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iTunes Match vs. Google Music: Which One Should You Choose?

Peter Pachal | Nov 17, 2011 | 0 comments

It's been a big week for digital music. First Apple finally rolled out iTunes Match, the final link in its chain of cloud services, allowing users to get anytime, anywhere access to all those songs they ripped from CDs over the years or acquired by, uh, let's say "other means." Then on Wednesday Google unveiled Google Music, its fully armed and operational online music store.

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New Products: July '08

Peter Pachal | Jun 20, 2008 | 0 comments

JVC Dual iPod docking station One of this month's new products - click here for pictures and details.

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Holiday Gift-a-Palooza '07: Hot 100

Peter Pachal | Dec 03, 2007 | 0 comments

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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New Product: Samsung BD-P1200 Blu-ray Disc Player

Peter Pachal | Apr 03, 2007 | 0 comments

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New Product: Soundolier duo Wireless Speaker Lamp

Peter Pachal | Apr 03, 2007 | 0 comments

AUDIO DÉCOR Wireless speakers

haven't exactly taken off, partly because they're never really cable-free since you have to connect them to power. The duo speaker from Soundolier (think "chandelier") skirts that problem by building the drivers into a lamp, which you'd be plugging in anyway.

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New Product: Sonance C4630SE Home Audio System Peter Pachal | Apr 03, 2007 | 0 comments

ROOM WITH A CLUE The downside of having an entertainment room is that it demotes your other rooms' status. But not if you set up a multiroom system, and Sonance's C4630SE can spread the joy to six other areas in your house.

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New Product: Atlantic Technology System 8200e THX Speakers Peter Pachal | Apr 03, 2007 | 0 comments

GLOSS AND SHINE If you're half as serious about sound as you are pictures, the THX Ultra2-certified System 8200e should be on your shortlist. AT has updated its acclaimed 8200, adding sexy gloss-back sides to the new front LR towers at a lower price!

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New Product: JVC DLA-HD1 Front Projector

Peter Pachal | Apr 03, 2007 | 0 comments

SHADOW DEMON JVC must have thought the badge of honor you got when you opted for a front projector could use a little polish, so it created the DLA-HD1, said to have the greatest contrast ratio in Projectorland (rated 15,000:1 - without the need for a mechanical iris that reduces the brightness of whites).

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New Product: Salamander Hampton 236 Equipment Cabinet

Peter Pachal | Apr 03, 2007 | 0 comments

CLASSY STORAGE If that Ikea TV stand you got in college is now looking like your system's idea of a studio apartment, Salamander's Hampton 236, from its new Chameleon series, is a four-bedroom house. With its elegant black finish and options such as a plasma mount, power conditioner, and cooling fans, your gear will be living a life of luxury.

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New Product: Hitachi P50H401 HD 50-inch Plasma TV

Peter Pachal | Apr 03, 2007 | 0 comments

YOU'RE SO MONEY A few short years ago, a 50-inch plasma TV was a toy of the super-rich, reserved for those who could drop as much coin on a set as their kids' college tuition. At $2,500, Hitachi's P50H401 HD plasma heralds a new era, where bigscreens are within reach of ... well, at least someone you know.

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