Gadgetoid

gadg-et-oid [gaj-it-oid]

-adjective

1. having the characteristics or form of a gadget;
resembling a mechanical contrivance or device.

Archive for October, 2008

SENA Dockable iPhone 3g Flip Case Review

The SENA Dockable iPhone 3g Flip Case proved to be my favourite of the SENA batch and thus it is deserving of the first complete review. I received a total of 5 iPhone 3g cases from SENA, representing a broad…

Swann OutdoorCamT Outdoor Security Camera

Outdoor security monitoring just got tougher, with Swann’s entry level, solid metal OutdoorCamT. With full colour day mode and black and white night mode you will be hard pushed to find a time or place that you can’t watch comfortably…

Pinnacle Video Transfer Unit Capture Test 2

Now we’re talking. The sound issues are sorted and we’re still capturing on “Better” mode to eliminate interlacing issues. Here’s a quick video of some interesting moments in BioShock captured with the Pinnacle Video Transfer Unit and edited together with…

Gadgetoid Video Podcast Progress

Things are coming along reasonably smoothly. I’ve managed to successfully obtain a 60hz PAL, standard definition capture of some Halo 3 gravity hammer fun. The sound is a little sketchy but can be fixed. The capture was taken with the…

Antec Notebook Cooler 200

In keeping with my run-up-to-Christmas accessory coverage I have acquired a couple of notebook coolers from Antec to give the Gadgetoid once over. As I don’t have my laptop handy in the office I have conceived a genius alternative use…

SlingCatcher Available In The UK From Today

I don’t make any attempt to hide the fact I believe that the SlingBox is the best thing since sliced bread. Although sliced bread still keeps the lead because, once toasted and covered in peanut butter, it’s very adept at…

PURE i-10 iPod Dock Review

I realise now that I must be reaching dangerous levels of geekiness; I find myself mentally adding the word “pwnage”, complete with the deliberate typographical error and associated change in enunciation, every time I see the brand name PURE. I…

TerraTec Cinergy Satellite TV Tuners First Impressions

I’ve had an instruction manual free weekend with the TerraTec Cinergy PCI Satellite TV Tuners and, after some tinkering, have managed to receive several local satellite television channels. Due to bad case design on Dells part I had to displace…

TerraTec Launches Cinergy PCI Satellite TV Tuners

The new Cinergy S PCI and Cinergy S2 PCI HD from TerraTec are a great match to the SelfSat HD-compatible antenna we saw in July. Both devices are PCI so at the moment Laptops are out of the picture, but…