Before You Buy – Know the Best Gadgets in the Market First
What comes into your mind when you hear the words “universal remote”, “media player” and “online backup”?
Most of you would say – hey, there’s nothing new with this stuff. Some tech-savvy individuals would even cite a media player or two that might probably be better than Windows Media Player.
True, you might not be needing to hear news. To the mainstream consumers, knowing the coolest gadgets before you buy is best researched through authority blogs like Gadget Advisor.
The universal remote
When I first heard about this universal remote gadget, I was under the impression that there is nothing new to it. Not until I read that Logitech Harmony Universal Remote Control eliminates all those numerous remote control clutter at home. If you have a DVD player, a TV and a sound system and other gadgets you could end up with a lot of remote controls. Having this universal remote is a good solution to this clutter.
have multiple remotes? eliminate all of these – by Logitech
A good media player
There are a lot of networked media players around, but this DViCo TViX M-6500A Network Media Player one got an internal hard drive that does not need any external power and supports a lot of file formats. It can be connected to a USB port where files can be transferred to and from, plus some slots for USB flash drive for additional playback. This network media player works well on HDTV too – almost.
network media player (on my wishlist) by DViCo
An online backup service
I had been using IDrive for several months. One big thing that I like on this is that I don’t get to babysit on my backups. It had eliminated downtime due to backup maintenance. That downtime can be used for regular blogging duties or freelance work. IDrive simply performs automatic backups which are stored on my 2GB free online account.
I have not tried Mozy Pro and Intronis SureIT and I have not plans of doing backup online with these other two. I am very much happy with using IDrive on my personal home PC.
no babysitting on backup – my IDrive interface
Cutting Through the Cutting Edge
These are just some of the things that you will see in Gadget Advisor. I definitely agree that they had handpicked the best gadgets in the market and made good reviews on it. Do you often wonder which equipment or gadget is the best in the market? Gadget Advisor just might give you a good idea.
kouji haiku
October 15th, 2008 at 10:37 am #
that universal remote looks slick. :O
hmmm… maybe it’s time for me to look at online backup again…
Gem
October 15th, 2008 at 2:03 pm #
@kouji
Have you really tried online backup services? I wonder why you gave up on this one.
betchai
October 16th, 2008 at 7:37 am #
that’s a very good looking universal remote. ours though is free, since most remote these days are programmed to control other gadgets also, but of course, they do not look as good as that one! maybe i should check that one, since i really like the look
PinoyCopywriter
October 16th, 2008 at 8:39 pm #
I want a universal remote. But the kind that Adam Sandler used in ‘Click’.
kouji haiku
October 16th, 2008 at 11:38 pm #
yup. i’m trying to recall which one i used. it didn’t have the automatic backup though, so i would just manually upload files.
i think i used streamload, thinkoffice, and at one time, i mapped my gmail account as an online drive. i forget the others.
but that was before i had dsl, so it really wasn’t as useful as it could be now.
Vicki
October 17th, 2008 at 7:17 am #
The remotes we use are a nightmare. They only work half of the time. I want to put them in the microwave and ZAP!
Vicki
WeblogLearner
October 17th, 2008 at 2:51 pm #
Your post on this made me rememeber a universal remote control that we bought that was so cheap… it was made in china but it was available in italy and we bought it in an italian province but in a chinese store… it functioned pretty good, it was so cheap for 2 euros bu the problem was to understand how it functioned at start because the instruction was weird english… ^^