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Showfront TSF 1000 Display Cabinet -- Reviewed

2013-05-06T08:33:58+08:00

What's the point of finishing with the most toys, if you have no way of displaying them all?

Enter Showfront's TSF 1000 commercial grade display cabinet.

Read on for our thoughts.

Unleash the Dogs! Hands on with the SureGuard Solar Powered Dog Electric Fence

2013-04-24T21:04:58+08:00

It's a perennial problem: how do you contain your dog on a property with enough freedom to roam around a bit, yet within safe boundaries?

Case in point: we have a large, 11 acre property with rather porous fences and an open gate next to a busy road. Our inquisitive labrador loves to check out the neighbourhood when not locked up.

SureGuard Australia seems to have the right solution for this and similar problems. Let's review their Solar Powered Dog Electric Fence Model 605.

Dune HD Goes 3D - BASE 3D, TV-303D and QWERTY Keyboard

2013-04-22T21:28:45+08:00

It's been over a year since we brought you our review of the impeccably styled Dune Smart series Review. Dune's latest offerings take the new TV line of players - and more established Base product lines - into the realm of Blu-Ray 3D playback.

Read on as we take a look at these two units as well as test drive Dune's micro QWERTY Keyboard offering along the way.

BlackVue Wi-Fi Car Video Recorder

2013-04-17T19:07:36+08:00

Traffic in Taiwan is interesting to say the least. Most of Asia is like that and it's no wonder that Car Video Recorders have taken off exponentially! If an accident happens now you have proof it was that blasted scooter that cut you off...
Pittasoft in South Korea send us their latest model car camera, the BlackVue DR500GW-HD and it has quite a different feature set than the Taiwanese Papago! P3 car video recorder we reviewed half a year ago.

Thecus N5550 - a Fast and Relatively Inexpensive 5-bay NAS

2013-03-27T10:57:27+08:00

We've had the pleasure of testing and using one of the latest five bay NAS stations from Thecus over several weeks. After the many Synology and Q NAP units we reviewed it's nice to see that they are not the only Taiwanese companies that can deliver a well-crafted, good performing NAS unit for businesses and home use.
These days, functionality and features are probably more important than speed alone so we will be concentrating in this short article on the F & F of the Thecus N5550.

Synology DS213air 2 bay NAS - A Magic Box of Tricks

2013-03-21T10:25:49+08:00

The Synology DS213air is a lightweight two bay NAS unit and lightweight is something I would never have associated Synology with. True, the box is rather small, made of plastic and has only two bays. This makes it light in weight, but functionally, it's a different story: it has a lot of tricks on its sleeve that I would like to explore with you.

One of them, as indicated in the name, is its wireless abilities.
Come along and I will show you.

Xume Quick Release Adapters

2013-03-06T12:38:59+08:00

Just shy of 12 months ago, DigitalReviews previewed the Xume Quick Release Adapters and wished we thought of the concept. Thanks to the team at Xume who kindly provided a set of these adapters for review.

Apricorn Aegis Bio 3.0 - a very secure 1 TB External Hard Drive

2013-02-28T10:56:11+08:00

This review can be short because we have reviewed many products from Apricorn, including an earlier model of the Aegis Bio with fingerprint reader.

We will state our bias upfront: we are fans of this Californian outfit which specialises in manufacturing external storage devices with great security features. However, I'm not particularly a fan of fingerprint readers, much preferring keypad security.

So how did we go with this one?

Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme PX-256M5P

2013-02-27T09:03:36+08:00

Up until I embarked on this review, my strongest memory of Plextor is their dominance of the optical drive market in the 1990s. Simply put, they had the best CD-ROM writer in the days when making "coasters" was commonplace. These days Plextor has retained their storage beginnings with a focus on Solid State Drives (SSD). DigitalReviews would like to thank Plextor for providing a M5Pro (PX-256M5P) Xtreme for review.

Synology DiskStation DS-1512+ : a 5 Bay Powerhouse

2013-02-21T16:09:38+08:00

It is no secret that DigitalReviews is a big fan of Synology products. We have reviewed a number of their Networked Attached Storage over the past few years and have always been a fan. This time around Synology has kindly supplied a DS-1512+ for a review with a different focus.

GeForce GTX Titan preview

2013-02-20T00:56:00+08:00

In this article we preview the GeForce GTX Titan. The GeForce GTX Titan is NVIDIAs fastest single GPU based graphics card they have ever built. It is based on the GK110 GPU with 7.1 Billion transistors and is as such is nearly as fast as one GeForce GTX 690 with two GTX 680 GPUs !...

Hands On with A.C. Ryan PlayOn!HD3

2013-02-18T09:45:11+08:00

It has been a while since DigitalReviews visited the networked media player space. To mark our return, we would like to welcome A.C. Ryan's Playon!HD3 to the DigitalReviews test bench.

Despite the rise and rise of complete media center solutions such as XBMC and Plex, there seems to still be a market for an appliance based solution. So let's see how the Playon!HD3 performs.

Poor Mobile Coverage at Home? The Telstra Cel-Fi Smart Antenna Solution

2013-02-07T14:23:11+08:00

I have never considered myself a fringe dweller except when it comes to mobile phone coverage, stuck at the fringes of Telstra's network. There are thousands of people in the same situation who have been relegated to second class citizenship in this 21st century when it comes to mobile connectivity. For years you've been paying for missed calls, dropped calls not to speak of extremely poor wireless broadband.

You've tried all the solutions: rooftop antennas, blue tick phones, perhaps even looked at the promises made by repeater units....
Is there a real solution, one that is even sanctified by Telstra?

QNAP TS-469L Turbo NAS: A Medium-Sized NAS, Well-Done (which is Rare...)

2013-01-30T10:22:38+08:00

Let's take a break from looking at predominantly rack mounted NAS gear and let's have a look at the latest QNAP desktop offering.

Having reviewed the top-of-the-line QNAP Network Attached Storage system last year, the TS-EC879U-RP, our expectations are high.
QNAP sent us the TS-469L Turbo NAS, a 4-bay improved model of the trusted 469 series.
This is what became evident after some weeks of testing: the Q in QNAP stands for Quality and Quiet.