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Friday, August 18, 2006
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To carry our Kate Moss analogy to its conclusion, the Sony VAIO VGN-TX37GP is truly ultra portable, impressing us most with its combination of lightness and excellent battery life. Unfortunately, its predictable performance notwithstanding, Sony also intends to charge you supermodel rates. Priced at about US$2377 (about S$3799 locally), it is a hefty premium. But the name of the game is about portability and this VAIO certainly can travel and in style too. Just be prepared to pay.
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Sunday, August 6, 2006
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If you're after the ultimate ultra-portable laptop PC, you may not need to look any further than Sony's astonishing VAIO TX-Series (from £1498 ex. VAT) - it redefines the meaning of world class in mobile computing. Built from carbon fibre that's twice as strong, a third lighter and four times more rigid than normal plastics, it contains some of the most advanced technology ever to feature in the VAIO range.
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
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In case you haven't heard, the KDE-W50A12U is the last plasma TV Sony is ever going to build. The Japanese megacorp announced recently that it was now going to focus exclusively on LCD. So let's just hope that Sony's plasma swansong turns out to be more a fond farewell than a case of good riddance...
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Thursday, May 4, 2006
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The DCR-HC96 not only takes MiniDV videos but snaps 3-megapixel (2016 x 1512) stills, making it a reasonable two-in-one digital imaging capture device. Should you go for the convenience of DVD or the quality of MiniDV? Let's power up and find out...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006
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Projectors are becoming more popular as they become more affordable and flexible in their use. Take Sony's 3LCD-based VPL-ES3 for instance, with its six preset picture modes for use in different environment and an aspect ratio of 4:3 for data projection, which can be switched easily to 16:9 format for watching films and gaming...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006
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Just like the TX1XP before it, the TX2XP is a beautiful, lightweight, slim and sexy notebook with truly astounding battery life. Unfortunately the game has moved on since the TX1XP and Sony's own Core Duo equipped VAIO SZ1VP would definitely be my choice of notebooks right now. That said, if you absolutely have to have the lightest machine around with the most phenomenal battery life, then there really is nothing to touch the TX2XP...
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Saturday, March 4, 2006
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For half the price you can get a camera that takes pictures and shoots video just as well, but is far easier to handle. The M2 may look cool and funky, and there's no denying that it can take good pictures, but its shockingly poor handling, badly designed and over-complicated controls and limited battery life, combined with an inflated price tag, make this a big white elephant... ;-)
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
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When I reviewed the Acer TravelMate 8204WLMi I was stunned by how good it was, and what a great CPU the Core Duo T2500 is. Now Sony has raised the bar and created a machine almost as powerful and well specified, but in a slimmer, lighter and altogether more desirable package. Of course the SZ1VP is more expensive than the Acer and doesn't sport the superb high-resolution screen, but one thing's for sure, this is the best thin and light notebook ever to grace the TrustedReviews lab...
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Friday, February 10, 2006
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Available since late last year, the Sony DSC-S600 is a great indicator of 2006 consumer price trends. For $199, you get a 6-megapixel compact point-and-shoot camera with a 3x optical zoom from a well-known brand. No, we're not talking about Concord, DXG or Vivitar but a top-tier company. Depending on the survey du jour, Sony is considered among the top three worldwide. Read on...
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Saturday, February 4, 2006
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The Walkman is a lozenge shaped lump of lovin'. The high gloss finish, the silver highlights, the gently swept curves, it's about as tactile as hardware comes. The impression isn't complete until you pick one up. There's sufficient weight to make it feel solid and substantial with a reassuringly cold feeling from handling metal. Read on...
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Friday, February 3, 2006
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Two years ago Sony shook up the digital camera world with the introduction of the DSC-T1, the first 5-megapixel model with a huge 2.5-inch LCD screen and an ultra thin form factor thanks to a non-extending 3x optical zoom lens. Even at $550, it was a smash hit and was followed by many competitors and various iterations by Sony itself. The recently introduced Sony DSC-T9 is the latest edition and it adds some significant improvements including a 6MP imager, higher sensitivity (ISO 640) and Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization, a very important feature for a camera that's held by your fingertips. Even better the camera is cheaper than the original by a 100 clams. Now is this the pocketable camera of your dreams? Let's fire it up and see, shall we?
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Monday, January 30, 2006
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Sony's in-car DAB head was announced to journalists way back in March 2005, but it took until nearly the end of the year for it to finally be made available to the public. Even once you could buy it there were further delays due to a shortage of the dedicated glass-mounted aerials that were required to pick up DAB signals. Was it worth the wait?
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006
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Sony has produced a great 40in high definition TV at a very attractive price. The image quality is excellent when fed with the right signal and the amount and variety of inputs is similarly impressive. Unless you're dead set on a 1080p screen (and have very deep pockets in order to afford one), the KDLS40A12U will make an excellent companion for your HD Sky box and Blu-ray player when they arrive...
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The DSC-T5 is the latest in Sony's line of ultra-slim snapshot cameras, and has a broadly similar specification to the other cameras in the T series, such as the T7, T33, T3 and others, since all of them have a 5MP sensor and 3x optical zoom lens. It is certainly an attractively designed camera, and at just 20.3mm thick and 139g including battery and card it is one of the skinniest and lightest cameras on the market. It can slip into a shirt pocket with barely a bulge, making it ideal for social occasions...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006
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Sony has a business partnership with the esteemed German lens design company Carl Zeiss, and many of Sony's cameras bear this distinguished brand name. It is notable by its absence from the lens on the H1, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Carl Zeiss had a hand in its design, because it's quite a piece of work. It can focus down to 2cm, it has a maximum aperture of F2.8-3.7, which is remarkably fast for such a big zoom, and as we'll see later it has amazingly good optical performance, far better than most of its competitors...
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