Audio/Video, Home Theater

Skullcandy Holua Wooden In Ear Bud

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Skullcandy Holua Wooden In Ear Bud with In-Line Mic Skullcandy has modified the headphone and earbud industry with incredibly designed and great sounding music ear wear. The Holua Wooden earbuds are popular among those who are lucky enough to own a pair as reviews appear typically between the 4-5 star mark (out of 5) on the various sites the geeks have checked.

The earbuds are quite stylish “sporting wood” with laser cut aluminum accents all wrapped up in a matching wooden carrying box. The wood is said to have enhanced the sound of the earbuds. The earbud wears comfortably with an inducing foam earbud cover and is equipped with a pair of 8mm diameter small size driver units that fit just within the ear canal creating a snug seal for 200mW of input from a 3.5″ gold plated stereo plug.

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Price: $87.45
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Review: Vuzix Wrap 310XL Video Eyewear & Giveaway

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Video eyewear company, Vuzix, has a new model in their Wrap line of video glasses, the Wrap 310XL. Here’s our full review after taking this pair for a test run. (By the way, we’re giving away this pair, so read on to find out how to enter to win!)

Vuzix Wrap 310XL video eyewear

First of all, what exactly are these? Well if you’re not familiar with Vuzix, they produce video eyewear for entertainment, military and medical purposes. In the entertainment field, it’s mainly to get video to your eyes from a pair of glasses that look very much like sunglasses. Think VR eyewear. Read on for the rest of the review.
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15 Technologies That Changed The Way We Watch Television

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It’s easy to take for granted how important your television really is. It revolutionized how information spreads, empowered the common man and helped end practices that governments could no longer keep under wraps.

But in the bustle of life, it’s easy to lose sight of the TV advances that gave society so much power. Consider this article an eye opener; below you’ll find some of the most important (and oft-forgotten) gadgetry that brought TV to where it is today…
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Cabinet Cooler Fan System

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Cabinet Cooler Fan System CAB-COOL I’ve struggled for years to keep a cabinet housing my AV components in my family room cool and Middle Atlantic Products has the solution for me with the Cabinet Cooler Fan System. AV components without proper ventilation to cool the components run at extreme temperatures and have a shorter lifespan failing much sooner than the well ventilated AV components. Shorter lifespan means more money out of your pocket.

Remove heat generated by components located in smaller cabinets and entertainment centers with the Cabinet Cooler Fan System. Operating only when the temperature in the cabinet reaches 87° F to minimize dust, this cooling device runs at only 24 dB and features an aesthetically designed vent that can be painted to match its environment.

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Price: $108.99
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Extend your Computer’s Display via a USB-to-DVI Adapter

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Gefen USB-to-DVI HDIf you’d like to extend or mirror your display from your computer on multiple monitors, but you’re maxed out at 1 or2 (DVI/VGA) video outputs, then you should take a look at a USB to DVI adapter.

This particular one from Gefen  plugs into any free USB port on your computer then into a standard DVI-D cable and into a monitor or other HD display/TV. You can now do things like display on resolutions up to 2048×1152, rotate your display, and use an external display as the main display of a laptop.

On Windows PCs for example, with the driver installed, you can use the standard Windows Display Properties to manipulate your display. This adapter is also compatible with Mac OS X.

It’s not cheap, especially if you want to mirror to more than 1 display (up to 6). You can also take a look on Amazon.com for similar USB to DVI adapters.

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Price: $114.99
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Giveaway: Win a Pair of Coloud NHL Headphones!

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Coloud NHL Headphones

Win a pair of Coloud NHL Headphones just for telling us why you’re the greatest NHL fan. But first, let’s tell you about these headphones. Comes with one of four (4) team logos and coloring, these are over-the-ear headphones to shut out the rest of the world while you’re in your zone.

Comes with a standard 3.5mm stereo audio plug on a coiled cord. For the audiophiles amongst you, these little guys pack 40mm drivers, a full frequency response of 20-20001Hz, and a 120dB 1KHz sensitivity.

How to Enter
All you’ve got to do to enter is head over to the GfG Facebook page, become a fan (click the Like button), and make a comment on the Facebook entry telling us why you’re the greatest NHL fan. We’ll pick the best comment as the winner. We’ll run the contest for a week, until Wednesday 21 July 2010 at 9PM Pacific.

Thanks to the folks at Coloud for sponsoring this giveaway. By the way, you should take a look at the rest of their branded headphones including characters and themes from Hello Kitty, Star Wars, and Marvel comics.

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6 Funniest Customer Calls Ever

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I was re-introduced to my favorite call center conversation a day or two ago and thought I’d compile half a dozen of my favorite customer support/complaint/sales calls in one place. Most of these videos are not suitable for work or to be watched around kids without ear muffs.

Let the countdown start with a Dell support call where a man is trying to turn off his mom’s laptop. This clip has more bad words strung together than the recent MTV Video Awards:

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Apple Releases new Mac mini

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Mac Mini Yesterday Apple announced a completely redesigned Mac mini which features up to 2x the graphics performance using the NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor, a new HDMI port, new SD card slot and industry-leading energy efficiency in a unibody aluminum enclosure. The new Mac mini is priced at $699 and comes in two options including preinstalled with Mac OS X and iLife or with Apple’s server software – Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server.

What do the Geeks think? Basically the upgrade to the Mac mini is a miss. Apple has implemented an HDMI port and created a very energy efficient device perfect for the family room or living room using the TV as a display but neglected to include a Blu-ray drive opting instead for Apple’s standard Superdrive as Steve Jobs apparently still thinks Blu-Ray is a “bag of hurt”. Apple has skin in the HD movie and TV options with iTunes and apparently will continue to count on the digital media option rather than Blu-Ray. At least Jobs allowed HDMI on the Mac mini even with it’s “limited” resolution.

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