TEAC SL-D930 2.1ch CD / Radio with Bluetooth 3.0 Speaker System

Posted on 05/10/2013 by Isaiah

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TEAC Corporation hits back with their new product, the SL-D930 2.1ch CD / radio with Bluetooth 3.0 speaker system. Adopted a design reminiscent of the retro radio, the SL-D930 is equipped with a CD player on top (MP3/WMA format support), an AM/FM radio that can preset up to 20 stations each, a convenient on/off timer, an 80mm subwoofer placed on the bottom, two 65mm stereo speakers (left and right), a 3.5mm stereo mini-jack for audio input, a 3.5mm stereo mini-jack for headphone output and is compatible with Bluetooth 3.0 enabled devices. The SL-D930 will begin shipping from early December for 24,800 Yen (about $254) in red, black, white, and silver color options. [Product Page]

Guitar maker Gibson buys majority stake in TEAC, develops taste for electronica

Posted on 29/03/2013 by Sharif Sakr

That gruff American rocker, Gibson Guitar Corp., has gotten tired of its old life. Instead of just suing copycats and putting out the occasional robot axe, it's now looking to diversify, having spent $52 million on a 54 percent stake in Japanese firm TEAC. The last we heard from TEAC, it was making things like headphones and retro-styled radios, which maybe gives us a hint as to where this new partnership is headed. After all, it's not like the path between music brand and consumer electronics hasn't been trodden to a pulp already.

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Source: AV Watch (Japanese)

TEAC SR-LUXi iPhone Alarm Clock Wakes You With Light

Posted on 24/07/2012 by Range

The Philips Wake-Up Light is one of my favorite alarm clocks, but I never picked one up because of the price . Check out this TEAC alarm clock dock for iPhones, which promises to do almost the same thing as the Philips clock, at a more reasonable cost.

Philips even makes make a Wake-Up Light with an iPhone dock, but the Wake-to-Light iPhone Alarm clock looks like a nice alternative – if you don’t mind its boxy, linear style. For those of you dubious of how this works, here are the details: 30 minutes before you are supposed to wake up, the light starts getting brighter progressively. This triggers hormones in your body, linked with the circadian rhythm. It’s supposed to be a very smooth and natural way of waking up – especially in a darkened room.

This light is usually backed up with an audio alarm, just in case you worry about missing your wake up. The TEAC SR-LUXi is available for about $80(USD) on Amazon.

[via Geek Alerts]

Toshiba Storage Products’ THNSNF SSDs tap into 19nm process technology

Posted on 05/06/2012 by Darren Murph

32 nanometer process technology feels so... 2009. These days, Toshiba Storage Products is pushing something quite a bit smaller, as the outfit's new THNSNF solid state drives are said to be the world's first to take advantage of 19nm process NAND flash memory. 2012 just so happens to mark the 25th anniversary of Tosh's meddling in NAND, and the new series will be carrying the torch into even more bantam devices. Slates, Ultrabooks and perhaps a phablet or two may end up sporting on of these drives, replete with MLC (multi-level cell) flash. We're told that a trio of sizes will ship: there's a 9.5mm height edition, a 7mm version and an mSATA variant, all of which operate with a SATA 6Gbps interface. Power utilization is pegged at less than 0.1W, and mass production is expected to begin in August; mum's the word on partner companies implementing these into new products, but we're guessing the holiday season will be full of 'em.