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- Oppo BDP-83
- Photo gallery:Oppo BDP-83Ever since standalone Blu-ray players hit the market, there's been a great deal of anticipation for an Oppo Blu-ray player, mainly because of the company's reputation for making excellent upconverting DVD players. Oppo held out for quite some time, and in retrospect it was a smart move; almost...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Home entertainment, Blu-ray, DVD, Oppo BDP-83
- Product reviews 2009-09-02
- LG LHB953
- Photo gallery:LG LHB953When Blu-ray HTIBs first hit the market, they really didn't make sense as a product type. They were slow, and the value just wasn't there, as it was easy to put together superior systems from separate components. One year later, everything has changed; there are several excellent HTIBs...
- Tags: subwoofer, speaker, LG LHB953, LG Electronics Inc., center channel
- Product reviews 2009-08-14
- Are fonts on Amazon's Kindle 2 too fuzzy?
- Are fonts on Amazon's Kindle 2 too fuzzy?InterestingI have a first-generation Kindle and I love it. My mother, who probably qualifies as an old person with poor eyesight for these purposes, got a Kindle 2 and has not complained to me about the font being blurry. All I've...
- Tags: font, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle
- Discussion threads 2009-04-14
- Vizio VF550XVT
- Photo gallery: Vizio VF550XVTAt CES this year, Vizio caused a stir by announcing the VF551XVT, a 55-inch HDTV with local dimming LED backlighting and 240Hz processing for the rock-bottom price of $1999. If you look carefully at the model number of this review, you'll notice it says VF550XVT....
- Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cable, Vizio VF550XVT, Vizio
- Product reviews 2009-03-26
- IE8 focuses on usability
- IE8 focuses on usabilityIE8 RC1 vs FF3.1 Beta 2 Reviewed - Video WalkthroughHere is a quick Video review of Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 versus IE8 RC1 and a walkthough video of IE8.http://pcwizkidstechtalk.com/index.php/ie8vsff31.htmlhttp://pcwizkid.blogspot.com/2008/03/will-internet-explorer-8-be-firefox.htmlCheers RE: IE8 focuses on usabilityDownloaded and installed it today and I'm already impressed. The accelerators have been...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Outlook, Windows skill, IE8, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2009-03-19
- Friday Rant - Check your Windows Live permissions!
- Friday Rant - Check your Windows Live permissions!We're talking Microsoft hereand you expected ease of usability?These are all features, and the more features the betterRight? :-)RE: Friday Rant - Check your Windows Live permissions!Thanks for the heads up. The permissions page needs a serious rework.Good grief.Good grief. Status messages...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Useability, Windows Live permission, Microsoft Windows Live, permission, Friday Rant, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-02-20
- What's really new in Windows 7?
- What's really new in Windows 7?The search function...looks very similar to OS X Tiger's search (I say looks like. The internal workings may different). A damn good and efficient system. For some reason, Apple seems to have dropped this for Leopard and just bundled all the searched...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-01-19
- Aston Secure Desktop 1.9.6 (Windows)
- Aston Secure Desktop is a security build of Aston 1.x branch. It possesses all the features of regular Aston shell, but constrains the ability to alter the admin-defined settings. This restricted version is highly recommended to Internet-cafes and kiosks administrators, colleges and companies authorities, and parents willing to find their...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Mode, Gladiators Software, Aston Secure Desktop, Admin, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-11-18
- Vizio SV470XVT
- Budget flat-panel powerhouse Vizio is breaking into the lucrative realm of high-end HDTVs with its XVT line, comprised of a 50-inch plasma we detailed at CES and a pair of LCDs, including the model reviewed here, the 47-inch SV470XVT. Equipped with a lot of glossy black, a slicker menu system,...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, button layout, Vizio, Vizio SV470XVT
- Product reviews 2008-08-21
- Do it Yourself Mojave
- Yup. I'm now a Vista user. As I mentioned in a previous post, circumstances have recently required that I buy a new desktop PC. It's not that I wasn't happy with my old PC -- it was a generic ASUS M2N32 Athlon...
- Tags: desktop, jason perlow, machine, microsoft windows, microsoft windows vista, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), microsoft windows xp, operating system, operating systems, ram, software
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- Sticking with XP / Upgrading to Vista / Waiting for Windows 7 / Switching to Mac or Linux - There's no single right answer
- Sticking with XP / Upgrading to Vista / Waiting for Windows 7 / Switching to Mac or Linux - There's no single right answerI respect your opinion, but...I also don't feel you've articulated why we should move to Vista, should we have the horsepower.If, after all the tweaking, it's only...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista, Adrian, Microsoft Windows 7, Upgrading, openSUSE, Microsoft Windows XP, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Function server for GDesk (Mobile)
- Function server is a free plugin for the very popular GDesk application. The plugin can call indigenous functions of various external applications from within GDesk, without displaying the other application on the phone's screen. By providing fast access to functions of other programs, Function server can greatly enhance the usability...
- Tags: Mobile, CellPhoneSoft, Function Server, Servers, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-03-10
- Windows: Time to Go on a Diet
- Microsoft Windows needs a diet. Obesity seems to be a pretty universal theme in our culture today. We’re eating too many fatty and sugar-laced foods and our waistlines â€" and our health â€" are suffering as a collective result. I’ve even heard many doctors and dieticians describe...
- Tags: Desktop, Obesity, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Virtualization, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- A quick Presidents' Day post
- A quick Presidents' Day postOK, Chris...If you're posting a blog entry to say you're taking the day off from blogging, you're not taking the day off from blogging. ;-)You paid handsomely for that alleged Mac ease of useThe Mac is a FreeBSD box. But nobody likes FreeBSD and...
- Tags: UNIX, Desktops, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, education world, Apple Macintosh, Linux, FreeBSD, software, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-18
- Microsoft wants to help you speed up Vista
- Microsoft wants to help you speed up VistaHave to disagree with the missing tip.I've never had to re-install Windows. I ran Windows 2000 until January 2007 without a single re-install. My Vista system has been running fine without a re-install. My work XP system is on its original install.If you...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Branding, Intel SpeedStep, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, brand name, Microsoft Windows Vista, registry
- Discussion threads 2008-01-30
- Why can't all Microsoft products be like the XBox?
- My kids got an XBox 360 for Christmas courtesy of their great-grandfather. Needless to say, they were incredibly excited, and understandably so. The system rocks out loud with graphics so immersive that even a simple racing game like Forza 2 just spanks its moral equivalents on the Wii....
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Graphics, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2007-12-25
- Performance profiles for Vista
- Performance profiles for VistaHard to make any substantive changesEven if you did find a stable tweak, there's a good chance MS would come along and dork it for you, particularly on Vista. 36 updates and counting:[b]Another surprise: There were 36 other necessary updates, mainly security, bug fixes and enhancements....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Games, Microsoft Windows Vista, game, performance
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- Is Grandma's Linux called Mac OS X?
- Is Grandma's Linux called Mac OS X?if mac os x is for computer-illiteratesthen why can i crack open a shell; code, compile and debug in any number of languages; script the os; create apps with direct access to system-wide frameworks that provide low-level access to graphics, audio, animation, and data;...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, PRODUCTIVITY, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Linux, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-10-22
- Quad-core PC project - Windows Experience Index
- Quad-core PC project - Windows Experience IndexI seem to recall your having said you weren't going to tweak.These systems. Or was that someone else? Tweaking the memory seems to be going against that.Please also let us know if ....... S3 and S4 function properly. Not to second guess your...
- Tags: Processors, processor, Wei, Windows eXPerience, Gateway Inc., Quad-core PC, Windows Experience Index, ATI Graphics, motherboard, quad-core, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-09-04
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