Goodies and Gadgets

Eagle Consus I-Series SATA to USB review

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/04/2008 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Here in the EU, decent external storage solution here costs like 60 maybe even 80 EUR easily. Which is over a hundred USD. So when the company Eagle contacted me and asked if I wanted to look at some of their devices the first thing I did was look at their pricing ... and I was shocked (in a good manner).
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Tagged as: Consus, I-Series, review

OnAir USB HDTV-GT

Posted by: Brann Mitchell on: 02/24/2008 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

OnAir Solution's USB HDTV-GT is a moderately priced, but full-featured HDTV adapter for your PC. It doesn't have the couch potato appeal that a real TV has, but this probably works better than your TV. With the GT you'll be able to record or pause your shows at up to 1080i resolutions, pulling from cable (QAM, unencrypted) or over the air. It will even do analog, while it lasts. Best reception of OTA signals does take a little fiddling with the antenna, but just a nudge can make all the difference. Highly recommended.
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AlphaCool External 240x128 Display

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/13/2006 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Today we are testing this cute External LCD-Display with the colossal 240x128 Pixel dimensions. Now that by itself is cool, but the software controlling the unit is where the magic happens. You can display pretty much any system info, yet it goes way beyond that. RivaTuner is supported, Fraps, Mainboard Monitor (MBM), SpeedFan and it does not stop there.
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Tagged as: AlphaCool, Display, External

3D Galaxy II & Blue Eye Water cooling review

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/26/2006 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

As you guys know by now water-cooling is one of the most efficient ways of cooling down a CPU. And it's not just efficient, it's usually very quiet to the ears and it can look fantastic in a system. What we'll be testing today is a water-cooling kit called 3D Galaxy II (GH-WIU02) and additionally to that kit something called the Blue Eye, which is water block for graphics cards that you can buy optionally with this kit.
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Tagged as: Galaxy, cooling, review

Icy Dock MB559US-1S review

Posted by: Ian on: 10/13/2006 01:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Ok lets kick off this review of the ICY DOCK MB559US-1S external storage drive rack by saying wow! This little baby is a lot more than just a fun toy, it's a powerful tool with a thousand and one uses. Now there have been a lot of reviews on external data storage devices so I am hoping to put a new spin on this product.
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Scythe Ninja Plus CPU Cooler

Posted by: George Panayiotou on: 04/07/2006 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

An old chinese wisemen once told me that a problem that plagues today's computers is the heat produced by the CPU. A little while ago when enthusiasts were on the lookout for a high performance cooler, they had to compromise, and that compromise was to be found in the noise department. Performance and silence didn't belong in the same sentence. If people wanted performance, they usually needed to buy a cooler that would either create a mini cyclone in their case, and most probably, sound like a jet airplane getting ready to take off.
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Tagged as: Cooler, Scythe

Calmer Fanless 300 Watt PSU

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/02/2005 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Without a doubt the Calmer 300 Watt Power Supply is an admirable product. It states 300 Watt on the box but it has a little peak backup that will make sure you can stress it towards 350 rather well. Keep in mind that the ambient temperature of your PC case will rise a little though. Nothing to worry about, but like I said it might be an issue for hardcore overclockers.
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WiDio Wireless Audio - Review

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/30/2004 03:02 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

What is Widio you ask ? Well my fellow guru's a Wireless Audio Device. It's a gadget that I just had to show you in a review, so the minute it became available Albatron submitted it for a test. Widio is a small wireless audio transmitter and receiver device that broadcasts on the 2.4 GHz band at a rate of 2Mbit per second. You can connect to towards for example your DVD, CD, MP3 Player, PC or even XBox for all I care and then broadcasts that signal to the range available, roughly 40-50 Meters.
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Crucial Radeon 9600XT Contest

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/14/2004 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Crucial Radeon 9600XT contest !
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Tagged as: Contest, Crucial, Radeon

Creative Labs MuVo TX

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/30/2004 03:09 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

The 31 grams weighing one AAA battery powered MUVO ladies and gentlemen is next to being a storage device also a voice recorder and hey ... you know what ? It can also playback music in MP3 and WMA format. It's equipped with fast USB 2.0 port, has a nice little LCD which you can use to select music and for example change the 5 band graphical equalizer.
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Coolermaster Musketeer review

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/04/2003 08:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

It seems that in case modding today, thermal monitoring devices that go to the front of the case, are becoming more and more "of the trend". Those little gadgets get more and more attention for companies that are into case modding producing products with LCD displays, dials and the works. But for those that want to remember the old analog ages or those that want something different, the Musketeer is here.
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Tagged as: Coolermaster, Musketeer, review

Logitech MX310 Optical Mouse

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/28/2003 08:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

The step up from ball mice being main stream to optical supremacy has been a quick, yet painless evolution on our computer desktop. If many of you dont have one, maybe now is the time to consider one.
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Tagged as: Logitech, Optical

Hercules ProphetView 920 Pro review

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/06/2003 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Today we are going to review an LCD screen from Hercules, the 17" ProphetView 920 Pro to be precise. It's a 17" screen with a response-time of 20ms.
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Creative Labs Jacket Contest

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/03/2003 06:49 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

A few weeks ago we posted a review on Creative labs Europe's 3D Blaster 5 FX 5900 Ultra. To celebrate the release of that card, Creative Labs Europe will give a small selection of sites (five I believe) the oppertunity to give away a leather jacket to commemorate the launch of the product.
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Tagged as: Contest, Creative, Jacket

Xoxide X500 Case review

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/29/2003 12:01 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Today's case review is a pre-modded product, it's manufactured by Eagle and being sold as the X500 by Xoxide, and man .. what a nice case this is !
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XiMeta 80 Gb NetDisk review

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/27/2003 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

External HD's .. nothing new I hear you say. External HD's with USB 2.0 running 22 MB/sec are more interesting I agree. But an external HD that can be connected directly to your 100/10 Mbit Ethernet's Switch, Router, HUB or NIC. Now that's where I got your attention eh ?
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Logitech MX Duo

Posted by: Dave Crewe on: 08/13/2003 06:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Oh Man! I said, so then I thought well Ill see what its like online for this thing. Sure enough I saved about $30-40 going through Vibe Computers.
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MOVA 256 USB Pen Drive

Posted by: Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/04/2003 08:00 AM [ 0 comment(s) ]

A Pen Drive as a removable hard disk drive with USB connection. Okay, so I know these things are the future but are they really usable I figured ?
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