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New Gear: Labor Day 2022

Michael Antonoff | Aug 31, 2022

Summer is ending. School is starting. Transitioning into a new season is an outstanding opportunity to consider new gear like the equipment that follows. This crop includes a TV with bragging rights, a pair of stylish earbuds that the company terms in-ear computers, a THX-certified home theater in a box, noise-cancelling headphones that let in the outside—or not, and a cool turntable that plugs into the company’s speaker system or your own receiver.

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New Gear: Late Summer 2022

Michael Antonoff | Aug 10, 2022

One way to take your mind off the dog days of August is to browse through the latest set of new product offerings in audio and video. As you read up on these projectors, earbuds, speakers, record players, headphones, and outdoor screens, just drop a fistful of ice cubes into a tall beverage of your choice.

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New Gear: Summer 2022

Michael Antonoff | Jul 14, 2022

Summer is perfect for sitting back, relaxing and enjoying music and videos. There’s plenty of gear available to enhance the experience, including products that enable letting go on the go or while lounging on the beach or by a pool. Then, there are devices meant for inside use where you might be prone to switch on a fan or power up the AC. Just grab a cool beverage and pick your product!

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New Product: TiVo Series 3 HD DVR

Michael Antonoff | Apr 03, 2006

Cable viewers who also want their HDTV have found their love affair with TiVo becoming strained the past few years. That's because TiVo's Series 2 recorders, unlike the DVRs leased by cable operators, have proved stubbornly incompatible with high-def channels. Hoping to make amends, TiVo has unveiled the Series 3 HD Digital Media Recorder with two CableCARD slots.

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News & Gear: Early Summer 2022

Michael Antonoff | Jun 29, 2022

The power of music plus an eclectic mix of new gear from KEF, McIntosh, LG, and Klipsch.

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One Channel Serves All

Michael Antonoff | May 03, 2005

Conventional TV broadcasting, whether over the air or by cable or satellite, sends out multiple channels all at once, and it's up to the viewer to tune in a particular one at a set time to watch or record a show. Akimbo is promising the next step: speedy interactive delivery of video directly from the Internet to a hard drive connected to your TV.

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Panasonic's e-wear

Michael Antonoff | Jun 25, 2002

You might suppose Minerva & the Bell Ringers was a 1960s girl group, but it's actually a mechanical clock located outdoors in New York City's Herald Square. On the hour, pivoting statues strike a bell up to 12 times, temporarily dislodging a pigeon or two. A still camera is inadequate for capturing the sound and motion. If I were a tourist, I might reach for a camcorder.

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Personal Satellite TV

Michael Antonoff | Jan 14, 2006

The Short Form

$599 / 8.25 x 4.25 x 0.75 IN / 1.25 LBS / pocketdish.com / 800-333-3474

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Philips iPronto Wireless Home Control Panel

Michael Antonoff | Jul 28, 2003

Photos by Tony Cordoza Electronic program guides (EPGs) that help you choose what to watch from among hundreds of channels are built into a variety of devices from TV sets and set-top boxes to satellite receivers and hard-disk recorders. What they have in common is an onscreen display that, if it doesn't cover the TV picture, reduces the show to a small window.

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Quick Takes: Digisette Duo-Aria MP3 Player

Michael Antonoff | Jun 11, 2001

Backward-compatibility can come at the expense of innovation, as we learned from the failure of the Digital Compact Cassette in the early '90s. The DCC format enabled a new generation of hardware both to record digital tape cassettes and to play standard analog cassettes.

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