iZ3D LLC, designer, marketer and enabler of advanced 3D visualization systems, said on Thursday that its three-dimensional monitors are now priced to make it affordable to casual and enthusiast gamers.
“3D isn’t new but our approach to it is. We’re pioneering new 3D with active programs in display and glasses design, stereoscopic 3D software drivers and media players, 3D players groups, events, and networking, 3D content certification and enablement, and system solution partnerships. The price change, which makes our solution more affordable than ever, is just the latest 3D milestone we’ve crossed as the leader in this new frontier,” said Thomas Striegler, chief executive of iZ3D.
Effective December 1st, the manufacturer’s suggested resale price for the company’s 22” widescreen switchable 3D/2D monitor will be $399 (the review and working principles are available in X-bit labs’ article “iZ3D Stereoscopic Monitor Review”).
(Full article ‘iZ3D Drops Pricing of 3D Monitors to $399+’)
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AMDВ’s Patrick Moorhead Condemns Netbooks for Short Battery Life, High Price, Low Performance.
Vice President of Advanced Micro Devices Criticizes Netbooks
[09/17/2008 01:11 PM]
by Anton Shilov
A highly-ranking executive of Advanced Micro Devices recently heavily criticized the so-called netbook computers for their short battery life and low performance amid rather high price-tags. While the claims made are generally correct, the reasons such controversial PCs have emerged are simple: consumers want laptops instead of desktops and they want them for the lowest price possible.
“You would expect 8 or 9 hours out of a netbook because it’s small – maybe you’ll compare it to a cell phone. In
(Full article ‘AMD’s Patrick Moorhead Condemns Netbooks for Short Battery Life, High Price, Low Performance’)
Competition from flash memory and increased shipments of PCs and consumer electronics products are driving down the prices of and fueling demand for hard disk drives, according to a survey released by iSuppli Corp. yesterday.
Average pricing of notebook hard drives tumbled, falling to $53 in the third quarter of 2007, from $86 in the same period during the previous year, according to the survey by the El Segundo, Calif.-based market research firm. Desktop hard drive prices fell to $51 in the third quarter of 2007, compared to $52.75 the previous year.
Overall, about 134 million hard drives shipped in the third quarter of 2007, compared to 114 million the same period a year earlier, a 21% year-on-year increase, iSuppli found.
Prices also dropped as a result of intense competition among six hard drive vendors: Seagate Technology LLC, Western Digital Corp., Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc., Toshiba Corp.
(Full article ‘Hard drive prices drop as PC demand rises’)