Category Archives: consumer electronics

6 ways a DVR is better than hulu

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Rakesh Agrawal

I recently wrote 10 reasons why hulu is better than a DVR. Here are six advantages that DVRs have over hulu. You get higher quality video. If you have an HD source, chances are the video quality on your DVR … Continue reading →

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10 ways hulu is better than a DVR

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Rakesh Agrawal

I’ve been using a DVR for at least 8 years. I started off with a Replay 2020 and have since used other Replays, TiVos and cable company DVRs. Now my primary DVR is the whole home DVR that comes with … Continue reading →

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Occasional reader – Pennies, GPS, bribing Congress, Nats opener

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Rakesh Agrawal

Some interesting stories from the last couple of weeks: Penny Dreadful (New Yorker) — Please, please let’s kill the penny already. It’s one of the nuisances of everyday life. Aside from Lincolnphiles and the companies that make money selling zinc … Continue reading →

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Occasional reader – WSJ, GPS, food orgies, tax rebates

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Rakesh Agrawal

Some interesting reads from the last few weeks: Wall St. Journal Makes Politics Its Business (Washington Post) – Media critic Howard Kurtz takes an in-depth look at changes at the Wall Street Journal since its takeover by Rupert Murdoch’s News … Continue reading →

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Picking the wrong default path

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Rakesh Agrawal

I’ve been using my Garmin eTrex Vista Cx GPS for six months. I use it when hiking and to geotag pictures. I noticed that I haven’t been getting the advertised accuracy level; the accuracy has ranged from 25 to 150 … Continue reading →

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Dash-ing out of the gate

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Rakesh Agrawal

The Dash portable navigation device I wrote about earlier is now shipping. Dash has dropped the price $200 from the initial pre-order pricing. It’s the first true two-way connected PND on the market, using cellular data for search, traffic and … Continue reading →

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Rocky’s paper eater

Posted on January 30, 2008 by Rakesh Agrawal

The movers came today and loaded up all my stuff for the move West. I laughed out loud when I looked at the inventory and saw “paper eater” as the description for my shredder. And I think she packed the … Continue reading →

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Weekly Reader – Jan. 12, 2008 – Tasing to your tunes, connected car

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Rakesh Agrawal

Busy with CES and the new job this week, so I didn’t get to do a whole lot of reading. These caught my eye: CES Video: Gadget of the day (Los Angeles Times) – Taser has introduced a stun gun … Continue reading →

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Two products I’d never consider buying

Posted on July 28, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

The Post’s Rob Pegoraro has a story this week on two products I’ll never buy. One is the Samsung Jitterbug, a feature-free cellphone. The other is the HP Printing Mailbox. It connects to a regular telephone line and prints emails … Continue reading →

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The iPhone extravaganza

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Rakesh Agrawal

I made my visit to the Temple of Jobs yesterday, reaching the Apple store on Stockton Street about 9:30 p.m. The live van for the local NBC affiliate was parked outside waiting for the 11 p.m. newscast. Inside, the store … Continue reading →