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ExpoTV – Share your opinions, earn rewards ($)

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There are a number of community review sites out there, but ExpoTV is arguably the first one to combine video with consumer reviews and incentives in the forms of rewards, particularly monetary ($) ones.

Now you may be thinking YouTube or other similar video sharing sites already exist and you can upload whatever you want there. But what if you’re looking for a video review on a specific product or perhaps a brand? That suddenly becomes pretty tough on a YouTube, doesn’t it? ExpoTv has everything categorized properly.

The best part is that you can earn some cash doing this as well as becoming the resident expert on a subject and/or product line. Just sign up, pick an assignment and film away. Refer your friends and earn even more.

One more nice thing – your videos can also end up on real TV that’s seen in 25 million homes.

Holiday Gift Ideas 2008: TVs!

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Ok, so you just got a TiVo from the last suggestion, but now you’ve got to watch all of that recorded material on something good. No, something great. Something big. Something in a flat-screen: LCD or Plasma!

Both LCDs and Plasmas have come way down in price over the last few years. After all, you can find deals for 42″ screens for well under $1000 now.

We like the 52″ LCD Samsung pictured, but you can get your choice of LCD or Plasma. If you can afford it, then try to get a 1080p TV and heck if you have the room, get something that is at least 37″!

Holiday Gift Ideas 2008: TiVo!

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Once you start watching TV using a DVR, you know you can’t go back. It beats watching live TV by oh, at least 1 million miles!

If you’ve got a friends or family who don’t have a DVR (TiVo or built into their cable/satellite box, or a homebrew system or something similar), then this can be a great gift.

Right now TiVo is offering a deal of 3 months FREE with a subscription.

A brand new TiVo Series2â„¢ Dual Tuner DVR is $149.99 or a brand new TiVo HD DVR is $299.99.

Holiday Gift Ideas 2008: MP3 Players

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More gift ideas for the music fan, but honestly, who doesn’t want an MP3 player today? The vendor choices haven’t changed much since last year: Apple, Microsoft, Sandisk, Creative, Cown and Sony. There are 2 main choices in MP3 players – whether or not it has a Flash drive or a hard drive. The Flash drive based ones are a lot smaller and lighter. Here are but a few good samples.

Apple iPod Touch (2nd gen, 32GB: $370, 16GB: $280)
Apple iPod Nano (4th gen, 16GB: $200)
Sony Walkman (8GB: $92)
Creative Zen (16GB: $153)
Microsoft Zune (Video 120GB: $225)
Cowon PMP (16GB: $177)
Sandisk Sansa View (32GB video: $210)

(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

Holiday Gift Ideas 2008: for the Music Lover

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Everyone knows a music lover or 2 or 12. What better gift than an album (starting around $10 on average), collection (varies), or box set (varies, could be as low as $25)? This is definitely a gift that can keep on giving for a lifetime.

Amazon has a great page with lots and lots of music ideas.

If you’re not sure about your friend/family’s preferences, give them a gift card from iTunes ($1/song) or perhaps Rhapsody ($13 & $15/month subscriptions).

Sling.com Launches – Consolidated video content from over 90 sources

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Sling Media has launched its very own content site, Sling.com. Sling.com is essentially an aggregator that you can use via its website, and/or with the added benefit that you can ‘sling’ this content around the Net to your own TV via a Slingbox.

You may sign up for an account (or just use your pre-existing Sling account) and then customize your sling.com experience with subscriptions, favorites, quicklists, RSS and more.

JVC puts up 1st HD display in Times Square, NY

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In NYC this holiday season? Then check out JVC’s brand new 720p high def billboard display. The screen with its 1.2 million LEDs has a mere 8mm pixel pitch (space between the pixels), and measures 34′ and 19′. At a resolution of 1280×720, that means each pixel measures approximately 1/3″ wide.

Head to Times Square, would ya and let us know if this thing is as clear as we’re imagining it is. 😉

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