Archive of entries posted on December 2006

Strong HD Set Top Box SRT5400

High definition television. It really is a better viewing experience. While HD PVRs (high definition personal video recorders) are still a way a ways from being an economical purchase, you can still watch HD television using a HD STB (set top box). And as someone pointed out to me the other day, you don’t have [...]

DSE Standard Definition Set Top Box

Need a cheap, dirty solution for digital television? This box at just under $70 may be one to consider. I have just set it up for my Mum, who was getting terrible reception from analogue and it works pretty well.
What’s most amazing is that we are getting such good reception with an indoor antenna. [...]

Logitech QuickCam Fusion

Here is an interesting web camera from Logitech. I have been a bit late coming to the web cam craze, preferring to use voice only across the web. But with several family members in far flung places, it makes sense to try and send images across the net, so we can have a laugh and [...]

Season’s Greeting

Season’s greetings to all GUB readers. We are looking forward bringing you even more informative and useful comments and reviews on gadgets we use in 2007.
I hope you had a safe and happy Christmas in the last few days and that those that have some time off are enjoying the holiday season.
GUB will continue [...]

Move over flash

Found this article today on iTWire. It looks like non-volatile memory is going to be a hot area for development over the next eighteen months. We look forward to larger storage capacity, faster access times and less power consumption.
This has got to be a boon for all sorts of portable applications. We look forward to [...]