"Following in the footsteps of the soundcard evolution is the surround speaker system manufacturers grasping at a market that is blossoming and proving to be a very successful. But as these speakers get more and more popular, new companies are starting to flood the market with speaker systems that are just absolute trash. Sure they are surround capable, but the sound quality produced is borderline better than the sound radiating from your TV set.
"Altec Lansing is no upstart company in the speaker industry and has been in the business for a long time and for good reason. They produce great speaker systems for their price point that perform and sound much like systems of twice the price.
"Today, I will be looking at their six speaker system, the XA3051 that is not only targeted at the computer market, but more so to the console gaming consumers owning a PS2 or an XBOX."
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"This is the 5th DVD-Writer in our lab, so far we have almost cover all the "plus", "minus" and even dual format writer in the market. Although most of them are NEC OEM drives, their performance and media compatibility do differs slightly. In this review, we will look at a "plus" format DVD-writer from Iomega and compare it with all the rest to see which is the best."
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"Recently we had the privilege of reviewing of one of the standards of the power supply industry, Enermax's Whisper EG465P-VE. This power supply is one of the pieces of hardware that has helped make Enermax into one of the most recognized and respected names in the hardware industry. However, there is a whole other side to the ballgame. Companies such as Enermax don't spend all their time adding bells and whistles to power supplies that will end up in modified cases, they have obligations to the corporate sector and to customers needing mission-critical power beyond the duty of LAN parties and light kits."
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A True Review has an overview on how to increase your Windows 2000 and XP security.
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review of the newly unveiled XDR DRAM technology mentioned in the Industry news article.