Cool Gear

A list some of cool looking gear that I want to keep track of.

ASUS My Cinema-PE6200Analog

As reviewed in SACM Sep 2008.

ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3 Deluxe – R2690

Asus As reviewed in SA Nov 2008. “I am pleased to say that the HDAV1.3 impresses me more than any other sound card I have ever tested.”

Pantone ColorMunki Photo – R6800

Monitor, printer, projector calibration and spot colour meter. Supplied by DDS

Pantone Huey Monitor Color Calibrator – R1900

Vantec SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 – R299

The SATA/IDE-USB Adapter gives you the flexibility of connecting almost any type of drive to your computer via USB.   SATA, 3.5” IDE, 5.25” IDE, and 2.5” IDE drives are all supported and can be easily hot-swapped to your system.  The included externa power adapter will allow you to power your drives outside your system giving you the ability to quickly add or swap between drives without opening your case. here

Logitech Illuminated Keyboard – R899

Illuminated keys as implemented on Mac notebooks for some time now. How do they do it on a notebook without chewing power. As you’ll see this keyboard is a USB keyboard to give it the juice needed to light up your life. Here

Sanyo Xacti CA8 – R5500

8Megapixel still camera with 60 frames per second video. 5x optical zoom, 2.5″ TFT LCD

Full Range

Nanostation2-5 – R795 or R845

As reviewed in SA Nov 2008. Made by Ubiquity Networks

2.5″ and 3.5″ SATA I & II Docks R300-550

Different models can connect via USB 2.0 + eSATA + 1394

Icy Dock

Vantec NexStar Hard Drive Dock

A new dual bay version is due out soon.

Specifications:

Welland 2.5″/3.5″ ME-601J

• Supports 2.5″/3.5″ SATA I/II HDD
• Hot-Swappable , Quick HDD Exchange
• Handy desktop docking in stylish looks
• USB2.0 up to 480Mbps , eSATA up to 3Gbps
• Friendly One-Touch-Backup