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March 22, 2007
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Apple TV Moving the functionality of the iPod onto widescreen TV is a great idea... Netgear Digital Entertainer HD... Microsoft Xbox 360 Media Center Extender... Sony PlayStation 3...   |
PC Magazine
March 4, 2008
Tim Gideon |
Logitech Squeezebox Duet Network Music System With its excellent software and good integration of online music services, the Squeezebox Duet wireless music system is an affordable alternative to the Sonos ZonePlayer 80... MG-350HD... Roku player... SageTV HD Media Extender... etc. |
Macworld
March 30, 2007
Christopher Breen |
Apple TV Apple TV offers a capable, easy-to-use hardware link between iTunes and TV. |
PC Magazine
July 24, 2007
Joel Santo Domingo |
TiVo HD Combining the best of the legendary simple-to-use TiVo interface with dual CableCARD readers and an affordable price, the new TiVo HD delivers the promise that the TiVo Series 3 HD made... Slingbox Pro... Archos 605 WiFi... Sprint TV... etc. |
PC Magazine
September 28, 2010
Tim Gideon |
Apple TV (2010) A lower price, a more compact design, and the ability to stream content from iOS devices and rent 99-cent TV shows makes Apple's latest Apple TV set-top box an excellent option for iTunes and Netflix users. |
PC Magazine
May 4, 2007
Tim Gideon |
MediaGate MG-350HD It's the best dedicated media extender we've seen, aside from the Apple TV. |
PC Magazine
March 6, 2007
Gideon et al. |
Archos 704 WiFi Multimedia Player This player has loads of functions and options and though its capabilities can overwhelm, it's worth all of its $550 price... Microsoft Zune... iriver Clix... |
Home Theater
July 2007
Chris Chiarella |
Apple TV Apple's first home theater component combines high style and high-end connectivity. |
PC Magazine
April 5, 2007
Gideon & Sarrel |
Netgear Digital Entertainer HD EVA8000 If Apple TV is for the iPod-familiar, hands-off user, then the Netgear is for the patient, hands-on BitTorrent addict... XBox 360... |
PC Magazine
September 15, 2009
Tim Gideon |
Microsoft Zune HD Not an iTunes fan? Then the Zune HD is the best MP3 player you can get... Canon PowerShot SD980... Samsung DualView TL225... Sonos Controller 200... |
Home Theater
October 2007
Chris Chiarella |
Netgear Digital Entertainer HD It offers some worthwhile entertainment, even if, at present, it sadly underutilizes the HDMI output. |
PC Magazine
September 12, 2007
Tim Gideon |
Apple iPod touch With an excellent interface and elegant design, the iPod touch is simply the best portable media player ever made. |
PC Magazine
May 30, 2007
Tim Gideon |
Buying Guide: The Best MP3 Players Today's "MP3 players" recognize a variety of music file formats. In fact, it is more appropriate to call them portable media players, or PMPs. |
BusinessWeek
September 10, 2007
Cliff Edwards |
Net TV: Coming Into Focus The Archos 605 Wi-Fi video player also surfs the Web, downloads content, and docks with a TV. |
PC Magazine
August 28, 2006
Mike Kobrin |
Archos 604 The Archos 604 is a very good portable media player, but it doesn't quite live up to its predecessor's high standard of sound quality... Creative Zen Vision: W... Archos AV700 digital video recorder... |
PC Magazine
October 21, 2005
Michael Kobrin |
Apple iPod 30GB (with video) Video support is a great addition to an already excellent music player. |
PC World
June 25, 2007
Spector & Stafford |
Best Products for Streaming Audio and Video With Ease Want to watch your movies in the bedroom or listen to your albums in the kitchen? These devices do the best job of streaming PC-based video and audio all over your home. |
Home Theater
December 2007
David Vaughn |
TiVo Series3 HD DVR The author loves this DVR and has nothing negative to say about its software, its performance or its looks. He's just not sure if the value proposition that the Series3 offers is enough. |
PC Magazine
October 11, 2006
Mike Kobrin |
Hard Drivin' MP3 Players These pocketable MP3 players have roomy hard drives plus excel at different tasks. Apple iPod... Creative Zen Vision: M... Toshiba gigabeat S... Philips GoGear HDD6330... Archos 404... Cowon iAudio X5 & X5L... |
PC Magazine
January 26, 2006
Michael Kobrin |
Creative Zen Vision:M The Zen Vision:M is our new favorite iPod alternative and should appeal to lots of people, but we have a feeling it's still not going to sway the iPod-loving masses... The new iPod... Cowon iAudio X5... |
PC Magazine
September 28, 2006
Mike Kobrin |
Creative Zen Vision:W (30GB) This is a solid product with lots of features, good audio/video quality and a decent price, but its bulk and somewhat disappointing battery life keep it from shining... Cowon A2... Archos AV700... |
PC Magazine
July 22, 2010
Tim Gideon |
Archos 3cam vision The Archos 3cam vision has a touch screen, shoots photos and video, and does a lot of things a $100 MP3 player typically can't. |
PC Magazine
March 7, 2008
Tim Gideon |
Cowon A3 This big portable media player does plenty of neat tricks, including recording video. It also had a big, bright screen, and its navigation feels similar to that of an Archos device, but more evolved... Sony NWZ-S718F... |
Home Theater
July 2006
Chris Chiarella |
Apple Mac mini with Intel Core Duo Processor While this is an impressive first step for Apple, they still need to provide an integrated DVR, more HD options, and perhaps a more workable video-on-demand business model before they can become a viable alternative to the competition. |
PC Magazine
August 13, 2007
Domingo et al. |
Apple iMac (20-Inch Aluminum) Finding any drawbacks to the newest Apple iMac is so hard it's almost like splitting hairs... Apple MacBook Pro... Apple iPhone... |
PC Magazine
December 28, 2005
Dan Costa |
Watch As You Go Now, thanks to a new breed of palm-sized portable video recorders (PVRs), you can take your video with you. Archos AV 500... Cowon A2... Datexx Pavio PVR30T... |
Fast Company
December 1, 2007
Michael Fitzgerald |
Apple: Box By Box Apple's profits come from its high-margin hardware, but while those machines all look great, they are not without their shortcomings. Here, the author assesses Apple's competitive vulnerabilities. iPhone... iPod Touch... Macintosh... AppleTV... etc. |
PC World
November 2005
Tom Mainelli |
Big Is Beautiful Apple iPod Photo 20GB MP3 Player... Cowon iAudio X5L 20GB MP3 Player... IRiver H10 20GB MP3 Player - Remix Blue... Samsung YH-925GS 20GB MP3 Player... Archos AV 700... |
PC Magazine
January 17, 2008
Jamie Lendino |
Slingbox SOLO Take your TV on the road with the $180 Slingbox SOLO, which offers an ideal combination of small size, good value, and compatibility with high-definition channels... Linksys Media Center Extender with DVD (DMA2200)... |
PC Magazine
November 21, 2005
Bill Howard |
Microsoft Xbox 360 Media Center Extender Microsoft is trying to make its new game console a multifunction device, but gaming is still its core. |
PC Magazine
January 1, 2008
Loyd Case |
PC to HDTV the Right Way The typical home PC is no longer just for homework and accounting. It's now the entertainment hub of the household. |
PC Magazine
November 29, 2006
Robert Heron |
LG 42LB1DRA The LG 42LB1DRA is an attractively styled 42-inch LCD HDTV that incorporates a high-def DVR, but its disappointing contrast ratio and other image-quality concerns detract from an otherwise appealing design. |
PC Magazine
July 28, 2004
Troy Dreier |
Apple AirPort Express If you need to set up (or extend) a wireless network and also have an iTunes music collection, this device is a must-have addition. It works easily and flawlessly. |
| AskMen.com |
MP3 Players For File Hoarders If you've amassed a king's share of music or have a thing for ripping your CDs to large, lossless audio formats, then you need an MP3 player for file hoarders. there are some slender, high-capacity Flash memory MP3 players coming that are finally tipping into the 30-plus gigabyte territory. |
InternetNews
May 30, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Apple Partners With YouTube Apple struck a deal with Google's YouTube video streaming service to provide originally-created content on Apple TV. |
PC Magazine
July 28, 2004
Bill Howard |
Archos AV420 Pocket Video Recorder One portable device (virtually) does it all, recording and playing back all kinds of media, not just music. |
InternetNews
September 12, 2006
David Needle |
Will Apple's 'Showtime' Play in Living Rooms? The new 'iTV' will bring your Apple goods to your television. |
PC World
January 29, 2007
Paul Jasper |
Small, Powerful Audio Players With video features, new ways to connect to music services, and more, the latest audio players do a lot more than just play MP3s. Lab tests of 21 models reveal today's best buys. |
InternetNews
September 27, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Microsoft Wants to Take on YouTube, Apple TV Microsoft hypes a free, new video download service at today's DigitalLife expo. Plus, a number of Microsoft partners are still banking that consumers' desire remains for watching streaming video on their TVs. |
PC Magazine
June 25, 2003
Bill Howard |
So Long, MP3; Hello, PVP It's time to declare victory for the iPod and move on to the next big thing in personal entertainment. That may well be the personal video player (PVP), which adds a color LCD to the hard drive MP3 player concept for video as well as audio playback. |
BusinessWeek
April 2, 2007
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Apple TV's Blurry Future For now, there's too little content available to make the box worthwhile. |
PC Magazine
October 11, 2005
Michael Kobrin |
Archos Gmini 402 Archos has upgraded its pocket-size portable media player to include a few of the latest technologies... Cowon iAudio X5... Creative Zen Micro... iriver H10... Rio Carbon Pearl... |
Home Theater
May 28, 2005
Darryl Wilkinson |
Portable Pics and Flicks The Archos AV700 Mobile Digital Video Recorder and palmOne LifeDrive promise to make movies more mobile. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2007
Glenn Derene |
Movies: From PC to TV Downloading a film is easy. Getting it to your living room screen is trickier. The three fastest ways to transfer Hollywood's finest to your HDTV. |
PC World
August 2003
Tom Mainelli |
Slick New IPod Even Better You'll pay dearly for the best hard-disk-based MP3 player. |
PC Magazine
December 18, 2007
David Gussman |
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T2 Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-T2 isn't the cheapest ultracompact you'll find, but good images and 4GB of onboard memory help justify its high price... Jitterbug Dial/Jitterbug OneTouch... Creative ZEN Stone... Apple iPod classic.... |
PC World
August 2005
Lincoln Spector |
TV Time Shifters Digital video recorders gained fame with TiVo. New competitors range from rented boxes to Media Center PCs--and our TV addict describes them all. |
PC Magazine
April 20, 2004
Konstantinos Karagiannis |
Use Your PC like a TiVo We review three devices that let your PC record TV--and one TiVo competitor. |
Home Theater
March 25, 2009 |
iTunes Goes HD for Movies Apple has started selling and renting high-def movies through iTunes. |
PC Magazine
June 22, 2005
Michael Kobrin |
Archos Aims at the Entry-Level Crowd Slightly smaller than the Apple iPod mini, the Archos Gmini XS 100 is a 3GB player available in four colors. |
