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 Sony has made standalone Blu-ray players since the format's inception, but they've always been overshadowed by the company's game console, the PlayStation 3. In many ways, the Sony BDP-S550 is the company's first standalone that may be a smarter buy than the PS3 for non-gamers. The BDP-S550 is...
Review Samsung likes to say its "Touch of Color" design scheme elevates products to become a "work of art", but really, it comes down to three main principles: Rounded corners, translucent red highlights, and a glossy black finish. The Samsung BD-P4600 is the epitome of that design philosophy. It looks...
Review The Canon Digital Ixus 110 IS is a followup to the very popular Ixus 870 IS featuring the same 28mm wide-angle lens with a 4x optical zoom. But this model jumps from 10 to 12 megapixels, adds 720p HD video recording and utilizes the improved Canon's Digic 4 image processor. It also features an HDMI...
Review Standalone Blu-ray players have certainly been held back by confusing Blu-ray profiles and high movie prices, but one of the biggest reasons they haven't taken off is the Sony PlayStation 3. As we mention in nearly every review, the PS3 is an excellent movie player and it offers significantly more...
Crave The Mitsubishi BHR300-series LCD TV is ahead of the curve, featuring an integrated digital video recorder (DVR). This is implemented via both a Blu-ray disc drive and 320GB harddisk to ...
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Review Ever since standalone Blu-ray players hit the market, there's been a great deal of anticipation for an Oppo Blu-ray player, mainly because of the company's reputation for making excellent DVD players. Oppo held out for quite some time, and in retrospect, it was a smart move. Almost all the early...
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 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...
Features Change the factory default settings on your new LCD for smooth home-theater viewing.
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Review When Logitech brought out its touchscreen, tablet-style Harmony 1000 in 2007, it was clearly taking a stab at the high end of the universal remote market. Unlike other high-end--and more expensive--models from the likes of Crestron and Philips' Pronto line, the Harmony 1000 did not require a...
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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Review Pioneer's Kuro range of plasma TVs were met with an avalanche of awards, but its Blu-ray players have also consistently been among the best performers of their type. The BDP-LX52 is the company's 2009 flagship model. Priced at about S$999, it's obviously designed to appeal to picture purists rather...
Review Printers in the past used to have dull designs and needed cables to connect to the computer in order to print. These days, printer manufacturers are trying to makeover inkboxes into lifestyle products rather than drab machines for printing. The HP Photosmart Premium All-In-One Printer is such a...
Features Ceatec is mostly a pure tradeshow in that it's aimed at manufacturers and not the public, but there are still some sights to see for the gadget-obsessed.
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