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Ultra Micro Parkzone T28 Trojan – Reviewed

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Written by Joe Baker | 11 November 2010
Posted in Reviews - Miscellaneous

 
 

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Ultra Micro Trojan T28
At the time of writing this article, the Parkzone Ultra Micro Trojan is the hottest contender for “best beginner plane” of the year award. We have selected and reviewed 21 planes over a five month period and by using a grid for grading the different strengths and weaknesses of each plane hope that the review due for release in ten days time will prove invaluable to people in the remote control plane business The article is the largest of it’s kind ever done and all planes have been assessed relative to each other, giving far greater accuracy than comparing planes written by different reviewers.


We have, to date, spent five months putting the article together and it is currently not on schedule but will be published on this site during the third week of November 2010. But enough on what’s coming up, let’s tell you about how fantastic this little plane is!

 (See 21 Best RC electric planes compared - this site)

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Network HDTV - Elgato EyeTV Netstream DTT Reviewed

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Written by Paul Moons | 07 November 2010
Posted in Reviews - Video

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Elgato EyeTV Netstream DTT
It's been nearly two years since we reviewed Elgato's EyeTV DTT Deluxe and as expected, Egato have not been napping.

Not only have Elgato added Windows functionality to their formerly Mac only offerings, but with the release of the Netstream DTT, Elgato have created a box which effectively shares HDTV across a local network.

Read on for our review of the EyeTV Netstream DTT

 

 

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Wireless BroadBand Router - Novatel MiFi 2352 Reviewed

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Written by Paul Moons | 05 November 2010
Posted in Reviews - Mobile Devices

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Novatel MiFi
It's the year 2010 and in case you haven't been paying attention, the world has gone crazy mobile: Even mountaineers atop our highest mountain can find a 3G signal!.

With wireless broadband entering the mainstream, the time for wireless broadband routers has arrived.

Read on for our review of Novatel's MiFi 2352.

 

 

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Renewable Bluetooth Speakers - Solar Sound 2 Reviewed

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Written by Paul Moons | 30 October 2010
Posted in Reviews - Audio

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Solar Sound 2
Last October we reviewed the environmentally friendly Solar Sound bluetooth speaker from Devotec. The Solar Sound 2 is the latest revision of this green music machine.

Read on for our full review.
 

 

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Great Planes RealFlight RC Flight Simulator G5 – Reviewed

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Written by Joe Baker | 22 October 2010
Posted in Reviews - Miscellaneous

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Two copies of Realflight G5
Well, it’s been a long time coming, this is supposed to be the best software available for games where you can play and learn to fly at the same time. With over 80 aircraft to choose from and 30 fly sites, grab your parachute and join me as we get right into a few learn to fly/combat missions where anything goes.

As this is reportedly as good as you get for simulated games, we will put it on our two high powered gaming computers and use both the 30” Dell monitors on 2560 x 1940 resolution in a multiplayer LAN shoot ‘em up. As an added bonus, we even have some “high end” actual Great Planes to test in the flesh and see if we are as good as the “Red Baron” after using the same planes in the G5 Simulator.

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AKAI AD173X HD Set-Top Box with DVD Player -- Reviewed

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Written by Martin Regtien | 21 October 2010
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AKAI AD173X
This is the second AKAI set-top box that we are reviewing. This is a big brother to the earlier model we reviewed here. Please have a quick read of that review as a lot of aspects of the new model are the same.
These are the highlights of the AKAI AD173X:
As a PVR it allows you to record your favourite TV show directly to a USB storage device. It can also act as a media centre playback unit. It’s 5.1 digital compatible via HDMI and coaxial and basically allows you to timeshare, pause and rewind live TV. Yes, and it has a DVD player built in.
These are all good reasons to have a good look and play with this full HD set-top box.

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Reviewed: Canon EOS 550D & EF-S 18-135mm IS Kit

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Written by Colbey | 20 October 2010
Posted in Reviews - Digital Cameras

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Canon EOS 550D & 18-135mm Kit
The Canon EOS 550D has been around for a little while now, but we got our hands on the 18-135mm IS Kit, thanks to the folks at ImagingWorld.com.au

We've given it a bit of a work out over the last week or so, and here's what we've come up with.

 

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First Impressions: Tegatech TEGA v2 Tablet PC- Reviewed

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Written by Martin Regtien | 17 October 2010
Posted in Reviews - Mobile Devices

Read more...We love it when a manufacturer is building on previous successes and launches a new model that addresses some of the issues we had with the previous one.
Such is the case with the Tegatech TEGA which we reviewed here.
It scored a solid 7/10 but battery life was one issue we highlighted.

The new model is much more attractive compared to the older one with a capacitive multitouch screen, accelerometers for rotation of the screen and a solid five hours battery life. Couple that with Windows 7 and/or Android and a very svelte body which bodes well for the hands-on testing….
The TEGA tablet also features built-in 3G so connectivity is going to be a cinch.

Let's check a few more of these features.

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