Panasonic Viera 42" Plasma HDTV

Finally, I've bought my very first HDTV. It's a Panasonic Viera 42 inch Plasma HDTV.

Why Plasma? After looking at so many models and frequent visists to AV forums, I realised there are many advantages of Plasma against LCD TVs.

1. It does not have motion flow problem as to LCD.
2. Plasma screen can be viewed in all angle without compromising the quality
3. It has higher contrast ratio with deeper black.
4. The lifespan now increases to 100,000 hours
5. Overall, in long run, plasmas has better power consumption.
6. Plasma has a stronger glass panel with shock resistance.

Manufacturing plasma tvs are cost more than LCDs. That's why you don't see many brands carrying Plasma range. The best plasma in the market with high price tag is Pioneer and follows by Panasonic.

This model has 15,000:1 native contrast ratio and 1,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, which makes black blacker with minimal picture washed out effects. There are 3 hdmi ports, 1 SDHC card slot at the front and 1 VGA PC input. It comes with swivel stand.

This is not a Full HD model. As I mentioned in my previous post, you can't tell the difference between a 720p and 1080p when you watch within 10 feet from the 42 inch screen. 720p movies already very sharp and awesome. After that, you cannot accept standard definition in your CRT tv anymore. Click here to look at the chart on "Screen Size Vs Viewing Distance".

This is a very affordable HDTV based on the specs given. It's really value for money.

I am planning to get HD media player with plays all my mkv HD 720p files from a hard drive. Still exploring what's good in the market. Dvico TVIX sounds good.

Corsair Flash Voyager

I remember my first computer (1996) was equipped with 500mb harddisk space. On those days, it was considered a very large hard drive. Flash memory has been evolving very rapidly over the past years. Usb flash drive are getting larger and larger over the years. The record so far now is 32GB space.

I got my 1st usb flash drive of 256mb in 2003. Now with the same price, you can get a whooping 8GB usb flash drive. Again, economies of scale did the job.

As usual, I did my product research on the brands available in my place and I decided to get a 8GB Corsair Flash Voyager, as shown in the picture below.

This usb flash is different from the rest. The obvious difference is the all-rubber housing that makes it durable, water resistant and shock proof. The Flash Voyager has been shown laundered, baked, frozen, boiled, dropped and even run over by a SUV in many third party reviews. The durability of this drive is awesome.

The drive comes in 2 versions, the normal flash voyager (green) and the high performance GT (red). Corsair Voyager GT is considered the fastest usb flash drive in the market now. Of course, everything comes with a price. GT is priced 2-3 times more than the basic Voyager. If speed is critical to you, GT is the one for you.

Inside the box, it comes with a lanyard and a usb cable extension. It also includes True Crypt security application. Corsair is very generous by giving a 10 year warranty. They are very confident about their products.

I just read in CNET news that flash memory is getting more attention as developers are builting new techs around it. Apple are some early adopters of flash memories such as iPod and iPhone products.

Flash memory is compact and does not need external power source to run. It is amazing how a micro SD card, so small can store up to 8GB of stuff.

Corsair Flash Voyager is highly recommended!

New Extreme Website Conversion Software Promises 40% More Sales!

So ... what is Virtual Smart Agent and how can it benefit you?

This technology is so new ... it almost looks like science fiction! VSA is the world's FIRST stand-alone Virtual Sales Agent enables you to put an automated chat solution on your website WITHOUT having to pay someone else for the service...

But I didn't stop there. I also made it BETTER than anything else out there, by making it possible for you to train your virtual agent, split-test the results, and even build your opt-in list on autopilot!

This technological masterpiece has already been PROVEN to boost sales by upto 40%, and the marketers who manage to get their hands on it are going tobe at a huge competitive advantage.
Not only does it boost sales, but it can also build your list on autopilot,and even increase your affiliate commissions.



It's basically like having your own virtual "employee" that never sleeps. Itjust keeps working for you and building your business 24/7 with no breaks.

You see, Dave Guindon, the product owner, is also an experienced online marketer as well as an advanced software developer. So he knows how to deliver quality products along with how to use the products to your advantage.

Not many product owners even attempt to over-deliver as much as Dave does!

Here is a short list of the powerful features this software provides:

01. Increase your website conversions up to 20-40% in a little as 2 weeks!

02. Dramatically reduce your shopping cart abandonment.

03. Instantly increase the value of each website visitor.

04. Improve your website visitor's experience (builds trust and repeat business).

05. Increase your customer loyalty and overall satisfaction.

06. Quickly grow a highly responsive opt-in list of interested prospects.

07. Reduce labor costs.

08. Save time by reducing questions and support requests.

09. Up-sell or cross-sell similar and/or additional products to boost your revenue.

10. Find out WHY customers are leaving your site.

11. One installation works on ALL your websites... boost your entire business!

12. Builds your opt-in list on autopilot!

13. Auto follow-up emails to your web visitors after they leave your chats!

14. And a lot more ...

Dave Guindon offers an unbelievable LIFETIME money back guarantee!
So you basically have nothing to lose ... I didn't!

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HTC Touch

This is my 3rd PDA phone (windows mobile). My first was O2 Mini (2005), O2 Atom (2007) and now I'm using HTC Touch with windows mobile 6.0.

I've got myself the enhanced HTC Touch version with double memory (128MB RAM, 256MB ROM). It comes with 4 variant of colours as shown in the picture above. The housing has a rubbery feeling and it grips on your hands very well. However, I am afraid that it will chip off over time, when the rubbery hardens. I am using a crystal case to protect the housing overall.

The highlights for this device is the Touch FLO, similarly to the iPhone multi touch. You drag your fingers from the bottom to the top, you will see a different sets of menu. And when you drag your finger from centre to the left or right, you are browsing the menus. To resume back to the original windows mobile desktop, you simply drag your finger from centre to the bottom.



HTC Touch uses a slow and steady TI OMAP850-201Mhz processor. To me, it does not show any lagging, unless you open too many programs running in the background. With this processor, the plus point is the battery life span. It can last up to 2-3 days with normal basic usage with bluetooth and wifi turned off.

The speaker phone feature is awesome, as the both the mic and speaker as clearly heard from both ends. This device uses IEEE 802.11b/g wifi connections. Detecting and connecting to the nearest wifi hot spot is not an issue. The speed is reasonable as well.

The build in camera is 2.0 megapixels. For a phone camera, the quality is acceptable. It is better than both my old O2 Mini and O2 Atom.

The design is slim and nice to hold on your hands. I think this is the slimmist pda phone in the market. The box comes with 1 headset, 1 charger, 1 earphone, 1 battery, 1 screen protector, manuals and cds and 1GB micro SD card.

Overall, I am very satisfied with the pda phone as windows mobile 6.0 has improved a lot compared with it's predecessor.