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Divoom Pixoo Max Takes Pixel Art to the Max

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Having grown up in the 1980s, I have a real fondness for pixel art. There are lots of ways to make pixel art of your own these days beyond using programs like Deluxe Paint, from melting Perler beads together to making images with 1×1 LEGO bricks. The Divoom Pixoo Max lets you make pixel art images and animations using a grid of colorful LEDs.

Its 9.6″ screen features a 32 x 32 grid of RGB LED pixels which can be programmed with a companion smartphone app. You can pick from numerous still and animated images in the Divoom Pixel Gallery or create your own. In addition, it can be programmed to display notifications from Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram or to display the time or weather.

The Pixoo Max has a built-in stand or can be mounted on your fridge, a wall, or even your car windows. Since it runs on a rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery, you can use it on the road. It’s available from Amazon (affiliate link) for $109.99.

Divoom Ditoo Bluetooth Speaker Displays Pixel Art on a Tiny Retro Computer

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If you love the retro look of pixel art, check out this little desktop accessory that not only can display custom pixel art, but can play music and work as an alarm clock, among other things. The Divoom Ditoo looks like a tiny all-in-one computer, and displays colorful animations on its tiny screen.

The Ditoo works in concert with a companion mobile app to load up over 1000 different pixel art images and animations from an online pixel art community. Its 16 x 16 dot matrix display can display 16 million different colors at each of its pixels, and can also be used to do things like show social media alerts, or display the time or weather forecast, each triggered via the mobile app. It can even play primitive games like Snake, Tetris, and Breakout on its tiny LED screen. Its built-in Bluetooth speaker isn’t exactly huge, but it does offer 10 watts of amplification, and the reviews on Amazon say that it actually sounds pretty good for its size. It can also play MP3 files loaded from a TF card (up to 64GB.)

It really does look like a miniature computer, though it only has six keys on its mechanical keyboard, and its joystick only moves on one axis. Measuring in at 3.54″ x 4.48″ x 4.77″, it’s actually small enough to put in the palm of your hand.

The video below from :3ildcat shows the Divoom Ditoo in action, along with some demonstrations of its audio quality and volume compared to some other small speakers.

You can grab a Divoom Ditoo pixel art speaker over on Amazon for $79.90. It’s available in five different colors: black, white, green, blue, and pink.

Review: Divoom Voombox Party Bluetooth Speaker

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The Divoom Voombox Party is a great little speaker if you’re looking for big, clean sound in a small package. Measuring in at about 9″ wide, this portable Bluetooth speaker offers up enough volume to fill a living room, dining room or deck, so it’s perfect for adding music to any occasion.

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While the speaker is constructed primarily from plastic and rubber, it’s got metal grilles on both front and rear, and it feels substantial and well constructed. Pairing worked flawlessly, and if you have an NFC-compliant phone, connecting is instant when you hold your phone to the speaker. Otherwise, you just press the Bluetooth pairing button and find the speaker in your device’s menu.

Sound is provided by a pair of 2″ full range speakers, a 3″ subwoofer and a pair of passive radiators on the back. With 20 watts of power, volume is plentiful, and I noticed no perceptible distortion, and sound is clean and natural across the spectrum. That said, there’s a tiny bit of audible hiss at very low volume levels, but it vanishes with all but the quietest passages of music.

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In addition to its very good sound quality, the Voombox Party is IPX44 weather resistant, which means it can handle splashes, sand, dust and just about anything you can throw at it short of actually throwing it in the pool. Buttons are rubberized and molded to the side of the case, and Divoom smartly placed both the microUSB charging port and 3.5mm audio port behind a rubberized flap that keeps moisture and dirt out too. Battery life for the speaker is rated at eight hours, and you can charge it back up three hours or so.

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Overall, the Voombox Party is a solid and capable portable Bluetooth speaker, offering very good sound quality, ample volume, and ruggedness in one. List price for the Voombox Party is $149.99(USD), but you can pick one up over on Amazon for just $99.99 in either black or silver.

Giveaway: Win over $500 in Awesome Gear!

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We’ve teamed up with our friends over at Gear Diary, along with our brother site, The Awesomer to offer a great prize pack filled with great gadgets and gear that you’re sure to enjoy.

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Entrants have a chance to win a set of goodies worth nearly $600, including products from Pyle Audio, Divoom, Ballistic, booq, and SuperTooth.

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There are lots of ways to earn entries, and all you need to do to get in on the prize-winning action is to head over to the entry form at the bottom of the page over at Gear Diary now. (Contest ends 11:59pm CDT Sunday, 8/18/2013. Open to U.S. residents age 13 or over only.)