I hadn't seen any reviews of the cinemin Slice on here and it looked pretty cool so i figured…
Ok, to set the stage… i'm a photographer tend to do a LOT of on the go slideshows when i am traveling or shooting on location and needed an easy solution that i could pack into my gear bag so i had to go pico. My usual workflow is as follows: quick edit, push to iPhone/pad, and use that do display on a table top…
don't get me wrong i really LOVE how the images look on my ipad!!! The only thing that poses a problem is on average there are about 10-20 people trying to watch the slideshow and the size of the screen just does not cut it. I recently bought the aaxa M1-ultimate to solve this problem. I shoot lot of wedding receptions as a side thing and they are ALWAYS dim to darkly lit so i figured brightness would not be a huge issue….
another nerdy friend of mine just got the Cinemin Slice that he saw in the latest wired mag. (which is a pretty rad digi-mag on the ipad…)
I asked him if could borrow the Slice for a quick test. I was really intreagued by the speakers/sound dock aspect... for the review i mostly wanted to focus on 3 things brightness, image color, and clarity or sharpness.
as i am a terrible writer ill let the photos (mostly) speak for themselves... i also made this video... but i'm pretty sure i sound like a dork... LOL! http://youtu.be/1qO-SYTzPqA
THE UNITS:
both units are pretty well designed! the AAXA M1 is pretty tiny...
The Cinemin was a B***ch to focus cause since is was not your typical spiral focus ring.... it was this sticky slider that you had to use your thumbnail and took me about 5 minute to get it as close to perfect as i could get...
Both are pretty connectable, the Slice has mini-HDMI while the M1 has SD +USB
THE PLAYBACK:
Video: the Slice was significantly more weak and WAY to contrast-y... I thought this would be an easy fix but the Slice has ZERO image settings and to make it worse NO KEY STONING! Though the speakers were pretty impressive, they don't compare to my Bose system... but still very nice.
PHOTOS:
I was pretty unhappy in all 3 of my test categories with the Swivel, which was a bummer since it could have been such a cool product!
overall both devices wort replace anything i've got at home but are pretty cool for a little impromptu movie/slideshow... as with all the "PICO" devices are awesome for what they are they suck for what they are not. (though the Slice is not so "pico")
I found the AAXA M1 to still be the better pick of the two since it was SO much (almost 1/2) as expensive @ $249... and proved to be a MUCh Better picture since the Slice was not very sharp at all...
what do you guys think...? i tried to be as objective as i could, and there was no photoshop (just resizing for web) or anything done to the photos and each was shot with the same settings so as to give a proper example actual use.
Ok, to set the stage… i'm a photographer tend to do a LOT of on the go slideshows when i am traveling or shooting on location and needed an easy solution that i could pack into my gear bag so i had to go pico. My usual workflow is as follows: quick edit, push to iPhone/pad, and use that do display on a table top…
don't get me wrong i really LOVE how the images look on my ipad!!! The only thing that poses a problem is on average there are about 10-20 people trying to watch the slideshow and the size of the screen just does not cut it. I recently bought the aaxa M1-ultimate to solve this problem. I shoot lot of wedding receptions as a side thing and they are ALWAYS dim to darkly lit so i figured brightness would not be a huge issue….
another nerdy friend of mine just got the Cinemin Slice that he saw in the latest wired mag. (which is a pretty rad digi-mag on the ipad…)
I asked him if could borrow the Slice for a quick test. I was really intreagued by the speakers/sound dock aspect... for the review i mostly wanted to focus on 3 things brightness, image color, and clarity or sharpness.
as i am a terrible writer ill let the photos (mostly) speak for themselves... i also made this video... but i'm pretty sure i sound like a dork... LOL! http://youtu.be/1qO-SYTzPqA
THE UNITS:
both units are pretty well designed! the AAXA M1 is pretty tiny...
The Cinemin was a B***ch to focus cause since is was not your typical spiral focus ring.... it was this sticky slider that you had to use your thumbnail and took me about 5 minute to get it as close to perfect as i could get...
Both are pretty connectable, the Slice has mini-HDMI while the M1 has SD +USB
THE PLAYBACK:
Video: the Slice was significantly more weak and WAY to contrast-y... I thought this would be an easy fix but the Slice has ZERO image settings and to make it worse NO KEY STONING! Though the speakers were pretty impressive, they don't compare to my Bose system... but still very nice.
PHOTOS:
I was pretty unhappy in all 3 of my test categories with the Swivel, which was a bummer since it could have been such a cool product!
overall both devices wort replace anything i've got at home but are pretty cool for a little impromptu movie/slideshow... as with all the "PICO" devices are awesome for what they are they suck for what they are not. (though the Slice is not so "pico")
I found the AAXA M1 to still be the better pick of the two since it was SO much (almost 1/2) as expensive @ $249... and proved to be a MUCh Better picture since the Slice was not very sharp at all...
what do you guys think...? i tried to be as objective as i could, and there was no photoshop (just resizing for web) or anything done to the photos and each was shot with the same settings so as to give a proper example actual use.
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