Accessories
Philips SHE9850 Headphones Review
There has been no end of criticism for some of the “bundled” headphones that have been supplied with the growing number of MP3 players out there. We check out the Philips SHE9850 in-ear headphones to see if they are worth the upgrade.
Headphones are small, especially when you have to stick them in your ear; perhaps [...]
Neuros OSD recording and streaming system review
The basic premise of the Neuros OSD is that you connect almost any video source through the OSD to your TV to view the media whilst recording onto a range of different formats. The OSD device develops on the MPEG-4 Recorder we reviewed back in 2005.
The OSD contains a number of ports for most common [...]
Nordost Heimdall Speaker Cable
Nordost’s flagship Valhalla cable range is stunning, but unconscionably expensive. Heimdall, a new range of loudspeaker cables and interconnects (named after the Norse god of light) mirrors the key technologies of Valhalla, but at a much more affordable price level. (‘Affordable’ is a relative term here, of course…)Like Valhalla, the Heimdall speaker cable is a [...]
Tvonics DVR-250 - Freeview Playback Box review
The day of using VHS tapes for movie playback may be long gone, but there’s still many a video deck going strong in households across the country, used for recording episodes of Corrie, Emmerdale and Eastenders. Despite the advent of recordable DVD, they’ve never seemed to really take off in the same way that VHS [...]
XtremeMAC HDMI and AV Connection Solutions review
If you have components with HDMI connections, you have found that cables and additional accessories are very expensive. XtremeMAC's HDMI cables and HDMI Switcher are excellent performers at prices lower than several other brands. XtremeMAC's HDMI cable solutions and Switcher are definitely worth considering with their easy grip design, good construction, and signal strength that [...]
Apple TV
Home theater PCs are not so much a fad as they are the future. The sheer capability and versatility one gets from integrating a home theater PC into a home theater and/or whole-home AV network is staggering. Think about it. Consumers now have a single component that can catalogue and store all of their music, [...]
Wireworld Electra 52, Silver Electra 52, and Stratus 52 Power Cords
Cables have gone mainstream. Not that many years ago, when you walked into a big-box store you were hard-pressed to find a decent cable in the place. Now the cheapest HDMI cable you can find in the local big box pushes $100 — which is crazy, considering that most people use them to hook up [...]
SpyderTV Display Calibration Kit
Datacolor SpyderTV Display Calibration Kit
Introduction
Home
theater enthusiasts have long known about the need for video
calibration. For years, the Imaging Science Foundation has trained
professionals to return your set to the standards that filmmakers and
broadcast companies expect. Yet the average consumer sometimes might
ask why there is a need for video calibration at all. Why don’t [...]
Antex Electronics
Introduction
Satellite
radio has been gaining lots of attention the past few years, as
millions upon millions of consumers continue to discover its benefits
over traditional radio broadcasts. Nationwide availability,
commercial-free music stations and vast amounts of talk shows are just
part of satellite radio’s attraction. XM and Sirius are the two major
companies providing satellite radio content for a combined population
of [...]
