Monday 22 September 2014

Product Review : Heart Rate Monitor


In the today's world when we all are in running mode without caring about the most essential aspect i.e. our body, we need to be more concern about our self. Since its not only about "us" but it is about "we", the family which is revolving around us.

With so much of pressure in life, heart is definitely have to work more hard and efficiently than before due to lack of physical activity and increased stress and increasing desire for junk foods. So its become more important to take care of it.

Hence its very important to do some form of exercise (best is doing in open air with proper inhale and exhale rather than running in gym which has long term impact say on our knee etc.) or playing some physical games (not computer game inside room :) ).
Second is to measure the where our heart currently stand against standard benchmark especially when medical cost is in lakhs.

I was searching for the product which can help me in this and I found the solution from one of my friend. He is using the Heart Rate Monitor from one company Mango.

Initially I was susceptible. But then after getting feedback from my few friends who were using it for last 1-2 years, it created the confidence in me about this product to look more indept.

Best thing about this is its compatibility with most of the health fitness apps on Andriod/ios, so its great way to collect information on our smartphone and that too due to inbuilt bluetooth, no need of any physical connection between monitor and smartphone.
Second thing I liked most is its battery life. For all my friends at-least, it is still working even after one year without any degradation in performance with average usuage of 30-50 minutes a day.

Most common problem with such devices is that you have to keep it close to your chest for accurate reading and for that most of them is coming with some "gum" based option which always makes to feel uncomfortable. Here I liked the strap based option which is flexible also as well as feel wise its great.

Coming with one year warranty and at competitive price of Rs. 4200, In my opinion this is the best option anyone can have .. a complete value for money.
And as well known fact is that health is wealth, we need to take care of our health in same way as our wealth to genarate more wealth :) .

For more detail : http://www.mangosmarthome.in/mango-heart-rate-monitor-hrm/

Saturday 5 April 2014

How to choose best DTH in India



Today after buying a new brand HD TV, next problem we faced is regard to which DTH to choose.
As all of them saying they are best and blah blah .. What would be the criteria considering we cannot change operator here keeping our same setup box ..
So here are few points to decide.
Intentionally I have not included the package offers as they depends upon individual taste.
Below comparison would help in deciding for HD+ recorder based DTH connection.

 AirtelDishTataSkyVideocon  
           
Setup cost (as of 6th Apr14)4990250072007200 
      
Storage ( GB)500-5001000 
Recording/USBRecordingUSBRecordingRecording 
      
Free months (initial)2322  
           
HD Channels (as of 6/4/14)Zee TvZee TvZee TvZee Tv 
 Star plusStar plusStar plusStar plus 
  Life OkLife OkLife Ok 
 Sony TvSony TvSony TvSony Tv 
 Colors ColorsColors 
      
  MtunesMtunesMtunes 
      
 National GeoNational GeoNational GeoNational Geo 
  Animal Planet   
 History  History 
 Discovery DiscoveryDiscovery 
    NGC 
      
 Movies NowMovies NowMovies Now  
 Star MoviesStar MoviesStar MoviesStar Movies 
 Zee StudioZee StudioZee StudioZee Studio  
           
 Ten SportsTen SportsTen SportsTen Sports 
 Sony SixSony SixSony SixSony Six 
 Star Sports 1 Star Sports 1Star Sports 1 
 Star Sports 2 Star Sports 2Star Sports 2 
      
  ET Now   
   CNBCCNBC 
      
 Zee CinemaZee CinemaZee CinemaZee Cinema 
  Zee Clasic   
 Start GoldStart GoldStart GoldStart Gold 
      
 Star WorldStar WorldStar WorldStar World  
           

For more information especially related to various packages. please click :

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How to choose right TV ..


Now with so many TV from many brands, a normal person having little knowledge of so many technicalities would get confused naturally.

In current era of flash-ad's, if we look into few basic aspects mapping with our need and budget, you would endup with the best product for yourself.

Here are the few points :

Ø      LED-backlit LCDs : LED TVs, the most popular today, are basically LCD televisions with LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) instead of CCFLs. Currently the best in the crop of displays in terms of power consumption

Ø      Currently LG and Philips use IPS panels, while others like Sony and Samsung have VA displays.

Ø      Brightness level in LED TVs is the best, A brightness rating listed as 550 cd/m2 or higher is good

Ø      The darker the screens, the better the TV are at producing a high-contrast picture. A TV cannot produce blacks that are blacker than the screen itself. As a result TV's with "greenish" or "grayish" looking screens produce low contrast pictures.

Ø      When checking contrast ratio numbers, look for Native, Static, or ANSI contrast, not Dynamic or Full On/Full Off contrast. ANSI contrast represents the difference between black and white when both are on the screen at the same time. Dynamic or Full ON/OFF contrast only measures black by itself and white by itself.

Ø      A TV without a comb filter will display "dot crawl" along edges of objects in the picture.

Ø      If you are looking for HD TV then it means it should be 1920x1080 (1080p) native pixel resolutions.

Ø      Motion Response Time (ms = milliseconds). A good LCD TV now should have a Response Time of either 8ms or 4ms, with 4ms being optimum

Ø      Scaling is a process where a television's video processor will match the resolution of the incoming signal to its native pixel resolution.

Ø      When checking contrast ratio numbers, look for Native, Static, or ANSI contrast, not Dynamic or Full On/Full Off contrast. ANSI contrast represents the difference between black and white when both are on the screen at the same time. Dynamic or Full ON/OFF contrast only measures black by itself and white by itself.

Ø      Must look for Viewing Angle especially at 45 degree. Clarity should be same as that of what you are seeing from front.

Ø      When buying your television, don't forget additional accessories you might need, such as coaxial and audio-video cables, power surge protector.

Ø      Before deciding on what size of TV is best suited for you, we suggest you to measure to see what size of TV you can accommodate. For a 32-inch LCD TV give yourself about 4-5 feet while for 42, 5-6 minimum.

Hope this would help a lot .. Coming with more update on this .. stay tune .. Also look into blog about choosing right DTH in India.