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Price $29.95 Release date July, 2004
Pros
- small - easily used on the go
- affordable
- superior sound quality to the majority of onboard desktop and laptop sound chips
Cons
- can be easily lost due to its size
- supplied drivers add some noise; use the built-in Windows audio drivers for superior sound
- all audio is upsampled to 48 kHz; whereas CD/mp3 are typically 44.1 kHz
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Price $69.95 Release date July, 2008
Cons
- Skullcandy is mostly marketing and distribution - poor headphones
- expensive for what they sound like
- many similarly priced alternatives will sound better
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Price $3,500.00 Release date November, 2004
Pros
- THX certified for medium and large rooms
- 5.25" midrange satellites
- 12" subwoofer
Cons
- system has a poor low frequency cutoff
- quite expensive
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Price $52.50 Release date November, 2005
Pros
- great full frequency response
- high wattage output
- affordable
Cons
- more expensive than the majority of speakers
- lower power output than earlier models
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Price $2,657.00 Release date November, 2008
Pros
- extremely powerful - includes the latest Intel Core i7 processor and 6GB of DDR3 RAM
- great warranty
- beautifully customized enclosure
Cons
- building your own system is half the fun
- very expensive
- far from worth the price
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Price $120.00 Release date January, 2007
Pros
- 80W is strong enough for most consumers (room size and volume)
- affordable
- magnetically shielded
Cons
- small drivers have a low cutoff of 110dB
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Price $179.00 Release date January, 2008
Pros
- Great SQ
- Good noise isolation
- Pause/Play/Next function for you iPhone's iPod app
Cons
- high isolation may be dangerous, and is not ideal for the majority of consumers
- potentially uncomfortable for some wearers
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Price $27.99 Release date March, 2005
Pros
- powerful enough for the majority of people
- good full-range frequency response
- extremely inexpensive
Cons
- not the most powerful speaker
- not the best quality speaker
- small
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Price $999.99 Release date May, 2008
Pros
- highly customizable
- HDMI output
Cons
- fairly expensive considering what you get
- it's a Dell
- Intel GMA X3100 - worst of the worst
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Price $151.80 Release date June, 2006
Pros
- powerful enough for most people
- smaller than the more powerful models
- quite affordable
Cons
- requires additional amps for more than 2 channels (and a sub of course)
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Price -- Release date November, 2008
Pros
- latest, fastest architecture
- doesn't cost all that much - base processor is $300
- first Intel processor to have an on die memory controller
Cons
- high TDPs means these chips are very hot and use a lot of power
- not that big of an upgrade for those interested in gaming
- requires a new socket - impossible for people to just upgrade their CPUs
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Price $50.00 Release date October, 2008
Pros
- First flip-style Blackberry
- Two large, high-resolution, light-sensitive LCD displays; one on the inside, one on the outside
- Only $50 with a 3-year contract
Cons
- Slow Web page load times even on WiFi
- No 3G network support
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Price $399.99 Release date January, 2008
Pros
- large number of connections, high speed ones too (eSATA, firewire 400/800, USB 2.0)
- variety of capacities up to 1TB
- passively cooled - silent
Cons
- 5400RPM disks are not as fast as their 7200RPM equivalents, slower for transferring large files
- very expensive
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Price $29.99 Release date --
Pros
- silent operation (small fans on most video cards are extremely loud and annoying)
- cool operation (most heatsink/fan combinations are cheap and do a very poor job of keeping expensive components cool under any circumstances)
- extends the life of your video card (cooler operation means healthier components)
Cons
- very large - 2 slot cooler, difficult and awkward fit in a tightly packed case
- largeness leads to a lot of flex and potential handling issues
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voids the warranty of many video cards - depends primarily on the manufacturer of the card (most AMD cards warranties are voided)
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Price $40.00 Release date February, 2007
Pros
- small
- not very expensive
- 2-year warranty
Cons
- pretty basic - captured video and still images are not high definition
- most laptops have a similar quality camera and microphone built in
- most places are selling above MSRP
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Price $500.00 Release date January, 2008
Pros
- great durability
- no distortion
- extremely hard hitting and loud
Cons
- expensive
- not the best price:performance value
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Price $89.99 Release date September, 2008
Pros
- inexpensive for such a fully featured motherboard
- includes anything a PC enthusiast would desire (16x pci-e connection, multiple PCIE / PCI slots, full I/O includes optical audio)
- dual bioses incase one is damaged or corrupted
Cons
- not an option for hardcore gamers (only 1 PCI-E slot - no SLI or Crossfire)
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Price $1,999.99 Release date --
Pros
- cat5e for streaming high definition content to another room
- fairly high powered - 120W per channel
- 6 hdmi inputs, 2 outputs
Cons
- video over Ethernet requires adapter sold separately
- low definition HDMI signals aren't upscaled
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Price $399.99 Release date October, 2008
Pros
- 7.1 analog outputs do not require an expensive receiver for users to enjoy full surround
- Profile 2.0 capable
- good option for those with older high quality receivers
Cons
- better to get the cheaper BD35 if you have a receiver
- better to spend the extra money on a receiver upgrade
- Bluray is still too expensive
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