December 1, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil  

With 12 sockets, including eight that rotate to get out of the way, the T12 is great. It just should cost a lot less.

October 24, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil  

Underwriters Laboratories — the “UL” you see on virtually all your mechanical or electronic products — has issued warnings about two foreign-made cables, saying they bear UL-approved markings but were not actually evaluated for safety.
First, late last month, UL warned industrial contractors and distributors that a 1000-foot communications cable made by a Hangzhou Xingfa Transmission [...]

October 9, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil  

Coby continues a growing trend for their products.

August 20, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil  

A Chinese company is releasing a product that you might not be able to show off at the fifth grade science fair this year.
The Horizon Fuel Cell Bio Energy Discovery Kit is a simple enough product. It allows you to put water and alcohol in solution — like, say, diluted vodka — to create an [...]

April 1, 2008 by Torrey Meeks  

Martin Schubert is going to change the way you see the world [...]

January 2, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil  

Kreative Power, a newcomer to the technology market, has launched a funny-looking new surge protector in the shape of a pyramid.
The “Powramid” is a six-outlet cone of a power strip that’s actually pretty smart. It lets you plug large power adapters into each socket and is extremely compact.
Kreative says several models of the product are [...]

December 2, 2007 by Blue Jeans Cable  

Before you build your home theater or turn your spare room into a man-cave, read this important guide to wires and cabling. It will save you plenty of time and money in the end.

November 28, 2007 by John M. Guilfoil  

A recent survey sponsored by IOGEAR (sure they have an interest in the subject matter…) suggests consumers are lacking adequate numbers of HDMI inputs on the TV’s and home theater receivers.
As video games and home video units adapt high definition technology, most televisions still only carry one HDMI port while many affordable receivers come with [...]

July 14, 2007 by Blue Jeans Cable  

There was a time, not so long ago, when television hookups were pretty simple. There were two screws on the back of the set, which went to two spade lugs on a 300-ohm twinlead antenna line, and that was it. Apart from plugging the set into the wall and waiting for the tubes to light [...]

June 15, 2007 by Blue Jeans Cable  

As DVI and HDMI connections become more and more widely used, we are often asked: which is better, DVI (or HDMI) or component video? The answer, as it happens, is not cut-and-dried.
First, to clear away one element that can be confusing: DVI and HDMI are exactly the same as one another, image-quality-wise. The principal differences [...]