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Sunday, August 15, 2010
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
Garmin Nuvi 295W
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Electronics,
Garmin,
GPS
The good: The Garmin Nuvi 295W features crisply rendered maps and quick routing/rerouting of trips. Turn-by-turn directions feature text-to-speech spoke street names. The unit's autocorrect function learns frequently typed words and helps with entering destinations quickly.
The bad: All of the Nuvi 295W's connected features require Wi-Fi connectivity, which we found finicky to connect. Screen resolution is a bit low for Web browsing. The unit lacks traffic data, highway lane guidance, and Bluetooth hands-free calling, all very useful features for in-car navigation.
The bottom line: The Garmin Nuvi 295W is a solid point-to-point GPS navigator with a few neat tricks that on-foot navigators may appreciate, but its secondary camera and Wi-Fi-connected features just aren't very useful from behind the wheel.
Review:
What do you get when you yank the phone parts out of the Garmin Nuvifone? The obvious answer is "just a regular Garmin Nuvi." However, that's not exactly the case, as the Garmin Nuvi 295W retains more than a few of its smartphone bits, including a 3-megapixel camera and Wi-Fi connectivity. The Garmin 295W features nearly identical hardware and software as the Nuvifone G60 with a few mostly invisible changes, but is this new device raising the bar for portable navigation devices or simply lowering the bar for a smartphone that we've already judged as mediocre?
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Sony Handycam HDR-XR520V
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Camcorders,
Electronics,
Handycam
Longest recording time
- 29-hour best-quality recording time
- Low-light video virtually free of noise
- Limits hand shake better than others
- Easy to use
Though its limited manual controls might disappoint some enthusiasts, reviewers say the Sony Handycam HDR-XR520V delivers great video with a minimum of fuss and effort. This camcorder is also feature-packed, including a specially designed low-light sensor, an upgraded hand-shake stabilizer and a GPS receiver that will geotag your clips. The 240 GB hard drive can hold more video -- 29 hours of best-quality HD, or 168 hours of low-quality -- than any other camcorder, though some reviewers call that much capacity overkill for most consumers. For those who agree -- and have a smaller budget -- the Sony Handycam HDR-XR500V (*Est. $930) has a still generous 120 GB drive and is otherwise identical. If you demand more control over your videos, the Canon Vixia HF S10 (*Est. $1,140) has a fuller lineup of manual controls and shoots video that's a touch nicer. However, the Canon falls short when it comes to low-light performance, and its internal memory and swappable memory cards can't hold as much footage.
CamcorderInfo.com has by far the most comprehensive review of the Sony Handycam HDR-XR520V and rates the camcorder against a dozen others. Reviews at CNET and InfoSyncWorld.com are nearly as thorough. Although the reviews at Videomaker.com aren't comparative, they are detailed, as are reviews at the British sites TrustedReviews.com and TechRadar.com.
CamcorderInfo.com has by far the most comprehensive review of the Sony Handycam HDR-XR520V and rates the camcorder against a dozen others. Reviews at CNET and InfoSyncWorld.com are nearly as thorough. Although the reviews at Videomaker.com aren't comparative, they are detailed, as are reviews at the British sites TrustedReviews.com and TechRadar.com.
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