On almost all ITC fairs we are visiting, one of the events we are looking forward to every time is the Showstoppers. The concept is easy: you put journalists, company representatives and their new products in same room and something will happen. Sennheiser was our first stop, and we were very surprised to see that they entered market of gaming headsets. There were four new Gaming Headphones on the display, PC 360 G4ME and PC 333 G4ME gathering most attention. Both headsets looked very much gaming oriented, but we liked a bit more classic style of 360 model. Price for the highest end model was very much in line with mid-range models from HD series, but they should differentiate themselves with hardware Dolby Surround 7.1 support.

Texas Instruments were very proud to present their newest achievements at the DLP field. They developed the technology, and at the show floor they displayed several interesting implementations. We spent most of the time playing with Samsung mobile phone from Galaxy line, but with projector embedded to it. This phone is already at the market, but for now only in Singapore. It was interesting to play with, even to use it for presentation, and projected picture was clear and sharp, but some more brightness wouldn’t hurt. Still, good work Texas Instruments, as making DLP so small and working was not an easy task.

You can imagine that there is at least one iPad or iPhone on every booth, so you really have to look hard to find out the good from the average products. Zagg is one that we found interesting. They have these thin protective foils they call invisibleSHIELD, and that you can use on your smartphone, tablet or any sort of display, or even the whole casing. The good thing is that the shield is not very expensive, it comes with lifetime guarantee, and it can regenerate itself from any scratch so that you don’t need to change it or worry about the damages.

Etymotic is one of the companies you probably haven’t heard unless you are a rock star, but we are here to change that. They are specialized in professional audio equipment and their latest product is called Custom FIT. This basically is not a brand new line of hear and earphones, it is just an optional upgrade for your pair of audio equipment and it offers a custom ear mold for every and each one of us. Because each ear channel is different you can custom made an ear mold that can enhance your audio experience, and that is something audiophiles care about the most. When you buy Etymotic Earphones, you can apply for custom fit, receive the address for the nearest audiologist, who can then be contacted to schedule an ear impression which takes about 20-25 minutes. After that that impression is sent to the ACS Custom, a highly specialized ear mold laboratory, and after 2 to 3 weeks you get your very own silicone ear mold for your ear/headphones. The pricing for Custom FIT is around $100 per pair. Pretty cool, huh?