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Sony DualShock 3 review

Reviews Sure, the whole poor-man's Wii motion-sensing thing (Sixaxis) was somewhat cool, but PlayStation aficionados and gaming purists were disappointed that Sony was forced to leave out the rumble because it was involved in a patent dispute with...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: sony, weight, man, motion

24 April 2008, 8:00

Apple iPod (80GB, video) review

Reviews Finally, Apple has added a refined games section, which includes titles such as Bejeweled, Tetris, Texas Hold 'Em and Pac-Man. The games are quality, though familiar games such as Pac-Man take some adjustment as you need to tap the Click Wheel to...

Editor's rating   8.3

Tags: apple, titles, watching, brightness

26 September 2006, 17:13

Yamaha YSP-1100 review

Reviews Playing Spider-Man on DVD yielded an impressive overall sound. With a traditional surround-sound system and a movie such as Spider-Man, the rear channel would be alive with effects. Designed for 42-inch TVs, the YSP-1100 is available online for...

Editor's rating   7.5

Tags: yamaha, stereo, microphone, setup

13 August 2007, 18:14

Home cinema systems with cool features

Reviews Home cinema systems have come a long way from being the poor man's surround-sound setup. The systems featured below have features that set them apart from separates, and they've all been made by quality manufacturers too.

10 April 2006, 15:30

Samsung SP-A800B review

Reviews Plus, it's had its colour settings fine-tuned by none other than Joe Kane, the man responsible for the popular Video Essentials DVD used by countless AV-loving households to optimise their video gear setups.

Editor's rating   7.1

Tags: samsung, colour, scenes, aspects

17 July 2008, 16:00

Akai LM-H30CJSA review

Reviews It's taken just a few years for flat-screen TVs to go from rich man's plaything to veteran of the high street. Already, most of the big manufacturers are slowing down their CRT production, and the industry has been promising that by 2007 LCD TVs...

Editor's rating   7.3

Tags: akai, budget, brightness, remote control

8 June 2005, 18:56

iubi Blue review

Reviews Portable media players are a rare sight on the train or bus (perhaps on account of being one of the most stealable gadgets modern man can carry). Yet they remain of interest to frequent fliers, young children on long car journeys and oil rig workers.

Editor's rating   7

Tags: iubi, removable, appearance, headphones

18 July 2006, 18:11

Samsung G800 review

Reviews You've probably seen the advert for it, showing a man happily taking pictures of heart-shaped objects. After Nokia launched its N95 8GB, Sony Ericsson its K850i and LG its Viewty, it inevitably wouldn't be long before Samsung joined the 5-megapixel...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: samsung, digital camera, optical, standalone

10 December 2007, 15:02

Sony DR-BT50 Bluetooth headphones review

Reviews However, Sony's new DR-BT50s are ultra-stylish headphones aimed, we assume, not at the conversation-heavy white-van man, but at the trendy 20-somethings who want to rock out with their MP3-laden mobile phone.

Editor's rating   8

Tags: sony, bluetooth, microphone, mobile phone

28 June 2007, 18:50

Gaming showdown: PS3 vs Wii vs Xbox 360 vs PC

Reviews The downside to the PS3, apart from the price, is mainly its newness -- there are only two PS3-exclusive games of any note at the moment, Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm, and the online features are very much in their infancy.

20 April 2007, 15:57

Hard-drive based MP3 players

Reviews The revolution has already happened buster, and you're the last man standing -- while the literate hordes chill out to their personal music devices, you're out in the cold. So, you're in the market for a hard-drive MP3 player?

20 September 2005, 15:29

Klipsch iGroove SXT review

Reviews It would take a blind man with no sense of touch to claim the SXT was not well built. The most popular thing since the iPod is the iPod accessory, or the 'podcessory', if you're funky. Speaker systems for the iPod are among the most popular of the...

Editor's rating   7.5

Tags: klipsch, terms, channels, students

19 March 2008, 14:56

Cowon Q5W review

Reviews The cold metal case, the weight of a Sony PSP and the ruggedness of a man who's recently been rescued after a year in Madagascar, all combine to give the Q5W an instantly 'I mean business' feel. If you've been waiting for a true alternative to the...

Editor's rating   8

Tags: cowon, media player, hard disk, microsoft word

1 February 2008, 10:47

HP Pavilion TX1260ea review

Reviews One lets you launch HP's QuickPlay software (a poor man's Media Center). Seeing the HP Pavilion TX1260ea gives us a sense of déjà vu. It's physically identical to the HP Pavilion TX1020ea we reviewed back in June, with the major difference being a...

Editor's rating   6.8

Tags: hp, sort, cpu, media center

9 November 2007, 14:57

Samsung LE52M87BD review

Reviews For included among them are a very healthy three HDMIs, all of which are compatible with the new v1.3 standard, and all of which take every hi-def format known to man, including the new 1080p/24fps format.

Editor's rating   8.3

Tags: samsung, colours, count, motion

8 November 2007, 17:36