Want to save big on a top surround sound receiver? My friend Randy Salas at the Minneapolis Star Tribune has an excellent post on his blog with some great places to find deals. Of special note is the Onkyo TX-SR605 for $305 delivered from shoponkyo.com (refurbished unit). In a recent email me, [...]
Olympus E-510 Digital SLR Camera Olympus Evolt E-510 Digital SLR Camera Sound Buys Product Review By Don Lindich Digital SLR is an extremely hot camera category, and an Olympus digital SLR is always one of the more unique digital SLR cameras you can buy. Olympus has long gone its own way in the world of [...]
Gotta hand it to my readers, they don’t miss much! Soon after posting the 42HL167 deal, I received this email: Don, I am a little confused. A while back you stated that 1080p was pretty much meaningless and now here you are recommending the Toshiba 1080p 42″ for $999. Did something change other than [...]
Toshiba 42HL167 This deal is an absolute stunner! Onecall.com has the top-rated Toshiba 42HL167 1080p LCD HDTV for only $999, greatly reduced from the MSRP of $1,699. If you’ve seen the HD DVD endcap display at Best Buy, this is the TV they most commonly use to show off the format, and for [...]
I heard from Axiom Audio‘s PR firm yesterday… they have entered the computer speaker market with a new product called, accordingly, Audiobyte Computer Speakers. Axiom touts them as “the first and only luxury hi-fi computer speaker system available. It brings a true high-definition sound to your computer, music (including iPods!) or movies. The eye-catching Audiobytes [...]
This great-sounding bookshelf speaker is a bargain at its regular price of $87.98, at $49.98 they are a steal! Work great for both music and home theater with a warm, rich, and detailed sound that is non-fatiguing… just don’t crank them up to the max and you’ll be fine. Read my review and see them [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 42, 2007 Q: I have a Minolta Maxxum 7000i 35mm camera with a Tokina AF 35-200mm lens. Since buying a digital camera several years ago, I have not used this film camera. I was thinking of selling it on eBay and getting a digital SLR, but a friend said [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 41, 2007 Q: I recently purchased a new Phillips 47″ LCD TV from Costco and had their installation service install it. I have an HD DVR converter box from Comcast and everything is connected with new HDMI cables. I love it except there is a very [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 40, 2007 I was wondering how you felt about extension tubes. I bought one that does not seem to work. I have a Canon 20D and was using the extension tube with my Canon zoom lens EF 75-300mm. I know you can’t use the autofocus so I did change [...]
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