We came across this wonderful product at home earlier today and tried to search online for the same. Surprisingly we could not find much information on the manufacturer’s website - http://www.reckittbenckiser.com

We wonder if this product is still available in the market. It is essentially a glass and household cleaner. It can be used on TV, electronic items, computer, windows, mirrors, glass tables, fridge and kitchen appliances, car windshield and laminated furniture.

The bottle that we have is pretty old. Packaged in November 2002. We are surprised that we still have it ! At that point of time, the 500 ml bottle cost Rs. 45/- Click picture below to enlarge.

We also came across the following article from “thehindubusinessline.com”

Colin has launched its second variant - Colin with the power of Vinegar. The new product, a pink liquid, is meant to remove greasy residue. The glass and household cleaner is priced at Rs 55 for 500 ml.

Image Courtesy: thehindubusinessline.com

The article is from May 2007, so perhaps the product has been re-branded and launched in the market again. The complete article can be read at:

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/catalyst/2007/05/24/stories/2007052400180401.htm

If any of you have purchased this recently or used it and would like to add your review comments, please do so.

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More brands, more products. Here’s Part III of our coverage of the Electronics Show from Chennai.

Whirlpool

This is yet another giant in the consumer electronics segment in India. Featured products included Microwave Owens, Refrigerators, Washing Machines, Air Conditioners and Water Purifiers.

Some Pictures from the stall:

The ‘Energy star’ and the ‘Stabiliser free operation’:

Some details about Whirlpool Products:

Refrigerators:

In the refrigerators line-up, they have Direct cool (Under which we have Genius and Genius XL), Frost Control (Fusion),Frost Free (Master Mind, Iceberg and Professional). Storage space starts from 180 litres and comes in 200 , 220, 230 , 250, 260 , 280,  310, 340, 405, 445 litres. They are also available in  variety of colors including white, blue, red, grey, steel, silver and gold.

Washing Machines:

Under Washing Machines, they have Front Loading models, Fully Automatic Models and Semi Automatic models. 5 , 6 , 6.5, 7kg. They even had a Dryer.

Sansui:

Sansui is a Japanese brand that mainly deals with Televisions and Audio equipment in India. They had a generously spaced stall, but had only televisions (CRT and LCD) and music systems on display. Their LCD TV range goes by the name Kyuten.

Also on display was a DVD Recorder. Now this is worth mentioning because none of the other giants sported this in their stalls even if they do manufacture it. You can record onto DVD’s directly from your TV.  

DVR 515 R - Rs. 9,490/- (Offer price was Rs.7,490/-)

Sansui actually has a good range of products. To know more, you can visit their Indian website.

Onida:

Onida’s stall was pretty crowded at-least in perspective of the size of their stall. Featured products included LCD TV’s, Microwave Ovens, CRT televisions, Air-Conditioners, Washing Machines, Speaker Systems.

Onida’s LCD TV range goes by the name Xaria. Candy range of DVD players was on display too.

Some pictures of their TV’s , Washing Machines, Air Conditioners and Ovens:

You may also visit Onida’s website.

Godrej:

A player in the Indian consumer market for a long long time, Godrej is still keeping up with growing foreign presence. Featured products included Ovens, Washing Machines, Refrigerators, Air-Conditioners and even Safe’s.

Pictures from the stall:

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This post is subsequent to posts Retail Plus AV Electronic Show-2008 - Coverage and ‘Retail Plus AV Electronic Show-2008-Coverage-Part I ‘.

Here we talk about the big brands and the products they had on display.

1) Sony

Sony is one of the most popular consumer electronics brand both in India and worldwide. Appliances on display included CRT televisions, LCD televisions , Home theatre and stereo systems. They also had laptops, walkmans  and other electronic accessories like cameras and storage devices. We will not delve into that in much detail.

Also featured was Playstation 3for Rs.24,990/- Playstation 2 was also available.

Here are some pictures of the LCD TV’s on display:

(If you look closely, you should be able to see both model numbers and the price of some of the televisions. The same is typed out here for easy reading.)

KLV 40V 300 A             - Rs. 99,990/-  *  (Bravia V Series,40″ LCD screen)

KLV 32D 300A              - Rs. 69,990/-  *  (Bravia D Series,32″ LCD screen)

KLV 32V 300A              - Rs. 54,990/-  * (Bravia V Series,32″ LCD screen) 

KLV 40X 350A              - Rs.1,79,900/-* (Bravia X Series,40″ LCD screen)

KLV 40W 300A             - Rs.1,29,900/-*(Bravia W Series,40″ LCD screen)

KLV 40S 310A              - Rs. 79,990/-   * (Bravia S Series,40″ LCD screen)

Pictures of Home theatres/Stereo systems:

DAV-DZ151K/DAV-DZ150K          -Rs. 12,990/- * (5.1 Channel,850W )

DAV-DZ750K                                    -Rs. 26,990/- * (5.1 Channel,1000W)

Picture of CRT televisions:

2) Samsung

The Samsung stall had most of the home appliance products. Samsung enjoys a big presence in the Indian market. Among the products on display were, Televisions (LCD, Plasma,CRT), Refrigerators, Washing Machines, Air Conditioners, Microwave Owens, Home theatre systems and optical players.

Presented below are some pictures.

Televisions:

In the LCD television segment, Samsung seems to have a wide range. The four ranges on display were  Sonoma Trenz, Bordeaux Art, Mosel Blaque and HD Plasma. (In increasing order of price; Sonoma Trenz being the cheapest.)

Typical Price Range:

Sonoma Trenz - Rs. 52,000/- (32″) , Rs. 85,000/- (40″) , Rs. 1,40,000/- (46″)

Bordeaux Art  - Rs. 21,000/- (19″) , Rs. 35,000/- (26″) , Rs. 57,000/- (32″) , Rs. 75,000/- (37″) , Rs. 95,000/- (40″) 

Mosel Blaque  - Rs. 1,20,000/- (40″) , Rs. 1,70,000/- (46″) , Rs. 3,00,000/- (52″)

Plasma TV      - Rs. 80,000/- (42″) , Rs. 90,000/- (42″) , Rs. 1,70,000/- (50″) , Rs. 4,50,000/- (63″) 

DVD Players/Home Theatres:

Refrigerators:

We found a couple of interesting things on refrigerators. The first of these is the ‘Energy Star’. ( which was covered earlier - Tips for lower emissions from homes - II ) The second of these is the ‘Stabiliser Free Operation’ (also earlier covered -  Appliances with built in voltage stabilizers )

Images of the two are shown below:

Washing Machines:

Featured washing machines included both front loading and top loading models.

Pictures of Air-Conditioners and Microwave Owens:

People interested in knowing model numbers and prices of Samsung products may put up queries on the forum. The number of models is too many to be covered as a part of this particular post.

* -Might have been the offer price. You may want to check the local prices yourself.

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Here are details of some of the stalls:

Cinebels-The Jamo Shop

A music related stall that had products including speakers, home theatres, amplifiers…etc. Brands on display included Jamo, Sherwood and BenQ.

Some pictures form the stall:

   

Links to Official websites:

Sherwood

Jamo

Cinebels

Tele Shopping

This stall appeared quite crowded. On display was a mini sewing machine shown below:

 

Lazy Bag:

A stall sporting bean bags which have become common place these days. The price of one bean bag would be around Rs. 2000. The dealer I spoke to claimed that it was pure leather. You might want to check the authenticity of the claims if you decide to go in for one though.

Pictures of the same are presented below:

  

Tata Sky

They featured the Tata Sky DTH. There are many schemes that one can choose from.

You can check all the details here:

Tata Sky

Softlink Panasonic:

Featured were kitchen appliances like electric rice cookers and mixers/grinders. Some images of the same are made available below:

  

Panasonic Kitchen Appliances

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Continuing our brand series where we covered televisions and mattresses before, today we touch upon DVD players.

Image Courtesy : msu.edu

Japanese DVD player brands

Chinese DVD player brands

Korean DVD player brands

Other DVD player brands

Indian DVD player brands

Wow, that is quite a long list isnt it? How to know which brand to choose from this? Stay tuned for our next article on features of DVD to look out for. Hopefully this would get some clarity and shortlist your choices.

We will end this article with some trivia on DVD players :

> DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc and not digital video disc as perceived!

> A single layer DVD can hold 4.7GB of data and a dual layer disc can hold twice as much.

> All commercially available DVD titles would contain only one movie to maintain picture quality.

> DVD have region coding to prevent piracy.

> DVD audio is usually encoded with multi channel support for surround sound effect.

> One of the primary feature of DVD is to have multiple audio tracks (languages) and various subtitle support.

> Additionally, some DVD have various camera angles for the same sequence.

> Blue-ray and HD-DVD are the successors for DVD technology.

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