Man, I wish I hadn’t recently bought the Apple USB SuperDrive for my Mac mini. In this “I coulda had a V-8″ moment, I realize I could have added an external drive, SD card reader, one charging-only USB-A port, 2 USB 3.0 A ports, one USB 3.0 B port, eSATA port, 2 Firewire 800 ports, [...]
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USB hub
Until the time the iMacs start sporting an HDMI input, the Kanex XD is one of the easiest plug and play conversion solutions for using the 27″ iMac as a display for HD gaming systems and Blu-Ray playback. It features a single HDMI input and a Mini DisplayPort out. Simply connect your HDMI-enabled source of [...]
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iMac,
Playstation,
Spotlight Gadgets,
x-box
While the rest of the world is busy drooling over the newest edition to the Cupertino family (see previous posts from Julie and Andy), there are, in fact, other interesting additions to our beloved world of gadgetry. Case in point: the BDP-S770 Blu-Ray player from Sony. This isn’t your grandma’s Blu-Ray player, boasting a bevy [...]
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From today all new Samsung Blu-ray players will include the YouTube feature as standard and will also now support MKV file formats. Existing owners of Samsung Blu-ray players will be able to upgrade their device with both features via a firmware update from Samsung.com. Customers can simply update their Samsung Blu-ray player by visiting Samsung.com, [...]
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Samsung,
Spotlight Gadgets
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series A week with the HP Pavilion dv2 – A vacation from my Macs I’ve been using the HP Pavilion dv2 laptop off and on for about a month now. As it tends to go with most gadgets that pass through my hands, there are things [...]
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HP dv2,
Laptop,
Vista
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series A week with the HP Pavilion dv2 – A vacation from my Macs I’m a few days into my Mac vacation and so far I’ve only broke the rules once… I used my Mac / Photoshop to work up the images in this article. Gimp [...]
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HP dv2,
Laptop,
Vista
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series A week with the HP Pavilion dv2 – A vacation from my Macs Ok friends, it’s honesty time. I have a secret to let you all in on and it’s a kinda big and I’m more than a little ashamed to admit it. But I [...]
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Gear Diary,
Laptop,
Vista
Panasonic has just announced the first standalone portable Blu-Ray player. The DMP-B15 has been designed to provide the ultimate High Definition Blu-ray experience for those on the go. It features a high quality 8.9-inch WSVGA LCD screen and includes Panasonic’s VIERA CAST™ Internet accessibility and BD Live functionality, as well as a SD Memory Card [...]
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Spotlight Gadgets
I was one of those people that picked the wrong side in the hi-def DVD format wars. I purchased an HD DVD player add-on for my XBox 360. Of course only a few months after I did, the war was over, Blu-ray won and NetFlix sent me a Dear Julie letter letting me know that [...]
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DVD,
Hi-def