The holiday season is fast approaching, and with the recent popularity of HDTVs, many people are looking for a great digital High Definition camcorder to replace their aging Standard Definition models. Whether you’re purchasing it as a gift or to immortalize the holidays in the form of digital film, there is a wide selection of HD camcorders to choose from.
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Archive for November, 2010
When it comes to digital SLR cameras, there are several performance levels to choose from. There are the cheaper, entry-level SLRs which are priced under $1000 (generally including a lens).Then there are the more mid-level SLRs which generally don’t cost much over $1000 (without a lens).
Lastly are the high-end SLRs intended for more professional use, which can cost several thousand dollars. Read the rest of this entry »
I sit here writing this article at my desk in the new home of alaTest UK in the shadow of that well know city landmark – the BT Tower.
So where did it all start?
The alaTest UK office search started out in the fall of 2010 and took me on a journey through multiple London postcodes, from leafy Hammersmith to some of the best known tourist haunts, taking in Piccadilly Circus and Covent Garden along the way.
alaScore™ is a simple rating scale, ranging from 0 to 100. It provides you with a quick and simple method to compare similar products on alaTest websites. The higher the alaTest™ score, the higher the overall quality of the product. As you can imagine, universal rating scale has to be as consistent and objective as possible, something impossible to achieve based on just one review of a product. This is why alaScore™ is calculated based on hundreds (sometimes even thousands) of reviews from across the entire internet.
The Android operating system and iOS (the iPhone’s operating system) are the two titans in today’s Smartphone market. We’ve pitted the two platforms against each other in a battle amongst several categories which are integral to a Smartphone.
So you want to be the best mom/dad/uncle/grandma/(insert generic family descriptor here) by getting your son/daughter/niece/nephew/etc a fancy new portable gaming machine, but you’ve noticed that there are quite a few versions to choose from and aren’t sure which one will be the best fit.
Fear not! Your holiday shopping woes are at an end (for gaming handhelds at the least).
HDTVs have become a hot ticket item in the past few years, and to keep up with the competitive edge, manufacturers have come up with all sorts of features in attempts to outclass each other. The problem is that even after reading countless TV reviews, it’s still difficult to know just what exactly each feature does. Here’s our quick reference guide for the most popular and most useful features in HDTVs today.