• How to Buy a Flat-Screen HDTV

  
  Before you drop hundreds or thousands of dollars on the wrong flat-panel HDTV, read our comprehensive breakdown of everything you need to know. Our advice might just help you save some money.

• Digital Gear: IPhone Clone Tries to Whip up a Storm

  The iPhone has stolen the hearts of millions, but nowadays it's far from the only slick-looking touch-screen phone in town...
• Black Friday will be Big Despite Lousy Economy, Survey Says
• Japan's Music Downloads Rise 30 Percent in Q3
• Hands on With Optoma's Pocket Pico Projector
• High-Definition Camcorders
• Top 5 42-Inch HDTVs
• IPod Touch Draws the Short Straw
• Sonos Multi-Room Music System 2.7
• ITunes 8.0.2 Adds VoiceOver Support

Editor's Audio/Video Picks

• Top 5 50- and 52-Inch HDTVs The latest big HDTVs deliver stellar performance, a generous array of the newest inputs, and unique picture adjustment features--at great prices. Check back frequently for the latest updates.
• Top 5 42-Inch HDTVs Our Best Buy, LG Electronic's 42PG25 Plasma, boasts an attractive price ($1000) and impressive features. Image performance ratings run very close in this category, so be sure to check out our chart.
• Top 10 MP3 Players (Flash-Based) There's no stopping the iPod, but Apple's latest players are edged out by the versatile, great-sounding Creative Zen X-Fi in our latest Top 10 list. New to the chart is the $80 Samsung S3, a sleek, pocketable 4GB player.

Audio/Video Reviews

• Optoma Pico Pocket Projector Optoma's diminutive projector makes a great traveling companion, despite somewhat fuzzy image projection.
• JVC Everio GZ-HD40 HD Camcorder The big hard drive of JVC's GZ-HD40 is offset by the camcorder's big price--and its simply adequate performance.
• Panasonic HDC-HS100 HD Camcorder This Panasonic high-def camcorder offers great usability and control, but its image quality is merely decent.
• Samsung YP-S2 (Pebble) MP3 Player This MP3 player packs lots of advanced features into a minimalist design, but its sound quality is a bit disappointing.
• Hitachi P50X902 50-Inch LCD HDTV Cool features can’t compensate for the Hitachi P50X902’s high price and disappointing picture.

Audio/Video News

• Digital Gear: IPhone Clone Tries to Whip up a Storm The iPhone has stolen the hearts of millions, but nowadays it's far from the only slick-looking touch-screen phone in town...
• IPod Touch Draws the Short Straw As you're likely aware, Apple on Thursday night released version 2.2 software updates for the iPhone and iPod touch. Those...
• Black Friday will be Big Despite Lousy Economy, Survey Says Digital gear tops the shopping lists of many who plan to line up after Turkey Day.
• ITunes 8.0.2 Adds VoiceOver Support Apple released an update on Friday for iTunes, the company's multipurpose media software.
• Japan's Music Downloads Rise 30 Percent in Q3 Legal Internet music downloads and revenues jumped in Q3 and cell phone song sales made up more than half the market for...

Audio/Video Playing in PCW Video

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  Robot Uses Living Room's Remote Controls Toshiba's ApriPoco robot can use voice commands to control your living room's remote controls.
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  E-mail Pics to Your Photo Frame Vodafone has introduced a photo frame with a cellular modem that can receive e-mailed images.
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  Sharp Launches Super-Slim TVs Coming in March to Japan, these sets are substantially thinner than current models.

Audio/Video Slideshows

• Top 46- and 47-Inch HDTVs Prices are plunging on plasma and LCD HDTVs. In our tests, we discovered great deals and terrific image quality on HDTVs from Samsung, Vizio, and Panasonic.
• The Top 42-Inch HDTVs You can fetch a great TV in this size for $1000, and for only $100 more you can get fantastic image quality. We tested seven new plasma and LCD models.
• Gifts for the Discerning Geek As the holiday season approaches, here are some choice geek devices that are sure to please people who love well-designed gadgets.
• Holiday Gear Sneak Peek Tech firms got a jump on the holidays this week in New York where they showed off cool new tech toys they hope will be big hits with gift givers. Here are some of the product highlights from the event sponsored by ShowStoppers.
• Add a Second Hard Drive to Your TiVo Tired of having to erase old shows from your TiVo's puny hard drive? Hack your Tivo by slapping on a massive external drive.

Audio/Video How-Tos

• How to Buy a Flat-Screen HDTV Before you drop hundreds or thousands of dollars on the wrong flat-panel HDTV, read our comprehensive breakdown of everything you need to know. Our advice might just help you save some money.
• Why Don't TVs' Parental Controls Think Like Parents? The parental controls built into today's TVs and DVRs protect our children from adult content. Why not also protect them from too much TV?
• Watch the Shows You Missed Last Night Forgot to set the VCR/DVR? No problem. You can watch your show online the next day.
• Use Your Webcam to Send Video Mail Free service Eyejot turns your webcam into a video e-mail recorder.
• The Audiophile's Guide to Streaming Music Don't sacrifice sound quality in the name of convenience. With a lossless codec, a well-optimized streaming setup, and a few easy tricks, you can push phenomenal audio to every room in your house.