Monthly Archives: September 2006
Sony – PCS-TL30
One way to get into video conferencing is to set aside a dedicated room and fill it with expensive specialised equipment. Another is to replace your desktop PC monitor with a Sony PCS-TL30, a 17-inch LCD display which, at the flick of switch, can be turned into a dedicated video conferencing terminal. Like most Sony…
Samsung – SCX-5530FN
For a printer the Samsung SCX-5530FN is big, but then it’s not just a printer. No, it’s a network scanner. No, it’s a photocopier, a fax machine, a plane. Well, maybe not the last one, but certainly a multifunction device with a lot more going for it than you might at first expect. At the…
Ulead – DVD MovieFactory 5 Plus
ULead’s software is often found bundled with video-oriented hardware like TV tuners. In general, ULead does a good job of providing a no-nonsense means of getting video onto DVD. MovieFactory 5 Plus features enhancements that add capability and make sense for ULead’s bundle software market. ULead has updated the core MovieFactory application with support for…
InFocus – IN42
Projectors have been dropping in price for some time now, making it far easier for the everyday consumer to go some way towards building a home cinema on the cheap. Many people may have forgotten that their original use was for business purposes, and you’ll find that dedicated business projectors tend to be ideally suited…
Aopen – i945GTm-VHL
AOpen’s stable of motherboards for mobile CPUs grows ever stronger, the latest addition to the family ranks being this i945GTm-VHL. Like its sibling, the i945GTt-VFA, this board uses SO-DIMM memory modules which are normally to be found lurking in notebooks. It supports the latest Core 2 Duo mobile processors as well as Core Duo/Solo, but…
Nova Development – Drive Erase Pro
A recent TV programme made a shock revelation that thousands of obsolete computers, which had apparently had their hard drives wiped, had been sold abroad and financial data, passwords and private information had still been extracted from the supposedly ‘dead’ drives. ID theft is such a potent threat today that software that promises to do…
Eidos – Reservoir Dogs
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 14 years since Quentin Tarantino’s landmark heist movie announced that a striking new talent was on the scene, and even more of a mystery why it’s taken this long for a game based on the film to see the light of day. Not that the concept doesn’t come…
Buffalo – LinkStation Pro
Product reviews usually start with a quick summary of the hardware or software under scrutiny. In the case of the Buffalo LinkStation Pro that summary runs as follows: it’s quick, easy to use, very useful and I liked it. For those not in the know, the device in question is a single disk NAS (Network…
Selwyn Electronics – DigiMemo A502
Consumer CAD equipment has always been a bit of a mixed bag; very few companies find a way to effectively combine the natural ergonomics of traditional media with the accuracy of digital input. Selwyn Electronics’ DigiMemo pad is an interesting new solution that allows you to write and draw on a paper-based pad, the contents…
Gateway – MX6923b
Right, stop sniggering at the back. Yes, I know you’ve scanned down the review and seen who’s selling this laptop, and you well may find it in between the furry re-creations of the characters from Over The Hedge and the latest Barbie accessories. But once you’ve seen the price and spec you’ll be laughing all…