inch 640 x 480 screen that appears to be the equivalent of a 50-inch image viewed from about 10 feet away, and includes a motion sensor that allows media functions to be controlled through head movements. (There's also a "basic" 4GB UP300 that omits the motion control features.) Codec support is pretty slim, but there's a browser app and a new UP media store that allows for direct downloads. Two AA batteries will last for two hours of video or 270 minutes of audio, which should be enough time for you to look thoroughly like a dork, but we won't lie -- we'd buy one of these in a heartbeat if they ever make it out of Japan.
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Akihabara News]
posted Oct 7th 2008 9:53AM
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YES!
Now I can watch porn on the plane in peace.
Hey banana, "objects in PMP are smaller than they appear"
If there's turbulence the head motion sensor will fast forward past all the good parts.
*Hi-Five*
So, its the Solid Eye, which can play songs? If only Konami thought of that instead of making me carry an iPod to all my missions. Might have sneaked past a couple more Gekkos.
Doesn't that mean you have to have one eye shut when you watch a film? that could be annoying :P
I hate to be one of those "I thought of this!" people, but...
Those with the resources, you know?
Nuckin futs! How much is it? Off to read the specs to see... yes, you can hook up external sources. Rad.
Reminds me of the scanners in dragonball z.
Hopefully it's not over ($)9000!!!!!!
so in Universal Soldier they were just watching porn? nice.
I only want to know if I can connect this wireless to my new HTC HD and I'm in business!
Well what else are you gonna use this for other than the good old XXX Theatre works?
Thats all the internet is there for ^_^
Well what else are you gonna use this for other than the good old XXX Theatre works?
Thats all the internet is there for ^_^
That, and double posting.
yeah - rubbish comp at work - whooops
mmmmm 50 inch standard definition image. lurrvley
Son, are you watching dirty movies on that gizmo?! The boy shakes his head thus activating the external speaker. Owned.
Stuff like this reminds me of Navin Johnson's Opti-Grab. I can see the lawsuits now.
What they're not telling you is about the mind control chip. Soon we'll be 1 big mass of zombies waiting for orders from the "supreme being"
50-inch screen equivalent at 10 feet! Wow!
That's the same as a 1000-inch screen at 200 feet!
Or a 20-inch screen at 4 feet.
Or a crummy 10-inch VGA screen at 2 feet.
Mpeg2 but no mpeg4 support?
What alternate universe is this thing from?
And I thought guys who walked out with their bluetooth headsets on all day were douchebags. A guy who wears this around would trump that.
The title says Nikon so at first I thought this was a remote viewfinder. Come to think of it, why didn't someone create a remote (wired or wireless) viewfinder.
Because that would be too awesome.
Oh man, if you could integrate this with the new (live view) DSLRs that Nikon are briging out, that would be awesome. Imagine having your view, huge, right there in front of you.
It would be even better than all those Digicams with the flip-out-and-rotate-around screens!
Vegeta, what does the scanner say?