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Review – Upgrade Your Laptop with a Kingston 240GB ms2000 mSATA SSD and Keep Your Old Friend in the Race

Can a new SSD hard drive keep an older laptop like a first generation HP Ultrabook in the race? Can you teach an old Windows 7 dog some new Windows 10 tricks? And exactly how do you take apart an HP Ultrabook? We upgrade the original Samsung 128GB SSD with a new Kingston 240GB ms2000 mSATA SSD. Read on to find out how the experience went.

Thomas Fogel-Burlan, with additional reporting by Harris Fogel, posted 11/27/2015

Review – Making your vehicle safer by installing a Pioneer ND-BC8 Universal Rear-View Camera

In part three of our multi-part story on upgrading the entertainment system in your vehicle, with a Pioneer 4100 NEX in-dash receiver, we concentrate on one of the most important upgrades you can make – the addition of a back-up camera. Using the recently released and affordable Pioneer ND-BC8 Universal Rear-View Camera we follow the installation and use of the unit.

Harris Fogel, with additional reporting by Nancy Burlan, posted 11/27/2015

Review – Upgrading your Automobile with the Pioneer AVH-4100NEX in-dash receiver & Pioneer TS-A 1605C & TS-A 1675R Speaker Systems

In part two of this multi-part article on upgrading your vehicle’s audio system, we explore the installation process. A decade ago, a full-featured audio system in your automobile meant AM/FM with a CD player … no longer! New cars ship with built-in GPS, digital tuners, sophisticated displays, and a multitude of features. Once we decided on an upgrade to the Pioneer AVH-4100NEX in-dash receiver, the next step was installation. Thanks to the hard-working folks at The Sound of Tri-State, we followed the installation of the Networked Entertainment eXperience (NEX) in-dash receiver & Pioneer TS-A 1605C & TS-A 1675R Speaker Systems. Part Two of Three.

Harris Fogel & Nancy Burlan, Posted 11/8/2015

Review – Upgrading your Automobiles Sound System with the Pioneer AVH-4100NEX in-dash receiver

A decade ago, a full-featured audio system in your automobile meant AM/FM with a CD player … no longer! New cars ship with built-in GPS, digital tuners, sophisticated displays, and a multitude of features. Americans are holding on to their autos longer and longer, so upgrading to a state-of-the art audio system like the Pioneer AVH-4100NEX makes a lot of sense. In the first of this multipart story, we explore the equipment, process, and features.

Harris Fogel, posted 11/2/15

Review – Canon Expo 2015 – Javitz Center, New York

Trade shows are the time-honored events at which many manufacturers introduce new products to the public. However, at some point trade shows can start to blur together – some are huge, some are tiny, and others are highly specialized. So, when I received my invitation to attend Canon Expo 2015 held at the Javitz Center in New York, I wondered what would make it different from other similar events such as PhotoPlus Expo or the Consumer Electronic Show. The answer was, plenty! It turned out to be a beautifully designed showcase for a wide variety of Canon products.

Harris Fogel, Posted 9/26/2015

Review – i-dSp and dSp Portable DAC/Headphone Amplifiers from HRT

A few years ago, we witnessed the first truly portable USB-powered DAC (digital-to-analog converter) headphone amplifiers. The idea was that with a simple plug-and-play unit, not much larger than a flash drive, you could bypass your computer’s low-cost and often inferior audio-quality DAC and headphone amplifiers. The price ranged from $200 to $300, but most consumers thought the step up in audio quality was a bargain. HRT has long offered superior external DAC solutions, which we have reviewed in the past. With the introduction of the i-dSp and dSp, at a price under $70, have they rewritten the rulebook for external DACs? How do these bargain priced units stack up? Read our full review to find out!

Harris Fogel, posted 9/25/15

Apple's View Of Storage, Circa Late 2015

Apple's September 9th press event was about many things, but one interesting facet was their treatment of various storage-related issues. John Mulhern III highlights four separate parts of Apple's emerging storage strategy and consider what they mean and the implications for consumers.

John Mulhern III, Posted 9/13/2015

Review – Working With Kingston's HyperX Savage SSD

Laptops never have enough storage, and like many others I needed to upgrade one of my MacBook Pro computers from Mac OS X Lion to Yosemite... Fortunately, I had a 240 GB Kingston HyperX Savage SSD drive at my disposal. Read our full review to see how the process went and the performance improvements that resulted.

Ken Kramar, posted 8/26/15

Review – Seagate Personal Cloud 2-Bay 4TB Network Attached Storage Device & Seagate 4TB Backup Plus Portable Hard Drive

One of the great joys of advances in storage technology is that Network Attached Storage is no longer scary or difficult. And to prove it, consider the recently released Seagate Personal Cloud 2-Bay 4TB NAS device. At a price point barely any higher then a normal external hard drive, the Personal Cloud builds upon earlier products like the Seagate Central, and offers a refined and easy to use feature set for consumers. Last year we reviewed the Seagate Backup Plus Fast Portable USB 3 Drive with two internal drives in a stripe. With the introduction of new 4TB hard drive mechanisms, Seagate can now offer the 4TB Backup Plus which should prove to be more reliable then a stripe which is built for speed. Read our review to see how these new products did in our tests.

Harris Fogel, posted 7/26/15

Review – Seagate Seven USB 3 Hard Drive and LaCie d2 Thunderbolt™ 2 Desktop drive bring performance and design to product matrix.

Ever since Seagate purchased LaCie the distinctions between the two companies continue to blur. A case in point is the Seagate Seven^mm, a thin USB 3 drive with an absolutely cool metal case that mimics a hard drive. Normally such a design statement would be the province of LaCie, but here is Seagate rocking the form factor. In this review, we look at the LaCie d2, a beautiful, speedy, and SSD upgradable Thunderbolt desktop drive, and the Seagate Seven^mm, an ultra thin, small, and beautifully designed USB 3 hard drive.

Harris Fogel, posted 7/26/15

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