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Gamexpert Cooler King cools your Xbox 360, hubs its ports
Quite exactly why anyone would want to connect "up to 4 media players at the same time" to their Xbox 360 is beyond us, but fortunately that's one of only three jobs that the Gamexpert Cooler King claims to do very well. As well as providing a 4-port USB hub for a quartet of PMPs, the Cooler King "cools" your Xbox 360 in a similar -- but not identical -- way to the Nyko Intercooler, and provides standard VGA, component, optical audio out, and S-Video connections, bypassing the need for pesky proprietary cables altogether. As the Cooler King appears to draw its power from the Xbox 360's unique A/V port, it should hopefully bypass the concerns that dogged Nyko's solution as well as providing the bonus of a non-proprietary port for each of the Xbox 360's currently supported outputs. Play.com is currently shipping the Cooler King to the UK for £17.99 (around $35), which is only a modest premium over its primary, and less featured, competitor. Next up from the third party Xbox 360-cooling cottage industry? A HDMI output for pre-Zephyr Xbox 360s: pretty please![Thanks, SRW985]
Would you pay $376 for PSP speakers?
Tokyo Game Show is over, which means we'll have to start covering "real news." Ha! Let's kick the week off right by showcasing one of the biggest wastes of money I can think of for the system. The Gamexpert PSP Hi-Fi lets you "get the ultimate sound experience from your PSP... This powerful Hifi system houses a 23W RMS amplifier to pump out high quality audio and also incorporates a PSP docking station and remote for convenience."Uh... somehow 23 watts is supposed to be awe-inspiring? The creators of this sound dock have forgotten that this system is meant to be portable: no way do I want to dock my PSP on this monstrosity of a speaker device to listen to music or, even more hilariously, watch a UMD movie from afar. Most of us normal people can use our computers or televisions to do that better if we didn't want a mobile experience. To add insult to injury, the company is charging a ridiculous $376 for the device (£199.99), making it one of the worst purchases I can think of for the PSP.[Via Engadget]
Gamexpert takes a note from Apple, intros PSP Hifi
It's not as if Apple needs the validation, but peeps in Cupertino: you made it. It's weird enough when companies rip product designs and preface every product with the letter "i," but "peripheral specialist" Gamexpert has gone to the next level by coating what appears to be an iPod Hi-Fi in a glossy black finish, slapping a PSP dock on top, and having the nerve to price it higher than Apple's (first-party) original. The self-proclaimed "ultimate sound experience" for your handheld Sony, the PSP Hifi houses two midrange drivers, a down-firing subwoofer, an aux input (for your iPod, perhaps?), a uninspiring 23 watts of total amplification, and, of course, a place to rest (and charge) your Sony device. While you even get a wireless remote to control the tunes from across the way, claims like "maximum bass extension" paired with its inability to thump below 50Hz seem a tad suspect. Nevertheless, the £199.99 ($376) PSP Hifi will be vying for your accessorizing wallet when it hits stores -- and mostly higher octaves -- soon enough. [Via Tech Digest]
