Reviewing the appliances reviews and their limitations

With so many multiple appliances and gadgets around, there is a growing need among the people to know what the product features are and how is their performance? The companies which provide these services advertise the main features of their products and their USPs. But, this may not give you the right insight into the device or technologies like the VoIP. Since the companies have to sell their products, the performance parameters could be little or substantially different from the ones that are claimed by the company. It is for this reason that the people like to read the appliances reviews from the actual users and the third party experts who can be expected to provide an unbiased opinion about the performance and features of these products.

What are the appliances reviews all about?

These reviews could be related to any one of the following:

• Features of the product
• Performance of the product
• Comparative analysis of the product with respect to closest competitors
• The success or failure of the company in satisfying the customers’ demand
• Technological reviews, and much more.

How genuine are these reviews?

There is no guarantee that these reviews are genuine. However, over a period of time, you will be able to identify the most reliable source of information which presents the most authentic review. It is to be noted that the bottom line of the good review is the authenticity. If the product is worth criticism, then it shall be done. However, some people might argue for the more ‘balanced’ reviews to be the more authentic ones as well.  

If you are going through the appliances reviews and technological reviews on the TV, then the tone and tenor of the reviewer can tell a lot about the candidness of the review. If, however, you are going through the reviews featured on the internet, then it is better to find the video reviews of the product. Videos can be closer to the reality enabling you to see the product features and judge its performance standards.

Company Vs Product dilemma

Assume that the review is solidly in favour of a product which is coming form a new company or a relatively lesser know brand, then there are good chances that the review will be discarded. You might still go for a laptop from a more reputed brand rather than going for an ASUS one, even though the later has superior features. This could be the case for white goods as well. You might be having a mental block against a Hisense refrigerator for the simple reason that it is made in China and is assumed to be of inferior quality, even if the reviews are positive about the brand.

Therefore, the appliances reviews about the products from the lesser known brands, even if positive, have limited relevance till the time the companies undertake massive brand awareness campaigns and get etched on top of the minds of people over a period of time.

Lastest gadgets –A growing craze

Electronic devices are a craze in this generation. A decade ago everyone was struggling to play a normal video game or a very basic computer game but now we have sorts of computer games and electronic devices which we had never thought possible back then. We are now flooded with one gadget after the other and everything is better than the last. It is so important to keep ourselves completely updated with the gadget world to stay in the rat race.

We all have heard and played with the various versions of the play station. The latest play station that is still being manufactured is the play station 4. People are already waiting for its release. PS4 is said to have a lot of features that will simply amaze its users. Some of the features that are said to be included in the gadget are as follows

i.                     The new PS4 will be able to capacitate 32 players online. This feature allows only sixteen at the moment.

ii.                   The next factor is that the games used in play station 4 will only be downloadable and nothing else. This will discourage physical packing of the games.

iii.                  The processor in the game will be improved to such an extent that  will be 10 times or more, better than PS3.

Portable media players have also created quite a craze. Portable players are able to carry out functions like being able to store and play files in an audio, video or picture format. There are many brands that are available in this field and all their reviews can be checked on a very reliable source known as the Hi Fi reviews. This website has an entire range of reviews for all kinds of gadgets. Coming back to the portable players, here are a few advantages of having one

i.                     Plays music in the form of MP3 files. Some players have a small display which has various visualizations while music plays. Sometimes the visualizations move according to the beat.

ii.                   The players can play video files which are in the form of MPEG-4, AVI and eve windows media video.

iii.                  Even pictures can be stored ad viewed on these players. Pictures are mostly supported in the JPEG format.

iv.                 In most cases the player also has a small radio station receiver which enables the user to even listen to radio on it.

All in all portable players are nothing but a definite convenience. Very rarely these players even have a little camera attached to it.

The other extensively growing feature is intelligent homes. It is a very common phrase that one might hear these days when sites are being built. If you would like your home to be intelligent, all you have to do is contact certain CEDIA members. They will help you in planning, the designing, the products, an even in the setting up of the systems that will make your home an intelligent home. So you see it is very important to keep yourself up to date so that you know what’s hot and what’s not.

LED TV: Better Technology, Better Viewing Experience

LED is the acronym for Light Emitting Diode. In everyday life, you can see a number of electronic equipments that make use of LED displays, like the caller ID identifier on your landline telephone instrument. The rapid advancement in the display technologies has ushered in an era of modern LED TV which is widely believed to give a superior viewing experience than any of the other previous technologies related to TV and large displays.

Before we discuss the LED TV in further detail, let us first briefly understand what this technology is all about? The LED is a small semiconductor which gets charged up when the electricity is passed through it and the excited electrons give out light of single wavelength. That does not mean that only one light will be given out. Actually, multiple colour lights can be generated depending upon what material is used for making the tips of the probes through which the light passes. These Light Emitting Diodes are used for the backlighting purposes in a flat panel LED TV, in vogue currently. These are far better than the old fluorescent lamps which were earlier used for backlighting purposes.

These TVs come in two types of variants. One is the Edge-lit type. In this, the edges of the TVs are more brightly lit than the centre and the TVs are generally ‘slim’ or of lesser width. The other type is the Full-array. In this, the whole screen is uniformly lit. The only drawback is that the TV is not ‘slim’. It has a thicker pack as compared with the Edge-lit type.

Some people consider LED TV to be different and better from the LCD TV. What they do not know is that the only difference lies in the backlighting device being used. And, this produces the difference in the viewing quality of the pictures. Therefore, in reality, it is the same old liquid crystal display technology based TV that makes use of light emitting diodes to give you a better viewing experience.  Naturally, you would be interested to know in which aspects it scores over the LCD technology.

Contrast Ratio is better for LEDs. This means that these TVs produce better colour differentiations on the screen. Also, if you were to view the TV from the sides, the LED ones will be able to give better contrast ratio than the LCD ones. These are available in bigger sizes than the LCD TVs. You can find these in sizes ranging from 40-odd inches to about 80 inches in width. There is no blurring of images or motion lags while viewing the fast paced videos.

The only major downside of the LED TV is their power consumption which is higher than the LCD based TVs. But, their superior viewing experience fades away this shortcoming.

It has to be understood that the LED is an improvement over the LCD technology. It is not its substitute, but an evolution from it. Some of the devices make use of both these technologies for different uses.  

Different ways of knowing and using Appliance reviews

Appliance Reviews shed light on a number of different aspects of the modern electronic gadgets, their makers and the technologies used. These are helpful in guiding the buying decisions and imparting knowledge.

Do you think it is only the tech savvy that read or watch about the modern gadgets? You would be wrong to assume that this is the case. Gadgets interest every one. From school going kids to the old age people, not to mention the middle age groups, everyone would love to read or watch their modern gadgets. They might be prudent in making their choice while buying one but there is no stopping reading or watching from as many sources as possible. And, even before buying, they would be very carefully reading the appliances reviews, discussing their features and going to the shops to have a first hand look.

The most widely read and viewed reviews are about the consumer electronic gadgets, be it the mobile phone, the modern day LED/LCD TVs, computer-related items, the daily use white goods items and even the latest developments on the technology front. Whether it is VoIP based internet communication services or what are the new features in the latest mobiles, the appliances reviews give a complete story on everything from anywhere in the world. Products, technologies and the company related news are published on a regular basis. What is the new offering from the Asus or Hisense stable? How are the competing companies trying to beat each other? What are their strategies and long term plans?

Appliances reviews are not only read while going to buy any particular gadget. The same are also read for the sake of knowing how the newer technologies are being used to imbibe greater functionalities in the gadgets. These are also used to know whether the incorporation of greater functions is compromising or diluting some of the other functions or not. These reviews enable better comparisons between the different products of a particular product category being offered by different companies.

These reviews are written by the experts in their fields who have the ability to evaluate the gadgets on the basis of various parameters. After all they have been doing it for quite sometime now. In most of the cases, the reviews are written based on their personal opinion. Some of the TV channels also devote time to the programs exclusively meant for the reviews of the appliances.

The appliance reviews assume a lot of importance in the wake of so many electronic and digital products coming up. Combining different permutations and combinations of the different features, every new product is launched with the aim of targeting a particular segment. Reviews help the target segment of the market reach the products.

Sometimes, the companies may also wish to have the feedback reviews from different people before launching the products at full scale. This controlled feedback mechanism gives them independent viewpoint of a few select people. Based on their inputs, the company can take the corrective actions before the actual launch of the product on a mass scale.

These reviews are also featured on the internet blogs related to product reviews and also on some sites which sell these types of products to help guide the buying behaviour of the customers.