Quality Sound Ambitions: Altec, Creative and Logitech 2.1 Sound Systems

Published on October 13, 2003 to Digital Entertainment Miscellaneous

Altec, Creative and Logitech have attempted to appeal to form factor and space constraint concerns PC users have when it comes to PC sound systems. But while these new PC speakers were obviously designed to address interior-decorating concerns, delivering on sound quality in such a small form factor poses challenges. Read more

Home Theater Quality Sound: Creative Labs DDTS-100

Published on January 20, 2004 to Digital Entertainment Miscellaneous

Home theater costs a lot. Even entry-level home theater sound systems are expensive for the quality of sound reproduction they offer, especially compared to PC speakers, which offer much more for a lot less money. Creative Labs DDTS-100 decoder enables relatively high-performance, low-cost PC speakers to work with DVD players, games consoles and TV sets. For an investment of around $150 (€169), Creative Labs DDTS-100 allows for home theater audio for twice as less. Read more

A Quality HDTV for Less Than $1,000

Published on August 1, 2007 to Display Panels and Monitors

It's possible to get a nice 30"+ HDTV, components, cables and even a couple of cosmetic additions for less than a grand. You just need to know what to look for and where to find it. Read more

Two Quality Core 2 Duo Notebooks From Gigabyte: Which One Is For You?

Published on October 27, 2006 to Notebooks and Laptops

We look at Gigabyte's W251U and W551N Core 2 Duo notebook computers. One is smaller; one is larger. One has basic graphics capabilities; the other has more sophisticated graphics. And, yet they differ in price by only $100. Which is for you? Read more

MPEG-4 With The New Flask 4.1: Almost DVD Quality

Published on October 22, 2001 to Networking

Using the new Flask 4.1/DivX 4.01 codec, the THG lab produced videos in MPEG-4 format. We found it to provide more speed, comfort and features. Read more