Product Reviews

May 30, 2008

HD Guru’s tips on getting the best price on a new HDTV

Filed under: TV Reviews — @ 1:26 pm

How cheap can you get the Editor's Choice-winning Panasonic TH-50PZ800U?

The HD Guru has had a distant career in the consumer electronics business, including 30 years as VP for a chain of consumer electronics stores. The good news for you is that he’s willing to share some …

Original post by Matthew M…

Xbox 360 gets some base charging love from Nyko

Filed under: Video Game Reviews — @ 1:17 pm

(Credit: Nyko)Nyko has announced the release of an Xbox 360 compatible charging base, much like the PlayStation 3 one the company debuted nearly two months ago.

The Nyko Charge Base 360 comes with two NiMH rechargeable batteries fitted with contact points that allow you to simply drop the controller …

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Valve announces best PC gaming view of the year (so far)

Filed under: Laptop Reviews — @ 12:44 pm

Valve’s Steam service is perhaps the best digital distribution network for downloading PC games.(Credit: Valve)
We love it when companies just get it. Valve Software and its announcement of SteamCloud is a prime example. As reported by John Walker at Rock, Paper, Shotgun, SteamCloud will let anyone using …

Ducati phone doesn’t look like a winner

Filed under: Cell Phone Reviews — @ 12:44 pm

(Credit: Elemedia)

It may construct some sense for Ducati to try its hand at co-branding a mobile phone the way car companies have, but it would have been well advised to wait for a better opportunity.

There’s nothing wrong with the choice of Sony Ericsson’s Z770 handset, but …

Original post by Mike Yama…

Cellity hands out e-mail, free SMS, and cheap calls abroad

Filed under: Cell Phone Reviews — @ 12:43 pm

Cellity Communicator (download) is an e-mail, SMS, and calling client and service for Java cell phones that’s better than it looks. That may not sound terribly heartening, but it’s no derisive knock. Designing an app that crams phone calls, conference calls, various tiers of texting, and e-mail into …

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Harman Kardon announces three new AV receivers

Filed under: Home Audio Reviews — @ 12:09 pm

Harman Kardon AVR 354

While most audio manufacturers trot out a new line of AV receivers every year, Harman Kardon generally sits out of the “feature war” and lets its models stay in the product line longer. That’s why it’s a big deal that the company has announced three new receivers, bringing many cutting-edge features that were previously los…

Beam me up, Telstra

Filed under: Camcorder Reviews — @ 11:24 am

Star Trek lovers drooled earlier that week when Telstra, the Australian phone company, used a hologram to beam its chief technology officer from Melbourne to a business meeting about 460 miles away in Adelaide.
Hugh Bradlow, Telstra’s CTO, was filmed in Melbourne by a high-definition video camera. The video …

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