Review: MyMusix 1GB MP3 Player

The iPod nano may be Impossibly Small, but this little player costs less than half the cost of the cheapest Nano. I bought the My Musix MP3 Player about seven months ago. After dropping it several times and using every day on my hour long bike ride to work, it still plays perfectly. It is a player … Read more

Understanding SD flash memory card speeds

SD (secure digital) cards are becoming increasingly popular for digital camera storage. They’re tiny, convenient, and getting affordable in sizes as large as 1GB and 2GB. But they come in a bewildering array of different speeds and prices, even within one manufacturer’s line. What’s with the different card speeds, and which one do you need … Read more

I Hate the Watch Designers of the World

After looking on the Internet for it, I realized that the medium isn’t ready for watch shopping yet. I can’t tell the size of the watch from the tiny thumbnails that they provide. Las Vegas sports much more shopping opportunities than I have in Salt Lake City, so I was hopeful for the Labor Day … Read more

Review: JVC Everio Hard Disk Camcorder GZ-MG30U

JVC is first out of the gate with a hard disk based camcorder that records in the MPEG-2 format of DVD. No tape, no mini-DVDs, and up to 24 hours of recording at a time. But as everyone who buys a camcorder finds out, the devil is always in the details: How fast and easy … Read more

Roundup: CD and DVD scratch repair devices

While CDs can survive minor damage far better than the vinyl records they replaced, they are still vulnerable to scratches. DVDs are even more vulnerable, since they store more data in the same space. Since the 1980s, various devices have been marketed to repair scratched CDs, many of them completely worthless. In this review, we’ll … Read more