Review Blu-ray may have started out as a mess, with confusing "profiles" and painfully slow load times. But beginning this year standalone players have finally gotten their acts together. Sony's entry-level BDP-S360 is typical of the new breed of Blu-ray players. It has the basics covered, with Profile...
Review Buying any piece of electronics gear is an investment and no where is this more true if you're buying a Samsung Blu-ray player. When the Samsung BD-P1500 was first released, it was a somewhat risky pick due to its S$699 list price, disc compatibility issues, and long list of promised firmware...
Review When first announced at CES, the Philips BDP7200 grabbed some headlines with its US$350 price tag, which was US$50 less than the Sony PlayStation 3. Well, almost a year has passed and apparently Philips couldn't live up to its promise. The BDP7200 is now going for S$899, more than the...
Review Samsung was the first manufacturer with a standalone Blu-ray player, but in 2008 it often felt like the company was struggling to keep up with Panasonic. When Panasonic released the first Profile 2.0 player, Samsung was still shipping Profile 1.1 players with promises that future upgrades would get...
Review In almost every standalone Blu-ray player we've reviewed, you're likely to find a comment about its disc-loading speed and how it inevitably doesn't compare with the Sony PlayStation 3. For once, that's not the case as the Samsung BD-P3600 is flat out faster than the PS3 at loading most movies and...
Features We've heard all the hype about a more secure computing experience and prettier interface, but are those enough to warrant a hefty investment on a Windows 7 upgrade?
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Review In 2009, it's not enough for a Blu-ray player to just play movie discs. With the ubiquity of online media streaming services, such as YouTube, consumers already expect such players to offer up a wide variety of instant-gratification online media options to complement their HD experience. Its...
Review The Brother MFC-990CW is an ideal multifunction printer that can truly do it all. For US$230, you get a 4.2-inch touchscreen LCD display, 802.11 b/g wireless networking, a cordless handset with a digital answering machine, automatic duplexing function and Bluetooth connectivity, just to name a few...
Crave Sales of the Nintendo Wii have been flagging lately, and the number of quality titles coming out for this generation's bestselling system seems to be getting thinner every month. What better ...
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Features It has been eight years since Sega discontinued the Dreamcast. We've made a wish list of ten nostalgic Dreamcast games we want to play again.
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Crave Nothing in this world makes sense. First Sega start making games for Nintendo, then Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected mayor of California, and now Toshiba--former peddler of HD DVD--releases a laptop with ...
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Crave On September 9, classic rock fans will have a chance to strap on a plastic guitar and jam along with the biggest act in popular music history. Artfully orchestrated buzz has ...
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Review After giving the Brother MFC-5890CN a not-so-great review, we weren't breaking down doors with excitement over the step-down model, the MFC-490CW. We expected another unstylish device marred by mechanical imperfections and unsuitable for any environment where productivity is a factor. Fortunately...
Crave As larger laptops go, Dell's new 17-inch Inspiron 17 has the potential to impress. But be warned: The base price of nets you what is essentially a netbook in a massive ...
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Features Every few years video game consoles get smaller and more advanced. We track some of the more notable shrinkage in the last 20 years.
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