Product Requirements: A local FM radio station If you read Julie’s and my CES trip report, then by now you know about LobeMan, the product that came from out of nowhere and pleasantly surprised me. No, I was definitely not in the market for an in-ear FM radio when Scott Hynd, their Director of Marketing, […]
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Product Requirements: Device: Windows 98, 2000, ME or XP Early this year, I reviewed JetAudio’s iAudio CW200 MP3 Player. I found it to be a great small form factor player, that had enough extra features to overshadow the fact that it was not expandable (no memory card slot) and could not play WMA files. JetAudio’s
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Portable cassette players used to come in two main flavors: the basic walkman, with ear buds or headphones, and models with built-in speakers for more “social” uses. The speakers weren’t ever very good, but then the quality of the cassette recordings wasn’t great either. Portable CD players provide a much better music quality through headphones,
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Product Requirements: Device: TV or Monitor with RCA audio / video inputs I’ve made it a personal goal to “tech out” my home as much as possible in the next few months. Even though I’m the Gadgeteer, I do not have the latest and greatest smart home products. Heck, even my TV is an old
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“Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast” Right? Well, that really all depends on just how good your speakers sound! This review is going to take a look at the Audio Notepad Speaker System from Zmart Shoppers, which is actually a repackaging of the 56MS system from AcousticSpecialties. More about the repackaging details
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Product Requirements: Basic set of hand tools, wire stripper, wiring harness and stereo installation kit for your specific car’s make and model If you’re in the market for an affordable CD/DVD/MP3 stereo, then the feature rich FORYOU DV-200 in-dash car stereo may be, well, just for you. My Gadgeteer wife, Judie, received this review unit
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Product Requirements: Device: PC with the following minimum requirements: Pentium®-class processor; Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, or Windows XP; Memory: 32 MB of RAM & 15 MB of hard-disk space; CD-ROM drive for software installation; Sound card or powered speakers; Available USB port. Wow! Good things
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Product Requirements: Device: Apple computer with built-in FireWire port; Mac OS X v10.1.5 or later PC with built-in FireWire or USB 2.04, or Windows-certified FireWire or USB 2.0 card; Windows Me, Windows 2000 or Windows XP Home or Professional I’ve become a Pod person! No, I’m not talking about Invasion of the Body Snatchers, I’m
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Product Requirements: Device: An audio device with a headphone jack and a stereo with an FM receiver There are so many uses the Digiana Wireless Audio Portable FM Linker, that I almost don’t know where to begin…but I will touch on just a few scenarios for those that didn’t realize that they might be able
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Product Requirements: Device: Windows 98 and higher Repeat after me: convergence, convergence, convergence. That’s the name of the game these days when it comes to new home entertainment and PC interaction devices. No longer are we content to just sit in our home offices to listen and watch the media stored on our PCs. Instead,
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Product Requirements: Device: Microsoft® Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP USB port MP3 players are fantastic when you want to carry a couple hours of music with you while you’re on the go. But how do you carry your entire music collection with you instead of just a couple albums? I bet you immediately thought of the ever popular
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Update 03/28/03 Here’s a confession: I’m an MP3 junkie! I listen to them through my desktop PC while I’m surfing or writing reviews and I listen to them through my Tungsten|T while I’m at work or on the go. The thing is that I’ve been wishing that I could listen to my MP3 collection while
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Product Requirements: Device: Windows 98 or higher If you are a music enthusiast, you have it pretty good right now. MP3 players seem to be everywhere, and come in all shapes and sizes, so you can take your music with you where ever you go. The latest player to come across my desk is the
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So you want a digital camera, a digital camcorder, a PC web cam, a voice recorder and a data storage device. So many gadgets but so little money after Christmas. Will say hello to the Nisis Pocket DV2 Digital Video Camera which delivers all these features in a truly pocket size gizmo and for only
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My first DVD player review was the NextBase unit from Merconnet.com. That was last summer, and I’ve been using it ever since. A very small and portable player, it worked great and didn’t take up much room at all on my entertainment center. I was surprised when Merconnet contacted me a few week ago to
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If you’ve been looking for a very small monitor or TV for a room or vehicle, you’ll want to learn more about the GMX 6″ TFT / LCD Monitor with TV Tuner from Merconnet. The items included in the package are: the 6″ LCD, small IR remote control, AC adapter, 12V car adapter, plastic stand
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Device Requirements: PC – Windows 98/98SE, 2000, ME, XP; Mac – Mac OS 8.6, 9.X, 10.1 Note: DOS volumes are not adequately supported by MacOS 10.0.x and loss of data can occur A couple of years ago, when I was first hearing about compact devices that could not only play MP3s but that could
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Like many of you, I like my music collection and have amassed a large collection of music CDs over the years. Because I commuted a lot and wanted to listen to a large range of my music collection I purchased a portable minidisc recorder/player. Later I replaced this with a full deck and a portable
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Can you believe that I haven’t purchased a DVD player yet? And I call myself a Gadgeteer?! Yes, it’s sad but true… I guess I can rationalize this by also telling you that I subscribe to EVERY premium movie channel there is on DirecTV. So see, I do watch movies! I just never had the
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Product Requirements: A flat surface and a sound producing electronic device (personal stereos, mini-disc, CD or MP3 players, handheld games, camcorders or laptops, etc.) with a standard 3.5mm head-phone jack, 3 AAA batteries (included) When Julie and I first let our Gadgeteer readers know that we were getting matching Fujitsu P2000 notebooks, we were not
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