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Review: Sony Hi-Res Audio MDR-1A Headphones & Walkman NWZ-A17 Audio Player

Sony recently set me up with a couple of pieces of audio gear from their Hi-Res Audio line, so I could hear first hand the differences between typical digital music players and the higher quality sound…

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Qleek Uses Wooden Pucks to Share Online Content: Mixtape 2.0

Once a cool and thoughtful expression of affection, the mixtape – along with handwritten letters and photo albums – has become a mere inconvenience. But what if you could update its concept? What if you could…

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Truck-Shaped Media Player: Looks Like We’ve Got Us a Convoy

Growing up back in the 1970s, during the height of the C.B. radio craze, the U.S. had truly romanticized the life of the trucker. Between movies like Convoy and Smokey and the Bandit, kids were aspiring…

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Dune HD Crams Full HD Media Player into a Compact Stick

Looking to add a media player to your HDTV but don’t want to buy another set-top box? Then check out the latest media players from Germany’s Dune HD, which offer full 1080p playback in a tiny…

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Cheap Media Player Sports Tiny Projector

There are tons of media players on the market, and a number of relatively inexpensive “pico-projectors” as well, but here’s a fun gadget that combines both into one cheap and compact little package that costs less…

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Cowon X9 Media Player: Easily Upgradable PMP

I’ve actually stopped using my 160GB iPod Classic, ever since I got my iPhone 4S, but that doesn’t mean that there’s no room for dedicated music players – if done right. While a lot of people…

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Marvel Digital’s Gadmei P83 Glasses-Free 3D PMP: Good for Your Eyes? Probably Not.

There are only a few 3D movies that I’ve seen that were actually worth it. Most of the others were somewhat disappointing, but check out this PMP that’s supposed to do 3D without any glasses. It’s…

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iRiver P8 Heads to Russia, Packing Mac-Like UI

Most of the personal media players on the market are pretty much the same thing. They are generally boxy devices that look like big MP3 players with a color screen. iRiver has a new PMP called…

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Game Station PS2 Knock-off Does Everything BUT Play PS2 Games

Most of the cheap Chinese game console knockoffs do just one thing – play old 8-bit NES or Famicom games. Some of them don’t even do that. Here’s one console clone that claims to do way…

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Sports Trading Cards Get Video Screens

When I was a kid, I collected my share of baseball cards. I was particularly fond of a line of cards called Sportflics. These cards were made of cardboard like all cards, but when you moved…

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iRiver U100 Gets Official, Heads to Korea

iRiver has a bunch of different media players. The company has gone official with one of its first new products for 2011 and it is called the U100. The thing looks nice and can be had…

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Skinny Player Gives New Meaning to Band Aids

Designers Chih-Wei Wang and Shou-Hsi Fu think that in the future, music albums could be packaged not just in a compact medium, but one that integrates a music player as well. Their concept device Skinny Player…

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Headrest DVD Player Comes With NES, SNES Emulator: Your 25-Year Old Kids Will Love It

I don’t know a lot of kids, but I’m betting they’d prefer to play on the iPhone, Nintendo DS or PSP rather than the SNES or NES. If they even know what those two are. But…

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Alt/1977 Envisions Today’S Tech, Yesterday

What would have happened if you could have had an iPod, a laptop, or a cellphone all the way back in 1977? Designer Alex Varanese decided to go back in time with his modern gadgets to…

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Onda Vx560 Flat-Screen Media Player Looks Like a Mini-Tablet Swallowed an E-Book Reader

The handheld media player market is so crowded at this point, you really need to do something special to stand out. This PMP from China strives to differentiate itself with a large high-resolution screen and a…

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Thomson Technicolor Pommes: Mystery Iptv Tablet has Nothing to Do With Apple

While I was buzzing about over on the FCC website today, I came across this mysterious new device from France’s Thomson and Technicolor called the PoMMeS. The funny thing is that the word “pomme” is the…

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Review: Sony Hi-Res Audio MDR-1A Headphones & Walkman NWZ-A17 Audio Player

Qleek Uses Wooden Pucks to Share Online Content: Mixtape 2.0

Truck-Shaped Media Player: Looks Like We’ve Got Us a Convoy

Dune HD Crams Full HD Media Player into a Compact Stick

Cheap Media Player Sports Tiny Projector

Cowon X9 Media Player: Easily Upgradable PMP

Marvel Digital’s Gadmei P83 Glasses-Free 3D PMP: Good for Your Eyes? Probably Not.

iRiver P8 Heads to Russia, Packing Mac-Like UI

Game Station PS2 Knock-off Does Everything BUT Play PS2 Games

Sports Trading Cards Get Video Screens

iRiver U100 Gets Official, Heads to Korea

Skinny Player Gives New Meaning to Band Aids

Headrest DVD Player Comes With NES, SNES Emulator: Your 25-Year Old Kids Will Love It

Alt/1977 Envisions Today’S Tech, Yesterday

Onda Vx560 Flat-Screen Media Player Looks Like a Mini-Tablet Swallowed an E-Book Reader

Thomson Technicolor Pommes: Mystery Iptv Tablet has Nothing to Do With Apple

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