Todays & Tomorrows Technology

Casio announced a new projector to go along with their other slim models called the XJ-S43W today. The biggest change? This model works much better with widescreen and HD sources when compared to previous models.

Specs include a brightness of 2,500 lumens, a 1,280 x 800 resolution, a 1,800:1 contrast ratio and a super slim form factor, measuring in at only 1.7-inches at the thickest spot. Inputs include HDMI and VGA.

You can scale up images to 300-inches if you’d like, or shrink them down to just 2.8-inches. You should be able to get your hands on the Casio XJ-S43W starting in September for $999.

Casio's just pushed another 10x zoom compact camera into the market with its EXILIM EX-H10. Here we've got a 24-mm wide-angle lens stabilized by a 12.1 megapixel 1/2.3-inch CCD-shift sensor with up to ISO 3200 sensitivity, a 3-inch LCD, and the ability to grab Motion-JPEG video at 720/24p. EXILIM 4.0 image processing and a 10 frames per second burst mode for 1,280 x 960 pixel images too in a point-and-shoot measuring just 102.5 x 24.3 x 62-mm. Watch for it to hit Japanese retailers first starting next month for ¥40,000 (about $400). Pink rear-end after the break.

It’s seems to be a morning of digital cameras, with Casio the latest to whip out their pocket-snapper. The Casio EXILIM EX-H10 has a 12.1-megapixel CCD paired with a 24mm 10x optical zoom, and while it may not have the AMOLED panel of the Samsung WD1000 it does manages to squeeze a similarly-sized 3-inch LCD into its sub-1-inch thick chassis.

In fact Casio are claiming to have created the thinnest and lightest camera of its class, which basically means other 10x optical zoom models. If marketing hyperbole doesn’t excite you, then perhaps the 1,000-shot battery life or automatic Motion JPEG animation tool will tickle your fancy.

Elsewhere there’s a new “Landscape Mode” which will automatically juggle the settings depending on whether you tell it you’re snapping a misty or a vivid scene, and a “Dynamic Photo” mode in which you can piece together a person or object from one shot into the background of another.

The Casio EXILIM EX-H10 will begin shipping in mid-July, with an MRSP of $299.99.