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YelloMosquito launches wireless media player glasses

27 November 2007 14:36 by Dave "Davedough" Horvath | 15 comments

A company out of Sydney by the name of 22Moo has unveiled something of interest. They claim they're launching the world's first wireless video glasses with support for DivX and other formats with its built in media player. Their subsidiary company, YelloMosquito has announced the arrival of the Qingbar Gp300, the world's first wireless LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) display glasses.

This state-of-the-art device combined with LCOS display and media player, allows you to enjoy a big cinema screen experience through a pair of sleek and funky video glasses with hi-fi audio through high quality earphones in one tiny device eliminating the distraction of wires. It is totally hands free, mobile and private. The Qingbar GP300 features a sleek, light weight design with LCOS micro displays, which deliver crisp, vivid-color, QVGA video image simulates the image of a 50" display from a distance of 2M away. You just insert a mini SD card into the slot, and then you can entertain yourself with your favorite movies / videos, MP3 music, JPEG photos, or e-book text.

Specifications and Compatibility:

Memory Card Slot : Support Mini SD Card (Hot plug and play)
EQ Mode : Rock/Classic/Normal/Bass
Interface : USB
Audio File Format : Support MP3, WMA9, IMA,and AAC
Video File Format : MP4/MPG/AVI/ASF(MPEG1/2/4 ( Divx3.x/4.x/5.x & XviD)
Unit Dimensions (LxWxH) 180x175x40 (mm)
Weight 100g

Pricing is said to be at $299 and pre-orders can now be taken at their website.

Source:
Press Release

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lecsiy (Senior Member) 27 November 2007 15:37
$125? OMF!! IM GETTING ONE THOOSE BAD BOYS :-D [ + quote]
vinny13 (Inactive) 27 November 2007 15:55
Cool... I'll think I'll look into this some more... [ + quote]
lecsiy (Senior Member) 27 November 2007 15:58
@vinny13 Dont! I did, check out the res of thoose glasses... 230K pixels on a effective "32" inch screen. Sounds nasty.. Maybe next year theyl do something decent :-( Fow now theese are useless [ + quote]
evnflow (Senior Member) 27 November 2007 16:39
$125? try $299-$399(USD) *Quote:* Price $399 USD SRP (Suggested Retail Price) PRE-ORDER LAUNCH PRICE $299 USD SHIPS EARLY DECEMBER [ + quote]
lecsiy (Senior Member) 27 November 2007 16:43
*Quote:* $125? try $299-$399(USD) Nope the cheaper model is $125 [ + quote]
maryjayne (Junior Member) 27 November 2007 16:46
Cool. Now I can accelerate the rate at which I get eye cancer from watching too many movies. [ + quote]
maryjayne (Junior Member) 27 November 2007 16:47
I can watch porn at work now too... [ + quote]
evnflow (Senior Member) 27 November 2007 16:54
yeah..but the article was implying the gp300..that's why i posted the 299 price, plus i didn't see the cheaper model..thanks for update [ + quote]
vinny13 (Inactive) 27 November 2007 17:09
*Originally posted by maryjayne:* Cool. Now I can accelerate the rate at which I get eye cancer from watching too many movies. Just what I was thinkin'! We'll all need glasses as big as Bubbles lmao *Trailer Park Boys if for some reason you've never heard of them :S [ + quote]
narmo (Newbie) 27 November 2007 17:46
*Quote:* *Originally posted by maryjayne:* Cool. Now I can accelerate the rate at which I get eye cancer from watching too many movies. Just what I was thinkin'! We'll all need glasses as big as Bubbles lmao *Trailer Park Boys if for some reason you've never heard of them :S ya these glasses are huge and look weird. big to carry around. i would buy one of these when they have it a size of normal glasses so i can use them in class without the teacher knowing(old teachers tend to not know alot about today's technology. which probably won't happen anytime soon. [ + quote]
c1c (Member) 27 November 2007 18:25
I bet this does some mad damage on your eyes. This thing can't be good for the retina. [ + quote]
Gradical (Junior Member) 27 November 2007 19:33
wow, taht looks so weird, but come in handy with a nagy wife lol [ + quote]
redrumbrg (Junior Member) 28 November 2007 12:23
things like this have been out for a while now here is one on ebay that is an 80" http://cgi.ebay.com/Virtual-Video-Eyewea...1QQcmdZViewItem [ + quote]
ali2007 (Inactive) 29 November 2007 6:43
this is cool [ + quote]
borhan9 (AfterDawn Addict) 20 December 2007 17:43
I would love one of these. This is one of the gadgets i remember seeing in the back to the future movies. I love to have one of these however i wonder how this would be on the eyes of the user. [ + quote]