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CyberLink PowerDirector 7
CyberLink PowerDirector 7 (Deluxe) This full featured video editor is easy enough for a newbie and powerful enough for a seasoned editor. 69.95 CyberLink PowerDirector 7
Laptop Magazine – Jul 16, 2008 11:48 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
CyberLink PowerDirector 7 (Deluxe) This full featured video editor is easy enough for a newbie and powerful enough for a seasoned editor. 69.95 CyberLink PowerDirector 7
Laptop Magazine – Jul 16, 2008 11:48 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Adobe Premiere Elements 4
Adobe Premiere Elements 4 Adobe hits another high note with its consumer targeted video editing software. 99.99 Adobe Premiere Elements 4 Adobe hits another high note
Laptop Magazine – Jul 16, 2008 11:45 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Adobe Premiere Elements 4 Adobe hits another high note with its consumer targeted video editing software. 99.99 Adobe Premiere Elements 4 Adobe hits another high note
Laptop Magazine – Jul 16, 2008 11:45 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Sony Vegas Movie Studio 8
Sony Vegas Movie Studio 8 Sony Vegas Movie Studio 8
Laptop Magazine – Jul 16, 2008 11:42 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Sony Vegas Movie Studio 8 Sony Vegas Movie Studio 8
Laptop Magazine – Jul 16, 2008 11:42 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
MSI Wind U100-002LA
The MSI Wind U100 makes a positive first impression with its polished design and roomy (for a Netbook) display and keyboard, but it's missing a handful of features--bigger battery, solid-state hard drive, and WWAN--that would turn it from a very good to a great on-the-go mini-laptop.
ZDNet – Jul 16, 2008 10:57 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The MSI Wind U100 makes a positive first impression with its polished design and roomy (for a Netbook) display and keyboard, but it's missing a handful of features--bigger battery, solid-state hard drive, and WWAN--that would turn it from a very good to a great on-the-go mini-laptop.
ZDNet – Jul 16, 2008 10:57 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
iPhone 3G: More tests, more findings
We didn't expect to find many differences between the old and new iPhone beyond 3G network and GPS capability. (Our colleagues over at the Cars blog are taking a closer look at the iPhone as a portable GPS navigation device. You can read their initial thoughts on the iPhone's GPS capabilities and watch our short video review of the iPhone 3G for more details.) Both phones share the same brilliant, high-definition display, the same built-in 1.9 megapixel digital camera, and the same intuitive interface. But our voice-quality tests turned up a pleasant surprise: Voice quality for talking—how you sound to others—was very good, compared with just good for the previous iPhone. That's especially welcome news considering that its listening quality—how incoming calls sound to you—was still only fair, the same as the old iPhone and most other GSM cell phones.
Consumer Reports – Jul 16, 2008 09:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
We didn't expect to find many differences between the old and new iPhone beyond 3G network and GPS capability. (Our colleagues over at the Cars blog are taking a closer look at the iPhone as a portable GPS navigation device. You can read their initial thoughts on the iPhone's GPS capabilities and watch our short video review of the iPhone 3G for more details.) Both phones share the same brilliant, high-definition display, the same built-in 1.9 megapixel digital camera, and the same intuitive interface. But our voice-quality tests turned up a pleasant surprise: Voice quality for talking—how you sound to others—was very good, compared with just good for the previous iPhone. That's especially welcome news considering that its listening quality—how incoming calls sound to you—was still only fair, the same as the old iPhone and most other GSM cell phones.
Consumer Reports – Jul 16, 2008 09:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Lenovo ThinkPad X200
The ThinkPad X200, Lenovo's first Centrino 2 ultraportable, is powerful and battery efficient.
PC Magazine – Jul 16, 2008 01:58 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The ThinkPad X200, Lenovo's first Centrino 2 ultraportable, is powerful and battery efficient.
PC Magazine – Jul 16, 2008 01:58 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Laptops: In Search of Bearable Lightness
Finding an ultraportable laptop with everything I need--and without Vista--isn't so easy.
PC World – Jul 16, 2008 12:20 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Finding an ultraportable laptop with everything I need--and without Vista--isn't so easy.
PC World – Jul 16, 2008 12:20 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Velocity Micro Edge E2250
The Velocity Micro Edge E2250 packs in enough gaming performance to let you play the most demanding DX10 games, at least at standard resolution.
PC Magazine – Jul 15, 2008 10:10 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The Velocity Micro Edge E2250 packs in enough gaming performance to let you play the most demanding DX10 games, at least at standard resolution.
PC Magazine – Jul 15, 2008 10:10 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
LCD TV reliability—Why Vizio isn't in our repair history
A reader recently asked us why Vizio, an up-and-coming brand that now ranks third in sales for LCD TV sets, is not included in our repair history for flat-panel TVs—especially since we've recommended a number of Vizio TVs for their combination of decent quality and low price. (Access to our brand repair history for LCD TVs and Recommendations of LCD TV models requires a subscription to ConsumerReports.org.) Let me answer in a way that offers insight into the way Consumer Reports develops reliability information, a process that is as exacting as our lab tests and just as important to a buying decision. All our repair histories reflect the real-life experiences of thousands of consumers who have purchased and used the products in question. Our current flat-panel TV repair history is based on 74,544 responses to our Annual Product Reliability survey from readers who bought new sets between 2004 and 2007. We received enough reader data to include nine brands of LCD TVs in our repair history chart (available to subscribers) and to mention two others anecdotally, but Vizio was not among them. Why not? In a nutshell—there weren't enough responses on this brand, and any conclusion we could draw from the limited data would have been premature and potentially misleading.
Consumer Reports – Jul 15, 2008 8:11 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
A reader recently asked us why Vizio, an up-and-coming brand that now ranks third in sales for LCD TV sets, is not included in our repair history for flat-panel TVs—especially since we've recommended a number of Vizio TVs for their combination of decent quality and low price. (Access to our brand repair history for LCD TVs and Recommendations of LCD TV models requires a subscription to ConsumerReports.org.) Let me answer in a way that offers insight into the way Consumer Reports develops reliability information, a process that is as exacting as our lab tests and just as important to a buying decision. All our repair histories reflect the real-life experiences of thousands of consumers who have purchased and used the products in question. Our current flat-panel TV repair history is based on 74,544 responses to our Annual Product Reliability survey from readers who bought new sets between 2004 and 2007. We received enough reader data to include nine brands of LCD TVs in our repair history chart (available to subscribers) and to mention two others anecdotally, but Vizio was not among them. Why not? In a nutshell—there weren't enough responses on this brand, and any conclusion we could draw from the limited data would have been premature and potentially misleading.
Consumer Reports – Jul 15, 2008 8:11 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Ultimate Ears metro.fi 2 - headphones
The Ultimate Ears Metro.fi 2 Earphones are a great value for the average listener who desires good sound quality with a balanced audio response, but the drab design and questionable fit could be an issue for some.
ZDNet – Jul 15, 2008 7:01 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The Ultimate Ears Metro.fi 2 Earphones are a great value for the average listener who desires good sound quality with a balanced audio response, but the drab design and questionable fit could be an issue for some.
ZDNet – Jul 15, 2008 7:01 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
