Archive for November, 2006
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| Posted Nov 30th, 2006 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]
We pretty much let the cat out of the bag in the leadup article for the #1 category of Video Game Consoles, so without further ado, we give you the Microsoft Xbox 360. The PS3 and Wii may have been hotter than the Xbox, but hey, at least you can get an Xbox! So […]
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| Posted Nov 30th, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
After people have fought, rioted and been shot while waiting in lines for the mythical PS3 machines during the great 2006 PS3 Crime Spree, we had to make Video Game Consoles the #1 most requested and wished for item this season. While the PS3 garnered a lion share of the press regarding crazy […]
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| Posted Nov 30th, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
Alice Hill from Realtechnews tells us about a upscaling DVD player for under $200…
Not interested in the HD format wars? We don’t blame you. Luckily in this case technology comes to the rescue with an affordable solution - an upscaling DVD player. Upscaling is not to be confused with progressive scan […]
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| Posted Nov 30th, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
The Geeks first featured an incredible LCD HDTV by Aquos so we figured we should feature a plasma display as well. This Panasonic is priced well and has become a best seller through online retailers… probably because of winning the consumer reports ratings.
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| Posted Nov 29th, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
Wow…
In the past, LCDs have been known to have issues with viewing angles and since LCD screens are backlit the blacks are not very accurate. These two issues are directly tackled by this Aquos display as the LCD provides a 176 degree viewing angle and a four-wavelength backlight system providing […]
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| Posted Nov 29th, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
Sure we featured video products as our #4 spot in the survey, but HDTV televisions have broken out into their own category this year. We knew HDTV was going to be a best seller this year way back in January at the CES show. Every time you turned around at the show, […]
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| Posted Nov 29th, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
This older player continues to receive positive feedback from people that purchase the gizmo and the sales ranking on online stores continues to be above average. The device has even been called an “iPod killer” but sales simply have not backed up that claim. Overall, the device is really a nice […]
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| Posted Nov 29th, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
MvixUSA has finally released a wireless version of their Mvix player. In addition to adding wireless, they went hi-def and even added USB host ports for additional external hard drives, flash drives and external DVD-ROM drives. You can purchase the Wireless Mvix for $329 at the MvixStore.
Hopefully you can […]
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| Posted Nov 29th, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
Just because the category for today is “Portable Audio Players” we didn’t have to pick all MP3 type players! In fact, with satellite radio becoming more and more popular, this portable Samsung XM ready player with 50-hour playback works quite well in this category. With the 1GB of space, you can […]
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| Posted Nov 28th, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
My wife and I have decided to upgrade our 4GB 2nd generation mini iPods with a pair of the iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition 8GB iPods. Why? For one thing, the red nano looks sharp but more importantly Apple contributes $10 from every sale to the Global Fund to fight […]
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