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 the ‘Home Entertainment’ Category

Vankyo Leisure 495W Projector Reviewed

The Vankyo Leisure 495w is more or less exactly what I wanted the 470 Pro to be- visually appealing with a carefully considered design that looks at a glance more expensive than it actually is. In truth Vankyo had sent…

Wemax Nova Short-throw 4K Laser Projector Review

The Wemax Nova is a no-frills thrill that demands to be taken seriously, but rewards you with a stunning cinema-like experience and incredible 4K 60Hz gaming performance. No frills? We’ll get into that- but, in brief, since the Nova is…

Majority Bowfell Plus Mini Soundbar & Subwoofer Review

The Bowfell Plus is a compact soundbar/subwoofer pair with a keen price and a solid complement of features. It’s an excellent companion to a low-cost projector, a tidy way to turn your mobile phone into a jukebox and will even…

Wemax Dice Portable 1080p Projector Review

The Wemax Dice is almost everything I wanted the Wemax Go Advance to be. The chunky, cube-shaped Dice brings all the picture wrangling 4-point multi dimensional keystoning smarts I loved from the Go Advanced, swaps out FengOS for a proper…

Vankyo Leisure 470 Pro Projector Reviewed

The Vankyo 470 Pro – my head-cannon is that the “Pro” is short for “Projector”, but it’s actually the upgraded “Professional” version of the Vankyo 470 – is a low cost, compact projector from Shenzen VanTop Technology & Innovation Co.…

Wemax Go Advanced – Portable business laser projector review

My previous experience with laser projectors is a tale of two extremes. At one end lies a 4k, short-throw behemoth with a price tag to match. At the other, a next to useless blurry pixelated gimmick which barely broke the…

Anker Nebula Solar Portable 1080p Projector Reviewed

The Nebula Solar has all the trappings of a typical portable projector, but brings refinement across the board- from its impeccable clean looks, to its use of USB Type-C for power, and 1080p resolution it feels grown up. Though it…

BenQ GV30 Projector Reviewed

Not so long ago – wait, it was over a year? Wowser! – I reviewed the BenQ GS2 portable projector. It was a mix of excellent – if a touch expensive – hardware with terrible software. Mired, as it was,…

Kioxia Exceria 128GB High Endurance microSD Card

With the Steam Deck on the horizon and a renewed interest in fast, high-capacity SD cards (my day job working with Raspberry Pi’s doesn’t normally necessitate anything larger than 16GB) it’s a great time to introduce you to the Kioxia…

Kioxia U301 128GB USB Flash Drive Reviewed

As chance would have it, I had purchased a smaller version of these flash drives in order to act as install media from my laptops. Engage emergency pingu pic.twitter.com/U9E9SvjaQe — Phil Howard (@Gadgetoid) June 8, 2021 So, when Kioxia offered…