This week I received a pair of noise cancelling headphones but I also received a pair of Panasonic RP-HC55 noise cancelling earphones (which also seem to go by the model number RP-HC55E-S with the S seemingly pertaining to the silver colour). These canal earphones are rated at 88% noise reduction compared to the RP-HC700 headphones …
Category: Interfaces
Jan 17 2012
Don’t Be Duped Into Buying Expensive HDMI Cables
I saw a link to this Gizmodo article on Facebook (with a nod to Tony Butcher 😉 and thought this was worth a mention. If you find yourself buying some new AV equipment like a television, a Blu-ray player, a home theatre system or anything that might have an HDMI port on it this will …
Jan 06 2012
Bluetooth and Swapping Cars
Here’s a tip that you might want to keep in mind next time you’re on a road trip and you rotate drivers between cars. If you happen to have your mobile phone paired to your car you might want to turn off Bluetooth on your phone if you are going to be driving another vehicle …
Dec 16 2011
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 Solid State Drive Unboxing & Preview
A little while ago I gave you all the heads up that I was getting a new solid state drive for my desktop computer to replace the Patriot Warp 128GB SSD that is currently my bootable OS and application drive. It has been running a bit slow given that I run it close to capacity …
Dec 11 2011
Incoming Gadget – OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2
A quick update to let you know about another incoming gadget. I’ve been looking at upgrading to a larger solid state drive given my current 128GB SSD (Patriot) is somewhat limiting for Windows and applications. I’ve recently sold some excess stuff and thought I could reinvest some of the money in a new bit of kit …
Sep 27 2011
Panasonic DMR-BWT800 Full HD 3D Blu-ray Disc Recorder Launch
Tonight, I attended a launch event with a number of the Insider Crew for the Panasonic DMR-BWT800 Full HD 3D Blu-ray Disc Recorder (henceforth called “the recorder”) at Panasonic HQ in Macquarie Park. This was the first time that we had a go at live streaming the event so that Insiders who weren’t lucky enough …
Sep 02 2011
Panasonic Live @ IFA
Another quick one for tonight. A lot of electronics vendors are at IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin) for the next few days to show off their wares and latest advancements in their product lineups. Panasonic had a Q&A this evening with one of their product experts live from the floor of the IFA which worked incredibly …
Aug 06 2011
Choose the Best Interface for the Job
Here’s another quick tip for tonight. These days, we have all sorts of interfaces in our computers: wired Ethernet, Wi-Fi, USB, Firewire, eSATA, Bluetooth just to name a few. However, sometimes the most convenient interface won’t be the quickest. For instance, when I was transferring all the data from the old drives to the new …
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