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Gadget Gary: Baba Booey's Holiday Wish List
Gary Dell'Abate  |  Dec 06, 2007  | 

The guys at S&V asked me to put together my holiday wish list. So, in no particular order, here goes:

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Archos 605 WiFi
Michael Antonoff  |  Dec 05, 2007  | 

Portable media players with touchscreens have been captivating users ever since Apple's introduction this summer of the iPhone. No need to wonder why: Imagine all your music, videos, and photos stored in a device slim enough for your pocket and available for playback at, literally, the touch of a finger.

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How Green is Your C.E.?
Rebecca Day  |  Dec 05, 2007  | 

New school of thought: You're only as "green" as your plasma. And by "green," we're not talking about how accurately your flat-panel generates that primary color. We're saying maybe you should look into just how eco-responsible your consumer-electronics-makers are.

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Installations: Meeting the Criterion
Rob Medich  |  Dec 05, 2007  | 

Except for the color bursting from the reception-area movie posters - The Double Life of Veronique, Black Orpheus, and the Beastie Boys Video Anthology among them - the Criterion Collection's new Park Avenue South headquarters in Manhattan are styled in the same palette as many of the films that the company painstakingly restores and releases on DVD: black and white, with profound gray area

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Lutron AuroRa Wireless Lighting Control System
John Sciacca  |  Dec 03, 2007  | 

Despite technological advances in every area, most homes are still limited to just two pieces of automation: garage-door opener and remote control. And while it's unfathomable to think of manually cranking a car's windows or locking its doors, people remain content to walk around their homes turning lights on and off - just like Thomas Edison did.

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Holiday Gift-a-Palooza '07: Hot 100
Peter Pachal  |  Dec 03, 2007  | 

What kind of a tech nerd are you buying for? Someone who likes his audio haute? The lady with multi-pockets for multimedia devices? The dude who likes his dinosaurs remote-controlled? We combed the far reaches of circuit board-dom to find 100 presents for all types. Click on the type of gift-givee below.

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S&V'S Holiday Gift-A-Palooza '07
 |  Dec 03, 2007  | 

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Q&A - December, 2007
Ian G. Masters  |  Dec 02, 2007  | 

TV Freeze Out

Q. I have a three-season home that's closed up and unheated during winter months. Early HDTVs (LCD/plasma) couldn't be guaranteed free of damage by their manufacturers if their screens were subjected to temperatures at or below freezing. A neighbor recently bought a plasma screen, believing it wouldn't be susceptible to such low temperatures.

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Inner Workings: Inside an LED-based Light Engine
James K. Willcox  |  Dec 02, 2007  | 

Lost in the rush of attention being lavished on sleeker and sexier flat-panel HDTVs is the fact that there's still a lot of innovation going on in rear-projection microdisplay sets. In the past year, we've seen developments ranging from the prosaic - bigger screens, more models with 1080p resolution, and slimmed-down cabinets - to the exotic, such as 3-D video.

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The Gadget Girl
Jamie Sorcher  |  Dec 02, 2007  | 

Don't just stuff those stockings. Tech those halls! Make room on your list for small devices that will deliver big smiles.

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Talking Shop: California Soundworks
Jamie Sorcher  |  Dec 02, 2007  | 

Like many other A/V stores, California Soundworks (californiasoundworks.com, 661-945-0971) started out as a home stereo store selling gear to audiophiles. That was back in 1979.

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Reality Bytes: The Price Is Right! Or is it?
Ken C. Pohlmann  |  Dec 02, 2007  | 

How much is music worth? Nietzsche wrote, "Without music, life would be a mistake." That places a high value on sounds that entertain and sometimes inspire us. Then again, at 3 o'clock in the morning, you'd pay good money to have the music at the party next door shut off.

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Step by Step: How to use SpyderTV Pro to calibrate an HDTV
Rob Sabin  |  Dec 02, 2007  | 

It's no secret to regular readers that watching an HDTV on its default factory settings is like buying a high-performance car and never taking it out on the highway to let 'er rip.

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Doing Widescreen Right
Sean Greer  |  Dec 02, 2007  | 

The latest home theater trend is 2.35:1 constant-height display systems (provided, of course, that you ignore 1080p, 250,000:1 contrast ratios, HDMI 1.3a, Deep Color, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby TrueHD, Blu-ray Disc, HD DVD, multi-terabyte media servers, and PS3).

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Holiday Gift-a-Palooza '07: Experts' Guide
 |  Dec 02, 2007  | 

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