The Raging Tech

Coming Soon: Logitech Harmony One Full Review

Hey everyone. Just a heads up - I received my Logitech Harmony One universal remote control - and it is completely awesome. The long and short of it is I like it a lot - it found devices no other universal remote has ever found for me before, and it even has provisional support for my Playstation 3 if I can buy the IR-bluetooth adapter.

As I wrote earlier this morning, I’m going out of town this weekend, but I’ll be working on my review and should have something Monday morning to share with all of you.

The reason this is exciting to me is that this will be the first review of a technology gadget that’s been sent to me for free to review. I’ve done reviews of things I already owned before, but this certainly makes me feel good about the reviewing and posting I’ve been doing here so far.

Thanks to my readers - it’s you guys who give me the numbers to show people I’m worth advertising with / sponsoring / sending cool free stuff to review. Don’t forget - if you like my blog and find it interesting, share the URL with your friends and family, add me to your blog roll, and subscribe to my RSS feed!

Get Plugged In to HD Music Videos

This morning I received an e-mail telling me that new HD music video / social networking site PluggedIn launched in beta today. PluggedIn is apparently a venture by actor / recording artist Will Smith in association with Sony, EMI, and other big name record labels.

What immediately one me over when I loaded up the site this morning was that in spite of it’s slick interface and decent selection of music videos, it runs from a Java-based client that works in Firefox on a Mac. Quickly it works, with next to no loading time to operate.

I just watched “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails (a live performance) and it was awesome. If you sign up for an account (also free), you can queue up a playlist of videos and get artist bios and shop for music in an online marketplace.

Tune Up Your HDTV

While not all of us are fortunate enough to own a big screen High Definition Television, or HDTV, we did just have a holiday season and many families purchased new HDTV sets for their homes. Also, many businesses are purchasing plasma and LCD screens for lobby displays or statistics monitoring, such as stock tickers or performance charts.

Whether you’re shopping for a new TV now, or you’ve already got one in place, keep in mind that all new TVs purchased after 2009 must be digital-ready due to federal regulations set in place recently.

But let’s say you purchase this behemoth entertainment device because it looked crisp and awesome in the store, but now in your home it looks less than perfect? You’d likely be disappointed, especially with the cost involved in purchasing one of these items. Forbes has an article plus a picture gallery on ways you can fine tune your television for best picture quality in it’s end-user location. Now you can make your television look as good at home as it did on display in the store.