Audio, video or TV product related news, reviews and articles.
Hercules announced their new HD Twist webcam during CES this past January in Las Vegas. With a suggested retail price of only $34.99, this webcam features 30fps, a 720p sensor that provides 1280×720 video resolution, 5 megapixel photo resolution, and a built in microphone with noise reduction. The unique thing about this webcam is its flexible […]
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NAEB500 Noise Isolating In-Ear Earphones from Nyrius are a refreshing departure from the run of the mill $10 in-ear earphones one usually runs into. They’re priced at $49.95 but are widely available around $30, and as such they cost about as much as 2 or three of those knock-off earphones you’ll find in the big-box
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Looking just like a Lego brick, the Kiddy Mini Speaker looks like the perfect portable speaker – assuming you don’t want hi-fidelity sound. Measuring in at 1.61″ (W) x 0.98″(H) x 0.67″(D), it has its own USB-chargeable battery. Its little amplifier pumps out a whopping 0.8W of power for up to 6 hours and will work
I recently reviewed the Booster Mini Amplifier from Orb Audio, and I had ordered a pair of Mod 1 speakers so I could review the amp. I was very surprised to also receive speakers and a subwoofer with the Booster amp, and I ended up with 2 extra pairs of Orb Audio Mod 1 speakers.
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No matter how great your earphones are, there’s always one flaw that everyone hates – the earphone’s cord. The most annoying part is when the cable flops around or get caught in something while you have the earphones on. Klinggon solves that problem by providing a stable holder to keep the cable from moving around
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I’ve been looking for some way to occasionally watch TV on my bedroom TV without the monthly expense of a cable hookup and digital settop box in there. I’ve tried an antenna that worked great for local HD stations, and I’ve tried a wireless transmitter that worked great with my Blu-ray player but not with
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This may look like a microphone, but it’s really a speaker for your MP3 player. The Microphone Speaker from Molla Space is 1.5″ x 1.5″ x 3″ long. Remove the handle to expose the 3.5mm audio plug that works with any audio device with a 3.5mm audio jack. It has a built-in, USB-chargeable lithium-ion battery,
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Isn’t it a pain when you have to look at your earbuds to work out which one’s left and which one’s right ? Or you find that you’ve had the wrong phone in the wrong ear ? Well the Japan Science and Technology Agency ( JST ) has a solution with their Universal Earphones. Using
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The picture above is dominated by my giant 65″ TV, but you’ll notice two little speakers sitting in front of the screen (click for a larger view). These little beauties are Mod 2 speakers from Orb Audio, a US-based “high-end speaker manufacturer who has proven that price does not equate to quality in the home
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Plug this little paperclip-sized dongle into the 30-pin connector on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, and your Apple device can serve as a powerful universal remote control. The Zapper from VooMote uses the free VooMote Zapper app from iTunes to let you control virtually all the A/V devices in your house. You can define
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Steve Holt did a popular review for Avid Studio (see the related posts for a link) last year, so I thought many of you might be interested to know that this software is now available as an iPad app. Avid Studio for iPad has “distilled the world’s leading film-editing technology into an easy-to-use app that
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We’ve told you before about Kidz Gear volume-limiting headphones designed for kids, and now we have the Kidz Gear Volume Limit Headphones for Apple Products to tell you about. These headphones are designed to fit children’s smaller heads, and they have the KidZControl Volume Limiting Technology that keeps sound pressure levels between 80dB – 90dB
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The iharmonix Q-i-sound Bluetooth Speakers from Qmadix are compact little speakers that can travel with you in their carrying case. (See the bottom image; click for a larger view.) The lithium-polymer battery charges in about 3.5 hours and provides up to 8 hours continuous playback time or 240 hours of standby time. The speakers
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I’m torn about the PFE 232 Earphones from Phonak Audeo. They are about the best sounding universal-fit earphones I’ve yet heard. They are well made, extremely comfortable, customizable (more on that later), and have replaceable cables. But wow, are they expensive. There is no getting around that. It’s an elephant in the room you can’t
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This cute speaker from Gavio looks like a retro-styled toaster. It would look really cute in my retro kitchen with my Formica dining table. The TOAST dock has 50mm speakers with 3W total RMS, and they reproduce 150-18,000Hz with an 80dB signal-to-noise ratio. It’s powered with a 1000mAh lithium-ion battery. No price has been released
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I’ve mentioned before that I have three TVs in my house but only two cable outlets. I want to be able to watch TV in my bedroom, but I don’t want to have to pay to have a third outlet installed in my house – and then pay a monthly service charge for the outlet,
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We did a review of the Time Warner Cable app for iPad a while ago. With the app, you could watch select channels in your Time Warner Cable lineup on your iPad in any room of your house while you were connected to your home’s WiFi network. Now, the app has been updated into a
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The Magic-Pro iGoGo TV box is powered by Android 2.3.1, so you’ll be able to enjoy Android apps – internet surfing, movie watching, and games – directly on your big HDTV. iGoGo TV has an ARM Cortex-A8 1GHz processor and 512MB DDR3 and 4GB NAND flash inside, and you can add even more memory with
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We all know that custom-fitted earphones are going to give you the best fit, isolation, and stay in place better than your standard supplied headphones, but this normally involves a trip to the audiologist and normally isn’t a cheap solution. Fuze supplies custom earphones in a DIY kit that takes around 15 minutes to fit. You can
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A while back, I reviewed the retro Koss PortaPro headphones and gushed over how well they sounded especially considering their price and how comfortable they were regardless of price. For some people however, the PortaPros looks were – well – just so 80s. I would imagine most people listening to headphones today don’t remember the
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