November 2004

Sony D-EJ100PS Psyc Walkman Portable CD Player

Sony’s PSYC D-EJ100PS Walkman portable CD player augments its great sound and extensive features with a stylish, full-circle, gleam-black exterior. And at a mere .94 inches thick, this Walkman lives up to its name, traveling with ease in pocket, purse, or backpack. Playback options include 32-track programming, repeat (track, disc, or program), random play, and [...]

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Simplifying Consumer Technology

Technological advances are fine when you know how to take advantage of them, but only geeks enjoy a dazzling array of buttons on a control panel, or an enigmatic message on a cellphone screen. For everyone else, the wonder gadget is just technology overload. Concerned that customers are being turned off by complexity, electronics manufacturers [...]

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“12 Gizmos of Christmas”: #6 – DVD Players

In case you’re wondering why we decided to give DVD Players and DVD Recorders their own categories, just take a look at the difference in prices. And of course, there is the major feature difference too! It is so cool how much prices have come down in so little time on DVD Players. Only 2 [...]

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Sony DVP-NS575P/B Progressive Scan DVD Player

Sony’s amazingly affordable and feature-rich DVP-NS575P/B DVD player is everything a budget-savvy music and movie lover could ask for. The progressive-scan DVP-NS575P/B plays just about any disc out there–including DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW–as well as spins your digital photos and MP3 files burned to CD-R/CD-RW discs. It will also play discs recorded in [...]

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Panasonic DVD-S47S Progressive Scan DVD Player

Break into the world of DVD entertainment with the stylish, powerful–yet affordable–Panasonic DVD-S47S single-disc progressive-scan DVD player. It offers multiformat disc compatibility, enhanced virtual surround sound, as well as built-in decoding for Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound, and a slim profile of just over 2 inches high.

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Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player

Tap into multimedia fun with Philips’ broad-format, high-style, and ultra-slim DVP642 DVD player. The DVP642 is not only a high-end progressive-scan DVD player equipped to offer scintillating images on high-definition and HD-ready TVs, it’s a tech-savvy player that spins your MP3- and JPEG-encoded recordable CDs (as well as Kodak’s and Fuji’s variants of the same) [...]

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Getting Your Tech Together

By Mike Musgrove, Washington Post Staff Writer How quaint it now seems: Once upon a time, Americans didn’t know how to program their VCRs, doomed to forever blink “12:00.” Those were the good old days, as it turns out. Today, those still-blinking digits are likely the least of your technology travails. Know how to upload [...]

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“12 Gizmos of Christmas”: #7 – DVD Recorders

The seventh most wanted Gizmo of the 2004 holiday season are DVD recorders. Apparently, Panasonic has cornered the market on DVD recorders as the top selling DVD recorders are all Panasonic.

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Panasonic DMR-E85HS Progressive Scan DVD Player / Recorder with 120 GB Hard Drive Recording

Panasonic’s top-of-the line, fifth-generation DMR-E85HS DVD recorder packs a built-in 120 GB hard drive capable of storing up to 284 hours–more than 11 straight days–of audio/video programming in EP mode. So whether you’re seeking the time-shifted TV viewing abilities of a VCR-like DVR or you want to archive your home movies to long-lasting DVD-RAM and [...]

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Panasonic DMR-E75VS Progressive-Scan DVD Recorder/VCR Combo

Introducing Panasonic’s first dual-deck DVD-Video recorder/VHS recorder, which enables you to easily dub home movies and recorded VHS tapes onto either DVD-RAM or DVD-R discs, and from DVD discs back to a VHS tape. It also plays back music burned to CD-R/RW discs as well as MP3 digital audio.

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