Home smart home: Home automation for intelligent home control
The power socket with timer switch: a forerunner and most simple feature of home automation in one. Manually-operated adapters have been around for decades. Setting them so that the living room lamp comes on for a couple of hours in the evening makes it look like there is someone at home, even if the owners […]
What should measuring device kits contain?
Measuring devices come in handy kits that are normally used for a specific purpose. This guide sets out what you can expect measuring device kits to contain.
Alarm system: More security for your home
Cause for concern: Apartments and homes are increasingly being broken into. In 2014, German police statistics reported over 150,000 offences. An intrusion takes places every three and a half minutes. Although an alarm system can never fully guarantee protection, it can at least serve as a deterrent to criminals or cause them to run away. […]
External hard drives: All you need to know about data storage
They are quite simply indispensable. External hard drives have enjoyed success for years in the field of storing large amounts of data, especially for data back-ups, but also for many other applications. Why this is so, what the differences are between 2.5 and 3.5-inch drives, and what external hard disks can be used for: The […]
Network-attached storage (NAS): What you need to know about getting started with NAS
The ideal situation would be: Being able to store all your photos, videos, music and documents in a central location and being able to transfer them to a device of your choice. You can transfer a film you’ve recorded to your TV, holiday photos to your tablet, music to the stereo system and documents to […]
Apple TV, Fire TV or Chromecast? The right devices for video streaming
Most households have a Blu-ray player or DVD player under the TV. But they are being used less and less frequently. The trend is clearly moving towards video streaming, i.e. retrieving films and TV series from the Internet. This was quite a complicated process just a couple of years ago, but things are totally different […]
Sharpness times four: Everything you need to know about 4K, the successor to HD
Sharp, sharper, 4K: the new image standard conjures up four times as many pixels on the screen as the HD standard. This guide tells you whether it makes sense to migrate to the new standard and what needs to be taken into account when doing so.
Smartphone camera versus digital camera: Do you need an extra camera nowadays?
Digital cameras are experiencing the same fate as MP3 players: The surge in smartphones and the associated technological innovations in mobile phones have caused sales of digital cameras to plummet. Smartphone cameras are improving all the time. Does this save us from having to purchase a separate camera?
USB connections over long distances — what works and what doesn’t
USB connections are not suitable for long distances — it is not possible for cables more than five metres in length. But there are ways of getting round this.
Buying tablets: Which applications does a tablet PC need to be able to handle and how?
Tablets have taken the technology world by storm. There is now a real influx of devices in a variety of sizes and price categories. If you have your heart set on buying a tablet, you’ll be spoilt for choice. We can help you with the choice and show you what matters when it comes to […]
