![]() ![]() The adapter is beyond burdensome to call it a kluge solution would be an insult to duct tape-it’s just plain bad. Next, you plug a small cable from the adapter into your iPod’s AV port. To view videos from your iPod on the iTheater, you must plug a cable that comes off of the glasses into an external adapter. Compared to a pair of standard iPod earbuds, the Estar sounded about the same or even slightly better, while the iTheater sounded much, much worse. Wearing the iTheater, it was more akin to standing across the street from a disco, with a pair of earmuffs on. ![]() The difference was most pronounced on the Madonna track, which sounded as if I were on the dance floor at a disco while wearing the Estar. The sound on DVDs was unacceptably shrill on the iTheater, and when watching Lost episodes it was sometimes difficult to follow dialogue. Meanwhile, the iTheater sounded like it was playing through a puddle. Although the Estar had full, rich midrange, thumping bass, and distinct high notes. Just as there is no comparing the video with these two products, so too is the sound completely dissimilar-although the roles were reversed. The picture quality of each was uniformly crisp watching a DVD via component cables, although the video did drop frames very briefly on a few occasions with the Estars. Interestingly, however, the difference between the two products was much less noticeable when watching a DVD than when watching video on an iPod. ![]() Itheater free movies tv#The end result of this is that watching longer iPod-hosted videos, such as Lost episodes, on the Estar gave me eye strain from focusing, whereas the iTheater realistically simulated watching on a TV screen set up a short distance away. I also noticed numerous video artifacts on the Estar and the video tended to flicker.įurthermore, I found it easier to maintain focus on the iTheater glasses, which gave the illusion of watching a far-away screen, while the Estars forced me to focus more on the image directly in front of my eyes. The glasses also did a great job of showing video from various points on my nose, so that I didn’t have to find a “sweet spot” as I did with the Estar. The video on the iTheater looks much sharper than that on the Estar. Watching videos from the iPod on the two units produced dramatically different results. As with the iTheater, the headphones are attached to the glasses at the temples, and can be held in place with two small clips at the end of the earpiece. Overall, they provide more situational awareness than the iTheater and are more comfortable to boot. (However, I found them a little tight.) Although they lack the degree of situational awareness that MyVu’s video glasses have, you can see around the tops and bottoms of the glasses, and it’s quite possible to walk around the house while wearing them-very carefully, that is. A rubber nosepiece holds them snugly on the bridge of your schnozz, and the earpieces are slightly flexible to fit your head. Equally lightweight at 4.2 ounces and well balanced, the Estar EyeCinema sits nicely on your face. ![]()
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