Computers-Plus

Review: Namaco Bandai’s Kinect title for the Xbox 360, Body and Brain Connection, is a great idea for the family that can help create real physical and mental benefits, but suffers from a lack of variety.

Let’s be honest, the Kinect is never going to have the same types of titles that the games using controllers have. There just isn’t the same level of depth that can be utilized when you can only mimic movement and all commands are done through time based highlighting of certain areas on the TV. If yo

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Review: In the psychological thriller Black Swan, Natalie Portman and Darren Aronofsky offer a beautifully disturbed film that is among the year’s best.

I absolutely loved Black Swan. I’m just not sure I can accurately say that I enjoyed it. When I first walked into Black Swan, I wasn’t sure what to think. When the movie was over and I walked out, I still wasn’t sure what to think. Despite how that might sound, that is not a criticism, but rather high praise for director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler, Requiem for a Dream), and Natalie Portman, who present a movie that is complex, compelling, and never ordinary. It is a

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We review Sonamp’s 275 SE stereo amplifier which features BBE sound enhancement and 75 watts per channel.

Introduction

For 25 years Sonance has blazed a trail of innovation in custom home audio installation. Though they don’t market their products through conventional retail channels, Sonance’s reputation for designing and manufacturing excellent products is very well known amongst custom home audio installers. Recently, we had the opportunity to evaluate and experience Sonance’s new Sonamp 275 SE with BBE Sound Enhancement. It’s a 2-channel amplifier with built in sound processing that promises to deliver better fidelity at lower volumes and even improve the sound of lossy digital music files.

Out of the Box

Pulling the 23 lb. 275 SE

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We review Microsoft’s new and improved Xbox 360 Slim console which offers a number of new features in a smaller, quieter package.

Introduction

It has been four and a half years since the original Xbox 360 was released on November 22, 2005. New bundles have come out, hard drives for consoles have jumped in capacity exponentially, and there is even a black model of the 360 out there, but at its core the console has remained the same in terms of design.

When the Xbox 360 originally debuted against the Sony PlayStation 3, it did so with somewhat similar hardware, but several less bells and whistles.

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