The Philips player was able to convince us in the test with a very good picture quality: movies from a Blu-ray to see Disc (BD) great, they are sharp, vivid and very colorful. The projected image on HD format from a DVD convinced us in the test as well: It is rich in detail and overall is quite close up to the quality of a BD movie.

In addition, the BDP-7300 is a true miracle format: The player plays almost anything you offer him. Whether DiVX, MP3, videos and JPEG encoded in MKV: he gives it back. Whether Blu-ray Disc, DVD, CD, USB stick or external hard disk – the Philips just play everything from every medium.

This is the Philips Blu-ray player still pretty fast. The start time of the player from standby is a short 18 seconds, the charging time for a BD only 14 seconds. With DVDs beat most competitors: Just once 11 seconds he needed to start the movie.

Conclusion:
A really very good Blu-ray disc player at a fair price. Image quality and features are voting. Thus, the player 100 points at the right price-performance rating.

October 27th, 2009 by admin | No Comments »

The glass-Glides
With Darkfield Logitech mouse is introducing a new technology: it allows to use the rodent even on transparent surfaces. We have had a first model of the Performance Mouse MX glide over the glass.

Performance Mouse Logitech MX is one of the first mouse, which are based on the Darkfield technology. The principle behind it is ingenious: Darkfield operates on the principle of darkfield microscopy, a special variant of light microscopy. These microscopic particles are detected and micro scratches on very slippery surfaces – the sensor in the mouse sees this as a dark background with white spots – the particles. He can analyze the movements on the basis of the spots and calculate where the user has moved the mouse. During the normal scanning of the laser mouse sensor but also covers the details of the respective surface. Then offer glass and other glossy surfaces but no irregularities, detects a normal laser sensor is not enough detail.

Haptics: Is good in the hand
The Wireless Mouse MX convincing performance by a classic design. The case is so swung that ideal lies in the hand. Problem: For left-hand makes the play so good at all. The two known mouse buttons on top are complemented by three thumb buttons (above) and a thumb button (below). The thumb buttons are – as it is often not the case with other models – ideal for the hand of the tester. Who has bigger or smaller hands, but it could have run into problems, and bend over his thumb unnatural. There is also a classic middle mouse button, which can be set either completely empty or screened and clicks allows left and right.

Features: Charging while using
To charge the supplied battery you use the included micro-USB cable. This follows on from the top of the mouse and to a free USB slot. While charging, you can use the mouse continues. Alternatively, Logitech specifies when a power supply, plus appropriate cable to load the mouse directly on the current connection.

Practice: Impeccable and everywhere
Who fit the shape and position of the thumb buttons, get with the performance of Mouse MX is a very good model to work. Just that the mouse is also designed. To play it is suitable for long stretches but also, convenience functions such as the rapid change the DPI, however, are missing. Darkfield itself works perfectly. Our practice test on a glass surface works smoothly, the mouse detects impurities and translates these movements into mouse pointer around – great. Of course, it glides smoothly on all other conventional surfaces.

Conclusion
Performance Mouse The Logitech MX is a very good mouse for your work computer. Darkfield through the technology they work even without a mouse pad on a glass surface. If only using the issue of how many users the functions of the 100-euro-mouse really want or need, especially Logitech mice without Darkfield go for much less money over the counter, and a mouse pad really rarely interferes. The latter is absent – for example when traveling – you are the right place with the glass glides here.

Alternative
If you like the shape of the Performance Mouse MX, we advise you to Logitech MX Revolution cordless, and also takes all sorts of special equipment on your desk, a cost that is only around 60 euros. On Darkfield you have to do without, of course.

October 6th, 2009 by admin | No Comments »

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 should appeal particularly price-sensitive prospects. For a full-fledged business phone lacks the small curve, but in equipment.

Benefits
The Curve 8520 is designed as an affordable entry-level model. It comes in the typical BlackBerry-style with a well-to-use and full QWERTY keyboard and a 49 x 37 millimeters wide screen with 320 x 240 pixels. The control buttons below the display are integrated into the housing flat in 8520 and persuade with a good pressure point. The otherwise normal models for Curve Trackball RIM has changed in 8520 for the first time against a touch-sensitive Navi-Key. With a little practice, the control works quite well, but users who are accustomed to a trackball control, they will be missed. You can determine the sensitivity of the Navi key own via the menu.

Business users will benefit from the pre-application ‘Office To Go’. It allows you to view Word, Excel and PowerPoint files and edit it. BlackBerry typically you will find a mail client for mail accounts with push support. However, you must activate the push-mail function separately.

For musical entertainment ensures a player that also ID3 tags and artwork displays. You can adjust the sound by equalizer on your sonic preferences. Your own headphones thanks to 3.5-millimeter jack like plugin on your mobile. Top of the case can be found operating keys for the music player. The simple camera can record photos at the rear with a maximum of two million pixels and recording and small to music videos. The quality of the photos can be proud of, despite rather low resolution.

The 8520 106 gram weight and has 109 x 61 x 15 millimeters very pant pockets friendly built. The processing is in order.
In the field of acoustics may also listen to the 8520 Voices were both on the phone, the fixed-line and also from the hands-free speaking, of course, and were well understood. The battery life is quite good, with three and a half hours at full power satisfying. Also, the operating speed of 8520 was the test in order.

Disadvantages
Who wants to send data fast over cellular network, which can use 8520 is limited. Reason: RIM has given the phone not even the UMTS data turbo HSDPA. Only WLAN, EDGE or GPRS you can use for a wireless data exchange.

Also the web access makes the 8520 limited sense. If no WLAN is available, the user needs a lot of patience when calling sites or when e-mails by insidiously slow performance.

Conclusion
The 8520 is an entry-level device to the typical BlackBerry raise clientele and also provides the rudimentary functions of a BlackBerry. However, RIM waived during 8520 on key features like high-speed mobile standard, or GPS. After all, office users are due to the “Office to Go” at their expense. When the mobile phone shines with good voice quality. The RIM BlackBerry Curve 8520 get instant from just under 240 euros without contract in the comparison.

Alternative
If you are looking for a true workhorse and want HSDPA, a full QWERTY keyboard, plus fine design and good workmanship, you should see the Nokia E71. The mobile phone and GPS Navigation Function currently ranks to fourth place in the business phones and currently costs from 265 euros in comparison.

September 21st, 2009 by admin | No Comments »

It is lighter, smaller and consume less power than its predecessor: Sony’s new PlayStation 3 Slim acknowledges the criticism of the first models on – but not only brings advantages.

Since its market launch, in early 2007, believes Sony’s PlayStation 3 with unrivaled features. Hardly any device combines Blu-ray player and entertainment station so elegantly in a single enclosure. However, the enormous demand for electricity brought the high-tech pack plenty of critiques. Before the end of 2007, Sony responded with a 40-gigabyte model and presented a slightly more economical and quieter version of the console. However, buyers had to order the backward compatibility for the PlayStation 2, losing the card reader and two USB ports.

Less electricity, less noise
Since early September, the model “slim” stands on the store shelves. Sony promises: The new console is much smaller, quieter and consumes less power. In order to be able to deliver on that promise, Sony is in the “Slim” while still on the powerful Cell processor. This is for the new model but not in 65-nanometer, but first manufactured in 45-nanometer design. The new processor requires less electricity, produces less heat and the fans have rarely start.

Our tests confirm this: In normal operation, there is the console with a power content of about 80 watts. Even when playing Blu-rays, DVDs and even while playing the power consumption does not exceed 100 watts. For comparison: The first PS3 model approved under load up to 200 watts. Save With a daily usage of two hours and a kilowatt-hour cost of 20 cents purchaser of Slim electricity costs by about 15 euros per year. The lower heat comes the smoothness of the best. Without load the device with a very faint whispers 0.2 Sone and will also help the Blu-ray playback is not much louder (0.4 Sone).

Conclusion: Allowed Access
The announced price of 299 euros, the new PlayStation 3 Slim with its rich performance and substantial improvement in power consumption and loudness is basically a buy recommendation. Especially since the 120 GB 2.5-inch hard drive if needed can continue to easily exchange for a bigger model. PlayStation fans, however, look in vain for real innovations.

The new thrift buyers pay the abandonment of ports and backward compatibility with PlayStation 2 With the Slim version is also the Open Platform off feature that lets the console could be transformed into a nearly full-fledged Linux computer. That Sony on a modern console continue streaming on the WLAN standard 802.11 b / g sets, rather than block the s more suitable for HD-media-Draft, is also annoying. Finally, we would have preferred that to the PS3 controller finally even in standby mode to charge. If you can live with these limitations, should resort to Slim.

September 8th, 2009 by admin | No Comments »

Medion brings out the new The Touch, a high-tech all-rounder with Blu-ray drive. The Touch of combines a Windows PC, Intel, Full-HD widescreen, a 24-inch touch screen, a Blu-Ray and DVD player and much more. So it is seemingly the perfect entertainment machine.

But what we can do anything with the new Medion? The Touch is apparently a sort of PC with a complete media center. But worth the purchase in the living room at home anyway? At least he has 2 Intel Quad processors, 1TB hard drive and an integrated DVB tuner. Informs you additionally on the homepage.

Listen to music, surf the Internet, watching TV, working with various programs, watch DVD. … Well that’s a lot, but the other devices too. The highlight, however, that the Medion The Touch makes the Dolby Home Theater, including the V3 sound with a subwoofer. In Golem is to read that The Touch of Medion can combine many devices in the living room. Thus, it has a Blu-ray player and can also replace the Hi-Fi components. The display can operate with multiple fingers. The trick: you can talk to the Blu-ray device.

Blu-ray technology computer
The 24-inch display triggers to 1920 × 1080 pixels in full HD. Pre-installed with Windows 7 Home Premium. A voice control makes it easier to use. You basically choose themselves what Medion shall be straight: Blu-Ray recorder, television or just a computer. The perfect toy for every couch potato. Major drawback: The Touch will cost 1999 Euro. Sorry, but not 24 inches. The features are really listening to all good and I imagine it also very convenient for in the application, but the map size is too small. For all those who are really interested, the entertainment machine comes out in November 2009.

August 21st, 2009 by admin | No Comments »

That is the 500-gigabyte model from the program. Apple has not adjusted the prices so that customers get twice the storage capacity per euro. The 1-TB version costs 269 euros now, the 2-TB version 449 euros.

Apple offers in its online store from now on a larger version of its backup solution Time Capsule. In addition to the 1-TB-model, there is now also a version available with 2 TB of disk space.

The prices Apple has not changed, so that customers will now receive twice as much space per euro. The 1-TB version costs 269 euros, with as much as the smallest ever with 500 GB model, which is no longer available. The 2-TB variant, there is the recent price of the 1 TB version for 449 euros.

Except for the larger space, the new model with existing backup solutions is identical to a combination of external hard drive and wireless router in accordance with IEEE-802.11-be draft-n specification. It works with Apple TV, iPhone, iPod Touch and other wireless devices.

Time Capsule is set up as a backup medium for Time Machine, it performs all the backups automatically in the background and, if requested by wireless. From the second backup, only changed data is backed up.

August 1st, 2009 by admin | No Comments »

The Altos EasyStore M2 based on Intel’s Atom CPU 230th It offers space for four 3.5-inch SATA hard drives. Prices start at 741 euros.

Acer has introduced an iSCSI-NAS server with four lockable drive bays for 3.5-inch hard drives. The Altos EasyStore M2 based on the Intel 945GC Express Chipset, the fast 1.6 GHz Atom processor 230, up to 2 GB DDR2-800 RAM and 256 MB of flash memory.

The 20 times 18 times 21 centimeters cubes with Linux operating system has room for four hot-swappable SATA hard drives with a total capacity of 6 terabytes. The server supports RAID modes 0, 1, 5, 5 + and 10 The administration is via a web interface.

The NAS server is connected via Gigabit Ethernet. An e-SATA, and five USB ports can connect external storage, card reader or flash memory drives, such as MP3 player or digicam on the network made available. With the iSCSI Altos EasyStore M2 as storage expansion for application servers can be used.

With the client software FileSafe Express can perform automatic backups. The administrator can choose which files should be included in the backup, which contained trace files, see the progress of the backup, and advanced information and allocates space and a visually hidden.

The small and medium-sized offices, as well as for SoHo environments designed Altos EasyStore M2 is now commercially available. Prices depend on the configuration, starting at 741 euros.

July 16th, 2009 by admin | No Comments »

Over the past decade, Winamp blossomed into much more than a Play Station for multimedia files. The freeware allows you to rip songs directly from unprotected music CDs, music into aacPlus, AAC and WMA encoding format and burn them directly. In addition, you can sync your iPod media library with portable MP3 players like the Apple.

You also have access to thousands of online radio stations and websites to scan for MP3 files. “Winamp Full” automatically creates playlists with similar titles, and can stream your media library on the Internet, so that you or your friends at all times have access to it. Using free standing ready to plug-ins you can continue almost indefinitely Winamp to drill.

The Version 5.56 is including with the new “Winamp Orgler”, which allows you to create customized charts, manage, and share with friends. In addition, were the import of iTunes music library and the iPod improved Synchronization.

Download winamp latest version here

July 3rd, 2009 by admin | No Comments »

Sony spokesman Al De Leon has indicated that the “App Store” could be offered for the new handheld game console PlayStation Portable Go and regular programs, not just games. Sony would then be on a direct collision course with Apple.

In addition, statements made by De Leon venture, there are also some rumors that go into more detail. Accordingly, developers should find it possible to develop games for the PSP program or go without paying the usual royalties for the use of the platform must prerequisite should be, however, that the applications are no larger than 100 MB and a maximum of 6 Dollars are sold.

A definitive statement on the download store for the PSP is expected in August at the Games Gamescom Fair in Cologne. The new PSP Go, which will be completely waived the UMD drive and instead of downloads “fed” will be out in October in the trade.

June 26th, 2009 by admin | No Comments »

The German company is presenting the Metz Axio 42 FHD LCD TVs CT with hybrid digital tuner and a screen size of 42 inches (107 centimeters).

A DVB-T and DVB tuners are already integrated, according to Metz, HD-compatible versions will be retrofitted at a later date. The TV has full HD resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels, the reaction will range from five milliseconds. The brightness of the panel is provided by the manufacturers of 500 candelas per square meter.

The image improvers “MecavisionHD +”, motion correction and a 3D comb filter to provide a very good picture. At times ports are HDMI, DVI once, three SCART sockets and component. Two Common Interface slots (CI) to enable the decryption of pay-TV.

Who needs another HD-capable tuner, can opt for an additional charge between a DVB-C (cable) and DVB-S2 model (satellite) with twin-receiver.

The Metz Axio 42 FHD CT is now available for about 2,200 euros to the dealer.

June 2nd, 2009 by admin | No Comments »