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icho4life updated 7 products

icho4life — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:25:26 -0500

1. updated Monster Cable Ultra 1000 HDMI - February 26, 2009 at 12:25 am

new pro/con: HDMI standards are to limit who can see and what/where it can be seen. HDMI is being adopted for its copyright-protection features which Movie and TV producers are requesting to publish via.

2. updated Lenovo ThinkPad T42 - February 26, 2009 at 12:13 am

agreed: "Very stable computer"
agreed: "Light above monitor allows for keyboard vision in the dark"
disagreed: "All IBM models seem to look the same...plain, black and square! "
agreed: "Power jack located at back of unit means it can come loose when unit is moved (most laptops have it on the side) "
tapped as "have it"

3. updated Asus Eee PC - February 26, 2009 at 12:12 am

agreed: "Linux OS"
agreed: "small keyboard"
agreed: "Keys are very small"
agreed: "Very small screen - 7" with black border all around"
agreed: "AC/DC adapter plug is odd-shaped and blocks two electrical outlets"
agreed: "Suspend mode consumes battery"
agreed: "Screen resolution is too low for many websites"
agreed: "Minor "screen-door effect" on the LCD"
agreed: "Mouse button is weird"
agreed: "AC/DC adapter plug is odd-shaped and blocks two electrical outlets"
tapped as "have it"

4. updated D-Link DIR-615 - February 26, 2009 at 12:09 am

tapped as "have it"
new pro/con: Three different hardware revisions are on the market, refurbished A1 revision is plaguing the market

5. updated SanDisk Sansa View - February 26, 2009 at 12:05 am

tapped as "have it"
new pro/con: Sometimes slow to update screen after button presses, ie: track skip, FF/RWD, volume, sometimes locks out button presses, continues playing song, but unresponsive to buttons.

6. updated Microsoft Xbox 360 - February 26, 2009 at 12:00 am

tapped as "have it"
new pro/con: HDMI TV compatibility (no sound over HDMI) is now fixed

7. updated Toshiba REGZA 40RV525 - February 25, 2009 at 11:55 pm

new pro/con: "Game Mode" doesn't appear to change anything, and actually reduced the number of picture options you are able to tweak on the TV - tested with XBOX 360 Elite over HDMI
new pro/con: Noticeable motion judder sometimes when using noise reduction settings

icho4life commented on 3 items

icho4life — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:16:05 -0500

1. commented on Lenovo ThinkPad T42 - February 26, 2009 at 12:16 am

"The T42 used to be the standard workstation at all of IBM's internal callcenters, I bought mine while working for them. It is still running, 5 years later. Solid, solid laptop. Batteries and accessories widely available online."

2. commented on SanDisk Sansa View - February 26, 2009 at 12:05 am

"The screen freezing up is bugging me with the player, up to the point i would just put up with it and not touch buttons for a while"

3. commented on Microsoft Xbox 360 - February 26, 2009 at 12:00 am

"The last update to XBE appears to have fixed the issue with HD TV's not having sound over HDMI (they were being recognized as monitors)"

icho4life updated Toshiba REGZA 40RV525

icho4life — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:22:54 -0500

December 19, 2008 at 4:22 pm

new pro/con: Some display inputs/picture scaling settings are unpolished. Visible digital noise on the edges of settings "Native" and "4:3 HD"
agreed: "affordable"
agreed: "1080p"
agreed: "good variety of inputs"
tapped as "have it"

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icho4life — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:17:56 -0500

December 19, 2008 at 4:17 pm