About Electronics & Gadgets: Mega-Sized Home Theater

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor If you've ever fantasized about using a hi-def projector to power a mega-sized home theater screen, read on for home theater guide Robert Silva's assessment. Projectors are surprisingly affordable, but different from a TV in important ways. Also this week, car navigation "in the cloud," reviews, news, and more. Home Theater: TV or Projector (for a Mega-Sized 'Screen')? Any modern television can be used in a home theater system. In essence, if you already own a good, working, television that has at least standard audio and video connections in addition to a standard cable or antenna connection, you have at least a basic way of viewing television and DVD images. The question is whether you need to upgrade to a more advanced television, or, in home theater lingo, a video display device ...Read more See More About:  video projectors  video projection screens  large screen televisions Telenav Scout: A Glimpse of the Future of Navigation? As Telenav describes it, Scout is about "Connecting personalized navigation and search to the phone, the computer, and the car - in the cloud." This is a good buzz-phrase, but what is Scout delivering now, and what will it deliver in the future? ...Read more See More About:  car gps  navigation  iphone Final Fantasy XIII-2 Review (X360) Final Fantasy XIII-2 is absolutely a better game than its predecessor. It keeps the good things - decent characters and world, solid battle system, nice presentation - and ditches most of the bad stuff from the original - linear levels, slow pacing, the million 'Cie variations, lack of towns - and the result is definitely a better game ...Read more See More About:  square enix  role playing games  final fantasy games How to Properly Clean Camera Lenses Learn how to properly clean camera lenses so that you can remove dust and debris from your lenses without scratching or damaging the lens. Follow this step-by-step guide to properly clean camera lenses ...Read more Electronics & Gadgets Ads Satellite TV Electronics Home Theater Live TV Buy Flat Screen TV Featured Articles 3D Printing: The Ultimate Intellectual Property Theft? Apple's Beyond-Blockbuster Holiday Quarter Demo Reel Tips for 3D Artists Last Year's Most Listened-to Artists The Tablet, E-Reader Ownership Surge The 10 Best Wii Games to Play with Non-Gamers   More from About.com Top 10 Skin Myths How do you know the information and advice you get about your skin is true? Start with this article, which debunks some of the the most persistent myths out there. More> Living with Infertility Infertility is extremely difficult emotionally, and it's easy to start feeling overwhelmed. Here are 10 ways to cope and keep infertility from taking over your life. More>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com   Advertisement

About Electronics & Gadgets: 2012 Reader's Choice Nominations

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor Nominations are open for About.com's 2012 Reader's Choice Awards in the Electronics & Gadgets categories. Please review the contenders, and make your nominations. See details below. About.com 2012 Reader's Choice Awards Nominations About.com's 2012 Readers' Choice Awards showcases the best products, features and services in multiple categories, from technology to hobbies to parenting. Nominations will be accepted from Jan. 18 to Feb. 15. You can nominate products, features, services, and other things on participating sites across the About.com network. Each site conducts its own awards nomination and voting process. Categories include: Home Theater, iPhone/iPod,iPad, and more. See More About:  readers choice awards 2012  iphone apps  iphone accessories Panasonic's CES 2012 Camcorder Introductions In the camcorder market, Panasonic is a lot like the grey flannel suit of old - completely dependable and reliable. Sure, there may not be a lot of flare and trendiness, but you can be sure of what you're getting. The company is mostly sticking to that tradition in its 2012 lineup of camcorders introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show ...Read more See More About:  panasonic camcorders  hd camcorders  flash camcorders Best of CES Report: Home Theater The big attraction at the 2012 CES was OLED TV. After years of broken promises and endless prototypes, it appears that both LG and Samsung have come up with cost-effective formulas to bring these sets to market in a 55-inch screen size ...Read more See More About:  ces 2012 official logo  consumer electronics show  ces AT&T's New Data Plans: More Value or Bum Deal? AT&T's new data plans, rolling out this week, give wireless subscribers more bandwidth at a lower cost per GB, but it's also a forced higher bill for new customers ...Read more See More About:  cell phone plans  mobile internet  wireless internet Electronics & Gadgets Ads Electronics 2012 Gadgets Windows 7 Free Gadgets Spy Gadgets Featured Articles How to Pair a Smartphone With a Car Using Bluetooth Setting Up Google TV Pioneer's AppRadio Find the Best Fishing With New Smartphone Apps Epson PowerLite X12 Projector Overview 2012 Xbox Live Arcade House Party   More from About.com Living with Depression By obtaining the correct medical intervention and learning better coping skills, you can not only live with depression, but live well. More> 9 Symptoms of Depression If you have experienced five or more of these symptoms within the same two week period, this could be indicative of an episode of depression. More>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com   Advertisement

About Electronics & Gadgets: The Best of CES

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor Despite what you may have read, this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas wasn't all iPad wannabes and Android phones. Our guides found interesting new tech in TVs, projectors, GPS devices and apps, digital cameras, and more. Read on for details. CES: TVs Get Wider, Projectors Get Smaller In TVs, the hype has been for the big screen OLED TVs shown off by both LG and Samsung, and LG and Vizio both had 84-inch 4K LCD TVs on display, but that wasn't all. At last year's CES Vizio also displayed several TV prototypes sporting very wide 21:9 aspect ratios, and they were back again with more refined units that are expected to finally reach the market later this year ...Read more See More About:  lcd  4k  aspect ratio GPS Devices and Apps Hot Categories at CES GPS hardware and apps were hot at CES. Garmin introduced a new G6 model handheld golf GPS device. TomTom unveiled new car GPS lines, including apps linking to Facebook and Twitter. Magellan kicked off a new, budget handheld GPS for hikers and geocachers. Digital Camera News From CES There was plenty of digital camera news from CES. Sony introduced three budget-priced Cyber-shots. Olympus went for variety, with a range of new cameras, and Casio kicked off models with high-speed features. See More About:  ces 2012  casio cameras  new cameras DVR Announcements from CES Companies are starting to offer more services and better hardware. In time this will hopefully translate into faster UIs, better use of HDTV screen real estate and more content for consumers ...Read more See More About:  digital video recorders  tivo  media center pcs Electronics & Gadgets Ads Electronics Ces Ces Las Vegas Gadgets Newest Gadgets 2011 Featured Articles Turn Old MIDI Files Into New MP3 Tunes Can You Make a Living at Podcasting? What is Smart TV (and Do You Want It)? Flipboard for iPhone Review Free at iTunes This Week Fallout 3 vs. Fallout: New Vegas (Xbox)   More from About.com Living with Depression By obtaining the correct medical intervention and learning better coping skills, you can not only live with depression, but live well. More> 9 Symptoms of Depression If you have experienced five or more of these symptoms within the same two week period, this could be indicative of an episode of depression. More>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com   Advertisement

About Electronics & Gadgets: CES News, Fitness Apps

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Electronics & Gadgets From Fred Zahradnik, your About Electronics & Gadgets Editor This week, iGuide Sam Costello features nine great new apps for getting fit and losing weight. Also, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) starts today, and guides are already bringing us news from the world's biggest electronics show. Watch for a big CES roundup next week, as well. Nine Great Weight Loss Apps Whether it's your New Year's Resolution or simply a commitment to health, whether you're looking to use 10 pounds or 50, the iPhone can help you meet your weight loss goals. Whether it's exercise apps or diet recipes or sports accessories, there are a number of ways the iPhone can help you lose weight (these tips apply to the iPod touch, too) ...Read more See More About:  iphone apps  iphone accessories  playlists CES: Garmin Introduces New GPS Line, Smartphone Link Garmin's Nuvi 3500 series, which the company describes as its new flagship line, includes Garmin's premium car navigation features, plus the ability to pull data from an Android smartphone connected via Bluetooth ...Read more CES: Digital Camera News Digital camera news from CES: Panasonic broadcasting live, Fujifilm brings 19 cameras to market, and Samsung upgrades its DualView. Protect Yourself Against WiFi Hacking You probably already know the importance of securing your wireless network with a strong password using WPA2 encryption (WEP is basically useless). A new vulnerability, however, has been discovered that enables a hacker to bypass the WPA password ...Read more See More About:  security  wi-fi  wps Electronics & Gadgets Ads Electronics Fitness Health and Fitness Smartphone Apps Gadgets Featured Articles Is 3D TV Failing? LG Kickoff at the Consumer Electronics Show Garmin Intros New G6 Golf GPS Rangefinder The MOG Cloud Music Service TinyVox Pro Lets You Podcast in the Moment NFL Blitz Review (XBLA)   More from About.com Living with Depression By obtaining the correct medical intervention and learning better coping skills, you can not only live with depression, but live well. More> 9 Symptoms of Depression If you have experienced five or more of these symptoms within the same two week period, this could be indicative of an episode of depression. More>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Electronics & Gadgets newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com   Advertisement