Advantages: Portable, easy to use, never failed on me yet! Disadvantages: Perhaps only the disc size, but it has taken me 2 years to fill it!
Wester Digital, a respected brand name, and i agree!
I have owned the unit now for around 2 years, and have 0 problems. My internal hard drive has died on me twice but my external one, never!
This 80gb HDD is perfect for storing large files, home movies, photo albums, music etc. It's ideal when transfering data from one place to another, simply unplug it, plug it in elsehwre and hey presto!
It supports drag & drop so moving files couldn't be easier.
Standard power adpater with 3-pin plug, and USB2.0 connection to your pc, mac, server etc.
It is easily recognised by each operating system and i have yet to find one that doesn't support the unit. Plug it in, wait around 30secs and it's up and running.
Can be stored horizontally, and if you have 3 like me, you can stack them perfectly, or store them vertically ...
Advantages: Superb Sound, Very Loud, Ideal for Ipods Disadvantages: not go to travel with, Extremely Expensive
Bose SoundDock Digital Music System
I happened to get this as a gift and it turned out to be quiet interesting
Summary:
This dock is used mainly for ipod and allows you to connet mp3 players to it and listen to high quality music via speakers. It is idle for homes and small gatherings, although I would not run a party off these.
Pros:
This system has terrific sound and can go very load despite its relative small size. As with almost all Bose speakers the quality is amazing, so long as the source you are playing it from is high quality it will allow the speakers to each its potential.
I have a surround sound Bose set up in one of my rooms but now prefer to use this product as it is very simple to operate. Just plug the mp3 player in and press play and your set. Can't get much simpler. It also runs off a wall ...
Advantages: smaller size, usb connection support, 3D sound experience, very cheap, high SNR ratio. Disadvantages: Does not support all OS, requires very powerful processor& ram,all features not works on XP
on the data bus speed available for that usb port. In modern days, almost all the PC got USB port 2.0, which enable this soundcard to provide the maximum output as in stereo/surround sound 24 bit/96kHz and also can go along with up to 5.1 speaker system, truly amazing isn?t it? But if the USB is 1.1 then the output sound quality drastically drops to 16 bit/kHz in case of surround sound.
Creative technology claimed to have SNR 100dB, SNR stands for signal to noise ratio, as the higher the ratio, the less obtrusive the background noise will be and also the clearer output sound will be. So virtually, there will be no noise effect for this soundcard. But later it created some controversy, so they changed the theme to SNR ratio is higher than 99db, just to stay on safer side, haha.
CONNECTIVITY
Microphone in (1/8" mini jack ...
Product Information for "Sweex External Sound Card 5.1 with Digital In/Out USB 2.0" »
General
MPN
SC004V2, SC004
Device Type
Sound card
Enclosure Type
External
Interface Type
USB
Audio output
Sound Output Mode
5.1 channel surround
Max Speakers Qty
8
Features
Full-duplex support
Sample Rate
48 kHz (max)
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces
2 x microphone - input - mini-phone 3.5mm
1 x audio - line-In - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x headphones - output - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-out (centre/subwoofer) - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-out (rear) - mini-phone 3.5mm
1 x audio - line-out (side surround) - mini-phone 3.5mm
1 x audio - line-out (back surround) - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - SPDIF output - RCA
1 x audio - SPDIF input - TOSLINK
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support
3 years warranty
Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - 3 years
Miscellaneous
Cables Included
1 x audio cable - 1.1 m
Software / system requirements
Software
Drivers & Utilities
OS Required
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP
Manufacturer's product description
Enjoy perfect surround sound during games, films and music with this Sweex External Sound Card 5.1 with Digital In/Out USB 2.0. It is extremely easy to connect via USB, so that the card does not need to be built in as is the case with most sound cards. Thanks to the 7 channels, this sound card can be used for both 5.1 and 7.1 equipment. In addition, you can make digital full-duplex sound recordings and play them back, while the digital output ensures perfect signal transmission without loss of quality.
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