Reviews

Ebert on Tron Legacy—Plot Is “A Catastrophe”

Movie critic Roger Ebert has completed his review of Tron Legacy. He says the 3D action sequences are great, but you might want to bring a phone or beer bottle label along to amuse you during the plot bits… The first few paragraphs of Ebert’s Tron Legacy review handle the deep, philosophical issues like “How…

Reviews Gary Cutlack Dec 16

Reviewers Love This Cheap-Ass TV (Because It’s Fantastic)

Let’s be frank. The Vizio brand doesn’t exactly connote… greatness. You might think it’s a bargain-bin TV, or one for your dorm, or one you get because you simply can’t afford something better. But this econo-panel apparently kicks ass. The Vizio XVT3SV series comes in a handful of sizes—from 42 and to 55-inches. The 42…

Reviews Sam Biddle Dec 9

Your Empathy Will Be Tested: A New Stage Adaptation Of “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”

Adapting Dick’s seminal novel is guaranteed to be a difficult process, and would have been even if Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner weren’t already a 30-year-old SF classic. Untitled Theater Company #61 took on the ambitious challenge. And mostly, it worked. The novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a paranoid meditation on personal identity…

io9 Chris Braak Dec 6

Activate Wave-Motion Gun! New documentary takes you inside the live-action Star Blazers

The most anticipated science fiction movie of December, for some of us, might actually be Space Battleship Yamato, aka Star Blazers. The classic anime’s long-awaited live-action adaptation opens tomorrow. Watch an hour-long making-of feature, and read snippets from early reviews. TBS did a lengthy documentary all about the making of this live-action movie, and the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 30

Stargate Universe “Lion Kings” a character

This week Stargate Universe tried to heal our wounded hearts from last weeks crazy episode — by trampling a key character. Everyone was pissed this episode. Rush was mad because Angry Lucian murdered his new sweetheart, whom he’d only just let into his heart. Eli was pissed because his brand new girl is probably also…

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 17

Samsung SP-H03 Picoprojector Review: A Brownie Full of Lights

Pint-sized pico-projectors are popping up all over the place. Will Samsung’s SP-H03 be the first to find its way into your pocket? Depends on how badly you need public video playback. Specs Samsung SP-H03 Dimensions: 1.5″ x 2.75″ x 2.75″ Weight: 6oz Resolution: 854 x 480 Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Price: $300 You’re camping. You’ve got…

Reviews Joel Johnson Nov 11

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 Review: The Real Fermi Arrives

Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 580 is what the original should have been: quieter, full-featured, faster and more efficient. When Nvidia launched the GTX 480 — code-named the GF100 — early this year, the new GPU proved to be something of a mixed bag. It was undeniably fast, but also crippled – every GTX 480 GPU shipped…

Reviews Loyd Case - MaximumPC Nov 9

Philips’ 21:9 3DTV Awarded Five Stars In Its First Review

It may cost £3,999 ($6,500) and won’t ever make it to US shores, but Philips’ Cinema 21:9 Platinum 3DTV has been slapped with a 5-star review by TechRadar, thanks to the three-side Ambilight and ace 3D playback. [TechRadar]

Reviews Kat Hannaford Nov 9

Terry Pratchett’s young witch comes of age at last

Tiffany Aching, the teenage witch who stars in Terry Pratchett’s latest novel I Shall Wear Midnight, is in many ways the anti-Harry Potter. True, she’s a precocious pubescent who gets to ride a broomstick and save the day, but the final installment of her four-novel series of adventures is no jolly tale of boarding school,…

io9 Laurie Penny Oct 28

The Ultimate Router Battle

You’ve been getting by with the cheapie router you bought two years ago, so why should you upgrade now? Performance. And features. We asked seven manufacturers to send us the best consumer routers in their stables regardless of price tags. In most cases, that meant a simultaneous dual-band router capable of running 802.11n wireless networks…

Reviews Michael Brown - MaximumPC Oct 28

The Ultimate Smartphone Camera Battle

Smartphone cameras are becoming increasingly powerful-many, in fact, are fully capable of taking very sharp and professional looking photos. But are these phones capable of holding their own against more sophisticated equipment? And which phone does it best? To make a fair comparison, we compared smartphone shots taken in a bevy of different lighting scenarios,…

Reviews Alan Fackler - MaximumPC Oct 14

T-Mobile G2 Review: The Purest Android Experience You Can Get

The official sequel to the first Googlephone, the T-Mobile G2 is a long time coming. In a market where carriers molest the open OS anew every time a new handset drops, this is the Android phone for the Android nerd. Specs T-Mobile G2 specs Price: $200 w/ a 2-year contract Screen: 3.7-inch LCD, 800×480 resolution…

Reviews Matt Buchanan Oct 13

The Ultimate 3D Notebook Showdown

New 3D laptops and have begun arriving en masse. Are they ready to slay their 2D counterparts? A cadre of new 3D laptops make it possible for you to enjoy stereoscopic content on the go. The vast majority of these offerings rely on Nvidia’s 3D Vision kit-a set of powered shutter glasses, a USB-connected IR…

Reviews Katherine Stevenson and Amber Bouman - MaximumPC Oct 7

Review Matrix: The Apple TV Dissected

Tech journalists are starting to receive their little black rental pucks, which means it’s review time! Most critics seem generally pleased, but rather than wade through their judgments, check our handy comparison chart below and consume in dainty bites. (Updated!) We’ve pulled the tastiest chunks from these reviews, so you don’t have to. (Just make…

Reviews Sam Biddle Oct 1

The Early Apple TV Reviews Are In

The first reviews of the new Apple TV are starting to appear and we’re rounding them up for you. Here’s a look at the early impressions: https://gizmodo.com/the-new-apple-tv-5626657 Fox News’ Clayton Morris had plenty of good things to say about the Apple TV’s features, but he also had a big concern: The new Apple TV is…

Reviews Rosa Golijan Sep 28

Turning Welch’s Into Wine In 48 Hours

I’m taking the last sip of home-brewed purple liquid. It’s sweet yet balanced, fizzy yet quenching, smooth yet these words look a bit blurry. It tastes like a dangerously well-mixed drink. And just 48 short hours ago, it was Welch’s. Yes, good old Welch’s Concord Grape Juice. And something about enjoying the beverage in such…

Reviews Mark Wilson Sep 25

Orb’s Puck Streams Your Music Wirelessly For $70, and It’s a Beautiful Thing

Beaming music to speakers around the house is, in my estimation, one of the great luxuries of the 21st century, but it can be a pricey one. Orb’s new puck lets you play your tunes anywhere, wirelessly, for only $70. The basic setup involves three components: the Orb Caster software, the Orb Controller app for…

Reviews Kyle VanHemert Sep 24

TiMER and the trope of destructive prescience

Streaming on Netflix is a scifi romance with very deep philosophical roots. TiMER is about what would happen if a piece of technology could tell you when you would meet your soulmate. The premise of TiMER is simple. It’s set in our own world, but with a twist. In the mid-to-late nineties, someone came up…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Sep 20

Five Takes On the New Apple iPods

With the latest iPods shipping this week, you’ll be wanting to know whether an upgrade is necessary—or whether to take the plunge into the wild world of iPoddery. So far, this is what the reviews are saying: https://gizmodo.com/all-the-cool-new-stuff-from-apple-5627368 iPod Touch CNET: “Both cameras are capable of taking still shots as well, but the results don’t…

Reviews Kat Hannaford Sep 8

First Reviews of Panasonic’s Lumix LX5 Are Very Positive

Both CNET and PhotographyBlog have pressed the shutter button on Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-LX5 in the past week, reviewing the new F2.0, 24mm Leica lens with 3.8x optical zoom and image processing engine. Canon’s S95 should be scared. [PhotographyBlog, CNET] https://gizmodo.com/panasonic-lumix-lx5-i-want-this-awesome-camera-so-badl-5592281

Reviews Kat Hannaford Sep 6

Ebert on Tron Legacy—Plot Is “A Catastrophe”

Reviewers Love This Cheap-Ass TV (Because It’s Fantastic)

Your Empathy Will Be Tested: A New Stage Adaptation Of “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”

Activate Wave-Motion Gun! New documentary takes you inside the live-action Star Blazers

Stargate Universe “Lion Kings” a character

Samsung SP-H03 Picoprojector Review: A Brownie Full of Lights

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 Review: The Real Fermi Arrives

Philips’ 21:9 3DTV Awarded Five Stars In Its First Review

Terry Pratchett’s young witch comes of age at last

The Ultimate Router Battle

The Ultimate Smartphone Camera Battle

T-Mobile G2 Review: The Purest Android Experience You Can Get

The Ultimate 3D Notebook Showdown

Review Matrix: The Apple TV Dissected

The Early Apple TV Reviews Are In

Turning Welch’s Into Wine In 48 Hours

Orb’s Puck Streams Your Music Wirelessly For $70, and It’s a Beautiful Thing

TiMER and the trope of destructive prescience

Five Takes On the New Apple iPods

First Reviews of Panasonic’s Lumix LX5 Are Very Positive

Samsung’s Micro RGB TVs Provide So Much Color It May Be Too Much

The Crypto Bros Want to Get Their Hands on Anthropic’s ‘Super Dangerous’ Model

This Is What a Music Industry ‘Plant’ Looks Like in 2026

As Starship V3 Lags Behind, Blue Origin Prepares Third Launch of New Glenn

The New Movie From Takashi Yamazaki Could Be the New ‘Pacific Rim’

Forget Samsung Galaxy S26, Google Pixel 10 Pro Hits a Black Friday Low With No Trade-In Required

YouTube Will Stop Showing Ads If You Just Engage Hard Enough

Norway Man Cured of HIV With Brother’s Stem Cells

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

The Soundboks Mix Is Going to Make You the Most Popular Guy at the Park

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

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