Author Archives: Jon L. Jacobi

Samsung edges its MicroLED TV line a tiny bit closer to mainstream at CES

Samsung is finally incorporating its self-emissive Micro-LED technology into TVs that deep-pocketed early adopters will be interested in buying. Continue reading

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Tribit QuietPlus 50 headphone review: Active noise cancellation on the cheap

Tribit’s QuietPlus 50 offer good sound without ANC and passable sound with it. Considering the low price tag, that’s pretty remarkable. Continue reading

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Vizio V-series 4K UHD TV review: Even entry-level TVs are good these days

Vizio’s 50-inch-class V505-H19 smart TV offers slightly better processing than the similar, recently reviewed Konka U50, although it lacks its rival’s Bluetooth capabilities. Continue reading

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iLive Bluetooth Tailgate Party speaker (model ISB380B) review: Cheap, light, and fun

With USB and SD card playback, as well as a microphone input, the iLive Tailgate Bluetooth speaker (ISB380B) is a versatile party animal. It’s also surprisingly light. Just don’t expect audiophile sound. Continue reading

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The best Windows backup software

We need backup software for our PCs because our storage drives won’t last forever. Backup software ensures we’re covered when the day comes that our primary drive up and dies.It would be nice if Microsoft itself provided Windows users with somet… Continue reading

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Konka U5-series 4K smart TV review: The (street) price is about right

This Android TV delivers an average picture at best, but you won’t encounter a lot of 50-inch 4K TVs at this price. Continue reading

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Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus NVMe SSD review: Fast on PCIe 4, fast on PCIe 3

Sabrent must’ve read some of my articles and discovered my love of the color copper. The heat-spreader and the metal carrying case for the brand spanking new Rocket 4 Plus PCIe 4 NMVe SSD feature the color in copious amounts. I like it. Even if co… Continue reading

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Nextbase 622GW 4K UHD dash cam review: Fantastic 4K UHD captures (day and night)

Nextbase’s latest dash cam, the 622GW is the complete package, offering fantastically detailed day and night 4K UHD video, Alexa support, as well as Emergency SOS in case of, well, emergency. Add support for Nextbase’s rear, interior, and interi… Continue reading

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Hot-rod your home network with multi-gig wired ethernet—for far less coin than you might think

Falling prices for multi-gig (2.5/5/10GbE) equipment make upgrading your network to a faster standard very affordable. Continue reading

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Acronis True Image 2021 Premium review: Fully integrated backup and cyber security

Acronis True Image 2021 Premium is indisputably the most comprehensive solution when it comes to backup and computer security for Windows PCs. In fact, we’re unaware of any other product that actually marries these two software disciplines into a … Continue reading

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