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- Gadget Gal's daily deals: Zune MP3 player with car pack, Sony Blu-ray home entertainment system, Toshiba TV/DVD player combo
- A Toshiba LCD TV with built-in DVD player, a Microsoft Zune 4GB MP3 player with car pack and headphones, and a Sony Blu-ray home entertainment system. Here are your daily deals for Thursday, August 20, straight from the Gadget Gal: 1. Perfect for that packed dorm, the...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Car, DVD Player, MP3 Player, Microsoft Zune, Blu-ray, Toshiba Corp., Entertainment, Woot, Media Players, Home Entertainment, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Digital Music, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Jennifer Bergen
- Blog posts 2009-08-20
- E-reader devices: The fun is just starting
- E-reader devices: The fun is just startingKindle 3.0 and BeyondGood post, Larry.I agree that we're closer to the beginning of Kindle than the end. I finally looked at one recently and was amazed at how easy it was to navigate. Features such as the dictionary were really intuitive. Still, I...
- Tags: E-books, PDF Support, e-Reader, E-reader device, e-book, iRex
- Discussion threads 2009-06-02
- Wither the 'smartphone': Reorganizing the mobile market when all devices get smart
- Smartphones as a term is dying a quick death as all phones become smarter with Internet access, email and other capabilities. Meanwhile, the mobile market will be carved up based on whether devices are open, foster consumption or content creation, and utility and entertainment, according to Forrester Research. Simply put,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Device, Mobile, Smart Phone, Openness, Hardware Game, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- RealDVD officially launches, so do lawsuits; Is it 'StealDVD'?
- Update: RealNetworks announced Tuesday that its RealDVD software, which allows you to rip and burn DVDs easily, officially launched. And the lawsuits weren't far behind. In a statement Techmeme, RealNetworks billed RealDVD as a "watershed" product. The software, which goes for $29.99 on sale, allows you to...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Movie, RealNetworks Inc., RealDVD, RealDVD Software, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Will iTunes new DVD distribution schedule be enough to boost Apple TV?
- Apple on Thursday announced that iTunes would get new movie releases from studios the same day as their DVD release, but the larger question is whether this move can give Apple TV more traction. Let's face it: Apple TV is an interesting experiment for Apple, but it's...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple TV, Apple iTunes, DVD, TVs, Digital Music, Digital Media, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- iTunes announces same day movie releases as DVD
- In a press release today, Apple announced the ability to purchase new movies from iTunes on the same day as DVD release. New movie releases from both major and independent film studios are now available for purchase on the iTunes Store on the same day as their DVD release. ...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple iTunes, DVD, Movie, Consumer Electronics, Digital Music, Digital Media, Release, Home Entertainment, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Best Black Friday 2007 blockbuster deals
- Best Black Friday 2007 blockbuster dealsWal Mart?If I remember the ads correctly, Wal Mart has a 42" 1080P LCD TV from Polaroid for $768 USD.They also have some decent Dell laptops.RE: Best Black Friday 2007 blockbuster dealsThis is an awesome post! Thanks, i needed something like this to help...
- Tags: 1080p, Black Friday 2007, Black Friday, Black Friday 2007 blockbuster deal, blockbuster deal
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
- Vista Media Center takes over the living room
- [Update 24-August, 2:00PM: By popular request, I've assembled a list of the parts that went into this system, including specs and prices.]  In June, I recounted my out-of-the-box experience with a new Dell PC running Windows Vista, starting with a failed BIOS upgrade, undergoing a successful repair, and establishing that the basic hardware and software...
- Tags: Media Center PC, PC, System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Vista Media Center, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-08-24
- Apple TV already won the battle for your living room
- Apple TV already won the battle for your living roomTaking over the living roomOf course, the whole discussion begs the question of whether consumers give a hoot. There's little in the way of market results to suggest that they do; if it doesn't come as an at most inexpensive...
- Tags: Sales strategy, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Media players, Digital music, Digital media, Games, Sony PlayStation 3, Apple Inc., Apple TV, TV, sales
- Discussion threads 2007-04-02
- A shotgun marriage for Blu-ray and HD DVD?
- A shotgun marriage for Blu-ray and HD DVD?Combo it is againMulti reader is the ONLY way to go forward Interestingly though, the people who already bought a Blu-ray or HDDVD player today already have half-obsolete equipment. Just like the people who bought the first gen DVD burners...
- Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, DVD
- Discussion threads 2007-01-05
- Asus PW201
- There's a reason I never bought a combo cell phone/MP3 player. It's the same reason I never bought a TV with a built-in VCR: I didn't want to own a TV in five years that also included a broken or outdated VCR. I don't need my cell phone to play...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Cable, Consumer electronics, ASUS, Asus PW201, webcam, video
- Product reviews 2006-09-13
- Hollywood trying to play by new rules
- Ross Levinsohn, president of Fox Interactive Media at News Corp, says that the multitude outlets--TV, syndication, DVD, Internet download, mobile phones, VOD, subscription--is changing the game. "Instead of taking programming and putting it on TV, now we have seven or eight different opportunities and all have revenue attached...for this town...
- Tags: MySpace, Ross Levinsohn
- Blog posts 2006-05-02
- Microsoft reveals pricing for Xbox 360
- Microsoft reveals pricing for Xbox 360I wonder...I wonder how the XBox 360 will compare to Apple's offering. Oh, wait, the innovative "Digital Lifestyle Leader" does not have anything like it. Hey, for the same price you can get an iPod! It has to be a better deal!But...
- Tags: Game players, Media Center PCs, Games, Digital media, Digital music, pricing strategy, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Media Center PC
- Discussion threads 2005-08-17
- HP to stop selling Apple's iPod
- HP to stop selling Apple's iPodUmm, OKopinionReasons for failure?1. Why by from a middle guy when you can get one from the big Apple, (Pun very much intended.)2. HP had nothing but service to offer over Apple. Apple's service is just as proficient. 3. HP got all...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, tech giant, Hewlett-Packard Co., Apple iPod, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-07-29
- Intel-backed venture another feather in cap of Microsoft media juggernaut
- Intel-backed venture another feather in cap of Microsoft media juggernautHave you seen that "digital home?"Even Intel employees are contemptuous of it.It remains to be seen whether this is going to help Microsoft lock up the entertainment market or just give them another black eye.As Far as You Know!Microsoft tends to...
- Tags: Sales strategy, DVD, Piracy, box-office revenue, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., feather
- Discussion threads 2005-07-08
- Gates pushes PC-TV connection
- Gates pushes PC-TV connectionWell, I'm sure that...As long as it's based and controlled by Microsoft Software and DRM, and is a Windows-Only idea, he's very excited about it.If the industry doesn't sign on to Microsoft's vision of DRM, or it's Windows-Only world and turns to cross-platform idea's instead the interest...
- Tags: TVs, Consumer electronics, Monitors & displays, Operating systems, Manufacturing, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, PC-TV, TV
- Discussion threads 2004-01-08
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