Sharp has a new type of Mebius o­n the horizon -- the home theater version. The "Mebius PC-TX32" includes a 32" LCD, doubles as a hybrid recorder, and appears to offer all sorts of nifty HTPC functionality. More details inside.

I am back from Europe, and a lot of the instability of life provided by school has come to an end. At least until August. I've promised myself at least three articles per day on TechJapan, but we all know how well things like that have worked out.

I do, however, have an article about Sharp's new Zaurus for you. It is more or less an update to their SL-C3000 PDA (the one with the hard drive, if you remember). The update includes more Flash ROM and some more integrated tools like a TOEIC training book. Not particularly enthralling, but at least Sharp is keeping the Zaurus line alive.

Sharp has a new MP3/WMA player coming out, with a 9.4mm thick body and integrated FM transmitter. It appears to be standard beyond these two items.

I sort of wish Sharp put o­ne of their awesome color LCDs o­n this unit. Sharp knows how to make a nice screen, but the o­ne they put o­n this thing is a bit of a disappointment.

Now this is more like it. Available up to 400GB, Sharp has three models of HDTV recorders coming out in March. AQUOS is an enormously successful brand for the company, so it's nice to see them taking it somewhere other than kickin rad LCDs. Splendid features of these units include direct recording of HDTV streams, upscaling of DVD video to HDTV, and HDMI connections.

Sharp's yearly update to their laptop with a 3D display comes in the form of being able to now being able to watch DVDs in 3D, and enhanced specifications. I've been quite anxious to see if Sharp's 3D display technology is actually worth the 360,000 yen price tag.

Continuing with the Sharp news, here's their new network media player: the CE-MR01. Shaped sort of like a slimline DVD drive stood o­n its side, the CE-MR01 in fact doesn't even have a disc drive. It contains an Ethernet port, and is also compatible with 802.11a/b/g wireless LAN standards.

This would be great for someone like myself, who doesn't necessarily want/need another disc drive in their home theater setup. But it does seem to be dragged down by a few setbacks, such as lack of support for more popular MPEG-4 formats.

Sharp will have a new electronic dictionary available in January, and it features a smashing 400 hour battery life. So when will laptops start having something like this?

A pretty unremarkable voice recorder from Sharp. At least they include a telephone adapter so that you can record your phone conversations. Might come in handy in the battle against those nasty telemarketers!

Title says it all...except for how this is more than $3000 dollars.

Sharp will begin sales of a new 3-in-1 HDD/DVD/VHS "DV-HRW35" recorder from 15 November. The recorder combines a 120GB HDD/DVD-RW recorder with a VHS video deck.