Nintendo to pull the plug on 3D TV service in Japan

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If you were still holding out for those 3D-erific videos of cute dogs and sumo wrestlers for your American 3DS via Nintendo's "Itsu no Ma ni Terebi" service, bad news just got badder. In short, it's not coming

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NHK shrinks its 8K Super Hi-Vision-ready camcorder to the size of HD cameras

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We may still be years away from watching the sweet, sweet 33MP resolution video promised by Super Hi-Vision in our own homes, but over in Japan, NHK engineers are slowly working out the various kinks keeping it from us. Their latest development is this camera seen above on the left, capable of recording 8K in a camera head that is smaller and lighter than the previous unit (the new one weighs 4kg, about 1/5th the weight) shown on the right, and is more comparable to the size of a standard HDTV camera

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E-Onkyo music service becomes first to offer Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio

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Looking for something a little more than your average online music store has to offer? Then you may soon want to give Onkyo's somewhat niche e-onkyo service some consideration

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Japan’s Softbank Carrier Unveils Earthquake-Proof Floating Cell Towers [Natural Disasters]

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Even as Japan begins to emerge from the devastation from the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami, seismologists are predicting another 9.0 within the next four years. To protect its invaluable telecommunications network the next time around, Japanese carrier Softbank will deploy an emergency balloon network.

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Even More Wonder Boy Games to Wii Virtual Console

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Sega's Monster World IV was translated into English for the Wii's Virtual Console. Image: Nintendo Nobody remembers anymore that Wii even has a Virtual Console service, but even as it lies on its deathbed Sega can still find more games in the Wonder Boy series to release for it at exaggerated prices

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JVC Kenwood will blow your ears with its latest HA-FXD80 headphones

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Rest assure these headphones will not turn you death, but they will definitively blow your socks off and this not only their gorgeous design, but also thanks to their perfect sound reproduction! Indeed the HA-FXD80 comes with pretty much the best at a rather competitive price including a Stainless steel metal enclosure, Dual cylinder structure and carbon nanotube! Specification wise the HA-FXD80 comes with 20Ω impedance, a 102dB/1mW output on 8Hz ~ 25kHz and in just 8.5g! Only sold in Japan ...

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Toshiba announces its latest 4K Regza TV in Japan with a shipping date schedule for June

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It seems that Toshiba is going “mental” on 4K TV and after its gorgeous 55X3 here you the almighty 55XS4! This Quad HD or 4K TV (3840

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Panasonic unveils its new Let’s Note B and announce its first Ivy Bridge Based notebook.

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Here you are the first notebook from Panasonic that comes with Ivy Bridge, Intel’s 3rd Generation Core CPU. The Let’s Note B11 comes by default with a 15.6″ screen and a Full HD resolution, USB 3.0, Bluetooth 4.0, 4GB of RAM, 640GB of HDD and an Intel Core i7-3615QM CPU! If this is not enough for you Panasonic also offer a 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD upgrade for you. Depending of your configuration you these new Ivy Bridge Let’s Note B will be sold in Japan between 170 to ...

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NEC announces the LaVie Z, its new 999g 13.3″ ultrabook

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Here you are Nec new LaVie Z, a deadly gorgeous 13.3″ ultrabook that comes for the first time with lithium-magnesium alloy which is according to NEC 50% lighter than aluminum! Unfortunately not schedule to be available before this summer in Japan we have yet to get all details on this new wonder, but Nec announced that this little wonder will just weight 999g and will come with a 13.3″ screen.

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Toshiba’s 55XS5 brings quad HD without the glasses-free 3D tech to Japan in June

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While we're still waiting for Toshiba to deliver its top of the line 55X3 HDTV with 4K resolution and glasses-free 3D technology here in the US, it just announced a step-down model in Japan. The Regza 55XS5 keeps the 3840 x 2160 LCD panel, but switches to edge LED lighting instead of local dimming and drops 3D altogether, autostereoscopic or otherwise.

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