Articles by M. David Stone
Canon Color imageClass MF8280Cw
Superficially similar to the Canon Color imageClass MF8080Cw that it’s in the process of replacing in Canon’s line, the Canon Color imageClass MF8280Cw is meant for light-duty printing in a micro, home, or small office or as a personal printer in any size office. It offers essentially the same MFP features as the MF8080Cw, but…
Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 5020UBe
From a casual comparison, the Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 5020UBe doesn’t seem very different from the Editors’ Choice Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 5010e, 4 stars) that it’s replaced in Epson’s line (although you can still find it online at this writing). Delve a little deeper, though, and you’ll find any number of small improvements, with…
NEC NP-M271X
The LCD-based NEC NP-M271X is a fairly typical XGA (1,024-by-768) projector in some ways but decidedly atypical in others. Rated at 2,700 lumens, and light enough to carry as a regular traveling companion, it’s generally in the same category as the LCD-based Editors’ Choice Epson PowerLite 93+, or the DLP-based Dell 1430X. However, the NP-M271X…
NEC NP-UM330X
To say that the NEC NP-UM330X is unusual among ultra-short throw projectors is both true and not quite true. The true part is that instead of coming in both interactive and non-interactive versions, it comes in only one version, with a separate interactive module also available. So if you don’t need interactivity, it’s worth considering…
Canon Pixma MX392 Office All-In-One Inkjet Printer
If you go to Canon’s Web site to compare the Canon Pixma MX392 Office All-In-One Inkjet Printer with the Canon Pixma MX372 Office All-in-One that it’s in the process of replacing at this writing, you may be left wondering why Canon bothered with a new model. The two offer essentially the same features, from their…
VuPoint Solutions Magic InstaScan Portable Smart Scanner PDS-ST420-VP
The VuPoint Solutions Magic InstaScan Portable Smart Scanner PDS-ST420-VP, is VuPoint Solutions’ variation on a portable manual-feed scanner that doesn’t need a computer to scan. It happens to be one of the better looking scanners in that category, but, far more important, it’s also one of the more capable, which is what makes it one…
Brother HL-3140CW
More than with most printers, whether you’ll like the Brother HL-3140CW depends on what you most want out of a printer. If speed and paper handling trumps all else, it offers a lot for the price. If uniformly high quality output matters…well, not so much. Beyond that, it offers some other useful features—most notably Wi-Fi…
Brother HL-3170CDW
Only slightly more expensive than the Brother HL-3140CW that I recently reviewed, the Brother HL-3170CDW offers a lot more for the small step up in price. Like the HL-3140CW, it delivers fast speed, a paper input capacity suitable for a typical micro or small office, and Wi-Fi Direct for easy printing directly from smartphones and…
BenQ W1080ST
If you look at BenQ’s Web site, or just compare features and specs, you’ll probably wind up thinking that except for its short-throw lens, the BenQ W1080ST is essentially identical to the BenQ W1070. However, the differences go deeper. Most important, the W1080ST offers somewhat more watchable video, which is at least arguably more important…
Epson PowerLite W16 3D WXGA 3LCD Projector
Epson’s managed to cram two of most important facts about the Epson PowerLite W16 3D WXGA 3LCD Projector into its name. It’s a 3D projector, and it’s built around an LCD engine. The combination matters because, until now, one of the best arguments for choosing a DLP data projector has been precisely that if you…