Samsung LN26B360 is an entry level 26 inch TV and there is stiff competition in this section for price between the rivals. The screen gives good picture considering this is a HD ready panel, in fact we found that this TV had the best picture quality in this price range. This TV is available in sizes of 32, 26, 19 and 22 inches. The image quality and features are the same but 22 and 19 inch models have lower contrast ratio. The Samsung LN26B360 looks like a typical LCD but still makes it very attractive. We liked the thin glass bar peeping out from the bottom of TV. The TV swivels on its sides. The TV is smaller as compared to full size HD panels. The TV is made for people who are not potato couches but for light viewing. This is reflected in the remote control of the TV which has simple controls as compared to those bigger TVs. The interface is not much complicated and you wont need much time to get used to it. The remote looks bright with the buttons all separated with various  [...]

Sony Vaio series of notebooks are mainly aimed at multimedia users, they usually don’t make a basic entry level notebooks. So we are naturally excited every time a Sony Vaio notebook lands in our test centers. This one too doesn’t disappoint you on our features it has Blu-ray drive which makes us wish the display was full HD. But maybe we are getting too greedy. This laptop is good for light gamming but it is certainly not for high end full fledged gamming. If you push games to its highest limits and play in all its glory, it will bring this laptop to its heels. We tried a few games with the special effects all closed and we had decent game play. Sony Vaio FW560F/T is not your portable laptop, it is made as a desktop replacement for people who don’t need much clutter on the desk and want some basic mobility.  [...]

Logitech Illuminated Keyboard is a simple keyboard and though the name looks somewhat intimidating it is a computer peripheral which is kept at a low price range and the only specialty it has is the back lighting. This can be great if you are typing in the dark. The keyboard doesn’t have features which normal gaming keyboards have like volume controls or scroll dials. But this has probably done to keep the price under the limit. The keys have micro lens reflectors fitted beneath each key so that it gives you a light blue effect. This light effect is awesome when typing in the dark. There are three levels for you to customize the intensity of lighting and you can choose to switch it off if you don’t need it. The Logitech Illuminated Keyboard has two feet on the top behind the body which is there for better typing experience. This keyboard is quite similar to keyboard of the IBM Thinkpad laptop You don’t need to install any drivers for the Logitech Illuminated Keyboard  [...]

The Dell Inspiron i545s-3055NBK is slim but it comes at the cost of performance. This budget desktop is not for your advanced user or high end gamers. The computer is powered by 2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 which is pretty fast but not on par with other fast systems that are available on the market. The RAM in the computer is 6 GB DDR2 RAM of 800 MHz, we would have liked a DDR3 rated RAM. A better quality RAM would have given better performance. There is no discrete graphic card in the computer and all you get is 256MB (shared) Intel GMA 3100 integrated graphics chip. Any high end game or graphic demanding application will bring this system to its heels. This computer was made with the budget user in mind who needs a computer only for basic purposes and not for gaming or any high end applications. An absence of a discreet card also means you cannot watch movies in all their glory. But there is plenty of memory space for you store all your files with the 750 GB, 7200 RPM disk.  [...]

We were wondering about what Samsung could possibly mean when they said Dualview on the camera name. We gave up, after thinking for a lot of time and we finally opened the product to find out for ourselves. What followed really blew us of our feet. Yes! It has a screen right next to the lens of the camera. The screen is used for self portrait and a few other functions that we will discuss later. But a presence of a dual screen would add to the cost and it does take up the price of the product a little. The screen of the Samsung DualView TL220 is about three inches and it is a touch screen interface. Most of the physical buttons have been sacrificed for the LCD interface. The LCD has lots of functions you may get confused with the features of the camera if you are a newbie. This camera has a lot of expert features and has been made for shutter bug freaks. It will get a while for you to get used to this camera if you have never handled one before. The LCD display of the touch screen  [...]

Logitech makes one of the best mice in the market, no doubt about that. We have hardly had any complaints with Logitech mice and keyboards. They don’t do anything extravagant, they have great ergonomics and all this is done keeping price in mind. This mouse is a bit expensive at $50 but we think that with the single receiver feature it is worth spending the extra buck. But let’s start with the basics; the Logitech Wireless M505 doesn’t have a thumb button that we are used to in Logitech mice. It has just two buttons with a middle scrolling wheel. The scrolling wheel is notched rather than smooth that most mice posses. We are more comfortable with the notched wheel rather than smooth one. The right click and the left click buttons on the Logitech Wireless M505 are fine and we had no problems with them. It was easy to click and comfortable. The Logitech Wireless M505 has a symmetrical design which makes it comfortable to use it with both hands. Left handed as well as  [...]

LG 42LH20 is a product from LG which is for people for stiff budgets and still want a HDTV for their homes. The TV is one of the least expensive panels that you will ever come up against and we found it good for the features that it offers. This same panel comes in sizes of 37, 42 and 26 and other than the size of the screen nothing is different. The TV swivels on the stand; something that we were glad was accommodated in an entry level TV. But swiveling will come at the cost of touching the TV and getting your finger prints all over the exteriors. We were looking forward to checking out the USB input of the TV. Yes! The TV, at this price range has a USB port in it so you can put music and pictures on a thumb drive and play it on the screen. Once we heard of this feature we wished there was video support too, but that is not possible at the moment. You get a preview for the pictures on the screen and further see them on a full screen mode. Watching full size pictures on this screen  [...]