Author: Stephen Fenech

The Consumer Electronics Show is Las Vegas is over for another year and it was the show where new and interesting products were introduced during the event at the Las Vegas Convention Centre. Tech Guide stumbled across dozens of new, interesting and quirky products at CES this year including this latest batch of gadgets. They include an intelligent cup, headphones you can wear to bed, an intelligent steering wheel, a compact mirror USB battery pack and headphones that are loud and clear anywhere. HEYDO Heydo claims to be the world’s most intelligent cup. It looks like a travel mug and…

There are drones and then there are drones. The drones we’re used to seeing are small and used mainly for photography but we saw the next generation of drones at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Two in particular caught our eye at CES – and they were the biggest drones we’ve ever seen. One was the AEE F600 which has a wingspan of 1.65m, and the other was the Ehang 184 which can actually carry a passenger. These drones were located in the South Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Centre which this year had an expanded area…

One term you’re going to hear a lot this year is HDR which is short for High Dynamic Range and it’s a feature that is probably going to be onboard the next television you buy. But what does it mean? All of the new TVs unveiled at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas had one thing in common – HDR. High Dynamic Range is the ability to expand the differences between the brightest and darkest images a TV can produce. HDR was a feature we first saw in cameras – including the iPhone camera – to make your…

Anyone who owns a 4K Ultra High Definition TV will be pleased to know Samsung will release the world’s first UHD Blu-ray player so you can enjoy the latest movies on a 4K disc. Tech Guide had the chance to get up close to the Samsung UBD-K8500 – the world’s first 4K Ultra High Definition Blu-ray player – at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It will go on sale in Australia in April. Pricing is yet to be determined. The device has a curved front panel to reflect the popular range of Samsung’s TVs and is slightly larger…

GoPro has announced big product plans for 2016 including a drone, the Hero 5 and a 360-degree camera – but its not willing to show it yet, not even at the Consumer Electronics Show – the world’s largest tech event. GoPro had an even bigger presence at CES this year with a larger booth located in the heart of the central hall at the Las Vegas Convention Centre rubbing shoulders with companies like Samsung, LG, Canon and Sony. The larger stand is a far cry from the days when GoPro was building its own booths using IKEA furniture before the…

Projectors are traditionally large devices that are used in one place either on a table or mounted on the ceiling but Sony has unveiled a high definition projector that will fit in your pocket. The MP-CL1, which we saw for the first time at the Consumer Electronics Show, is a portable mobile projector that uses a laser light source instead of a regular lamp to deliver high definition 1920 x 720 resolution. Despite this short throw projector measuring just 14.9cm long and only 1.3cm thick, it can still project an image up to 120 inches from a distance of 3.45m.…

We all feel the need for wi-fi speed in our homes and Linksys has answered the call with its new EA9500 Max-Stream tri-band router that was introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The device is capable of combined wi-fi speed of 5400Mbps (5.4Gbps) across its three bands – two 5Ghz bands and one 2.4Ghz band. This means the fast and smooth transmission of data around your home to suit the things we’re doing with our wi-fi connection like streaming video, online games and browsing. The EA9500 is powered by a dual core 1.4Ghz processor and is larger…

Samsung range of new TVs at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas were impressive but the real showstoppers were the world’s largest Ultra High Definition TV and the TV that can transform to suit your content’s aspect ratio. CES is the biggest tech trade show in the world and is used to showcase a company’s latest concept products. In Samsung’s case the 170-inch SUHD TV – that’s 4.3m – was on display for the first time and will be available to purchase – if you have enough money that is. Our guess is the monstrous television will be well…

Sphero’s BB8 remote control droid from the latest Star Wars film has been a huge hit but a new device has been released to control the little droid like you’re using the Force. The Force Band is worn on your wrist like a watch and connects wirelessly to BB8 to provide gesture controls. The new Force Band can precisely measure the alignment of your arm and hands and translates these into commands for BB8. And the result is looking like you’re using the Force to control the lovable BB8 ball-shaped droid. Push your palm forward and BB8 moves forward, pull…

This week we a special extended edition of the Tech Guide podcast, hosted by editor Stephen Fenech, for Episode 181 which takes you through the highlights of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. On this week’s show, we take you through CES week and the standout products of the world’s largest tech show. We kick off with LG and its signature edition of products including a stunning 4K OLED TV and a smart fridge. We also chat to LG’s global head of communications Kenneth Hong. Next up we check out the range of new Samsung range of SUHD TVs,…

The camera on the iPhone is great – but what about if you want to make it even better? You can with the new DxO One – a professional grade connected camera that links to your iPhone through the Lightning port. The DxO One is surprisingly compact but packs in plenty of features in its relatively small chassis. It has rectangular shape with rounded edges and a Lightning port connector in the centre of the left panel. It is about half the size of a deck of cards. It attaches securely to any iPhone with a Lightning port so that…

The Consumer Electronics Show is over for another year but before the show wrapped up in Las Vegas we got a chance to discover even more gadgets that can make life that little bit easier. One of these products could very well be the next big thing – that’s the reason they are unveiled at such a huge show like CES. You have to understand that CES is not just for journalists – it’s also for the manufacturers and retailers and is the place where deals are done so the products end up in various stores around the world. Retailers…

Netgear has announced two new products at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas – the Nighthawk X8 router along with the latest addition the popular family of Arlo cameras. And last week Netgear celebrated its 20th birthday and the celebrations coincided with CES and the release of these new products. NIGHTHAWK X8 Household wireless networks are under more strain than ever thanks to the increase in connected devices and online services and Netgear is coming to the rescue with the new Nighthawk X8 router. The tri-band wi-fi router has combined speeds of up to 5.3Gbps with Smart Connect so…

The 2016 Consumer Electronics Show has come to an end and the Two Blokes Talking Tech, Tech Guide editor Stephen Fenech and EFTM’s Trevor Long, wrapped things up with their final podcast in Las Vegas. On today’s show, Episode 238.4, the blokes talk about Netgear’s new products, the new devices that should have been on the GoPro stand, the sheer number of drones and VR products at CES, the DXO One add-on camera for your iPhone, the Wonder Woof dog tracker, the Force Band for Sphero’s BB8, Lego 2.0, Kodak unveiled a 4K camera and the Love Handle for your…

We’ve all heard about wireless earphones that connect with Bluetooth to your device but Onkyo has take that a step further with the W800BT which are completely wire-free earphones. Unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, these earphones have absolutely no cables with the left and right earpieces working independently and connecting via Bluetooth to your smartphone. Each earpiece has a silicone tip so they sit comfortably and securely in place while you’re on the move listening to your music. And with no cables at all to worry about the listener can experience true freedom that regular headphones…

Alcatel OneTouch has revealed a head-turning new product on its stand at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas – a massive 17.3-inch Android tablet called Xess. The device has a 1920 x 1080 full high definition screen and is just 9.1mm thick. Also onboard are built-in JBL speakers along with a fold-away carry handle and an adjustable stand. Now why would you want a 17.3-inch tablet I hear you ask? Well it’s more than just a tablet. On the rear panel it has a circular pop-out panel that reveals a USB port so users can upload and share data…

We’ve just finished Day Two of the Consumer Electronics Show and the Two Blokes Talking Tech, Tech Guide editor Stephen Fenech and EFTM’s Trevor Long, discuss what they saw on the show floor. In today’s episode 238.3, the blokes talk about Sony’s latest products at CES, the Alcatel OneTouch products and TCL’s customisable TV. Also on the show, Linksys unveils its latest and fastest router, Belkin gets serious with USB-C and charging solutions, we do a round-up of some of the unusual health and beauty gadgets at CES and 360Fly unveils a 4K version of the 360-degree camera. You can…

For those who love to take selfies there is a new smartphone case from Monster that helps make that practice easier and all you need is a flat surface like glass, a mirror or acrylic. The Monster Selfie Case has a patent pending design and looks like a regular case but with one exception. The rear flat panel of the case is made from a special gel material that, when pressed on to a mirror, glass or acrylic, sticks to that surface so it can be positioned to take your selfie. It can also be used to position your smartphone…

Tech Guide had a chance to take a closer look at the LG Signature products at the Consumer Electronics Show –  in particular the 4K OLED TV and the refrigerator that lets you see what’s inside without having to open the door. These products were the among the highlights of the LG press conference in the eve of CES and we had a chance to get up close with the products on the LG stand at the Las Vegas Convention Centre. LG SIGNATURE 4K OLED TV The LG stand was jam packed full of attendees who all had the same…

There are countless new gadgets that are released at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with many designed to improve health, fitness and beauty or all three. Not surprisingly there was no shortage of these devices designed to help you look better, feel better and sleep better. The companies behind these products are among many others around the world who see an opportunity in the marketplace where people are looking to technology to improve their appearance and their health. Here are some of the health and wellness gadgets Tech Guide discovered at CES: SKULPT’S CHISEL People hit the gym…