David Carnoy on November 20th, 2008

Memorex: Leading the cheap Blu-ray charge.

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We’ve been keeping an eye on prices for Blu-ray players and it appears that a handful of budget brand models are starting to crack the $150 barrier. The other day Woot.com had the Memorex MVBD2510 player at $139.99

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David Carnoy on November 14th, 2008

Samsung's 61-inch LED-powered DLP TV.

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Around the holiday season we get a lot of e-mails from readers agonizing over what TV to buy. With the economy the way it is, consumers aren’t completely shying away from buying new TVs, but they’re on tight budgets

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David Carnoy on November 13th, 2008

No Photoshop involved: This is a custom-painted Sonos ZonePlayer ZP100.

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For a while now I’ve been ribbing the folks over at Sonos, the leader in affordable multiroom audio, that I wished their products came in black rather than light gray/off-white. The fact is, if you

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David Carnoy on November 12th, 2008
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Razer is a gaming brand, and as such, it markets its Moray headphones as in-ear noise-isolating “gaming” earphones. And while there really isn’t anything that distinguishes them from other soft earbud-style headphones in their price class, they do indeed pair up quite nicely with the PSP, DS, …

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David Carnoy on November 12th, 2008

The Mino HD looks identical to the regular Mino.

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With Kodak and RCA putting out so-called HD versions of their YouTube-friendly mini camcorders, we knew it was only a matter of time before Pure Digital Technologies, the maker of Flip Video mini camcorders, put out an

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The Pure-Fi Express Plus retails for $99.

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Logitech makes several iPod/iPhone audio systems, ranging in size and price from about $70 to about $200. The company’s Pure-Fi Express Plus rolls in around $100 and it’s designed to be a simple, compact stereo speaker with a

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David Carnoy on November 6th, 2008

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For Amazon Kindle owners who want to read in the dark, there’s a new lighting option available: The $49.95 Periscope Lighted Folio. It’s actually a retractable reading light, Kindle cover, notepad and pen holders, rolled into one contraption.

In case you’re wondering, the case

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David Carnoy on November 6th, 2008

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Swiss company Phonak, which prides itself as “the world’s leading manufacturer of innovative hearing technology,” has officially launched its new line of Audeo earphones. The company says, “Audeo earphones are designed to offer not only superb sound quality, but also so that listeners can wear them comfortably

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David Carnoy on November 3rd, 2008

WD TV Media Player retails for $129.99.

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Western Digital has entered the media player fray with its $129.99 WD TV Media Player. The player, which reads a variety of audio, photo, and video files, is designed to be paired with a portable hard drive that’…

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David Carnoy on October 31st, 2008

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Cagic is new to the digital photo frame arena and its claim to fame–or at least its marketing pitch–is that it’s keeping things simple while making a frame that’s more stylish and better constructed than your typical digital photo frame.

The company’s first offering, an

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