Digital Punch TV: พฤศจิกายน 2011

วันศุกร์ที่ 25 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2554

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วันจันทร์ที่ 21 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2554

Acer S231HL bid 23-Inch Widescreen Ultra-Slim LED Display

I bought mine 7 months ago, and it was a great value at $180. Almost a five star product, but some minor issues. When I opened the box, I was shocked to find an HDMI, DVI, and VGA cable waiting inside. I figured most companies would make you purchase the HDMI and DVI separately, so that was a nice surprise. This is good for the person that doesn't know to tell the Best Buy salesman to piss off when he tries to sell them a Monster HDMI cable for $80. I'm buying another one of these monitors, so that should tell you something.

PROS:
-Excellent picture quality for the price range
-Very small and lightweight, but solid structure (read below about the stand - the exception)
-Sleek, attractive, minimalist design
-Comes with HDMI, DVI, and VGA cords
-No problems interfacing with laptop and desktop computers
-No dead pixels

CONS:
-Less than perfect buttons and user interface
-Can't disable the power button's light
-No extra features like speakers or USB Hub (but I knew that getting into the deal, so I didn't take off any points)

Interfacing:
When I first plugged it into my laptop, there were no problems recognizing it or getting it to display in full resolution. I wasn't too happy with the default coloring (it seemed rather cold to me) so I played with it for a bit, and it looks great now.

User Interface and Buttons:
I was stuck at 4.5 stars, and this is the part that made me go with four stars instead of five. The user interface is pretty bad. The buttons aren't labeled because they are multi-function. When you press any of them, the menu appears on screen and assigns each button an action. You get to choose between a user mode and four others (Eco, Standard, Graphics, and Movies). The customization gives you enough freedom, but physically working with it is just clunky. The buttons would have been a lot easier to use on the side, rather than on the bottom. I would have also liked dedicated Enter and Back/Cancel buttons for the menu. The other problem with the interface is the Power button. It has two LEDs inside - one blue, one orange-yellow. The blue one displays whenever it is turned on and is receiving an image from the computer. When the computer goes to sleep, the button switches to yellow. This is all fine and dandy, but I haven't figured out a way to disable the LEDs. This is kind of annoying because I like my room to be extremely dark at night, and the lights are rather bright. If I find out how to disable these, I'll come back and change the review to five stars.

Picture Quality:
The monitor uses a matte screen, rather than a glossy one. I much prefer this. If you don't know the difference, look it up - matte basically sacrifices a bit of contrast to reduce glare. I use my monitor to watch full HD movies, play games on PS3, and do standard computer work/games. All of it looks even better than on my HDTV (but that's not hard because it's a budget Vizio). I can't say much about hardcore gaming because I'm only a casual gamer. As for video quality, it's a huge step up from my laptop's monitor, but you have to keep in mind that this is a super cheap LED monitor. Don't expect it to match your brand new $3,000 TV for picture quality. For the price, though, I was absolutely thrilled at all aspects of the picture quality. If you check out the specs on it, you won't be very impressed by anything, so I suggest you take a look at it in person if you can. Always trust your own eyes for picture quality, because going by manufacturer specifications alone can be misleading sometimes. Go to a store for viewing before you purchase online, and I think you'll like what you see.

Design and Build Quality:
It is super thin and lightweight, and the frame around the edges is pretty thin, which is nice. That being said, it still feels solid, except for the stand. The stand was a bit of a disappointment, as it's just a tad wobbly and my monitor is (ever so slightly) off level. I'm getting pretty picky here, because you pretty much have to get a level out to notice it. Otherwise, everything is solid, sleek, and sexy. Nothing flashy, just a nice, simple design.

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วันเสาร์ที่ 19 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2554

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วันพุธที่ 16 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2554

Digital Punch – Episode_22 – Show Summary

Hello boys and girls, welcome to Digital Punch, sponsored this week by shoplocal.com. I’m your host Benjamin Nelson coming to you from Chicago. In this episode we’ll talk about the CNN/YouTube presidential debates, a cool new toy and read some of your questions/comments. Episode 22 has begun.Well, it looks like viral video and Web 2.0 has finally gone mainstream. Last week was the CNN/YouTube Democratic Presidential debates. Where average viewers like you could upload a video asking any candidate a question. The questions ranged from serious, to funny to outrageous, but we thought it was awesome because the candidates finally had to answer the types of questions you and I would ask.Now on September 16th the Republicans will be holding their CNN/YouTube debate. There have been some rumors that some of the top tier Republican candidates are going to skip out on this event, and we say that’s a perfect way to alienate people like us. Way to go!If you’d like to see the questions that the Democrats had to answer, or would like to submit a video question to a Republican candidate, head on over to digitalpunch.tv and we’ll provide you with all the links you need.For those who ever thought, “Man, little kids have it way to easy!” and “Why can’t babies work?”, designer Kristina Andersson might have a solution for you.Check out this design concept for a kiddie riding vacuum. Essentially small children will be lured into chipping in with the house work while thinking they are having a good time. GOTCHA BABIES! HAAA!!!Excuse me. Don’t know where that came from. As of right now the concept design is without controls to accelerate or brake, so it’s either one of those kiddie push along toys, or a robotic vacuum cleaner like the Roomba. Stay tuned.If you’d like to be a guest host on our show, just send an email to digitalpunch@gmail.com with “Digital Punch Co-Host” in the subject line.Well, that’ll do it for this episode of Digital Punch. Thanks to Chris Quinn and Cene Ketchem for their help with this episode. As always you can find us at digitalpunch.tv where we have a summary of each show and links of the products and stories we reviewed that week.Alright, that’ll do it. See ya next week, I’m punchin’ out.Thanks!-Digital Punch TVdel.icio.us