I have been looking into this since if you can’t put a huge amount of speakers in your home this is a good alternative. The Yamaha seem to have the high-end which is the YSP-1100 and the medium which is the YSP-900. And Mirage has the UNI-Theater which also caters to this type of speaker. These types of speakers usually have the ability to adjust their output to the size of the room with their technology so the output becomes better, but what differentiates them is which ones does it better. I curious to see which one does it better, but you have to find the right application for it.
Yamaha YSP-1100
Price: $1700
Link: Engadget YSP-1100
Mirage UNI-Theater
Price: $600
Link: Mirage
Yamaha YSP-900
Price: $600
Link: Engadget YSP-900
I think the speakers which try duplicate Home Theater setups by using the properties of the room to give you surroung sound are pretty good as long as they do what they are promised to do. I think Yamaha, and Mirage line of these speakers are pretty good. But this is speaker is pretty damn good as well, it has the right amount of speakers, tweeters, and subwoofers in a very nice enclosure. I would have prefered it in Silver, but Piano Black isn’t too bad. Its if you want to hear the Hometheater sounds without waking everybody up in the house and little less wiring.
Link: Engadget
This product came out in Japan, you have to reconnect the wires to get the alarm to switch off, and you have to reconnect them in the right order.
I see no ramifications from this kind of product, none what so ever.
Link: Engadget
It seems i-mate has gone all out with their new line of phones, USB 2.0, Windows 6.0 Professional, Fm Radio, tri band, probably HSDPA, and a few other tricks up their sleeve. I tend to like the i-mate phones and from my experience they can take quite a beating. I still have an SP3 which is still in complete working order from 2.5 years ago. The Microsoft interface isn’t the best but you can really use the features it has. And if you like surfing then their phones are great for that, its the personalization which is a bit annoying, but I’m curious to see these new models when they come out.
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It is an extremely solid looking keyboard with a lot of features, it charges while sitting on the stand and from all the reviews I have read the battery life isn’t an issue. It has a touch disc scrolling which makes scrolling very easy as well as integrated features which Logitech is very good at. It seems to be functioning greatly for people who have a lot of requirements. The main issue I had with some wireless keyboards is the crappy distance but with Bluetooth it can easily reach up to 10 meters so that is another good point. It has a good incline so you can type without a wrist rest and the buttons seem to have the perfect resistance when you press it. Its a little bit on the pricy side, but it seems everyone is very satisified with this keyboard. Especially at the end of the day when you are done with the keyboard you put it in its base and it looks nice as well as charging.
Price: $170
There are a lot of options out there right now, and people are coming out with the second generation Blu-Ray and HD DVD players. I am seeing more Blu Ray titles being sold, but when it comes to quality both are pretty damn good. Samsung, Toshiba, LG, and other manufacturers are all trying to come out with the perfect player. Some concentrate so much on the new formats that they forget about the DVD format, but every year there are leaps and bounds in this technology. Things seems to be a lot clearer this year, but I still want to give it some time.
Most of my collection like everyone else is now DVDs, it was a lot easier to switch to DVDs since the quality and benefits over VHS were clear as day, but with two formats to choose from we don’t which camp we wan’t to be in or in both. They are also including these players and burners in PCs, so as it spreads in PCs it will be used more then before. I have to say that the quality of each format is nothing short of fantastic but I still want to keep my DVD collection and see how this goes.
The other day I had a chance to pass by Rihab because I had a game in mind.
When I was looking at the games, I was also checking out the Xbox 360 HD-DVD attachment, it was going for 90 KD which is 24KD more then online, but I heard good reviews about it. It plays DVDs even better then normal DVD players, and so I was thinking about it but I will see more reviews about it, it seems pretty good though.
I picked up Pro Evolution Soccer 2007, and Lost Planet. Lost Planet is what I was looking forward to but I needed a game which was multiplayer and the guys like soccer games so I picked both of them up.
I ordered the Vibez back around January 22nd and it just arrived yesterday. It took a while to get to Kuwait due to Aramex’s slow turn around time. I was just happy to get it at last. Late in the day I opened up the box and saw the Vibez box, I really liked the packaging of the Vibez. It came a USB connection, headphones, an audio connection, a cloth to clean it, and the battery is removable like a phone which is pretty cool.
Its pretty small for a 12GB mp3 player, I expected to be bigger, but I’m happy that its this small and the screen is really bright and thats great. I really like the scroll wheel on the Vibez for then an iPob, it feels like you can do a lot with it and I like that. I piling up the music soon, I just have to find the time later.
This is the new Xbox 360 which comes in black supposedly coming out in April.
“New Features”:
- 120 GB HD
- HDMI out
- In Black Premium
So this is going to be interesting, they want to challange Sony with these upgrades, and it will also run cooler with 65nm chip instead of the 95nm. And it is now running a quiter drive so it won’t be as noisy as before. I’m looking forward to these changes, I hope they do release it soon.
Link: Engadget
This is the best 2.0 speakers currently out there with excellent sound quality and some interesting features with a very nice finish. A lot of people do not have space for the large subwoofer that comes with some good speakers and so it’s not easy to find quality 2.0 speakers, but the Z-10s will do the job and more.
Positives:
- Very god sound quality
- fits perfectly into place
- Interface with Windows Media Player
- Very clean look
- No Large Subwoofer
- Very intuitive controls
- Easily connects headphoens
Negatives:
- Doesn’t work well with Winamp and thats what I mainly use
- Needs to be cleaned consistantly
- Price
Price: $120
Link: Amazon
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