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Monday, June 6, 2016

Best Earphones under Rs. 1000 in India (December 2016)

best earphones under rs. 1000 in india

Music touches our soul, and what better way to enjoy music than a good pair of earphones. A good earphone lets your ear hear each note clearly. No more lost highs or crappy bass. You will be really amazed when you hear a song on a high end earphone for the first time, as you find that you never heard this much detail and notes in your music! 

Nowadays smartphones comes with earphones, while some like the Xiaomi's killer phone Redmi Note 3 don't have bundled earphones. While the bundled earphones are ok for listening to the radio, they definitely lack the clarity of a good earphone. So I would recommend you to invest in a good pair of earphones, you will love the quality of music they offer. And remember to listen to high quality 320Kbps music files for the best experience.


Best earphones under Rs. 1000 in India:


1) Sennheiser CX 180 Street II In-Ear Headphone



Sennheiser is a German company famous for making high quality audio products. The Sennheiser CX 180 Street II are hands on the best earphones available under Rs. 1000. No other earphones can beat the performance of these earphones. 

Features:
  • Powerful and clear Bass
  • Very good High frequency response
  • Comes with 2 additional ear caps (Small/Medium/Large Sizes)
  • Best for listening to any genre of Music
  • Excellent noise isolation. You cannot hear the sound of the ceiling fan running when you put on these earphones!
I personally recommended these earphones as I am using them since 2 years and didn't have any problems till now. The sound quality as of today is still what it was on the first day.

Buy Now! Sennheiser CX 180 Street II (Lowest Price) only for Rs. 759 on Amazon



2) JBL JBLT150A In-Ear Earphones (With inbuilt Mic)

JBL JBLT150A

The JBL JBLT150A earphones come with a dedicated Microphone and a button to answer calls. This is an added advantage for those who are looking to use their earphones for answering calls. 

Features:
  • Button for answering calls and music. Single click will Play/Pause music. Double click for next song, triple click for previous song.
  • Good mic quality for answering calls
  • High quality Bass for Bass lovers
  • Nice fit for your ears
  • Great noise isolation
Buy Now! JBL JBLT150A only for Rs. 800 on Amazon 

3) Brainwavz Omega In Ear Earphones (With inbuilt Mic)

Brainwavz Omega

While the Brainwavz are still new in the IEM segment, they offer great sound quality on a budget.

Features:
  • Stylish and sleek looks
  • 3 ear caps (Small/Medium/Large), Shirt Clip
  • 3 Buttons (Volume UP, Play/Pause/Answer Call/Volume DOWN)
  • 2 year warranty
  • Nice sound quality and comfortable for long use
Buy Now! Brainwavz Omega only for Rs. 999 on Amazon

Updated December 2016

Sunday, July 20, 2014

VideoGIF Review & Rating

Review:VideoGIF

Many times we see GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) files, those little animated things on forums and sites. GIF files are a good way to show a small animation. It's different from a video file. You do not need a dedicated player to watch a GIF. Web browsers display them by default. And they are cool!

VideoGIF is an app by Pearl Mountain Soft which creates GIF files for you. Its available for Apple Macintosh computers right now.


Getting and Installing the app:

A trial version of VideoGIF is availabe on the Mac store for download. The full version is available as a part of a limited offer for $4.99. Talking about the download, its easy as the app is small in size, only 6.7 MB. Installation is easy, one-click.


Interface:

videogif mac home screen
The Start Screen


The interface of VideoGIF is clean and easy to use. On starting the app, you get a start screen. On the start screen, there are three ways in which you can select the source for your GIF file. We liked the option of the webcam, you can make GIF of your selfies! There are options to add stickers, custom text, and adding layers. Layers provide a good way to keep things separate from each other. You can add different layers in a single GIF file.



Adding a Video:

We tested VideoGIF by adding a short video from our disk. On adding the video, the app notifies you of the size, and tells you to reduce it. Changing the size of the GIF was easy, just click the button and you can change the size, just put the width, and the height will come automatically. By default a portion of the video is selected for the GIF. You can just set the pointer to the position from where you want to start the GIF and set the start marker there, same for the end position marker. VideoGIF provides many things to spice up the GIF like the stickers, layers etc. A pretty nice list of stickers is provided with the app. You can change the timing duration for the stickers as well. Also you can set the opacity, i.e. how much % the sticker will be visible over the GIF. Some Instagram-ish effects are also given which are applied to the entire video. Video can be cropped directly with the crop tool. Overall we liked the features provided by VideoGIF, and the convenience of using it.

videogif video size
Notification to reduce size.


videogif resizing video
Resizing the video is easy.



videogif stickers
Good amount of stickers to choose from.


videogif sticker settings
Settings available for stickers.




Saving the GIF:

The app provides typical settings to make the GIF file. The most important thing for users would be the frame count. Videos are generally 25 frames/second. That means in one second, 25 frames (still images) are displayed on the screen, which creates a sense of motion. In the GIF, you can set the frame number. Setting it to 25 will make a very large GIF file generally in the range of >20 MB. But you get the complete high speed motion at higher frame rates. Also setting high frame number takes time to make the GIF. We would recommend setting it to about 10 or 15, that would suffice in most cases. Also you can make the GIF in reverse sequence.
videogif mac screenshot

Conclusion:
VideoGIF is an excellent app, it does its work very good, of making GIF's. We would recommend this app to anyone who wants to make GIF's and share it with their friends. Though we would have liked if the app was available at the price of $4.99, which is its discounted price. 

Ratings:
Interface:5/5
Ease of use:4.5/5
Speed:3.5/5
Price:4/5
Overall:4.5/5 

Download (or buy): VideoGIF