Audio, video or TV product related news, reviews and articles.
What’s the worst thing about TiVo? Watching TV anywhere else without TiVo. Until there’s a TiVo iPod (Apple, are you listening??), the Sony LocationFree TV allows you to watch your TiVo anywhere… in any room in your house, from an airport lounge, from a hotel room, anywhere with access to broadband. LocationFree is a television […]
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Product Requirements: Up to 90 DVDs and their covers I really love to watch movies, and in my town there are two theaters. One has not been remodeled or upgraded since 1988 or thereabouts. I stopped going to that theater after I was rained on one wet afternoon. To add insult to injury, I was
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Product Requirements: Device: 3rd, 4th, and Mini iPod versions We’ve reviewed several products from OtterBox in the past. The first review was posted in 1999, then another in 2002, and yet another in 2003. These three reviews were all for watertight PDA cases, but OtterBox isn’t just about PDAs, they also sell cases for tablet
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Product Requirements: Device: All current iPod Models Most people probably recognize the object in the picture below. If you don’t, you really need to get out into the gadget world a bit more ;o) Yes, it’s an iPod dock. Simple and functional, but let’s just admit it shall we? It’s b-o-r-i-n-g. What if your iPod
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Product Requirements: An FM Radio and an audio source with a 3.5mm headphone jack, one AA battery (included) It’s the age old dilemma – how to best listen to one’s music in the car, when said music is all contained on a player that is not hard-wired to the auto’s sound system. One of the
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Product Requirements: Web Cam mode: USB port, MS Windows 98SE (install USB driver), WinME, Win2000, WinXP OS with DirectX 8.1 or later Graphics Adapter capable of 800×600 resolution, 64k colors Pentium II 266, with 64MB RAM (Win 98/ME), or 128MB RAM (Win2K/XP) Pen Drive Mode: MS Win 98SE, WinME, Win2000, WinXP Updated 02/07/05
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Product Requirements: A 3.5mm jack on any portable audio/video device I guess that stock earbuds must be the equivalent of a PDA’s stock stylus in that some are better than others; some people will be very happy with them while others will immediately look for something that better satisfies their needs. Unfortunately, I have found
Etymotic Research 6i Isolator Earphones Review Read More
Product Requirements: Mac OSX, Windows 98SE or Above By now, I would guess that many of our readers own a portable mega-gigabyte digital music player on which they have stored much, if not all, of their music collections. However, I would be willing to bet that some don’t always want to bring that player along
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Product Requirements: Device: Various portable electronic devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, digital cameras, MP3 players and more You may remember Judie’s review of the iGo Juice Combination AC and Auto/Air Notebook Power Adapter. Made by Mobility Electronics, this charger allowed for notebook charging along with another device. Well, now we have a new charging
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Product Requirements: Device: Windows PC running 98, 98SE, 2000 or XP with USB port. Jet-Audio Software: Windows PC running 98, 98SE, 2000 or XP with sound card and speakers. About three months ago I started going to the gym again in an effort to harden my physique. It was never my goal to make myself
JetAudio iAudio4 MP3 Player Review Read More
Here it is. Another review brought about by the reoccurring theme — “Bill whines about something and Julie comes to the rescue.” The strap on my laptop bag started rolling over and cutting into my sensitive shoulders. Whaaa. 🙁 The original strap was a two piece arrangement — a seatbelt type nylon strap with a
Product Requirements: Device: Apple iPod (4th Generation models) 4th generation 20gb and 40gb Apple iPod owners looking for slim but rigid protection for their audio players will definitely want to take a close look at Innopocket’s Metal Deluxe case. This new case is a bit different from the 3G case that I had reviewed just
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Product Requirements: Device: 4G and iPod mini iPods If you’ve been drooling over a Vaja iVod case for your 4th generation iPod, but didn’t want to shell out $70-100+ dollars just for a case, then you must read the rest of this review. ipodkitz from itzkitz give you not only an iVod-like case, but also
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If you are a shutterbug (and why would you be interested in mini tripods if you are not?), you might have read my review on the Clamperpod a few months ago. A few weeks ago I noticed that Fred at clamperpod.com was starting up a new site for mini tripods (ironically called minitripods.com). I suggested
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Product Requirements: Any audio device with a 3.5mm mini jack Now that winter is officially here, digital music lovers might be looking for a way to keep warm while enjoying their tunes outside. With that goal in mind, let’s take a look at the Burton Headphone Beanie, a convergent device that takes an item of
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Product Requirements: Portable CD, Mini-Disk, Tape or MP3 player and four AA batteries One of the first things that happened when I got my digital music player, was that I realized I didn’t always want to listen to music over headphones. Thankfully, I do have several options. When I am sitting at my computer, music
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Product Requirements: Device: 1st or 2nd generation Apple iPod I started out very excited about replacing the battery on my iPod. Although it had only really come up dead on two or three trips (where I had forgotten to specifically charge it up and have everything ready right at liftoff), it would still get
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Product Requirements: Device: Windows 98SE, 2000, XP, Mac, and Linux machines with a free USB port Digital photographers have it made, they can snap as many pictures as they desire and never have to worry that the pictures they end up printing will not turn out as expected. While there are many advantages to going
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I’ve been a music fan since age zero, and a digital music and photography buff for several years now. Being a full-time computer nerd, the concept of digitizing music and photos into a format that could be carried around on a disk just amazes me. Sitting at the bottom of my home entertainment stack is
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Product Requirements: Device: Windows XP or 2000, Mac 10.2 or higher AM/FM radio. Sounds a little retro these days with XM and Sirius satellite radio being all the rage. While satellite radio is undeniably cool, you still can’t beat your local radio stations for community news, events, weather and programming. Wouldn’t it be cool if
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