http://shopvy.com The Shopping Weblog Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:40:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Basics: Business Software Whether running a household or a small business (or both), business software and productivity software makes many of the jobs easier. Whether its financial or accounting software, databases, software suites, presentation software, or word processors, these tools make your tasks run more efficiently. If you are just ... http://shopvy.com/computers-peripherals/business-software-buying-guide/ The Basics: Digital Cameras The prices of digital cameras have dropped in recent years to a point that they are about as affordable and flexible as similarly equipped film cameras. Most digital cameras will provide the same quality or better for a similar price, so there is no important reason for ... http://shopvy.com/consumer-electronics/digital-cameras-buying-guide/ ATI's Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition is their current flagship graphics board. With 256MB of GDDR3 memory and extremely high clock speeds, the XT Platinum won't necessarily lead to more frags in your gaming, but it will definitely make them look prettier. The core clock speed is 540MHz and the memory ... http://shopvy.com/computers-peripherals/ati-radeon-x850-xt-platinum-edition-expert-review/ The Basics: Keyboards and Mice When we speak of input devices, we're usually referring to keyboards and mice, although there has been a variety of other peripherals that have tried to break into this genre over the years. However, the lion's share of the input device market continues to be owned ... http://shopvy.com/computers-peripherals/keyboards-and-mice-buying-guide/ The Basics: Desktop Computers New first-time computer buyers used to buy desktops for menial tasks like word processing, checking e-mail and Internet browsing, or managing checkbooks and recipes. It's become much simpler for the consumer to use their new computer as a multimedia machine, managing photos, music, and even movies with ... http://shopvy.com/computers-peripherals/desktop-computers-buying-guide/ The BenQ FP231W is an attractive 23-inch LCD monitor that offers a lot of bang for the buck. It features a variety of connection options, including composite video, S-video, D-sub (analog), DVI-D (digital), audio, and USB ports. If you have multiple computers and need to save some desk space, you can ... http://shopvy.com/computers-peripherals/benq-fp231w-23-inch-lcd-monitor-expert-review/ Why settle for a boring white or silver MP3 player when the Creative Zen Nano Plus is available in a virtual rainbow of ten color options? This stylish little portable comes with either 512MB or 1GB of Flash memory. With no moving parts, Flash memory is completely skip-free, making the ... http://shopvy.com/consumer-electronics/creative-zen-nano-plus-mp3-player-expert-review/ Apple's iPod and iPod mini turned the MP3 player genre on its ear and have become the new standard by which other portable audio players are measured. Well, Apple is at it again, this time with a miniscule Flash player called the iPod shuffle. This unit takes everything music fans ... http://shopvy.com/consumer-electronics/apple-ipod-shuffle-mp3-player-expert-review/ The Basics: MP3 Players Rare just a few years ago, MP3 players are ubiquitous today, and their popularity is not expected to wane any time soon. Apple's iPod lineup currently dominates the digital audio player universe, but numerous manufacturers like Creative, SanDisk, and iriver, as well as traditional brands such as ... http://shopvy.com/consumer-electronics/mp3-players-buying-guide/ The Cyber-shot DSC-H1 was Sony's first foray into the increasingly crowded compact, image stabilized 'super zoom' market, and it was a very successful one too. The DSC-H5 (along with little brother the DSC-H2) arrived almost exactly a year later in February 2006. The H5 is notable as the first 'big ... http://shopvy.com/cameras-optics/sony-cyber-shot-h5-review/