Arc Touch Mouse is the newest innovation of mouse Touch Series under Microsoft. Actually Touch Series is a mouse designed for all consumers who want the perfect blend of technology, comfort of use, design "Touch Series" is equipped with Blue Track technology exclusively owned by Microsoft. This technology offers the experience of navigation and exceptional levels of accuracy. Arc Touch Mouse can be used on almost any surface and has a stronger sensitivity. BlueTrack allows its users to browsing or anything with the mouse over various surfaces including wood, granite or marble stone - no longer dependent on the flat and smooth surface.
Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse Black - (Amazon)
Touch Series is so stylish with curved ergonomic and ambidextrous design that adds comfort and durability for both handheld palm its consumer - even if used in a long time. The innovative design curves for comfort when in use, and packs flat like a small cell phone when on the go. The touch-enabled scrolling allows you to flick to move quickly up or down on the page and tap to stop. You can use this mouse on various surfaces - rough or soft with the BlueTrack Technology™. The unique design saves battery life: curve to turn on and flatten to turn off. Feel the speed and responsiveness to your touch.
You can watch the video of Arc Touch Mouse here:
Click. Tap. Flick. Control. Unlike left-click and right-click, there is no standard for what the middle mouse button does. In some programs such as Microsoft Word and Excel, a single middle-click turns on Auto Scroll, letting you move your mouse to scroll without moving your finger. Another middle-click turns off Auto Scroll. In many applications, middle-clicking does nothing.
What is good:
Blue Track Technology lets users browse with the mouse in various surfaces including wood, granite or marble.
No longer dependent on the surface area of the flat and smooth.
Ambidextrous design and rubber layers provide comfort and durability for consumers
2.4 GHz wireless technology provides a powerful collection nirkebel
Touch strip offers flick scrolling and touch buttons that can be customized
Two-color battery indicator lights to identify the time to replace batteries
What is bad:
Can only be used on computers that are supported by Windows 7
Conclusion:
The advantage of the blue track technology on the Microsoft Arc Mouse Touch greatly facilitates the users in using the mouse on any surface.
Where to buy:
Currently Arc Touch Mouse is priced $37.95
Specifications Arc Touch Mouse:
Flexible Design
Power On & Off
Touch to Scroll
BlueTrack Technology
2.4 GHz 10- Metre Wireless Range
Snap-in Transceiver
Comfort for Either Hand
Quickly and easily access common tasks, including product information, registrastion, settings
Dune HD Lite 53D is a universal media player for entry-level class that can play video from a standard format to high definition (Full HD 1080p) + can be used also as a digital TV program broadcast receiver.
It is unfortunate that in the package hard drive is not included, so users must provide their own hard drive for storage of multimedia files. Looks like this is intended to reduce the sales price.
But it is quite interesting, in addition to the internal hard drive (supports SATA 2.5) we can also attach an external hard drive or read files directly from the MMC because the player is already available in the form of connection 2 slot high-speed USB 2.0 ports, eSATA port and a slot for SD Memory Card .
For video output available option = HDMI v1.3 ports, composite and component analog. While the sound can be obtained via the HDMI connection, via optical Toslink or RCA stereo connector interface.
Interesting features of this device is its ability to play audio & video over a local network with transfer rates up to 100 Mbits per second.
In terms of functionality, Dune HD Lite 53D can be coupled with a range of modern multimedia player at the entry level, even in some aspects has the advantage of competitors in other brands. One for the example is the ability to install 2.5 "SATA HDD directly from within the case.
Compatibility with a variety of the latest audio and video formats, support for IPTV + Internet radio and the presence of congenital torrent client also provides an additional attraction for users who are looking for multimedia devices .
From packaging consists of :
- 1 unit Dune HD Lite 53D
- 1 Unit Remote Control (including batteries)
- 1 piece AV cable
- 1 piece of LAN cable
- An external power supply
- 4 pieces screws
- 1 piece of the manual
SPECIFICATIONS
- Processor: Sigma Designs 8653
- RAM: 256 MB
- Flash memory: 128 MB, expandable with a HDD partition, USB flash drives, or SD card (recommendation: 2GB)
- Media sources: internal HDD (SATA 2.5 "), external HDD (USB), external optical drive (USB), USB devices (USB flash drive, USB card reader, etc), built-in SD card reader (SD / SDHC) , PC and NAS in local network (SMB, NFS, UPnP, HTTP), Internet and local network other media sources (HTTP, multicast UDP / RTP)
- Video codecs: MPEG2, MPEG4, XVID, WMV9, VC1, H.264; support for very high bitrate video (up to 50 MBit / s and higher)
- Video file formats: MKV, MPEG-TS, MPEG-PS, M2TS, VOB, AVI, MOV, MP4, QT, ASF, WMV, DVD-ISO, VIDEO_TS
- Optical disc formats: data discs (CD / DVD / BD) (MP3, JPEG, etc), Audio CD (PCM / DTS), DVD-Video (retail and user-authored discs) (playback of optical discs requires an external optical drive).
- Video output modes: resolution up to 1080p, framerates: 23.976p, 24p, PAL, NTSC)
- Video output framerate: automatic & manual
- Audio codecs: AC3 (Dolby Digital), DTS, MPEG, AAC, LPCM, WMA, FLAC, multichannel FLAC, Ogg / Vorbis; support high quality audio up to 192 kHz / 24-bit
- Audio file formats: MP3, MPA, M4A, WMA, FLAC, APE (Monkey's Audio), Ogg / Vorbis, WAV, DTS-WAV, DTS, AC3, AAC
- Subtitle formats: SRT (external), SUB (MicroDVD) (external), text (MKV), SSA / ASS (MKV, external), VobSub (MP4, MKV, external SUB / IDX), PGS (TS, MKV)
- Picture file formats: JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF
- Playlist file formats: M3U, PLS
- Photo viewer functions: slideshow, transition effects, picture rotation, zoom, browse playlists, repeat, shuffle
- Audio playback functions: browse playlists, repeat, shuffle, ID3 tags, plasma TV burn-in prevention
- Filesystems: FAT16/FAT32 (read-write), ext2/ext3 (read-write), NTFS (read-write)
- Ethernet: 10/100 Mbit
- WiFi: Internal (special player that is equipped with an internal WiFi adapter) or external optional 802.11n WiFi (via external USB WiFi stick, it is recommended to use the Dune HD Water)
- Dune Network Playback Accelerator
Dimension
- Player (without feet): 142 mm (width) x 142 mm (depth) x 40 mm (height)
- Player (with feet): 83 mm (width) x 142 mm (depth) x 162 mm (height)
- Box Packaging: 235 mm x 212 mm x 128 mm
Weight: 0.62 kg
Gross weight: 1.6 kg
MAIN FEATURES
• The latest technology Sigma Designs 8653 Media Processor to enjoy the best performance with an interactive menu feature.
• HDD player: connect an external HDD to the player directly and play multimedia files without having to open the case for installing an internal HDD.
• Network player: connect the player with the local network and play content directly from your PC or NAS (UPnP, SMB, NFS).
• MKV player: the ability to play HD & SD video in MKV format and many other popular video formats, including top quality HD video with high bitrates.
• 2 USB ports: can easily connect the HDD, USB flash drives, USB card readers and a wide range of USB storage devices.
• SATA port: can connect the HDD uses the SATA interface for sending files with very high speed.
• SD card slot: it can easily play media files directly from SD memory card from your camera or other device, or use a SD memory card for file storage media.
• HDMI 1.3: Allow playback of high definition video and audio entertainment so as to obtain the highest quality.
• File browser: menus are easy to use file browser with file management system is very good to perform copy, move, delete, rename, organize & sort files.
• User interface can be customized with a graphic display Full HD.
• Internet radio: it can record from various Internet radio stations with formats HTTP/MP3.
• Playlists: can create playlists directly from the existing folders.
• BitTorrent: can use the default BitTorrent client to download files from P2P network.
• IPTV: can record streaming IPTV (multicast UDP / RTP) from the internet provider available
FRONT SECTION
1 - The ON / OFF
2 - Power LED
3 - IR receiver
4 - External USB Connection
BACKSECTION
1 - WiFi antenna (not included, can be purchased separately)
2 - type TOSLINK Optical Digital Audio 5.1 ch
3 - Composite Video Output & Audio output L-R
4 - Y, PB, PR: HD Component Video
5 - HDMI 1.3: Audio & HDMI 1080p digital video
6 - External USB Connection
7 - RJ45 Ethernet LAN connection
8 - Power adapter 12 V
Advantages:
- Can be controlled using the gadget / smartphone iPhone, Android or iPad;
- Attractive design & compact size;
- Various kinds of video & audio files can be played this player without constraint;
- Available in many ports thus simplifying the connection with a variety of storage devices that we have;
- There is an innate BitTorrent client player;
- The existence of support for IPTV & internet radio, along with broadcast recording feature directly.
Disadvantages:
- lack of a fan in the device makes a player a little heat for use in the long term.
CONCLUSION:
- With a variety of advantages, Dune HD Lite 53D is an attractive option for high definition entertainment enthusiasts in the class entry-level player who wants an affordable price.
