Echostar TR-40 Digital TV Converter Box- free with government coupon
The TR-40 digital converter box from Echostar (also known as Dish Network) has a new look! My Echostar media contact, Francie Bauer, sent me the image posted above. The TR-40 will be 40%-60% smaller than the original design, shown below. Thanks, Francie!
Original Dish […]
P6 bookshelf speaker (left) with RC1 center channel and P5 bookshelf speaker
The Speaker Company is a new direct-sales company offering a wide variety of speakers from in-wall and ceiling speakers to surround systems such as the subject of this review. You can read my initial impressions of their products here. Offering “Quality […]
Insignia NS-B2111 Speakers
I’ll soon be comparing the new speakers from The Speaker Company to the Insignia NS-B2111 speakers sold at Best Buy. The Insignias have been making waves for over a year now as a great-sounding speaker that can be had for under $100 per pair. (They were under $50 per pair before the […]
Onkyo TX-SR605 for $379.77
Most receivers selling for under $500 only support Dolby Digital and DTS, the surround formats used on DVDs. Unlike almost all other receivers, the Onkyo TX-SR605 also offers decoding for the advanced surround-sound formats Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA, which sound significantly better and are found on high-def movie discs. It’s a huge […]
Professional Boxes and Packaging- it’s nice to see and shows this is a serious effort!
Over the past year I’ve been recommending the Insignia NS-B2111 speakers to readers who want great sound but who are on an extremely limited budget. The big drawback to the NS-B2111s is there is no matching center channel, making […]
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Toshiba 40RF350U Super Narrow Bezel 1080p LCD HDTV
Tiger Direct has the top-performing Toshiba 40RF350U 40-inch LCD HDTV on sale for only $1099, an $800 savings. Not only are these fantastic TVs with a beautiful picture, the narrow bezel allows it to fit in spaces that will typically only hold a 37″ TV. The design is […]
The groundbreaking limited series comic The Watchmen is under production as a motion picture and will be released in March 2009. I was kind of surprised this had slipped under my radar. I followed the comic when it originally ran in 1986-1987 and it looks like the film version will be […]
Sony BDP-S300 Blu-ray Disc Player
I usually recommend the PlayStation 3 pretty much exclusively for readers looking for a Blu-ray player, but this deal is a good one if you are looking to get into Blu-ray at a bargain price. The BDP-S300 does not support the advanced audio codecs Dolby TrueHD or DTS-HD, making it best […]
Samsung DLP TVs are some of the best rear projection sets on the market. If you want a big screen size, rear projection is far less expensive than flat panel LCD and plasma sets and the projected images often have a sense of depth that flat panels have a hard time duplicating. One Call has […]
Apparently Monster Cable DOES sound as good as a coat hanger- but no better!
Consumerist.com: Do Coat Hangers Sound as Good As Monster Cable?
This is one of the best debunkings of Monster Cable I have ever seen. In a blind test, a bunch of audiophiles couldn’t tell the difference between Monster Cable and wire coat hangers with connectors soldered […]
