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- Best Buy gets framed
- If you were the recipient of a new Insignia digital picture frame for the holidays, you may have gotten an extra bonus with your gift. Turns out the 10.4-inch Insignia model (NS-DPF10A), which was available at Best Buy, included a virus that could allow the frame to...
- Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Home Theater, Virus, Insignia, Home Entertainment, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Security, Personal Technology, Josh Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
- Picture this: insignia digital picture frames may carry virus
- Best Buy is investigating a factory installed virus that has infected select Insignia digital picture frames. Insignia is Best Buy's in-house electronics brand. On Jan. 19, Insignia issued a product alert for "a limited number" of infected 10.4 inch digital picture frames (Model: NS-DPF10A). ...
- Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Virus, Insignia, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
Additional Resources
- Panasonic Viera TH-42PX80U
- As high-definition TVs continue to evolve with evermore-enticing technologies and doodads, the majority of buyers are still looking for the best bang for the buck. Panasonic's plasmas are usually at or near the top of the heap in that category, and the 42-inch TH-42PX80U is a great example. This set...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Panasonic, TH-42PX80U, plasma, 1080p
- Product reviews 2008-04-30
- Samsung LN32A450
- Our favorite small-screen LCD in 2007 was Samsung's LN-T3253H, and this year's version, the LN32A450, is another picture-quality winner. This LCD delivers solid black level performance and accurate color, along with a commendable feature set compared with the rest of the 32-inch LCD pack. No, it's not as inexpensive ...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Samsung LN32A450, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., picture mode
- Product reviews 2008-04-22
- Sharp LC-32D44U
- As off-brands such as Vizio, Insignia, and Westinghouse continue to make inroads among HDTV shoppers, traditional makers such as Sharp have to make it seem as if their sets are worth a couple of hundred bucks extra. That's especially tough in the small-to-medium-screen space, where the entry-level Sharp Aquos LC-32D44U...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sharp Corp., Sharp LC-32D44U, HDTV
- Product reviews 2008-04-08
- insignia NS-DXA1
- Editors' note: We found the Insignia NS-DXA1 and the Zenith DTT900 have virtually identical design, features, and performance; therefore, their reviews are the same.The FCC has pushed back the DTV transition several times already, but it looks as if it will shut off over-the-air analog TV signals on...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Insignia NS-DXA1, digital television
- Product reviews 2008-04-03
- insignia NS-LCD32
- The Best Buy house brand Insignia can be found on some of the cheapest, er, least-expensive HDTVs available anywhere, and judging from the company's terrible NS-PDP42 plasma, you might be tempted to write these sets off entirely. Not so fast, bargain hunter. The 32-inch NS-LCD32 LCD TV fared a lot...
- Tags: TVs, Insignia NS-LCD32
- Product reviews 2008-04-02
- Zenith DTT900
- Editors' note: We found the Zenith DTT900 and the Insignia NS-DXA1 have virtually identical design, features, and performance; therefore, their reviews are the same.The FCC has pushed back the DTV transition several times already, but it looks as if it will shut off over-the-air analog TV signals on...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Zenith DTT900, digital television
- Product reviews 2008-03-31
- Vizio VO47LF
- As Vizio continues to prove itself capable of competing in sales against the Sonys and Samsungs of the world, the company keeps tweaking its formula of offering plenty of bang for the buck, especially in the features department. The newly designed VO47LF, a 47-inch flat-panel LCD, has four HDMI inputs...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Vizio VO47LF, Vizio
- Product reviews 2008-03-19
- insignia NS-PDVD10 - DVD player
- Perhaps even more than their living room counterparts, portable DVD players are among the ultimate commoditized consumer electronics products out there. The problem, then, is finding one that's a step-up from the semidisposable models littering the shelves at the discount store. With its large screen and long battery life, the...
- Tags: Media players, Consumer electronics, Tablets, Notebooks, control button, Insignia NS-PDVD10, DVD player, portable DVD player, DVD
- Product reviews 2008-03-14
- Sony DR-BT22 series
- Who says advancement in cell phones can't benefit MP3 players as well? As stereo Bluetooth (otherwise known as A2DP) becomes the standard variety on more and more handsets, we continue to see an influx of stereo Bluetooth headsets. The latest from Sony is the DR-BT22, a portable set with a...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Bass, Sony DR-BT22, headset, headphone, Sony Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-02-13
- insignia NS-PDP42
- Insignia is Best Buy's house brand, so the company's inexpensive 42-inch plasma, the NS-PDP42, is available only at the giant electronics retailer. By all appearances, however, this plasma shares a strong heritage with LG, from the panel's external design, to its menu system, to the tendency for a somewhat noisier...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Insignia NS-PDP42
- Product reviews 2008-02-07
- News to know: Vista SP1; Microsoft earnings; MacBook specs; VOIP
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Select group of testers get new builds of XP SP3, Vista SP1 Larry Dignan: Microsoft earnings shine; Ups fiscal year outlook Jeff Jones (err Microsoft): Vista more secure than everything Is Microsoft tinkering with Live...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Earnings, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Linux, Web Site Development, Telephony, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, VOIP, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Networking, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Telecommunications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-25
- Picture this: insignia digital picture frames may carry virus
- Picture this: Insignia digital picture frames may carry virusReminds me of Applehttp://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=346Probably for the same reasons ....your beloved Apple didn't do a mass recall of iPods when the same thing occured with them.This means Best Buy's corporate...network is probably infected. It shows a lack of IT skills in their...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, network, Trend Micro Inc., virus, picture frame
- Discussion threads 2008-01-24
- Plasmas giving way to LCD technology at CES 2008
- Plasmas giving way to LCD technology at CES 2008Check your facts.Konka is one of many ODM's supplying to various retailers. Konka's business with Best Buy is for CRT televisions and not LCDs.Pioneer PlasmaThe Pioneer PDP-5010FD is one of the highest rated flat screens you will ever find. Pioneer has...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Pioneer PDP-5010FD, Black Level, Konka, LCD, Pioneer Plasma, Panasonic, Panasonic Plasma
- Discussion threads 2008-01-09
- Plasmas giving way to LCD technology at CES 2008
- It seems like where ever you go at CES 2008, LCD technology dominates the show floor on everything from tiny 1" LCD photo chains to massive 108" LCD HDTVs. I checked with China-based Konka (OEM as Insignia at Best Buy) and they have given up on Plasma technology and...
- Tags: Plasma, LCD, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
- Before buying an HD display, read this lowdown on 720p vs. 1080i vs 1080p
- Before buying an HD display, read this lowdown on 720p vs. 1080i vs 1080pSecond Rule: Beware the Ringers[B]Speaking of shopping in superstores for these bad boys, one thing I’ve learned is that you don’t want to eyeball the image quality of these displays in a typical showroom setting where florescent...
- Tags: 1080p, 1080i
- Discussion threads 2007-12-10
- Is the "airline pilot" on that new iPhone ad legit? Tell me what you think
- Â On the Crave blog, my colleague David Carnoy ponders the legitimacy of the "airline pilot" in the new iPhone ad. BRYCE is shown fessin' up to obtaining more up-to-date weather conditions via The Weather Channel's Weather.com on his iPhone than from the folks...
- Tags: Airline, Apple iPhone, Advertisement, BRYCE, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- MyVu Personal Media Viewer (universal edition)
- The future hath arrived. Tech enthusiasts have long theorized that video players in the form of glasses were imminent, and it was only a year ago that some of the first models started to hit the market. Now, the category is in full swing, with plenty of versions made to...
- Tags: Corporate communications, PMV, Myvu Personal Media Viewer, video, cable
- Product reviews 2007-10-16
- myvu Universal edition brings a big screen experience to your portable media player
- Late last year I had a chance to check out the myvu Made for iPod Fully Loaded package and thought it was an excellent way to view video content on the iPod. Unfortunately, I didn't own an iPod and had to just borrow one for the review so I didn't...
- Tags: Box, Apple iPod, Portable Media Player, Video, Media Player, Cable, Corporate Communications, Digital Music, Digital Media, Network Technology, Media Players, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Networking, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2007-10-10
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