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Surveys show consumers love HDTVs, but show some confusion about HD programming

Surveys show consumers love HDTVs, but show some confusion about HD programmingHDTVI have a 60" mitsubishi and have no HD programing except regular channels you get over the air.I use an upconvert DVD player and the whole thing looks fine to me,i'm 56 years old and have no plans of...

Tags: Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sales strategy, survey, Blue-ray, HDTV, DVD, Blu-ray disc, early adapter, disc

Discussion threads 2008-11-30

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In recession, VoIP makes strong case for cutting your home landline

Tempting, but I will passI've considered VoIP several times over the years, but it usually just takes a few phone calls with a friend or relative who is using VoIP before I change my mind! Not infrequently, the conversation becomes a warbling mess. Then there are times we...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, phone, recession

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Your next PC .. next year and the year after!

Atom FutureIn the comming years, hardware will provide the means to have a real PC/entertainment system convergence.Today Home theater PC are not creadible because they are too expensive, and too voluminous. With the possibility to build system capable of Hi-Def video in the size of a 2.5" HDD, we...

Tags: Cellular phones, Desktops, graphics, Cuda, NVidia Corp., Larrabee, notebook, PC

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

To the Moon: Boeing, the Rocket Foundry

The historic Apollo 11 mission in July of 1969 culminated in the first manned moon landing. While many of the proud Americans who were involved in that project are no longer with us 40 years later, the technologies they built still live on, will be further refined, and will return...

Tags: Foundry Networks Inc., Boeing Co., S-IC, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-10

Optimum Ultra: So how fast is it?

Optimum Online's $99 per month Ultra DOCSIS 3.0 service is one of fastest residential broadband offerings available today. But is it really "Up to" 101Mbps as advertised? As I mentioned in a post last week about broadband service outages, Last Friday, I was...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Router, Network, Adobe PDF, Broadband, Server, NetGear, Ultra DOCSIS 3.0, CISCO DPC3000, Speed Test, OOKLA, SRXN3205, Network Technology, Routers & Switches, Modems, Home Networking, Cable, Firewalls, Broadband Internet, Networking, Telecommunications, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-07

Retro is the wave of the future for camera design

Retro is the wave of the future for camera designActuallyThe "Retro" look of some new digital cameras is based not so much on SLRs as Rangefinder cameras. Anyway, I'd prefer having a real working Kodak Retina IIC (35mm rangefinder film camera) again, over these new digital units. The color slides...

Tags: camera, Retro

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

Camping with your Mac

After having just returned from the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee I wanted to share a few tips about what to bring if you plan to bring your Mac and iPhone for that matter on a camping trip. Moisture is the enemy of all electronics. When...

Tags: Car, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple MacBook Pro, FastMac, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-06-16

A case for rugged laptops?

I'm not a gentle laptop user. They get tossed in my car, jammed in my bag, and slid off my lap. My white MacBook is only white in a few spots now (the keyboard and wrist-rests a fairly disgusting shade of gray). Kids, however, make me look downright...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Productivity, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Lenovo IdeaPad S10 4231

Lenovo's IdeaPad S10 Netbook has been a popular entry in the minilaptop sweepstakes for several reasons. It was one of the first Netbooks to offer an ExpressCard slot (albeit the smaller 34mm variety), it was an early proponent of standard hard-disk drives instead of small solid-state drives (a position that...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Engineering, Lenovo Group Ltd., netbook, battery, Lenovo IdeaPad, Lenovo S10

Product reviews 2009-05-04

Dads & Grads: Top 10 laptops for college students, class of '09

Dads & Grads: Top 10 laptops for college students, class of '09I have a Macbook......and to be honest wouldn't use a Windows laptop for personal use at least until they sort out decent multitouch trackpads.That said, there is no way in hell I would pay ?929 for a Macbook for...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook, Dads & Grads, laptop computer, Top 10 laptop, Top 10

Discussion threads 2009-05-01

Gateway P-7808u FX edition Core 2 Quad 17

While parent company Acer rules the Netbook market with its budget-priced Aspire One, Gateway is the first name that comes to mind when thinking of high-quality low-cost gaming rigs, thanks to the popular FX series. The $1,749 P-7808u version breaks the mold somewhat by cramming in an Intel Core...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Gateway Inc., Intel Core 2 Quad, laptop computer, Intel Corp.

Product reviews 2009-04-17

Microsoft will allow Windows 7 users to downgrade to XP

Microsoft will allow Windows 7 users to downgrade to XPThis is really no big surprise of course,mainly due to the fact of some organizations or many organizations reliance on specific software written to work with XP. And they likely will not be ready to change to a newer OS till...

Tags: Operating systems, way thing, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 user, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-04-06

Samsung BD-P1600

Photo gallery:Samsung BD-P1600Samsung was the first manufacturer with a standalone Blu-ray player, but in 2008 it often felt like the company was struggling to keep up with Panasonic. When Panasonic released the first Profile 2.0 player, Samsung was still shipping Profile 1.1 players, with promises that future upgrades would make...

Tags: Samsung BD-P1600, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-03-31

Dell SX13-163B

Editors' note: This review is part of our Retail Roundup: Q1 2009, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores. The 13-inch laptop owes much if its success to Apple's embrace of the form factor for its popular MacBook systems. But besides that,...

Tags: Notebooks, Processors, Dell Computer Corp., Adamo, laptop computer

Product reviews 2009-03-20

Gateway FX P-7805u

Editors' note: This review is part of our Winter 2009 Retail Roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores. Gateway's budget-minded 17-inch gaming laptops have impressed, offering a mix of decent components and high-end video cards for around $1,200. The most recent version, the...

Tags: Processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, Gateway Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, Intel Corp.

Product reviews 2009-02-20

Asus Eee Top ET1602

Asus's $599 Eee Top ET1602 seems like an attempt to capitalize on two major computer trends. Small, low cost hardware is all the rage these days, and the Eee Top is both the smallest and the most affordable all-in-one we've seen. And with HP's TouchSmart line, as well as the...

Tags: Keyboards, Tools & Techniques, Notebooks, Monitors & displays, ASUS, Eee Top

Product reviews 2009-02-16

Harman/Kardon Go + Play

(Editors' note: Harman/Kardon plans to release an updated model of the Go + Play in Spring of 2009 that may address many of the concerns expressed in this review, such as compatibility with recent models of iPods and the iPhone. If you're considering purchasing a Go + Play and you're...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, USB-output, Apple iPod

Product reviews 2009-01-23

HP Mini 2140

Even though the HP Mini 1000 is only a few months old, Hewlett-Packard was actually an early player in the Netbook field. The company's business system side came up with the Mini-Note 2133 in spring 2008, with a solid, brushed-metal chassis and a nearly full-size keyboard. Unfortunately, this predated Intel's...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Mini 2140

Product reviews 2009-01-22

Sony's svelte P series Netbook

The mystery of the Sony VAIO P series has been resolved. Sony is calls it a Lifestyle PC, but it is really one of the smallest and lightest Netbooks to date. The P series weighs 1.4 pounds with the standard battery. It is about the size of...

Tags: Sony Corp., IBM pSeries, Netbook, Servers, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-01-08

Look 'Ma! A Drive-In Theatre for Ants!

Here's some neat Star Trekky-tech that you'll be able to get your hands on shortly -- Texas Instruments' DLP Pico Projector Development Kit. The kit includes a Zippo lighter-sized 7.5 lumen projector unit, combined with a BeagleBoard embedded Linux developer platform. Have a look at this cool video demo put...

Tags: Texas Instruments Inc., BeagleBoard Embedded Linux, TI DLP Pico Projector Developer Kit, Projectors, Hardware, Components, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-12-30