Samsung Digimax i6 Design

Introduction

The Digimax i6 is a revolutionary 6-megapixel digital still camera that features Samsung’s exclusive Digimax Converter software to play movies and MP3 files. The ground-breaking i6 allows users to enjoy movies, music videos, television shows and even their favorite music with the added convenience of a state-of-the-art digital still camera.

Samsung Digimax i6 Design

At the heart of the i6 is a 6-megapixel digital still camera measuring a mere 3.7 x 2.4 x 0.7 inches with a 2.5-inch, high resolution LCD display. For outstanding image quality, the i6 integrates a 3x optical zoom (equivalent to 39-117mm in 35mm format) capability with Samsung’s exclusive SHD lens technology.

The Digimax i6 is equipped with Samsung’s state-of-the-art Advanced Shake Reduction (ASR) technology to combat hand shake. The ASR function provides enhanced image clarity by electronically compensating for excess hand shake and improving color in environments lacking sufficient lighting where the use of the flash is not desirable. With the touch of a button, the unique technology uses proprietary algorithms to interpret sharpness and color information to deliver an image that looks like it has been taken with the flash. As the flash is disabled, side effects, such as red eye are prevented.

Samsung Digimax i6 Features

The i6 features several special effects functions for creative control in-camera, such as Color Effect, Highlight, Photo Frame, Negative, and Composite Shot. Color effects include black and white, sepia, blue, green, and red.

For crystal-clear images, under various shooting conditions, the Digimax i6 features 11 scene modes including Night, Portrait, Children, Landscape, Close-up, Sunset, Backlight, Fireworks, Beach & Snow, and Text Recognition. Text Recognition, a feature unique to Samsung digital still cameras, allows users to shoot documents such as books, papers and magazines and then extract text from the image taken using the bundled “Digimax Reader” text recognition software.

To ensure the clarity of images regardless of shooting range, the Auto Macro function automatically adjusts shooting distance and focus. By using the macro button, users can set the camera to automatically adjust distance and focus from between 5 centimeters to infinity. The i6 also includes a super macro mode that enables subjects to be photographed up to as close as 1 centimeter.

Samsung Digimax i6 Performance

This camera undeniably puts samsung ahead over the top digital camera manufacturers. The i6 is a beautiful, compact, and fully-loaded piece of machinery. The picture quality is amazing, and the video compression [Mpeg-4] is top notch.

What’s included in the package

Samsung Digimax i6 PMP SE Digital Camera, Strap, rechargeable battery, Manual, USB cable, AV cable, AC charger, Earphones, Tripod adaptor, CDROM software.

Conclusion

Thanks to its compact size and design, you can take the Samsung i6 everywhere with you, which is of course one of the criteria required of a portable media player. The Samsung Digimax i6 PMP comes with a luxurious case to protect it from unnecessary damage and dirt.

Philips Portable DVD Player

Philips Portable DVD Introduction
Sit back, relax and immerse in movies on the go with the ultra cool and compact PET710 with 7-inch TFT LCD display. Enjoy your favorite DVD movies, savor your MP3-CD and CD music or playback your JPEG photos anytime, anyplace.

Philips Portable DVD Design
Keep yourself or your kids entertained on long flights or road trips with the Philips PET710/37 portable DVD player with a widescreen 7-inch screen, enabling you to enjoy DVD movies in their original 16:9 aspect ratio format. This compact unit weighs less than 2 pounds (excluding battery) and is powered by a rechargeable NiMH battery, AC adapter, and car power adapter (all included).

Philips Portable DVD Features
The PET710/37’s LCD screen has a 480 x 234-pixel resolution, 30 ms (millisecond) response time, a brightness rating of 400 cd/m2 (candela per square meter), and 250:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a screen’s ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.) It’s compatible with a wide variety of disc and file formats, including DVD movie, CD audio, DVD+R/RW, VCD, SVCD, CD-R/RW, MP3, and JPEG (Picture CD). It features anti-skip buffers for different formats, including 2 seconds for DVDs, 5 seconds for VCD, and 10 seconds for standard audio CDs and CDs burned with MP3 files.

Disc playback modes include A-B repeat, multi-angle selection, disc menu, fast backward/forward, repeat, shuffle play, slow backward/forward, and zoom. Other features include PAL/NTSC video output, parental controls, and aspect ratio conversion. The rechargeable battery has a battery life of up to 2.5 hours and a recharge time of 3 hours. It offers the following connections: headphone, line-out, composite video, and digital coaxial audio for Dolby DTS surround sound.

Philips Portable DVD Performance
The DVD player is very nice overall. It is small, but very sturdy. It has a great picture, decent sound, and will play any media you give it. The battery life is decent and it comes with various chargers.

Whats included in the package
Portable DVD player, battery, AC adapter, car power adapter, video cable, audio cable (RCA to mini), remote control (with batteries), printed operating instructions

Conclusion
The Philips PET710 is a compact portable DVD player that should appeal to people who travel frequently.

Sony Cybershot DSC T300

Sony Cybershot DSC-T300 Introduction
We earlier reviewed the Sony Cybershot DSC-T100 and are now following it up with the latest release, the new T300. The Sony DSC-T300 is an ultra compact point-and-shoot digital camera. Powered by the Bionz image processing engine, this robust camera delivers fast image processing speeds just like the older model. The main difference is that this one has a touch screen and is 10MP. (10.1 mega pixels)

Sony Cybershot DSCT300 Design
It has a Carl Zeiss 5x optical zoom lens to capture images and a 3.5-inch Clear Photo LCD touch screen for easy navigation and editing. The LCD display is huge, it takes up the whole backside of the camera. There are just the power button, playback button, shutter release, and zoom rocker as the only buttons. The front is nifty, you slide it down to reveal the goodies that let you take a shot. This DSC T300 is available in black, red, and silver.
Dimensions 3.7 X 0.8 X 2.3 in. / Weight 5.3 oz.

Sony Cybershot DSC T300 Features
The Sony DSC-T300 is a compact camera with many features. Inside this compact camera, you will find technologies that provide image stabilization, face detection, and auto lighting adjustments. Intelligent Scene Recognition mode automatically detects different types of scenes and selects the appropriate camera settings. My favorite feature is the “smile feature” where it takes the picture when it detects a smile. It sounds cheesy for camera professionals but for newbies it has lots of little perks that could be useful. Finally the paint program lets you draw on your pictures, crop and resize, and easily scale images. Editing functions include trimming, red-eye adjustment, soft focus filter, unsharp mask, cross filter, partial color filter, fish-eye filter, retro, radial blur, and a happy face feature.

Cybershot DSC-T300 Performance
You get 10.1-megapixel pictures. In our test shots we noticed a lot of “noise” when zooming in. Shots taken from far away at the beach looked great - except when you zoomed in and saw the picture at full size. You couldn’t see much detail in the photographs. For a novice, this camera comes with an Easy Shooting Mode. This setting puts the camera on auto and doesn’t let you accidentally change anything, so it’s just point-and-shoot at its finest.

What’s included in the package
Sony DSC-T300, Lithium Ion Battery + Charger, USB cable, AV Cable, 15mb Internal Memory, Sony software CD, Wrist Strap, Manual.

Conclusion
The DSC-T300 is a great camera for everyday shots. Don’t expect to become an award winning photographer using this camera however. This camera is meant to throw in your pocket (it’s so thin and lightweight) and take shots of your vacation. Personally the main reason why I always buy Sony Cybershot cameras is because of its video capabilities. Like other Sony’s, the T300 lets you shoot 640×480 videos at 30 frames per second. It will shoot videos for as long as you want. I have a 4GB memory card and at the highest quality I can fit a good 45 minutes of video and still fit a good 20 pictures in there as well.

LG 60″ Plasma 1080p HDTV Review

LG 60″ Plasma 1080p HDTV Introduction
Don’t just watch it, Live it. In LG Full HD!
The LG 60PY3D features a full HD Resolution Displays that shows programs in full 1920 x 1080p resolution for a more detailed picture. High-definition Television (HDTV) makes any room in your home come alive.

LG 60″ Plasma 1080p HDTV Design
Aspect Ratio 16:9
Contrast Ratio 3,000:1
Resolution 1920 x 1080

Dimensions w/Out Stand (W x H x D) 63.5″ x 37.8″ x 4.6″
Weight w/Out Stand 142.4 lbs.
Dimensions w/Stand (W x H x D) 63.5″ x 40.4″ x 18″
Weight w/Stand 177.7 lbs.
Dimensions w/Packaging (W x H x D) 69.3″ x 45.1″ x 21.6″
Weight In Package 199.7 lbs.

LG 60″ Plasma 1080p HDTV Features
60″ Full HD Plasma Television
Full HD 1920 x 1080p Native Resolution
ATSC/NTSC Tuners, XD Engine
16-bit Colour Processing
PC Input, 3 HDMI Input
XD Engine
LG SimpLink

LG 60″ Plasma 1080p HDTV Performance
Known as Full High Definition, 1080p displays are capable of showing every single pixel of the highest-resolution HD content, DVD’s and video games. 1080p resolution is about twice the resolution of 1080i HDTVs, and delivers a quality of detail and realism other TVs simply can’t touch. This plasma HDTV features LG’s XD Engine that takes the resolution of analog signals to near-HD levels by improving brightness, contrast, detail and enhancing color as well as reducing signal noise. A liquid plasma display can recreate more realistic black-levels than an LCD display can.

What’s included in the package
60″ flat-panel plasma HDTV, TV stand and Remote.

Conclusion
LG’s innovations result in cinema-like high resolution images. With built-in HDTV compatibility, this TV set can display images that are significantly sharper and more realistic than regular television.