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Archive of posts tagged audio visual

Episode 1106

NextGen’s HDMI Twister HDMI Adaptor Link: NextGen   The Twister by NextGen is an HDMI adaptor that can be rotated by 360 degrees and turned by up to 90 degrees, to make connection with the HDMI cable easy from any angle.   Verbatim Tuff N Tiny 16GB Ultra-Slim USB Flash Drive Link: Verbatim   First [...]

Episode 1098

AVerLife Cinema Media Player for TV Link: AVerMedia   From AVerMedia, the AVerLife Cinema is a simple multimedia player for outputting to your TV.  No storage included, just a bare player with a card reader and a USB port for your input source, with HDMI (720p), component and composite out to the TV. MAD is [...]

Episode 1090

Marantz Cassette Recorder 5120 Cassette Tape Recorder Link: Vintage Cassette Dick’s Gadget Warehouse   From about 1975, the Marantz 5120 was a high-end cassette deck enclosed in a real walnut wood case.  It cost $329 back then, equivalent to $1,335 now (see below).  Marantz has now merged with Denon and is now called D & [...]

Episode 1010

LG Super Multi-Blue Player BH100 Blu Ray/HD-DVD Dual Player Link: Amazon     LG Press Release Dick’s Gadget Warehouse   Announced only 3 years ago at CES 2007, LG‘s Super Multi-Blue Player BH100, which could play both blu ray and HD-DVD discs, was intended to avoid the problem of the format war.  It (along with the [...]

Episode 960

Boostaroo Portable Audio Splitter and Amplifier Link: Boostaroo Dick’s Gadget Warehouse   Dick’s original Boostaroo (the real original) dates back to about 15 years ago, when the common portable music player was still the Walkman.  It was an audio splitter that plugged into a headphone jack and allowed 3 people to listen to the music.  [...]