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Consumer Reports Survey Details America’s Black Friday Spending Plans

While you are busy letting us know your Black Friday plans for this year over in our Question of the Day, do feel free to cheat off the paper of the 1,000 or so folks Consumer Reports called up and grilled on their own personal plans for post-holiday mayhem. How will Giz readers stack up?…

Tech News John Mahoney Nov 19

Inside Consumer Reports’ Electronics Testing Lab

You probably only read Consumer Reports if a) you are at your grandparents house or b) you are a grandparent yourself. But that’s too bad, because tucked quietly away in the NYC suburb of Yonkers lies one of the biggest and best electronics testing labs money can buy. And what goes on here at Consumer…

Reviews John Mahoney Nov 6

Why It’s Safer Than Ever To Buy First-Generation Hardware

Used to be, diving into a whole new product line was something only for the crazy ones, those who live dangerously, the mavericks. “Wise men wait to buy” was the refrain that rang through the web, with fear of hardware defects and half-baked features tempering the go! go! buy! buy! fever of a new product…

Tech News John Mahoney Oct 30

Consumer Reports’ Classic Reviews Could Fill Gizmodo for a Week

Sonic Blaster, 1966 The Mattel Agent Zero M Sonic Blaster 5530 fires compressed air with a deafening blast. Our measurements top out at 157 dB—above a level that can do permanent damage to the hearing of an adult. We rate the toy Not Acceptable. You can’t make up stuff this good and Consumer Reports has…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jun 23

Consumer Reports Cellphone Service Survey 2008 Published: Verizon Number One

Consumer Reports just published its latest Annual Survey of Cellphone Service in its January 2008 issue, consisting of responses from 47,629 readers. As it’s noted in its previous surveys over the past six years, the respected nonprofit publication says that cell service is “among the lower rated services we survey.” The wide-ranging poll found that…

Tech News Charlie White Dec 3

Consumer Reports Convinces Us That the iPod Nano Isn’t the Best

Consumer Reports ranked the 18 best flash-based MP3 player, and shockingly, the iPod nano isn’t number one. Now, give me a second while I go cry and kiss my pictures of Steve Jobs in my Apple shrine. Okay, all better. They actually ranked the iRiver U10, Cowon iAudio U3 and the oldie, but goodie Samsung…

Gadgets Travis Hudson Feb 21

Sharp LC-37D90U Reviewed (Verdict: Among the Best Ever Tested)

Consumer Reports got its hands on the Sharp LC-37D90U 1080p 37-inch LCD TV ($2500), and the sensible publication liked it. A lot. True 1080p sets have been few and far between up until recently, and this 37-incher packs a lot of pixels into a relatively small space. The Consumer Reporters lauded its “gorgeous resolution,” calling…

Television Charlie White Jul 31

Buzz Off Flick Tee: Mosquito Repellant?

Here’s a compelling idea: a T-shirt that repels mosquitoes. It’s a great concept as long as you don’t mind being bitten 35 times. Consumer Reports gave the Buzz Off Flick Tee a try, with disappointing results: “In lab tests, the Buzz Off Flick Tee didn’t work well. Within 2 minutes, aedes mosquitoes had bitten the…

Gadgets Charlie White May 31

Consumer Reports Survey Details America’s Black Friday Spending Plans

Inside Consumer Reports’ Electronics Testing Lab

Why It’s Safer Than Ever To Buy First-Generation Hardware

Consumer Reports’ Classic Reviews Could Fill Gizmodo for a Week

Consumer Reports Cellphone Service Survey 2008 Published: Verizon Number One

Consumer Reports Convinces Us That the iPod Nano Isn’t the Best

Sharp LC-37D90U Reviewed (Verdict: Among the Best Ever Tested)

Buzz Off Flick Tee: Mosquito Repellant?

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