Archive for November, 2006
Since it’s clear that this week’s theme is going to lean heavily on home theater purchases, let’s take a moment to step back from the details and to gain perspective.
No matter what you end up buying, it’s going to be a lot better than your old TV. Relax.
There are a wide variety of HDTV technologies [...]
Morning Tonic: Voyage Interplanétaire
1 Comment Published by Joel November 28th, 2006 in Tonic. Share ThisThis should have been your commute this morning. This future sucks!
More images from the series [GrandFormat.Blogspot]
Nice article explaining all the equipment, math, and computing power that goes into generating the magical first down line on televised football fields. Impressive, but when can they do it in real life? [HowStuffWorks]
Ask Dethroner: Are Best Buy’s Insignia Brand HDTVs Worth Buying?
29 Comments Published by Joel November 27th, 2006 in Ask Dethroner, Gadgets. Share ThisVic writes:
Best Buy’s in-store brand, Insignia, has some TVs that are cheaper than their Sony/Samsung/etc. counterparts. Is it “safe” to save $100-$200 off and by the store-brand stuff, or shell out the money for name-brand?
It all depends on how you define “safe.” Best Buy’s Insignia brand launched two years ago with the stated intention of [...]
Are Name Brand Home Theater Cables Worth The Money?
14 Comments Published by Joel November 27th, 2006 in Gadgets. Share ThisCables are the worst rip-off in the entire electronics industry. I recently looked into starting my own line of cables to sell in retail; the numbers were staggering. A standard-quality HDMI cable, the sort that connects your HDTV to a DVD player or other video output, sells for anywhere between $40 and $100 in stores [...]
Announcing This Week’s Theme: Buying Electronics
2 Comments Published by Joel November 27th, 2006 in Gadgets. Share ThisFirst, my apologies: This week’s theme is getting a very late start.
Second, A bit of personal backstory on yours truly: I write about consumer electronics for a living. For instance, I have a monthly Q&A column in Popular Mechanics, way in the back next to the ads for making hovercraft out of vacuum cleaners.
As much [...]
UK scientists testing a male contraceptive that, when taken orally, would prevent sperm from being ejaculated for a day. May I be the first to suggest the name “Siring Blanks”? [BBC]
MAKE’s Open Source Gift Guide
0 Comments Published by Joel November 27th, 2006 in DIY, Gadgets. Share ThisOn the off chance there are a few Dethroner readers who don’t also read MAKE, don’t miss their great “Open Source Gift Guide,” suggesting a wide variety of DIY projects and homebrew electronics kits that would make fine presents for any tinkering dude. Of course, there are several projects that go beyond the newbie level—I’m [...]
A flash animation showing a close call between two jets on the runway of O’Hare. [NTSB.gov] (Thanks again, Brett!)
Grog’s Animated Guide to Knots
6 Comments Published by Joel November 27th, 2006 in Survival. Share ThisGro;g’s animated knots page shows you how to tie several dozen knots with simple, step-by-step animations. Knots are lovely things, making rope into something useful and potential if unlikely lifesavers. I pretty much hated most of the basic skills of Boy Scouts, but for some reason the knot tying part still gets me. (Although I [...]
A page about black, triangular UFO sightings that occurred in 2000 that caught my interest mainly because it happened in Highland, Illinois, where some of my family lives. I’m not all that interested in UFOs these days, after I realized that even if aliens landed, we’d still have to pay taxes. [DBarkerTV]
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