You may look a little ridiculous, but in the case of this gadget, looking funny may be cool. If you have ever seen someone wearing a visor that makes them look like she is a Star Trek wannabe, then she simply may be watching a movie. Or perhaps she is wearing a visor and is on her way to a Star Trek show, but that probably is not the case.

So, how could she be watching a movie from her visor? Well, it turns out that this person that you are seeing  is actually watching a movie on a 52″ screen from only nine feet away. That sounds a little too up-close to me, but I am sure that I could get used to seeing a movie from that close. It connects to a video iPod, portable DVD player, or personal video game system and uses two high-resolution LCDs and dual stereo headphones.

It was originally a source of technology that was developed by the US military technology. The visor-looking technology uses 24-bit true color (16 million colors) and has a 28º field of view for wide pictures. The LCDs provide 428 x 240 resolution. From the reviews that I have read online, the quality of the picture is pretty impressive.

If you are looking into buying this Personal Movie Theater, all of the needed parts are one AA battery that provides up to eight hours of continuous operation, an iPod cable, an A/V cable, a head strap, and carrying case. The product is about $250.

With these visors you can watch any movie that you want, as long as you provide the video on something, such as an iPod. You could be sitting, curled up, on a couch or sitting in the park–it does not really matter where you want to watch your movie because you will probably be able to watch what you want, anywhere that you want to! Check it out online at this site.

A lot of things these days are available on the go: email, Internet browsing, gaming, portable DVDs and now television… not that it wasn’t portable already.

Imagine being at your least favorite place: the mall, shopping with your girlfriend or wife. Bored out of your mind, and as always holding your significant other’s purse while she tries on clothes or browses the clothing racks.

Isn’t it terrible to miss that game you’ve been waiting for all week, your favorite television show, or even a movie you’ve been wanting to see for some time?

Now, there’s an incredible option to pass some time, and it might just make shopping a little better.

The BagTV is an incredible handbag/purse fashioned out of high quality leather complete with a built in 7″ LCD screen and stereo speakers. It features full support for DVDs, mp3s, photos, and videos of differing formats to allow full entertainment while on the go. All files can be transferred to the bag via PC, but the BagTV also supports SD memory cards for additional storage, which gives users an added option to transfer files.

Usually items like this aren’t very attractive, and no female out there would be caught dead using something so sinister. However, the BagTV has seven different flavors, all of varying tastes, which don’t look half bad either. In fact, I think many women will agree they’d compliment their outfits amazingly!

The BagTV itself retails for a total of 295 Euros and is sold in London. A BagTV handbag can be ordered on their website and shipped to the United States, just visit the official site here.

I certainly will pick one of these up next chance I get, just to keep myself entertained!

DVD has lost the format war to Blu-ray and slowly is going the way of the VHS and Betamax — its predecessors. I, for one, thought history would repeat itself, and DVD would win but that was not the case, the future is Blu ray. Thanks a lot, Sony.

In 1975 Sony developed the Betamax video cassette and player, trying to dictate the industry’s standard and monopolize it. JVC decided instead of buying into the rights of developing Betamax players they would develop their own player, and thus VHS was born. By 1988 Sony conceded defeat as VHS became the industry standard.

Another format war played on behind the scenes in 1993 between Sony and JVC, among others, over high-density optical storage formats. Sony was backing MultiMedia Compact Disc (MMCD), and JVC backed the Super Density (SD) disc. Sony lost out again to JVC and others when the industry standard settled on DVD’s, basically the SD disc with a few MMCD implements.

In 2006 Blu-ray was available for the mass market along with the Playstation 3, which supports blu-ray gaming discs as well as being a blu-ray player. Coincidence? I think not since Sony is at it again, trying to set an industry standard with their format. And as of February 19, 2008, when Toshiba bowed out of making HD DVD players causing the rest of the industry to follow suit, Sony actually won a format war.

Blu-ray players range from $399.99 on up, and Blu-ray discs are $29.99 for new releases. I already miss the $19.99 DVD, especially when I can’t see a difference between the two visually when played on a television. I give it about 10 years, and, as history shows, the DVD format will be obsolete. So I will have to jump on the Blu-ray band wagon, but when I do I’ll just buy a PS3, which incidentally is one of the cheaper Blu-ray players on the market right now.

DVD duplication consists of high-volume production of identical DVDs. In contrast to simple DVD burners, DVD duplication houses use dedicated and automated DVD duplication equipment from vendors such as Sony to produces thousands or even millions of DVDs in a short period of time. The cost of high-volume DVD duplication can be as little as cents per DVD.