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JVC HD-56ZR7J review

Reviews So on the surface at least, the rear-projection JVC HD-56ZR7J seems to have a huge amount of potential. For many home cinema fans, the barrier to owning a really big screen is cost, not space. After all, how many flat TVs are there out there...

Editor's rating   7.2

Tags: jvc, standards, contrast, ray

31 October 2007, 11:16

Olympus mju 1050SW review

Reviews Too pretty to dunk in 3m of water, drop 1.5m onto a hard surface or stick in your freezer, but apparently it's designed to take it. The Olympus mju 1050SW is very pretty. Usually, 'ruggedised' cameras look as if they're made out of oversized Lego...

Editor's rating   6.7

Tags: olympus, lens, mju, adjust

20 November 2008, 16:58

Fujifilm FinePix A900 review

Reviews On the surface it seems like an ordinary budget point-and-shoot camera, but underneath it packs a strange mish-mash of features and design quirks. Without a doubt, the £100 Fujifilm FinePix A900 is one of the weirdest little cameras we've ever...

Editor's rating   6.6

Tags: fujifilm, shoot, scene, balance

1 November 2007, 13:19

JVC NX-PN7 iPod/iPhone audio system review

Reviews When iPod speaker docks began to surface a few years ago, we looked at them as a novelty item -- something that you'd splurge on if you had the cash. But now that the iPod and iPhone have become ubiquitous, it's getting harder and harder to find a...

Editor's rating   7.2

Tags: jvc america, timer, speaker, alarm

18 November 2008, 16:42

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35 review

Reviews The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX35 is the successor to the FX33, and on the surface, little has changed. What draws us to this stylish 10-megapixel point-and-shoot is the innovative wide-angle lens, developed by Leica.

Editor's rating   8.5

Tags: panasonic, scene, detection, lens

13 May 2008, 10:42

transflective display

Reviews These screens use LED backlighting to illuminate the display indoors, but also use a reflective surface to produce readable images outdoors. A type of LCD screen often used for PDAs. Transflective displays incorporate elements of both transmissive...

3 January 2007, 10:34

Philips GoGear Jukebox HDD1620 (6GB) review

Reviews On the surface, the 6GB Philips GoGear Jukebox HDD1620 makes a fantastic impression, with a glossy-black casing, a vivid, 38mm (1.5-inch) 65k-colour screen, and a blue-backlit, touch-sensitive navigation pad.

Editor's rating   7

Tags: philips, navigation, pad, micro

14 February 2006, 14:18

Logitech MX Air review

Reviews Accessory powerhouse Logitech is getting into the gyroscopic-mouse market with the new MX Air, a rechargeable cordless mouse that can control a computer's cursor just by being moved through the air (when placed on a flat surface, it works as...

Editor's rating   8.5

Tags: logitech, volume, hand, air

17 July 2007, 11:55

GamePark Holdings GP2X review

Reviews On the surface, the little-known GP2X, complete with its idiosyncratic use of Linux, looks doomed to failure, but can its apparent Achilles heel be its saviour? The handheld games console business is a ruthless one.

Editor's rating   7

Tags: gamepark holdings, linux, pick, handheld

28 September 2006, 14:42

Dell XPS 710 H2C review

Reviews On the surface, the machine resembles the original XPS 710, but it introduces two key elements we've never seen on a Dell computer. Many thought Dell's XPS gaming brand would vanish into obscurity after the company acquired Alienware.

Editor's rating   9.3

Tags: dell, cpu, windows xp, sample

11 April 2007, 16:08

Sony Network Walkman NW-E507 (1GB) review

Reviews In the event that you smash the player against a hard surface, there's no chance of corrupting your music. Glittering like a sacred jewel, the NW-E507 is a 1GB flash-based MP3 player capable of storing around 700 songs -- that's approximately 45...

Editor's rating   8.9

Tags: sony, albums, gold, battery life

10 June 2005, 16:02

SanDisk Sansa View review

Reviews SanDisk essentially went back to the drawing board, which is why it's taken so long for the official View to surface. You may recognise the name Sansa View, but that's about all SanDisk's new video MP3 player has in common with the original View...

Editor's rating   7.3

Tags: sandisk, mac os, wheel, windows media

22 November 2007, 13:31

Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Xa 1526 review

Reviews StrengthsIf you're short on space, without the surface area to devote to a full PC setup, but don't want to sacrifice performance, then the Amilo Xa is a good compromise. Laptops no longer need be feeble little underpowered things that are okay...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: fujitsu siemens, battery, entertainment, battery life

1 November 2007, 11:28

Canon Digital IXUS 970 IS review

Reviews We decided to check beneath its oddball surface. These days the IXUS range is synonymous with style, arguably at the expense of features. Still, we can't argue with Canon performance, even if it does come wrapped in such a quirky, old-fashioned...

Editor's rating   6.5

Tags: canon, optical, exposure, burst

2 April 2008, 15:34

3M EM500GPS Ergonomic Mouse review

Reviews Mouse functions by dragging across the desk surface, just like a traditional mouse. The 3M EM500GPS Ergonomic Mouse looks so much like a joystick that we initially thought we'd be moving the mouse around by tilting the mouse's vertical grip.

Editor's rating   6

Tags: 3m, mouse, functions, hand

8 July 2008, 15:52