http://tech.peekbase.com Peek technology in one base Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:20:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://tech.peekbase.com/hdmi-1-4-spec-getting-freshened-up-in-preparation-for-broadcast-3d http://tech.peekbase.com/hdmi-1-4-spec-getting-freshened-up-in-preparation-for-broadcast-3d#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:40:04 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/hdmi-1-4-spec-getting-freshened-up-in-preparation-for-broadcast-3d December 23rd, 2009 The drumbeat for HD 3D continues to pick up the pace, and with broadcasters around the globe pushing forward 2010 plans to bring 3D home HDMI has updated the course of its latest 1.4 spec to ensure compatibility between displays and boxes. Quite simply, existing cable and satellite hardware isn’t going to ... 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Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/psp-4000-accidentally-leaked-in-print-ad-over-the-weekend/feed 0 http://tech.peekbase.com/cowon-v5-hd-set-for-south-korea-debut-on-january-1 http://tech.peekbase.com/cowon-v5-hd-set-for-south-korea-debut-on-january-1#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:40:03 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/cowon-v5-hd-set-for-south-korea-debut-on-january-1 December 21st, 2009 Cowon has finally made its latest and greatest PMP official, and the spec sheet does not disappoint. Mixing appealing curves with a 4.8-inch display, the V5 HD offers 720p video playback that can be channeled out via HDMI or Composite outputs. On the software front, there’s the usual litany of wide-ranging file ... Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/cowon-v5-hd-set-for-south-korea-debut-on-january-1/feed 0 http://tech.peekbase.com/blu-ray-3d-specifications-finalized-your-ps3-is-ready http://tech.peekbase.com/blu-ray-3d-specifications-finalized-your-ps3-is-ready#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:00:04 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/blu-ray-3d-specifications-finalized-your-ps3-is-ready December 17th, 2009 In case plans by AMD and a slew of other tech vendors planning to showcase 3D Blu-ray compatible products at CES wasn’t a tip-off, the updated specifications are done. The key details? First, that the Blu-ray Disc Association has chosen the Multiview Video Coding (MVC) codec to store 3D, so that even ... 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Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streaming-nationwide/feed 0 http://tech.peekbase.com/fords-syncmyride-app-forgives-you-for-your-lame-phone-transfers-contacts-to-your-car http://tech.peekbase.com/fords-syncmyride-app-forgives-you-for-your-lame-phone-transfers-contacts-to-your-car#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:20:09 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/fords-syncmyride-app-forgives-you-for-your-lame-phone-transfers-contacts-to-your-car December 14th, 2009 Bluetooth connectivity between phones and SYNC-equipped Fords is nothing new, but the problem is that a good number of handsets out there in the wild don’t support phonebook download (seriously, check the compatibility chart) which means you can’t dial names by voice — and what’s the fun in calling anyone if there ... 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Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/ultra-cheap-archos-1-vision-goes-on-sale-across-the-pond/feed 0 http://tech.peekbase.com/google-chrome-hits-beta-for-mac-and-linux-extensions-available-for-extra-smug-windows-and-linux-users http://tech.peekbase.com/google-chrome-hits-beta-for-mac-and-linux-extensions-available-for-extra-smug-windows-and-linux-users#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:40:07 +0000 admin http://tech.peekbase.com/google-chrome-hits-beta-for-mac-and-linux-extensions-available-for-extra-smug-windows-and-linux-users December 8th, 2009 At long last Mac and Linux users don’t have to feel like second class citizens in Chrome land: they’ve got official beta versions of Google’s browser to call their own. Of course, people have been running the open source Chromium version on both sides of the fence for ages, but beta brings ... Read More]]> http://tech.peekbase.com/google-chrome-hits-beta-for-mac-and-linux-extensions-available-for-extra-smug-windows-and-linux-users/feed 0