Jake demonstrates his usefulness as a Portable Projection Screen.  Samsung shows off their Portable Media Player with Built in DLP Projector.  Kids have never had it so easy, you could stay up late and watch movies on the ceiling of your room with one of these.
The image quality was surprisingly good, for being half VGA, [...]

Filed under : CES

A 34 year old Walmart employee trampled to death, and a 28 year old woman miscarried as the result of a Walmart Door Buster sale.
This is why there are fire codes.  If this were a sporting event, concert, or a night club, the owners would be required to have security to maintain the crowds.  Why [...]

Filed under : 2009 Black Friday Ads, Sales, and Door Buster Specials, Call to Action

Circuit City Black Friday Ads, Sales, and Door Buster Specials are going to be big this year with them going out of business.  Their already low prices are even lower.  Definitely worth starting your day there.
Automotive Cobra 9-Band Radar Detector $29.99   Motorola Bluetooth Speakerphone / iPod Adapter $74.99   Computer Related CA Internet [...]

Filed under : 2009 Black Friday Ads, Sales, and Door Buster Specials

Best Buy and BestBuy.com Black Friday Specials for 2008
Computer Related Acer 19" Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor $99.99   Adobe Photoshop Elements / Premiere Elements $89.99   Canon MX700 Network-Ready All-in-One Printer $99.99   Epson Stylus NX105 All-in-One Printer $29.99   HP Photosmart C4480 All-in-One Printer $49.99   LG Internal Blu-ray / DVD [...]

Filed under : 2009 Black Friday Ads, Sales, and Door Buster Specials

LG is going all out with the Premiere of the LG Scarlet line of HDTV's.
I'm pretty pscyhed about these TV's.  The Scarlet series is a set of LED backlit LCD's, with 120hz upconversion.  The result is a breathtaking picture when attached to Blu-ray or HD-DVD. 
But when push comes to shove this is not the [...]

Filed under : Hard on the Pocket Book

I couldn't find any good resources to really show me how easy or hard it was going to be to replace the lamp (bulb) in my Samsung DLP.  So Christina made one, and it was quite simple.
Christina shows how easy it is to swap the lamp in your front or rear projection DLP, LCOS, [...]

Filed under : Hard on the Pocket Book, How To, Technical, Videos

Now's your chance to win great gear in Best Buy's Big Game. Big Win. Sweepstakes. Each package features gear from the Best Buy™ Blue Room, to bring you this year's pro football action (plus TV, movies and games) as you've never experienced it before.

Filed under : Contests

The recent entry of Apple (AAPL) and the looming Google (GOOG) OS for mobiles are a cause of concern for everyone – from handset makers to mobile carriers. Their mobile forays should be of serious concern for Mobile OS makers such as Microsoft (MSFT) and Symbian. While Apple wants to gobble up the high-end smart [...]

Filed under : Industry News

The Guys at Gizmodo did a side by side of the various feeds from the State of the Union.  It is an interesting read.  They gave CBS the highest marks, but overall, I'd say their methodology was pretty unscientific.
I didn't think to try this, because I was busy on some other things that night, [...]

Filed under : Rants and Tangents

Jake and I attended the Night of 100 Stars Oscar Viewing party.  Jake got his picture taken with the Beautiful Marcia Cross.  I was seen escorting the Lovely Alicia Arden on the red carpet.  Hopefully I'll get some photos of that.  Alicia has the Samsung SC-X205L which she carried for doing things like Interviewing John Voight about [...]

Filed under : Site Announcements

The Guys at Gizmodo did a side by side of the various feeds from the State of the Union.  It is an interesting read.  They gave CBS the highest marks, but overall, I'd say their methodology was pretty unscientific.
I didn't think to try this, because I was busy on some other things that night, but [...]

Filed under : Rants and Tangents, Technical

My mom needed a new TV.  Her last TV cost almost nothing and came from Wal-mart. 
The requirements:

Has to fit a 36 inch wide cabinet.
Must have an ATSC tuner
Must cost under $1000
Must have an amazing SD picture because she only has an aerial so there will be a good deal of static on many of [...]

Filed under : Hard on the Pocket Book, Reviews, Technical

There are always things I know before others that I can't share until someone else does.  (rules suck)  Ars technica did an article that only sratched the surface of the differences in video quality between the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
Microsoft learned a lot of lessons from its first console experience, and its second gen [...]

Filed under : Technical

Several people have asked me if I would buy a Vista Ready or Capable laptop, and I tell them no.  While Vista Capable may mean it will run Vista it may not run it well.  My Libretto which I love dearly, has definite power issues under VIsta, because Toshiba doesn't support things like Screen Dimming on [...]

Filed under : Reviews, Technical

 I have to point out going into this I was expecting that Xbox Live Video Marketplace to be better than DirectTV, but to pale next to HD-DVD.  This doesn't appear to be the case.
What Marketplace got right:
Lets start with the Basics.  HD-DVD has the potential to be 36.55 Megabits per second, but tends to average [...]

Filed under : Hard on the Pocket Book, How To, Reviews, Technical