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Razer Megalodon headset

We recently took a look at two wired PC gaming headsets that rest in the midrange spectrum. While the P21 from Turtle Beach performed well as a PC headset, we wish it offered an option to expand to surround sound. The G330 from Logitech also performed well--not to...

Tags: Games, Razer Megalodon, headset, microphone, ear cup

Product reviews 2009-08-27

Samsung SBH-600 stereo Bluetooth headset

Samsung is no stranger to stereo Bluetooth headsets, with the SBH500 and the sporty SBH700 debuting a few years ago. But the SBH600, its most recent model, is possibly its best yet. The soft padded SBH600 is comfortable to wear and has excellent sound quality thanks to hi-fi audio fidelity...

Tags: Bluetooth headset, headset, ear cup, Samsung SBH600, headphone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-05-12

Razer Carcharias PC Headset

We've recently looked at various PC headsets, all of which boast their own unique individual features. The Able Planet PS500MM successfully provided us with more audio information when played at a lower level, while both the Creative Digital Wireless Gaming Headset and Logitech ClearChat PC Wireless Headset allowed for wireless...

Tags: Games, Carcharias PC Headset, headset, microphone, ear cup

Product reviews 2009-03-12

Ear Force X4

Wireless headphones have been around for a while, but it's only been in the past few years that quality has gotten high enough for discerning listeners to consider using them. Many manufacturers, for instance, have turned to infrared IR technology for wireless signal transmission, which generally offers better sound quality...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Turtle Beach, Ear Force X4, headphone, ear cup, Microsoft Xbox

Product reviews 2008-08-08

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Turtle Beach Ear Force X41 - headset

Wireless headphones have been around for a while, but it's only been in the past few years that quality has gotten high enough for discerning listeners to consider using them. Many manufacturers, for instance, have turned to infrared IR technology for wireless signal transmission, which powered the Turtle Beach X4...

Tags: Game players, Consumer electronics, Turtle Beach, headphone, X41, Microsoft Xbox, headset

Product reviews 2009-11-20

Tritton AX900

Among all the video game accessories available today, no other market seems to be expanding as rapidly as the video game headset. With most current-generation consoles able to produce 5.1 surround sound, finding a headset solution to handle such a request is now much easier than before. We've tested a...

Tags: Games, Tritton Technologies, headphone, headset

Product reviews 2009-10-22

Tritton AX 720

Among all the video game accessories available today, no other market seems to be expanding as rapidly as the video game headset. With most current-generation consoles able to produce 5.1 surround sound, finding a headset solution to handle such a request is now much easier than before. We've tested...

Tags: Game players, Games, Consumer electronics, Tritton Technologies, headset

Product reviews 2009-10-14

Those darned kids and their multitasking

Multitasking is good for some things...but not for others. I'm also a natural multitasker, in that I get bored if I'm not. I can watch TV, listen to the radio, write a paper, surf the web, respond to text messages, and cook. But none of those things...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Advertising & Promotion, that-I, TV

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Works of Edith Wharton. FREE Author's biography & story in the trial (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference, Manstey

Software downloads 2009-09-01

Works of Edith Wharton. FREE Author's biography & stories in the trial 11.1 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference, Manstey

Software downloads 2009-09-01

Bose QuietComfort 15

In designing its fourth-generation consumer noise-canceling headphones, the QuietComfort 15s, Bose has done something interesting. Instead of coming up with a whole new look for its headphones as it did with the QuietComfort 3s, Bose has left the basic design of its popular QuietComfort 2s intact and simply redesigned them...

Tags: QuietComfort 3s, Bose, headphone

Product reviews 2009-08-21

Turtle Beach Ear Force P21

Any gamer who plays at night knows how important it is to have a solid set of headphones. We've looked at solutions in the past for Xbox 360 like the Turtle Beach X4s and the all-in-one Tritton AX Pro. If PlayStation 3 is your console of choice, you...

Tags: Games, cable length, USB extender, headset, Turtle Beach Ear Force P21, microphone, Sony PlayStation 3, game

Product reviews 2009-08-07

Able Planet PS500MM

We recently took a look at a pair of wireless headsets for use with PC machines, the Logitech ClearChat PC Wireless Headset and the Creative Digital Wireless Gaming Headset. While both performed well in the chat-application department, we felt the sound quality was lacking on both devices. Enter...

Tags: Able Planet, headset, Able Planet PS500MM

Product reviews 2009-02-13

Tritton AX Pro 5.1 Gaming Headset

In addition to high-definition graphics, the current generation of video game consoles also offer discrete 5.1 surround sound. While it's occasionally overlooked by some gamers, surround sound adds an entirely separate dimension to the experience of playing video games. Of course, to enjoy all surround sound has to offer, you'll...

Tags: Game players, Games, Consumer electronics, AX Pro, headphone, Tritton Technologies, headset

Product reviews 2008-12-08

ZDNet blogger: working from home

More and more people work from home every day. Not only that, more and more people don't work from their offices, or "where they're meant to work". With the Internet, intranet's and extranet's, email and unified communications with VoIP and Blackberry devices, it makes life much easier...

Tags: Phone, Tea, Blogger, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Denon AH-NC732

Bose has managed to persuade thousands of people to spend large sums of money on the company's QuietComfort 3 and QuietComfort 2 noise-canceling headphones. That has emboldened companies such as Denon--which can leverage its own highly respected brand--to come up with its own pair of $300 noise-canceling headphones. Alas, Denon...

Tags: AH-NC732s, headphone, Bose, Denon

Product reviews 2008-10-01

Creative Digital Wireless Gaming Headset HS-1200 - headset

With so many PC accessories cutting their cords, it's no surprise to see wireless headsets joining the party. To that end, Creative has released the HS-1200 Digital Wireless Gaming Headset. As the name suggests, the unit is targeted at PC gamers who play games that allow you to use voice...

Tags: headset, HS-1200s, microphone

Product reviews 2008-08-21

Ultrasone HFI-580

Unlike the Ultrasone HFI-2200s, which allow sound to be projected from the actual ear cups, the Ultrasone HFI-580s are a "closed-back" pair of headphones, so they hush outside noise, which prevents the headphone's sound from being heard by other people around you. That's good, except that a lot of closed-back...

Tags: HFI-2200, headphone, Ultrasone HFI-580s, Ultrasone HFI-580

Product reviews 2008-07-28

Sennheiser HD 600

When Steve Guttenberg reviewed the Sennheiser HD 650 headphones, he rightfully called them "fit for a king"--while noting that they retail for a correspondingly princely sum of $500. Thankfully, the HD 650s aren't the only model in Sennheiser's high-end audiophile line. The Sennheiser HD 600s can be bought at a...

Tags: Sennheiser, headphone

Product reviews 2008-05-13

JVC HA-S900 High Grade Lightweight Headphones

For those earbud-phobic users who favor portability over features such as active noise-cancellation, there's the category of headphones that includes over-the-ear speakers and compact form designs. Within that, we have JVC's line of Lightweight headphones, which is topped by the aptly-coined "high grade" HA-S900. These $130 'phones offer a good...

Tags: headphone, JVC, headband

Product reviews 2008-01-29