Product Reviews, Experiences, and Technical Insights from Thomas J. Hesley
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Anti Reflective Coating Disadvantages
Anti reflective lenses have found their way into most optical applications over the past two decades. They’ve become widely available, affordable, and notably more durable. But this coating scratches easily and is expensive to buy initially or replace. Definitely good and bad to AR coatings. So in this piece, we discuss the anti reflective glasses…
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Reboot Harman Kardon Speaker Instructions
You may wish to reboot your Harman Kardon Cortana Invoke smart speaker if it acts strange. If it stops answering voice requests, then reboot first. If it emits strange sounds, breaks up, chirps or squeaks, or shows any unusual symptom, then again, reboot it. Always try a speaker reboot first (described below). Rebooting often corrects…
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ClassCo 9900CW Talking Caller Id Review
The ClassCo VoiceAnnounce 9900CW Talking Caller Id box is very helpful for blind and vision impaired users. It extends the world of accessible, yet low cost, blind-friendly tech into the realms of phone caller Id boxes. Now, you don’t have to see well in order to know who’s ringing you before answering the call. As…
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Sony X 5 Power Output Rating
The Sony X 5 portable Bluetooth speaker is a low power model with still enough power output to hear comfortably in a small room or outside space with strikingly full sounding speech and music output. But what does the audio power output a Bluetooth speaker has, tell you about it? Firstly, the watt is a…
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Sony X 5 Watts RMS
The Sony X 5 mini Bluetooth speaker is a low power, purse size unit with still enough RMS watts to hear comfortably in a small room or outdoor space with strikingly full sounding speech and music output. But what do the watts a Bluetooth speaker has, tell you about it? Firstly, the watt is a…
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Sony X 5 Watts Output
The Sony X 5 portable BT speaker is a low power, mini size unit with still enough output watts to hear comfortably in a small room or yard space with strikingly full sounding speech and music output. But what do the watts a Bluetooth speaker has, tell you about it? Firstly, the watt is a…
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Koss KEB30K Earbud Headphones Headset Review
The Koss earbud headphones KEB30K noise isolating earphones play the mid range too loudly. They sacrifice decent bass and treble in the process. Good for novice listeners though, who don’t really care about such things. The drivers reproduce vocal sounds quite well. But the lows, due to the very small size of these buds, do…
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How to Set Sleep Timer on Amazon Alexa Echo Gen 1
The original (first) Amazon Alexa Generation One Echo smart speakers now provide a sleep timer function. This you can set and cancel with your voice! So gere, we show using voice commands, how to set sleep timer on the Amazon Alexa Echo Gen 1 smart speaker. [display_google_ad] Firstly, the Alexa sleep timer works by asking…
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Husky Socket Ratchet Set 702200 Review
While repairing rocking chairs and bikes, we bought this 16-piece Husky socket and ratchet set. Why? Because it has popular socket sizes for fasteners found around the house, and these came in quite handily in this repair project. [display_google_ad] Husky Socket Ratchet Set 702200 Intro Firstly, this universal socket wrench set cost around $30. Moreover,…
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Sony X 5 Watts
The Sony X 5 portable Bluetooth speaker is a low power, tabletop unit with still enough audio watts to hear comfortably in a small room or outdoor space with strikingly full sounding speech and music output. But what do the watts a Bluetooth speaker has, tell you about it? Firstly, the watt is a measure…