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Vizio VO320E ECO HDTV – Affordable and Green

By twinks on Jan 2, 2012 No Comments


When it comes to HDTVs it’s not all about who has got the finest resolution, highest contrast ratio, or the fastest response times – this is especially true for entry level HDTVs. Sometimes it’s not the extra bells and whistles that make an HDTV attractive to buyers; more often than not it’s the price and at around $294.99, the Vizio VO320E 32-inch LCD HDTV is looking very sexy. For such an affordable price point, the Vizio VO320E ECO HDTV offers 31.51-inch diagonal viewable screen with 1366 x 768 native panel resolution and support for 80i (SDTV), 480P (EDTV), 720P (HDTV), and 1080i (HDTV)signals and 640 x 480, 800 x 600, and 1024 x 768 computer resolutions. This High Definition TV may be inexpensive but its features are far from cheap. The VO320E features 16.7 million colors, 15:000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio, 450 cd/m2 brightness, 8 ms response time, and a 176 degrees viewable viewing angle. It also comes with SRS TruSurround audio that produces rich bass and clear dialogs for a more complete entertainment experience. Not bad for a 32-inch budget HDTV.

The Vizio VO320E is stylish enough to blend into any room or wall and it comes with a chic textured finish for a sophisticated look. This ECO TV is not only a great addition to any room because of its appearance, it also has a low power consumption that goes beyond Energy Star Guidelines for greater energy savings and lower carbon footprint. The combination of affordability, functionality, and potential energy savings make the Vizio VO320E such a great buy.

Get the VIZIO VO320E 32-Inch ECO 720p LCD HDTV here.

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Going green, living tech

By jennyaguilar on Sep 3, 2008 No Comments

Because of the fast changing phase of mobile phone technology, forecasts announced that that about 1.3 billion cell phones sold this year can become waste material in a couple of years.

And obviously, we can’t handle that.

In its efforts of gearing towards our initiative to be eco-friendly, Samsung have already introduced mobile phones made out of corn.

Yes, you heard that right, corn.

Move over lead, mercury and cadmium, W510, F268 and E200 entirely uses bioplastics or materials extracted from corn.

This plan came after the successful campaign of handsets recycling in South Korea since 2004 and China since 2005.

Green phone

The first eco-friendly phone released in the market was said to contain a camera with flash and mobile TV capability.

The W510 slider has its external case and the battery’s case made of biodegradable plastic, based on corn starch.

For some tech experts, they see this first corn phone as a mid-end device. According to them, putting only basic features in the corn-based mobile phone is more of a test-case if the market will indeed support it.

And surely, they did.

Next in the roster of eco-friendly phones is Samsung F268. It is a tri-band GSM handset with a 2.1 inch TFT display or supports 262k colors and 240×360 pixels. It has a 2 megapixel camera with video and a media player (supporting MP3, AAC, WMA, MPEG4 and 3GP)

It boasts of a special alarm that would let users know when the battery of the phone is already full and should be plugged out.

It also has the conventional FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0 compatible, WAP browser, USB connector and supports microSD for memory expansion.

The latest of all corn-based mobile phones is the E200 Eco. Measuring up as 108 x 45 x 9.9 mm and weighing 95 grams, this eco phone has a similar corn-based case.

It has a 176 x 220 pixels large display, a 1.3 megapixel camera, 20 MB internal memory, a microSD slot and stereo Bluetooth support.

Samsung E200 Eco, was approved to contain no Brominated Flame Retardants and other toxic substance.

Other eco-friendly ventures

Samsung is not the only one in this campaign.

NEC and Fujitsu of Japana are also working to replace petroleum-based plastics in products such as laptop PCs and mobile phones into corn-based plastics.

The idea of using corn-based plastics has been around for years, and has been reignited in recent years by the high price of oil, experts said.

In the 1990s, companies started utilizing corn-based plastics in plastic bags, water bottles and diapers, but companies discontinued them in heavier products because the plastic was weak.

More recently, researchers have mixed corn-based plastics with petroleum-based plastics to create a stronger material suitable for laptops and handsets.

Now, who said technology can’t be eco-friendly?

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FreeLoader 8.0 Portable Solar Charger: Loading Solar Power Freely

By floydian on Aug 25, 2008 No Comments

Although your are flooded away with latest and neat looking accessories for your iPhones and iPods, your gadget will soak up too much power so base on this, So why not get a FreeLoader 8.0 Portable Solar Charger by Solar Technology for your iPhone and and other gadgets. The Green life is just getting better and better each day by developing amazing devices that will grasp the power of sunlight and store it.

FreeLoader 8.0 Portable Solar Charger by Solar is your portable charger that you will charge not only your iPhone, but digital camera, iPods, PSP, PDA and other mobile phones. The device is developed by well known SolarTechnology ®, who is widely famous making solar powered technology and always innovating new and latest Solar energy products. Freeloader: The Portable Solar Energy comes in two colors: Silver and Pink. Despite the size, it can charge up your iPods up to 18 hours to boasting mobile phones up to 44 hours. This slim design can slip into your pockets and your bag. All it needs is to see the sunlight.

Designed Perfectly for the travelers, another grasp of this unit will wipe your tears away when you’re gadgets eaten up all the powers and you longer have ability to use it. Whenever your any hand held device gets down, FreeLoader will load the power just about when you need it the most. Besides you can connect it to the computer via USB to charge it.

Technical Description from the company:

  • 120mA premium quality crystalline solar cells
  • 1000mAh environmentally friendly Li-ion battery – typical battery life is 2 years.
  • Freeloaders solar panels can charge its internal battery in as little as 8 hours or 3 hours when using the supplied USB charging cable
  • Supplied with a computer USB charging cable
  • Supplied with a power master cable and 11 adapter tips to fit the following:

· Nokia phones old 3.5mm jack and the new 2mm jack

· LG Chocolate, LG shine and Prada phones

· Samsung A288 and D800 current series phones

· Sony Ericsson K750 and K800i current series phones

· Nintendo DS Lite

· iPod (compatible with most iPod devices including iPhone and  iPhone 3G) 4mm jack for Sony PSP, Tom Tom, most digital cameras, PDAs, 2-way radios

· Mini USB for Motorola, Blackberry, Qtec, Smartphone, iMate, most digital cameras and Bluetooth headsets

· USB female for PDAs, mp3 players, most digital cameras and most devices which can be charged through USB.

Produce Specs

  • Impact resistant, rust free aluminium body.
  • Freeloader holds its battery charge for up to 3 months
  • Supplied with detailed user manual
  • Size – 123x62x17
  • Weight – 185g

Now you don’t have to worry about your favorite hand held gadget getting dead in the middle of your journey, because you have FreeLoader 8.0 Portable Solar Charger now.

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Sven Table Lamp: Live the Green life with style

By floydian on Jul 23, 2008 1 Comments

Well sometimes getting out of all those latest electronic gadgets, you need to reveal the artistic individuality out of your shoes.  Your personality can be driven out from your house and the interior of your room. From nice colorful schemes of your room to the indulging furniture, you can add few extra accessories that lighten up your room with fascination. 

Now you deserve to have a set of Sven table lamp developed by Lucesco. It is a whole new reason to put it in your room and create a new kind of perception. I really love it’s ravish look. It is not your groundbreaking item but small things can change you life and the way you think.  In the time when green gadgets are getting popular, this Sven table lamp vivifies your room by 40 energy saving white LEDs and uses only 22 watts but giving the power of 70 watts of your traditional lamp. For this green reason this will certainly saves electricity bills for you. In addition to, the height is adjustable letting you to extend between 14 to17 inches. Developer concludes that it has a life of 50,000 hours which seems like forever.

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Saving energy with a Solar-powered Wii

By Dan @ EnviroGadget on Jul 8, 2008 No Comments

With rising energy costs these days, we want to keep an eye on our energy usage and try to save money where we can. This doesn’t mean we need to skim on our simple pleasures, but it’s worth knowing what can save us money. Did you know that the Nintendo Wii only uses around 18 Watts of power when playing a game, compared to 180 Watts for an XBOX 360, or around 190 Watts for a Playstation 3? (source)

The boys over at Tom’s Games (of Tom’s Hardware fame) had a little too much time on their hands, and decided to build their own solar powered Wii game station! The unit comes with a large solar panel, a high capacity car-battery, an invertor (to get 12V to 120V a.c.), a high definition LCD screen and of course a Wii. Admittedly the finished unit doesn’t look too pretty. I’m sure some imagination and fibre glass design would result in a much more atheistically pleasing unit.

Since the Wii has wireless controllers, and certain games like Wii Sports can get a little energetic, it makes sense to play a few games outside. At least you won’t end up smashing that priceless family heirloom, although you might end up knocking out a garden gnome or two!

The total build cost was around $1,431.17, so you’ve got a lot of game playing to do before you save the equivalent in energy costs. But just think, with the solar-powered Wii, you can play for as long as you like without it costing you a penny in electricity.

This post was written by Dan Harrison from EnviroGadget.com. Dan is enthusiastic about saving the planet but also loves gadgets. He’s found that eco-friendly gadgets are a healthy compromise!

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