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Archos 405 Gets Fatter

Daniel Georges — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:54:44 +0000

Have been waiting for a small media player, with a decent amount of space for your legitimate downloads? Archos has announced a brand spanking upgrade for the 405, which gives it a much nicer 30GB of space. It is going to set you back a measly $US293, but unfortunately uses a HDD instead of flash. The 605, with all its web browsing goodness, is still the better deal.

For more info, click over to Engadget.

Register Review ATI 3850 And Like It Lots

Daniel Georges — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:46:05 +0000

The Register really like the ATI 3850, especially in Crossfire mode. They have done a fantastic and in depth review with lots of taste benchmarks comparing it to its older sibling (2600) and its bigger brother (3870), and decided that, for its price can’t be beaten. The Register gave it a 90% mark and said “AMD’s new ATI Radeon HD 3850 sets an incredibly high standard for £100 graphics cards and that has to be good news for the casual gamer who demands value for money.” Sounds good enough for me.

For the complete review, click over to The Register Website.

4GB Stone Plus Shipping Now

Daniel Georges — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:54:06 +0000

Creative Stone Plus has just grown (don’t stones usually shrink). Not in physical size, but in storage size. It is now shipping in a 4GB size, and at a very attractive price of $US89.99. Perfect timing for that last minute Christmas gift .

ViewSonic Go Quality At Great Prices

Daniel Georges — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:42:04 +0000

ViewSonic have announced 4 new LCD monitors to add to there already extensive range of screens. With the prices of each of them aimed below the $US300 mark they offer quite a bit of value (which you usually see with ViewSonic screens anyway). The 4 screens consist of two 19-inchers (VA1926w and VA926), a 20-inch (VA2026w) and a larger 22-inch (VA2226w) screen.
The screens all feature 2000:1 contrast ratio, Dynamic Contrast, 300 nits of brightness and ClearMotiv(R) 5 ms response time. Unfortunately no HDMI this time, but you can expect a DVI and VGA connector. Resolutions are VA926 is 1280×1024 (4:3 ratio), VA1926w is 1440×900, VA2026w is 1680×1050 and finally the VA2226w is 1680×1050.
Some of these screen should be able to be bought now. The ones that aren’t, you can expect very soon.

For more info, dash over to the ViewSonic Website.