I get quite a few emails from readers regarding television purchases. Some are eager to embrace 3D, others emphatically state “I don’t want it/I don’t need it” or “I don’t want to have to deal with glasses. Some think it will be a passing fad, as it was years ago. That is one of the [...]
The Pentax X90 is a very nice, capable megazoom camera with very good image quality. (It is a megazoom with its 26-676mm equivlaent.) I reviewed its predecessor, the Pentax X70, on a trip to South Florida a couple of years ago and was quite impressed with the results, which have the beautiful, colorful “Pentax look” [...]
Panasonic TC-P42ST30 Plasma 3D HDTV Regular readers of my column have seen me rave about Panasonic’s amazing TC-P42ST30 plasma 3D HDTV recently. With an MSRP of $1,099 and a street price of around $900 it is simply unbeatable. See what I have to say at the links below: Panasonic TV is affordable, spectacular Plasma TV [...]
If you have a Netflix account and an iPad , iPhone or Android device be sure to download the Netflix app. It’s free at the iTunes Store and Android Market and will let you stream and watch content from Netflix. If you start watching from your TV at home and stop playback it remembers your [...]
The Olympus XZ-1 is a camera I have been meaning to write about for a while, and a recent column I submitted reminded me of it. It definitely belongs on your shopping list if you are looking for a well-built compact camera that can produce truly outstanding images. Introduced at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show [...]
Sound Advice By Don Lindich Week 5, 2011 Q. I have a Kenwood KRV 7040 audio-video receiver. It was purchased in 1992 and I’ve been very pleased with it. I was considering upgrading to one of the $500 digital HDMI receivers you recommend (either the Onkyo or Pioneer, leaning towards the Pioneer) but after reading [...]
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