We have just added a really cool functionality to the site. We are calling them Spec Tips. Basically, when people on TechSelector.com find a product that they want to know more about, they just have to click on the Details button in the Product Report:

So once you have clicked through to the Product details page where you’ll find the product description, pricing from many retailers, and the technical specifications, scroll down to the bottom to view the technical specification portion. This is where it gets juicy. Specifications lists are usually the richest sources of information that you will find on any product. The problem is that when you are looking at one of these pages, a lot of times you’ll have no idea what some of these things are! Well now your online buddies are helping you out by chiming in with their take on technical specifications. You can put in your own comments on any of them too! You can click on the spec you dont understand or that you want to comment on, such as in this snippet where we will choose “Red Eye Reduction”:

When you click on a spec like Red Eye Reduction shown below, you will get a small window that shows you not only the comments that other people just like you have made about that technical specification as it relates to the product you are interested in, but you can also see what people have said about that specification as it relates to other products as well! This tool is addictive to use and it really is extremely helpful. I just don’t have the time to try to figure out what some of these things mean, so having other peoples explanations and experiences are super helpful because I can gauge the true importance or performance of that particular attribute.

So go check it out. Put your own comments and experiences in too! It is actually really easy, and you know that your comment will show up for any product that has that technical specification. So the comment made by “Desmond Dekker” above will be seen whenever a camera has Red Eye Reduction. Everybody can benefit from even the smallest input, so share your knowledge with your community through Spec Tips, by TechSelector.com!

Im not sure why I am so excited about this. It just seems so revolutionary to me. Such a better way to approach a list of specs than just a definition or… well… NOTHING which is what most sites have. I really think that this new tool will help people to decipher technical specifications and get the most out of the wealth of information they can provide.

See you on the site, and by the way, my username is Petey

Thanks and Prost,

-Pete