Since reviewing the Epson WorkForce 600 last year it has been my work horse in my home study. We have other printers (most came bundled with computers we bought) but the WorkForce 60 is the printer I use.

Today Epson announced a new, mid-range photo scanner, the V600. The V600

offers advanced performance for photos, film, slides, and everyday documents. Delivering higher resolution and expanded versatility compared to competitive flatbed scanners in its class, the scanner features 6400 x 9600 dpi resolution and 3.4 Dmax for creating high-quality enlargements up to 17” x 22”. It also includes powerful photo restoration tools for both film and prints to bring faded and damaged photos back to life, as well as productivity enhancing Epson ReadyScan LED technology.

The V600 Photo will be available in mid-October for $249.99. The full release follows…

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I reviewed Epson’s WorkForce 600 All-In-One last year. It had been years since I had checked out one of their products and I was really impressed. It is a well-designed machine that, a year later, I continue to use on a daily basis. That experience has me now keeping an eye on Epson as they continue to roll out excellent gear.

Their latest announcement came earlier today with the addition of four new 1080P Projectors. The PowerLite Home Cinema 8100 and 8500 UB and PowerLite Pro Cinema 9100 and 9500 UB offer a wide range of choices in home entertainment froma leading company. Ranging in price from $1599 (plus a $100 launch rebate) to sub-$4000, the product range offers a wide array of choices for anyone building a home theater. The projectors will launch beginning in October and completing the roll-out in late November.

Both Press Releases After the break.

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Epson has just announced their new V500 Office Scanner. The scanner, which will retail for  $349.99 when it is released in September, offers a remarkable 6400dpi resolution. A variety of special photo features include negative, slides and film scanning, special technology for dust and scratch removal in film scans, and special technology for restoring old and faded images, removing dust and reducing grain add to its power.

An included 30-page automatic document feeder scan up to three pages per minute. For more information read the full press release that follows… Continue Reading

Enjoy watching movies on the big screen but dislike the hassle that’s sometimes associated with heading out to the theater?

You can skip the lines, make your popcorn any which way you like it and still get that big picture viewing experience all in the comfort of your own home with the Epson MovieMate.

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It’s that time again…time for me to recognize all of the wonderful sponsors who believe in and who so graciously support Gear Diary…

I’ll start by mentioning our newest sponsor, LogicBuy. Have you noticed the near daily Gear Sponsored blurbs that Wayne started posting last week? Not to be confused with the GearDeals he has always scoured the net to find, these are sponsored posts pointing you to the deal of the day on the LogicBuy site. We’d like to thank Thai and the gang at LogicBuy for their support, and we hope that you all enjoy some extra savings when taking advantage of their deals.

Next is our original and longest running backer: Skooba Design (formerly RoadWired). Michael Hess believed in this site from the beginning and offered his company’s support. I’ll always be grateful that he took an early interest in us, and I hope that you all will show your appreciation for his leap of faith by clicking his ad and perusing his wares. You can see past Skooba Design / RoadWired reviews here.

Mingo Chui and the gang from PDair have been another longtime sponsor. I’ve been reviewing PDair items for years, and am pleased to take this opportunity to thank them for supporting us. If you haven’t clicked their button recently, then do! Once on their site, you’ll find that PDair has a solution for just about every one of your mobility needs. On this site you will find quite a few reviews of their cases and other products.

BeyzaCases has also been a faithful supporter of this site, and we truly appreciate them! Gear Diary readers have grown familiar with their products over the last few years, but Beyza has been around for quite a while. As Ali, my contact there told me some time ago, “We, as Neta Trades Ltd have been in this business since 1998, but we have started to produce and markeket under our own brandname BeyzaCases in 2004. Untill that time we were only producing our leather Cases for well known brandnames as a confidential contractor. We are still producing for many brands in same way. But since 2004 we wanted to be in this market as BeyzaCases for to share our experience and to show our quality.We are offering competitive wholesale pricess to our clients including fast and free shipment with a Great service. All BeyzaCases products reach our clients with “LifeTime Warranty”.” We have reviewed quite a few BeyzaCases’ branded products on Gear Diary, and you can see those reviews here. You can check out their latest offerings by clicking here.

I would also like to thank all of the companies who have sponsored contests through Gear Diary. Off the top of my head (which automatically means I am forgetting some), these include: HP, Scooba Design, Vaja, HTC, Epson, Speck, Ultimate Ears, BlueAnt Wireless, Astraware, PPC Techs, and so many others are the companies that spice up our usual offerings of news, reviews, and opinion pieces. We truly appreciate them! If your company would like to sponsor Gear Diary through a contest or advertisement, you can find details on how to do so, here.

As a reminder, another way to support Gear Diary is by signing up for a free one-year subscription to any of the Free Tech magazines from the Trade Publication button on the far right sidebar. You can purchase software (as well as hardware accessories) from the Gear Diary Store, and we also have an affiliate relationship with ProClip, makers of almost every in-vehicle mount solution you might ever need.

I would also like to thank YOU for reading Gear Diary, because without your continued support…what would be the point?

Fellow techno-geek Joel Evans of Geek.com has a cool video of Andoid’s new Cupcake.  Says Brother Evans,

Last night we had a geek outing with our favorite hacker, Brian Jepson, who you may remember from our feature on Hacking the XO laptop. This time around Brian got a hold of a development G1 and hacked around with cupcake…

You can see the rest of the article and the video here.

Update: We have a winner! Congratulations Jonese! Keep your eye out for more fantastic giveaways from Gear Diary, coming soon…

The Epson Workforce 600 all-in-one we reviewed a few weeks ago sure ain’t the sexiest gift you can give, but it is one that will certainly see a lot of use!

I was impressed by pretty much every aspect of the machine: It faxes, copies, scan and prints with clarity and speed, and at a fraction of the cost of laser printers. In all, it is a great choice for the home office.

Thanks to the good folks at Epson, we have a brand new Work Force 600 to give away this Friday.

To win just leave a comment below telling us the most unusual or funny (but rated PG-13 or less- this IS a family site after all) thing you could copy if you won the Workforce 600.

Rules:

1. Comment must be left at the bottom of this post.
2. Winner will be chosen at midnight CST on Friday, December 19th and notified by email shortly after
3. Prize must be shipped to an address in the Continental USA
4. Please add judie [at] geardiary.com to your safe list; if we do not hear from you within 48 hours, we will pick another winner

The timing could not have been better. Our ancient multifunction printer had seen its last day, and we needed a good printer to replace it since I do much of my writing from my home study and my wife has recently started her own business.

I was in the midst of doing the research  as to which printer to buy when I was offered the opportunity to review the Epson Workforce 600. As luck would have it, the Workforce 600 was already on my shortlist.

I’m glad I said “Yes” to reviewing the WorkForce 600, as this is definitely a next generation printer. In fact, to call it a printer is rather inaccurate since the Workforce 600 is a Print/Copy/Scan/Photo/Fax office solution that will immediately become a key component of any small office.

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