Hitachi 49Hgt69U Review

Hitachi 49HGT69U review: price This sizable UHD TV has a high street list price of £499, but is available for less from your local catalogue retailer: you can buy the Hitachi 49HGT69U for £469.99 from Argos. It looks something of a steal, but what sort of UHD telly do you really get for your cash? See also: Best 4K TVs to buy in 2016 Hitachi 49HGT69U review: Features and design Design wise, this 49-incher is perfectly civil....

November 6, 2022 · 4 min · 668 words · Irene Orbin

Honor 5X Review

Continuing its effort to crack the worldwide smartphone market, Huawei, under the guise of Honor, is bringing another budget priced phone to our attention. The ‘no nonsense’ Honor 5X is another great looking phone offering much better specs than you would expect for the price. Honor 5X review: Price and rivals The Honor 5X is the firm’s first phone to launch in the US, and that’s probably why it was on display at CES 2016 (where we first saw it) as part of the Huawei stand....

November 6, 2022 · 7 min · 1417 words · Kenneth Kiewiet

Honor 9A Launch Kicks Off Mega Honor Sale

It’s free to register for a VIP Membership. Doing so before 1 July qualifies Honor phone owners perks like additional discounts up to 30%, early product testing, and free shipping. It also qualifies customers for benefits on Huawei’s streaming services, such as a month of Huawei Music for free, 15GB of storage space on Huawei Cloud for a year, and 3 film vouchers redeemable at Huawei Video. The new Honor 9A, previously available only in Russia, comes particularly cheap at £129....

November 6, 2022 · 3 min · 480 words · Elizabeth Oneill

How To Avoid Game Of Thrones Spoilers

How to avoid Game of Thrones spoilers: Block spoilers in your social feed There are a few extensions you can use for your browser to block spoilers automatically from your social feed. As you’re often going to have someone spoil the fun with them sharing their thoughts or emotions on social media. Spoiler Shield is a dedicated extension for Google Chrome that hides posts that contain spoilers. If you still want to read someone’s post, you can always do so by revealing the post hidden underneath the Spoiler Shield....

November 6, 2022 · 3 min · 532 words · Danny Hardin

How To Boot Galaxy A5 2017 Into Download Mode 4 Methods

Launched in January 2017, Samsung Galaxy A5 is a flagship lookalike which performs as a mid-ranger and is priced somewhere in-between. This 2017 edition smartphone has some upgraded specs and features which makes it eye-catchy. It features a 5.2 inches of Super AMOLED screen with 1080 x 1920 pixels of resolution, Octa-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A53 Exynos Processor with 64 GB of internal storage and 3 GB of RAM. Download mode is a special state or we can say a sub-system of an Android device and is mainly used to flash stock firmware through official means....

November 6, 2022 · 4 min · 806 words · Alejandro Barrocas

How To Boot Galaxy Y Into Download Mode 4 Methods

Download mode is a special state or we can say a sub-system of an Android phone and is mainly used to flash stock firmware through official means. Moreover, the download mode is also widely used in gaining root access, flashing a custom recovery, custom ROMs, boot loader, kernels, modems, pit files, system updates,s etc. By booting your Samsung Galaxy Y into Download Mode, you can easily install the newly released Samsung OTA updates....

November 6, 2022 · 5 min · 902 words · Homer Leclair

How To Change Default Browser In Windows 11

Microsoft has retained the pop-up which appears after a new browser is installed and you open a supported file, but that’s your only opportunity using this method. If you happen to miss, the ‘Always use this app’ checkbox, it’s a bit of a hassle to change it. That’s because Microsoft has changed the way you select default apps within the Windows 11 Start Menu. On Windows 10, this was a simple case of choosing a third-party option within the ‘Default Apps’ section of Settings....

November 6, 2022 · 2 min · 375 words · Kelly Harrington

How To Charge Your Smartphone Faster

You’ve probably noticed that your phone or tablet will charge much slower when it’s connected to a PC or laptop’s USB port than when it is to a mains power adaptor. And you may have noticed your phone will charge faster when connected to the charger that came with your tablet. That’s because different chargers have different power outputs. While a PC’s USB port is specified at 2.5W for USB 1....

November 6, 2022 · 4 min · 648 words · Marilyn James

How To Choose Reliable And Hassle Free Video Editing Software

No matter what video editing task you have – a birthday greeting card or a bulky business presentation -problems may arise starting from the very first steps of importing your original files. One of the most popular Windows-based movie making app will refuse to process an MP4 video from your HD camera, and even some premium range programs might restrict your use of H264 codec. Meanwhile, VSDC Free Video Editor supports all the famous video and audio formats, allowing you to include files from your smartphones, tablets, HD and action cameras in your movie project....

November 6, 2022 · 3 min · 445 words · Hubert Flannagan

How To Control Fan Speed Make Your Pc Quiet

They’re required to keep the electronics cool, but they shouldn’t be overly noisy. In fact, unless you’re running any demanding apps – such as games or video editing, it should be possible to run the fans so slowly they’re almost inaudible. Any fans connected to your PC’s motherboard are controllable according to temperature, but those connected directly to the PC’s power supply may run only at once fixed speed. So the method for controlling them will depend upon how they’re powered....

November 6, 2022 · 6 min · 1224 words · Denise Smith

How To Customise The Start Menu On Windows 10

However, one area that is often left relatively untouched is the Start Menu. It’s probably the first thing you click on once your PC or laptop has booted up, but many choose to stick with Microsoft’s default layout. If you’d like to spice up what you see when you click the Windows icon, here are five aspects of the Windows 10 Start Menu that you can customise. Resize the Start Menu By default the Start Menu takes up about almost half of the screen....

November 6, 2022 · 2 min · 362 words · Jeff Kauffman

How To Delete Snapchat Messages

Yes, Snapchat photos and text messages are supposed to disappear so you don’t need to worry but over time the developer has built in more ways to hold on to those messages. Here’s what you need to do, but remember that things can stay saved on the other user’s device. Find out how to screenshot without them knowing and read our Snapchat Spectacles review How to delete Snapchat messages Delete saved threads by long pressing on individual messages....

November 6, 2022 · 1 min · 171 words · Calvin Chunn

How To Get Free Books With Amazon Prime Reading

For the same fee of £7.99 per month or £79 per year, Prime members now get access to Prime Reading’s multitude of books, comics, magazines and more in addition to the following services: Unlimited one-day deliveryPrime Video (a Netflix rival)Prime Music (a Spotify rival)Twitch PrimePrime PhotosPrime Early AccessKindle Books And lots more Prime Reading gives members access to a library of more than 1,000 digital books, magazines and comics. The library features top-rated titles, and it will be rotated regularly to make sure you never run out of things to read....

November 6, 2022 · 2 min · 335 words · Bertha Viesselman

How To Give Alexa Multiple Requests

Check out our Echo 2 review here. When this new mode is enabled, Alexa will continue to listen for up to 5 seconds after your original request, in the event you’d like to ask her something else. To enable Follow-Up mode, you’ll have to find your way to the app, select the device in question and there will be an option to enable the option. So if you’d like Alexa to turn the lights on and boil the kettle first thing in the morning, a simple “Hey Alexa, turn on the lights” will start the process....

November 6, 2022 · 2 min · 241 words · Margaret Blankenship

How To Install Windows 11 On Vmware Virtual Machine

TPM 2.0 is not the only thing Windows 11 checks before the installation. It also verifies CPU and RAM. If your PC doesn’t have the latest generation CPU or possesses less than 4GB of RAM, you will get the above message for that as well. With these restrictions in place, it is hard to run Windows 11 even on a physical system having a bit old hardware, let alone the virtual machine....

November 6, 2022 · 3 min · 520 words · William Stephens

How To Make Banners In Minecraft

So, how do you create banners to hang on your walls or leave outside your castle to let others know who lives there? As with most things in Minecraft, it’s easier than you might expect. How to make banners in Minecraft Are you looking to create banners in Minecraft to hang on your walls or to scare away intruders? Don’t worry, it’s simple and uses items easily found in Minecraft....

November 6, 2022 · 2 min · 337 words · George Palmer

How To Recover Deleted Photos From Iphone Without Backup

If you have deleted those pictures, your first move will likely be to go and look for them in the Recently Deleted folder. When you delete pictures from iPhone, they get transferred to the Recently Deleted folder for a period of 29 days before being lost for good. If you don’t find it in the Recently Deleted folder either, your other option might be to recover deleted photos from iPhone backup....

November 6, 2022 · 2 min · 366 words · Oleta Sheridan

How To Remove Continue Watching Titles On Netflix

However, if you’re on a joint account and don’t want spoilers – or just want to start something from the beginning – then this feature may be a bit of an annoyance. Fortunately, there is a way remove shows and films in this section both on the app and on your desktop. Keep on reading to find out how. If you’re searching for more Netflix tips and tricks, we have guides on hosting a Netflix Party, streaming Netflix in 4K and how to watch American Netflix here in the UK....

November 6, 2022 · 4 min · 659 words · Lucille Garcia

How To Replace A Laptop Screen

He we provide practical guidance on how to proceed, starting with diagnosing whether the screen truly is the culprit. However, we do assume that you know for sure that the problem is related to the video system and not something totally unrelated like the hard disk. Note that some laptops fit together in a slightly different way from the one shown here but the same principles apply. How to replace your laptop screen First, you need to identify the problem....

November 6, 2022 · 3 min · 638 words · Cathleen Aldridge

How To Ride A Hoverboard Top Tips

But don’t fret, as we at Tech Advisor have been riding hoverboards for over two years, and here’s our advice on how to ride a hoverboard (with extra tips!). If you haven’t already picked up a hoverboard, take a look at our selection of the best hoverboards of 2017/2018. Step 1. Standing on the hoverboard Before you even attempt to stand on the hoverboard, make sure that it’s both fully charged and powered on....

November 6, 2022 · 3 min · 603 words · Donald Monahan