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Engadget: If you’re inclined to go big and multi-room with audio and video, Sony has unveiled some distribution products for you, with two sets of high-definition video distribution products — one for new construction, and one using existing Cat5 cabling.

The NHS-3040 rack system is for new homes, and combines various Sony products for a whole-house distribution network: a home theater, XM Radio tuner, Blu-ray player, 400-disc DVD changer, and 80GB music storage and management server, along with support for 13 different audio/video zones.

The NHS-2040 model drops you down to six zones, while the NHS-1040 removes the changer as well.

For existing wiring, Sony offers up the CAV-CVS12ES HD switching system, which uses a single Cat5e per zone to route your video into up to 12 zones, and supports eight 1080p-capable component inputs.

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Newlaunches: The latest Digital Media Port accessory from Sony is the TDM-NC1. This cube, when connected to the BRAVIA’s DMP let’s you stream music from your PC straight to your home theater; via the home WiFi network.

The cube features a bright, digital screen that displays the song, artist and other audio information. It is compatible with ATRAC, AAC and WMA music files. It is equipped with ethernet port for wired connection. The WiFi router is not included in the pack. It is also not compatible with all digital music files and DRM protected file playback only from CONNECT Music download service.

Sony’s new DMP- TDM-NC1 is not compatible with Apple computers. It requires PC with Microsoft Windows XP SP2 operating system or newer. Its available for €150.

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Akihabara news: LG proudly announced this morning that 21 of their products won an iF Product Design Award 2007! Among the products, we have several TVs, LCDs, audio and video systems, phones, PCs…

Held annually, the iF product design award is one of the most highly regarded design-related honors in Europe. LG’s ‘Fantasy’ Monitor series, Virtual 5.1Ch Home Theater System and mobile handsets were among the products chosen for the recognition. Some details:

Virtual 5.1Ch Home Theater System (J10)
As a new concept, one can place the Mini Home Theater with built-in HDD in a wide variety of places. By applying Bio-Indicate Lighting, the user and the product converse each other by reacting to the user movement in through the touch sensor area to maintain a closer relationship. Its minimal shape also provides user with the high-end audio image. STAVAX mold and resin is applied, which show elegant finishing with anti-scratch function and high gloss finish.

Slim Card Phone (KE820)
KE820 is simple, minimal and slim which is proportional to the size of a card. 2.0” QCIF horizontal LCD screen has excellent openness which provides pleasant usability and function compared to the standard vertical screen. Central Jog-key processed with spin-hairline has sufficient element to attract attention to the front. Key pad of a chess shape is designed to the convenience of the user and to feel the firm sense of “click”.

Package Design for ‘Leo Phone’ (KG920)
Designed for the first mobile handset with 5 mega pixels digital camera, the combination of black and fine silver gives a minimal yet dynamic image of the product. To express the image of a digital camera phone we created a new frame structure that resembles the iris of the camera as well as a picture frame. (…) In order to reduce the unit cost during the production, this package only used paper and PET which is also easily recyclable and eco- friendly.

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