Peter Pachal

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Shopping Made Simple: DVD Gets Real
Peter Pachal  |  Nov 17, 2003
Photo by Tony Cordoza The success of DVD is so colossal, so rampant, so relentless that anyone discussing the format is almost obligated to gush about its astounding features and many victories in the electronics arena. For a change of pace, I think it's time to admit a dark secret: a lot of people hated the format when it first came out.
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CES04 Live: Photo Mix #1
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 07, 2004
Steven Van Zandt of The Sopranos (and Bruce Springsteen's band) lends some celebrity cred to the Sirius satellite radio press conference.
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CES04 Live: Photo Mix # 2
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 08, 2004
The insanity begins at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Thursday, January 8, Day 1 of the International Consumer Electronics Show, when the doors open to the public - tens of thousands of dealers, installers, and just plain folks eager to see, hear, and get their hands on the latest high-tech wonders.
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CES04 Live: Photo Mix #3
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 10, 2004

A big, wide world of LCD televisions is just one of the eye-catching displays at the Philips booth. Connected Planet is the company's umbrella for a broad range of products - like Internet-connected Streamium TVs - that use "wireless, broadband, and mobile-enabling technologies to provide seamless accessibility to entertainment, information, and services."

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CES04 Live: What Just Happened
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 11, 2004

If New York is the city that never sleeps, then Las Vegas is his loud, drunk cousin who's keeping him up all night. Add to Sin City's inherent rowdiness the congestion and general sexual frustration of the 100,000+ people attending the annual Consumer Electronics Show, and insomnia becomes less an inconvenience than a benefit.

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Shopping Made Simple: HDTV For Less
Peter Pachal  |  May 21, 2004

Been to your local electronics store lately? If you have, you've probably noticed that price tags on HDTVs don't hit you with the same sticker shock that they used to. Even those sleek plasma and LCD models - once reserved for people who spend as much on a TV as a new car - have prices a lot less coronary-inducing.

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The Blank Future
Peter Pachal  |  Jan 11, 2005

"Bigger than ever" was a recurring theme at CES 2005. Bigger attendance (more than 140,000), bigger screens (including a 102-inch prototype plasma TV), and bigger bust lines on the manufacturers' spokesmodels. The number of exhibitors also broke the record.

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Setup Screwups
Peter Pachal  |  Mar 15, 2005
Mixed Signals

What's Wrong Everything's hooked up, but why is Gandalf's voice coming from the left surround speaker?

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The iPod Killer Elite
Peter Pachal  |  Jul 04, 2005

It's no exaggeration to say that Apple has defined how people listen to music in the 21st century. Already commanding 75% of the digital music player market, the iPod phenomenon just keeps growing.

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iAudio X5 Media Player
Peter Pachal  |  Oct 04, 2005
The Short Form
iaudio.com / 888-453-8283 / $299 / 2.375 x 4.125 x 0.75 in / 6 oz
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