Electronics

Streaming Media Players

Home theater aficionados are always looking for new ways to add cool functionality to their television set. Streaming media not only connects the user’s television to the Internet, it aligns with streaming media services like Netflix, Hulu Plus, or Amazon streaming. These powerful, relatively inexpensive little boxes leave the potential open for purchasers to get rid of cable entirely. With the price point of these streaming media players at around a month's worth of cable, the value is evident.

Speaker Docks for iPods & iPhones

Let's face it. iPods and iPhones do a lot of things, but they don't do them all well. When listening to music, sometimes you need a little extra oomph to hear your tunes across the room. That's where iPod/iPhone speaker docks come in. At some point in the last few years, computer speaker companies took existing $20-$50 speakers, added a docking port for Apple products, and tacked on a 100%-200% price premium. We'll help you wade through iPod speaker options and find a stereo that's worth the extra cash to make your beats sound great.

Tablet Computers

Apple's iPad has reigned supreme as the king of tablet computers since its inception, but now that the market is catching up, it has some very worthy competitors. The question is, have they caught up and overcome Apple's innovative device as the best tablet available? In addition to the newly released iPad 2, let's take a look at the HP TouchPad Tablet and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1-- two reputable frontrunners-- to see how they measure up.

Noise-Cancelling Headphones

With the recent advances in digital music technology, it’s only fitting that many manufacturers of consumer electronics have taken dramatic steps forward in developing more sophisticated headphones than ever before. Want to get the most out of your music, or just shut out outside noise? Chances are one of these three headsets from Monster, Bose, and Sennheiser are for you.

Mid-sized Digital SLR Cameras

Ready to move up from your point and shoot camera? Time to replace an older digital SLR? Today's mid-sized digital SLR cameras from Canon and Nikon sport many new features such as full high definition video, advanced focusing, and a wide range of shooting modes to fit your photography style. Explore the Canon 60D, Nikon D700 and Canon 7D to determine which mid-sized digital SLR fits your budget and photography lifestyle.

eReaders

Bookworms, rejoice. Your days of driving to the bookstore, competing for parking, and waiting in line just to get your hands on the next future best-seller are over. Now you can stay in your cozy chair, drink your chamomile tea and download that must-have literary masterpiece right to your e-reader. And when you want to spend your vacation plowing through your entire personal library, you can take all your books with you to the beach in one, sleek device. E-readers may be the greatest invention since the printing press, but which one is worthy of your favorite reads?