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Holiday Gift-a-Palooza '07: Hot 100
Peter Pachal  |  Dec 03, 2007

What kind of a tech nerd are you buying for? Someone who likes his audio haute? The lady with multi-pockets for multimedia devices? The dude who likes his dinosaurs remote-controlled? We combed the far reaches of circuit board-dom to find 100 presents for all types. Click on the type of gift-givee below.

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S&V'S Holiday Gift-A-Palooza '07
 |  Dec 03, 2007

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Custom Installation How-To
Home Theater for Tight Settings: Redux
Mark Elson  |  Dec 03, 2007
A pair of real-world theaters get a makeover.
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Projector Reviews
Optoma HD8000 1080p DLP Projector
Thomas J. Norton  |  Dec 03, 2007
If projector manufacturers want to compete even in a small way with the flat panels that often go out the door for under $3,000, they need a cost leader—and a full 1080p design—that can slug it out in the trenches. Optoma knows this, and its new HD80 single-chip DLP design, at $2,699 (with a current replacement lamp cost of $349), slides comfortably into this niche.
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Home Theater Systems ReviewsBookshelf Speaker ReviewsSoundbar Reviews
Yamaha YSP-4000 Digital Sound Projector
Kim Wilson  |  Dec 03, 2007
Is the age of the traditional loudspeaker almost over? Never before has there been so many alternatives to the typical monolith speaker, from in-walls that disappear into the décor to ultra-tiny speaker enclosures that sit on a shelf. A general aversion to complex and highly visible multichannel audio systems has left a good many consumers with only half the home theater experience. According to a September 2006 article from the Consumer Electronics Association, called "Home Theater Opportunities," 76% of all flat panel TV users are not using a separate audio system. As the article points out there are a good deal of opportunities for audio equipment manufacturers to develop alternate methods for delivering quality audio for high-definition TVs.
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LCD TV Reviews
Samsung LN-T5281F LCD 1080p HDTV
Thomas J. Norton  |  Dec 03, 2007

Big things are happening with LCD flat panel televisions. New developments like LCD motion lag compensation and LED backlighting, manufacturers are attacking some of the well-known shortcomings of that technology.

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Sony Bravia KDL-52XBR5 52-inch LCD HDTV
Al Griffin  |  Dec 02, 2007
Sony's new XBR5 27242717398 Sony 52XBR5 A big surprise of the past year has been seeing how well the latest crop of LCD flat-panel TVs has held up against the plasma competition.
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The Custom Installer: *Not Included
John Sciacca  |  Dec 02, 2007

Giving consumer electronics as gifts used to be easy. You picked out what you wanted, wrapped it up, and were off the hook for another year. If you took the time to look at the package, you might have noticed the micro-sized print advising "*Batteries Not Included" and decided whether or not to toss in a pack of AAs for good measure.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Scanning High-Def: Spider-Man, The High-Definition Trilogy on Blu-ray
Josef Krebs  |  Dec 02, 2007
Blu-ray Extras •••

Playing the first movie in this Blu-ray trilogy, my Spidey senses imme­diately begin to tingle.

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JVC LT-47X898 47-inch LCD HDTV
Al Griffin  |  Dec 02, 2007
JVC LT-47X898 47-inch LCD HDTV 46838030581 JVC 47X898 JVC is perhaps best known in the TV world for LCoS-based projectors, but the company also has some impressive flat-panel LCDs.
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