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Novac intros external HDD enclosure with sizable cooling fan
Paranoid about excessive heat? Looks like the folks at Novac share your worries, as the NV-HDS392U external hard drive enclosure packs one of the largest, most prominent cooling fans you're likely to find in such a device. Boasting an all-aluminum frame and measuring in at 2.16- x 7.2- x 4.69-inches, this unit plays nice with any 3.5-inch IDE / SATA hard drive that you've got hanging around, and connects up with your Mac or PC via USB 2.0. If things get a bit heated, users can simply flip the "on" switch to crank up the side-mounted cooling fan, and those interested can snap this one up early next month for ¥4,980 ($43).[Via AkihabaraNews]
Novac's Dolby Digital 5.1 headphones put surround sound on your dome
There's nothing quite like shoving six speakers over your ears, and while bulky these cans may be, it's still an awful lot smaller than a full home theater rig. While Wave-on just unveiled its own rendition of surround sound 'phones, Novac's upping the ante quite literally by offering up two pairs of Dolby-loving units. The Champion (HP-850XB) model rocks the more common headphones-plus-decoder-box setup, as the standalone unit accepts 3.5-millimeter stereo and coaxial / optical digital inputs, and channels the tones through a G9 connector where it hits your head. The headphones themselves sport both cinema and game modes and weigh (an admittedly hefty) 17.6-ounces. The USB-powered counterpart, dubbed Tusnami (HP-850U), was designed for PC use, and uses the internal decoder to deliver that svelte 5.1 goodness. Additionally, it sports a handy microphone for use with VoIP, voice chat, and online karaoke applications. So if you're stuck in a studio apartment, but lust after the luscious surround sound experience, the HP-850XB should run you ¥24,800 ($214), while the USB-friendly HP-850U requires just ¥12,800 ($110).Read - Novac's HP-850XB headphonesRead - Novac's HP-850U headphones[Via Impress]
Novac's eSATA and USB drive towers: 4.5TB of possible storage
Novac of japan launches some a couple of big empty cases to host the 3.5-inch SATA disks of your choice. The NV-HS372S supports up to five disks and connects to your PC over eSATA. No eSATA, no problem, the adapter card is included in the ¥59,800 (about $517) price tag. The ¥29,800 (about $258) NV-HD600U supports up to six disks and connects to your computer over the more traditional, but slower USB 2.0 interface. With 3.5-inch disks currently maxing-out at 750GB (with 1TB expected this summer), well, you do the porn storage math. Both enclosures rock RAID 0/1 support and ship starting 19 December in Japan. [Via Impress] Read -- eSATA enclosure Read -- USB 2.0 enclosure
Novac's SATA HDD Kit Mini: hooks up disks over USB
If you've every wanted to connect a SATA disk on the quick, then look no further for that fix than the SATA HDD Kit Mini from Novac of Japan. While it'll get you connected via accompanying cables to either SATA or eSATA disks just fine, don't expect this pup to be pumping data across the USB 2.0 bus anywhere near eSATA's 2.4Gbps transfer rate after that stick deals with the USB 2.0 step-down and protocol translation. If you really need that kind of speed but lack a native eSATA connector on your motherboard, then you'd better be looking the way of Ratoc's ExpressCard. Still, for just ¥3,980 or right around $34, this'll probably get you by in a pinch.[Via Impress]
Novac's NV-HV355 Mobile Video HDD
After bringing us the TV for Skype Anywhere product we were kinda hoping for something equally unusual from Novac's next consumer offering. Unfortunately, all we're getting this time around is the NV-HV355 Mobile Video HDD media player in need of a 3.5-inch IDE disk. Once you sort that out, stuff the disk via USB 2.0 with all the DivX 3/4/5, MPEG-1/2/4, XviD, VOB, JPEG, and MP3 files you can muster. Plug 'er into the TV via composite, component, or even SCART, link the coax to your hi-fi and kick back with your Pabst resting on that slim remote coaster content in the knowledge that you're sticking it to the man mkay torrent-boy. On the cheap too at ¥12,800 or about $109 when this drops in fiver. [Via Akihabara News]
Novac's sleek MP3 Walker series DAPs
Okay, so there's probably enough forgettable foreign DAPs out there to keep the tunes rolling from now 'til the end of time, and while there's little about Novak's latest lineup that stands out from the immensely saturated market, it appears to have all the basics down pat (including reasonable prices). The MP-EB101, MP-EB102, and MP-EB105 make up the Walker series, and house 128MB, 256MB, and 512MB of internal flash storage respectively. These minuscule players can play back MP3s and WMAs (but won't play nice with WMA-DRM files), and have a nifty (but probably overrated) feature that displays ID3 tags in 24 different languages on the teeny tiny LCD screen. The feature set pretty much ends there, unfortunately, as the only other notable extras here are the built-in voice recorder (with a slow mo playback option) and the ability to swap out colored faceplates ala Xbox 360. The units do last a commendable 10 hours on a single AAA battery, but you should probably carry a couple of spares with you, as there's no way to recharge your Walker via the USB 2.0 port. The perfectly average Novak offerings won't impress those looking for a mile-long list of attributes, but they do manage to look a tad better than some other oddball alternatives -- and with prices clocking in at ¥3,980 ($34) for 128MB, ¥4,980 ($42) for 256MB, and ¥6,280 ($53) for the 512MB version, you can walk away with one and not break the bank.[Via Digital World Tokyo]
Novac's TV for Skype Anywhere: watch TV via Skype, seriously
Twas only yesterday the lads in the Engadget mansion were lamenting about giving Skype a try if only it streamed some of that hot analog TV we've been hearing so much about. Little did we know that in some back alley of Akihabaraville, a team of hucksters from Novac in Japan were putting the finishing touches on their TV for Skype Anywhere (or something like that) product. Just load-up Skype and Novac's software onto your home PC, slip in their USB stick with integrated analog tuner, and voila, you're ready to stream the sweet, sweet TV out the Internet to any of the newer Skype clients capable of video calls. The TV will even call you and then allow you to change channels via a chat window if we're reading the machine translation correctly -- enter "the ##12#" to switch to channel 12, for example. Not likely to give Slingboxers any competition in terms of functionality or quality, but for ¥9,800 or about $85, you're not likely to find a cheaper solution boxed up so neatly. Oh Skype, come 'er and give us a cuddle.[Via Impress]
