Gift Guide – Home Audio/Video

Noise Cancelling Headphones: Denon, Able Planet, & AKG Models Compared

Noise canceling headphones are a must. A must, I say. There is no way I’m riding in a disease-riddled airliner and listening to the guy behind me hack up tuberculosis. Hells no. I sit down, don

D’Egg: Egg-shaped speakers for $3,580

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/egg_crystal.jpg" /> Here's the right thing for all audio freaks out there who happen to be ready to shell out a lot of cash for a very

Yamaha Japan announces new digital sound projector for home theater systems

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/yps_5100-620x353.png" /> Yamaha Japan today announced the <a href="http://www.yamaha.co.jp/product/av/topics/ysp-5100/">YSP-5100</a> [JP

CrunchGear's Best of 2008 plus the People's Choice

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/gala_awards2.jpg"> Welcome to CrunchGear's Gala Best of 2008 Awards featuring the Best Gear, Gadgets, and Software of 2008. Best of all,

Review: Philips DC910 Docking Entertainment System

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Review: Ultrasone Edition9 headphones

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not an audiophile. I enjoy music and I enjoy good sound but I have yet to be bitten by the high end audio bug. I understand that good audio gear is expe

Review: Philips Streamium NP1100 network music player

Quick Version: In a world chock full of streaming music devices, the Philips Streamium NP1100 blends into the crowd as a straightforward, easy-to-use network device.

Review and Giveaway: The Anchor Bay DVDO Edge video processor

The Quick Version: The DVDO Edge will restore amazement and wonder to your high definition TV. It’s that good.

Review: Western Digital WD TV HD Media Player

For months now, I have been trying to play .MKV and other video files on my living room front projector. At first I tried to connect a laptop directly to the TV. But this didn’t always work, the

Review: Sonos Bundle 150 with loudspeakers (and more)

We’ve reviewed a lot of home audio solutions, and they all offer different benefits and drawbacks. The big trend is “music everywhere”, whether through powerline networking or wirele

Review: EOS wireless audio system

Short Version: The EOS wireless audio system is dead simple to set up and use, although a high price tag and so-so sound quality might keep some people away.

Review: Griffin PowerDock 4

Short Version: Are you an iFamily? Got lots of iDevices between you, your iDo, and maybe some iKids? Is your house sooooo big that it’s just too much trouble to walk to where your computer is to

Review: Hitachi P50X902 Director Series 50-inch Plasma

To the point: A nice plasma that offers a quality image, good colors, and a great scaler. Too bad it’s overpriced.

Review: ViewSonic N2201w HDTV with DVD (22-inch)

Short Version: A full-featured 22-inch HDTV with a built-in DVD player for under $400, the N2201w from ViewSonic is a great option as a bedroom TV, office TV, or dedicated gaming TV.

Review: Belkin GoStudio

As a dilettante musician I enjoy the concept – if not the process – of recording my reedy, whiny voice to digital files. Until recently, that process was fraught with trouble and high qual

Review: Amethyst AIP aka the iPig

Why do you need a pig-shaped iPod dock? I don’t know, but it exists and it’s a sensible little device. The pig blows out some thin music but it’s nice and heavy on the bass and it lo

Review: Logitech Pure-Fi Anytime for iPhone/iPod

Quick Version: The $99.99 Pure-Fi Anytime is a good choice as an alarm clock and single-room speaker system. If you’ve got your life on your iPhone, you’ll appreciate this gadget as it pulls doubl

Review: Pinnacle Video Transfer system

The Pinnacle Video Transfer is a $99 device that promises easy one-touch recording to a myriad of devices including USB memory sticks and external hard drives as well as direct recording to the Sony P

Review: Zv-100 ZvBox

There hasn’t been a gadget that I was initially interested about more than the ZvBox. In my world of 250 press releases a week and thousands of random gadgets, that’s something. The device hijac

Review: Aluratek Internet Radio Alarm Clock

These Wi-Fi radios have come a long, long way. Case in point, I have an old Linksys WMLS-11B from almost five years ago that requires me to spin around in a circle two times, add a single drop of bloo
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