Gateway’s 42″ Plasma Television
$3000 is rarely considered cheap, but Gateway’s new 42″ widescreen plasma television is really, really inexpensive compared with every plasma TV on the market. It’s still a lot of money, but this is one gift that is guaranteed to please just about any gadgets freak out there.
You think TiVo is enough these days? Now that the masses are discovering digital video recorders, the true early adopters are moving on to next-generation devices like Panasonic’s DMR-HS2, which combine the functionality of a DVR with a DVD burner so you can easily archive your favorite shows.
A few years ago portable DVD players were a pretty hard sell – they were expensive, and plenty of laptops already come with DVD drives. But in the past year prices have dropped, and with laptop batteries continuing to have trouble staying alive for the duration of lengthy blockbusters like Titanic and The Lord of the Rings, suddenly portable DVD players are looking like a pretty attractive option for long flights and drives. Audiovox’s inexpensive DVD1680 has a nice sized 7″ LCD screen, and Dolby Virtual Surround sound through either headphones or its internal speakers.
