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November 7, 2006 11:40 AM PST

Stream TV to any room of the house

by Jasmine France
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Once again, I posit the question: why does Asia get all the cool stuff? (I sense I'm beginning to whine about this a bit.) Twinbird, a Japanese company that produces a variety of novelty gadgets, is coming out with a product called Link Zabady...or at least, that's how Engadget has translated it. At any rate, a big thanks to my fellow bloggers for bringing this fabulous gadget to my attention, even if I never get my hands on one. The Link Zabady consists of a splash-proof, 7-inch LCD screen with 480x234 resolution, a transmitter box, and a remote. When you combine those three elements with your home entertainment system, you can stream video content to any room in the house. In my case, to the kitchen--what a handy way to make dish washing seem like less of a chore. And the rated 2.5-hour battery life (a charging cradle is included) is more than enough to get you through a nice, long soak in the tub. If you're Japan-bound, you can pick up the Link Zabady after December 1 for about 70,000 yen.

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For more than five years, Jasmine France has covered a variety of tech products for CNET--from scanners to keyboards to GPS devices--but she's happiest where she is now: sitting atop a pile of MP3 players, "testing" every music service known to man, and jamming a variety of earbuds in every shape and color into her absurdly small ears. E-mail Jasmine.
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Ummm... Sony makes this already avail. to the USA
by ChrisIXxx November 8, 2006 6:08 AM PST
http://www.sonystyle.ca/view/LocationFreeTVLanding/index.shtml?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&categoryId=47640

LocationFreeTV it's called.
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