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BenQ DW1670 Out In Japan

Postby Ian on Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:27 am

According to Akiba Hotline, the OEM version of the BenQ DW1670 is out in Japan.

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/ho ... _i_dd.html

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Any bets on when we'll see it in the US? July?
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Postby MonsterMan on Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:29 pm

Mmmm....new Benq...
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Postby dodecahedron on Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:42 pm

remind me: is this a built on a Phillips chipset or Panasonic ?
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:27 pm

Panasonic chipset
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Postby Scour on Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:37 pm

dolphinius_rex wrote:Panasonic chipset


Yes.

U have a 1670 for review ;) ?
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Postby Ian on Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:15 pm

Scour wrote:U have a 1670 for review ;) ?


No, but I've had the 1670 based Sony 820 for about a month now. I've had a lot of problems with it. I'm waiting for their engineers to finish up the next firmware update.
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Postby Scour on Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:20 pm

Ian wrote:
No, but I've had the 1670 based Sony 820 for about a month now. I've had a lot of problems with it. I'm waiting for their engineers to finish up the next firmware update.


Sounds not good :-?
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