Re: Philips Pronto Professional TSU9600 - Review

["Andy Davies" <dajdavies@xxxxxxxxx>]

Looks fab, but a little out of my price range for a remote...

Got to wonder how they justify 800 quid for it, when the Nokia N800 (
http://www.nseries.com/products/n800/#l=3Dproducts,n800)
is due to retail f=
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around =A3310 - OK I know they don't do exactly the same thing (lack of
inf=
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red on the N800 for starters), but they're in the same ball park.

Andy


On 22/01/07, Mark McCall <lists@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> We've just published our review of the new Philips Pronto Professional
> TSU9600, complete woth lots of photos, screenshots and a video...
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> I've had the new Philips Pronto Professional TSU9600 for a little over
a
> week now so I thought it was time for some initial impressions.
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> The Harware Picking it up for the first time, the unit is probably
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> and lighter than you'd imagine. The finish is glossy piano black with
a
> silver brushed effect surround. The stylus stores inside the unit like
a
> PDA
> or SmartPhone, but it doesn't lock into place very well, although I
> haven't
> needed to use it so far apart from calibrating the screen on initially
> booting the device. The 3.7" 640x480 (VGA) screen is beautiful,
as you'd
> expect in an =A3800 remote, and it sits flush with its surround which
hel=
ps
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> give it a great viewing angle. The tilt sensor brings on the backlight
> when
> its lifted just like the Sonos controller. There are over 20 hard keys
> around the unit which are on the whole excellent. It's great to have a
> proper cursor pad in particular when using it with devices like TiVo.
> Strangely the scroll ring around the cursor pad is currently only used
fo=
r
> Escient media servers and is un-addressable in the software for any
other
> device. I've also find the hard keys directly under the screen for
Play,
> Stop Pause etc are a little too small...
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> http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article1830.html
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Andy


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