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Panasonic Toughbook CF-W7 review

Reviews It lets the CF-W7 withstand considerable crushing forces -- up to 100Kg in fact. Most people will tell you that Panasonic's Toughbook laptops are aimed at construction workers. But believe it or not, there are some Toughbooks that are aimed at...

Editor's rating   7.1

Tags: panasonic, backups, card slot, shannon doubleday

15 February 2008, 11:08

Olympus mju 1030SW review

Reviews If the Olympus SW shockproof and waterproof cameras are the go-anywhere paratroopers of the camera world, this flexible top-end 10-megapixel model is Special Forces: it can be dropped from higher, sunk lower and crushed by heavier loads than any...

Editor's rating   8.1

Tags: olympus, detection, shots, conditions

21 May 2008, 15:38

Sony Handycam DCR-SR290E review

Reviews Either way, if you're a finder fan, you'll immediately have one strike against the DCR-SR290E, priced around £525, which forces you to frame your shots on its 69mm (2.7-inch) wide-screen touchscreen LCD.

Editor's rating   7.4

Tags: sony, dedicated, camcorders, microphone

8 November 2007, 11:23

Hitachi DZ-HS300E review

Reviews It forces you to slowly and deliberately cursor through the menu choices. We'll start with the good news. Hitachi's goal of an inexpensive camcorder, combining the long recording times and stability of a hard disk drive with the easy playback and...

Editor's rating   5.6

Tags: hitachi, pixel, distribution, inch

26 March 2007, 14:55

Sony RDR-HX510 review

Reviews The company excels in clean design and high build quality, and they combine here to fight the forces of evil -- cheap, plasticky DVD recorders. Sony's DVD recorders are famed for their ease of use, and even when the company has included features...

Editor's rating   7

Tags: sony, high quality, dvd player, layer

1 November 2005, 16:10

Clamshell phones

Reviews Clamshells are renowned for being unbalanced, and if the top section is heavier than the bottom then dialling or texting can be challenging, as the phone's weight forces you to use two hands. Clamshell phones have always been popular among mobile...

12 May 2006, 14:25

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 review

Reviews Oddly, that last mode forces the camera to start a self-timer with a countdown equal to the exposure time.You can adjust the camera's white-balance settings manually or even fine-tune them, as on a digital SLR.

Editor's rating   6.6

Tags: panasonic, shots, bars, continuous

24 April 2006, 11:39

Microsoft LifeCam VX-5000 review

Reviews It makes it easy enough to record video or audio or snap a picture, but the email button forces you to answer 20 questions before letting you simply email a video or still image. Available from next week, the VX-5000 features a square shaped camera...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: microsoft, webcam, body, colours

4 June 2008, 10:55

Sony NSC-GC1 review

Reviews Its fixed-length lens forces you to either shoot at one distance, or let your video become notably pixelated and blurry as you digitally zoom in and out. In a jarring change from the company's Cyber-shot and Handycam lines of digital cameras and...

Editor's rating   6

Tags: sony, digital cameras, dedicated, youtube

3 October 2007, 14:31

Apple iPod classic review

Reviews Apple now forces you to buy another proprietary video cable for playing content on your TV. Almost a full two years since its last full-size iPod, Apple has unleashed the iPod classic. Coming in 80GB and 160GB capacities -- costing £159 and £229...

Editor's rating   9

Tags: apple, high quality, hard disk, flow

18 September 2007, 16:50