Articles by Will Greenwald
Samsung BD-F7500
Samsung’s BD-F7500 Blu-ray player has a lot going for it. It’s full of features, it looks good, and it has just the right connections for a high-end home theater (with one small omission—more on that later). On paper, it should be the cream of the consumer Blu-ray player crop. However, at $279.99 (direct), it’s pricey…
Panasonic DMP-BDT230
Panasonic’s DMP-BDT230 Blu-ray player packs a lot of compelling features into an inexpensive package. It’s quick, full of useful features (including built-in Miracast support), and handles video processing with ease, all with a $129.99 (direct) price tag. Its only issue is a menu system that, while completely functional, is a bit sluggish and uninspiring. All…
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (for Nintendo 3DS)
Donkey Kong Country was a classic game series for the Super Nintendo, and it returned four years ago in, well, Donkey Kong Country Returns. It was bright, colorful, and very, very difficult. And now it’s on the Nintendo 3DS as Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, a $39.99 (direct) title available as a game card or…
Vizio S4251W-B4 Home Theater Sound Bar
True surround sound is hard to get with a soundbar. You need not only a subwoofer, but a set of satellites to provide rear-channel audio. The Vizio S4251W-B4 offers just that, which looks great on paper. Unfortunately, even after you have those components, you still need to deliver quality sound. The $329.99 (direct) Vizio S4251W-B4…
Sharp HT-SB60 Sound Bar Home Theater System
Most soundbars are built for HDTVs in the 40-inch screen size range. This means if you have a big 60-inch HDTV, your new soundbar won’t quite produce a stereo sound field that encompasses the size of the screen. It’ll sound nice, but you won’t get proper imaging that matches the picture. Sharp has an alternative…
AVerMedia Live Gamer Portable
Capturing video game footage is a tricky process that, until now, has required using a computer. You had to get a capture device, plug it into your computer, load the software, and record to your hard drive. The AVerMedia Live Gamer Portable changes all that. While it’s a perfectly capable video capture device that can…
Asus Cube With Google TV
Google TV has had a rough couple of years. The promising Android-based TV interface appeared on a small handful of media hubs, but never quite caught when compared to, say, the more accessible Roku and Apple TV. Asus has produced a Google TV box it hopes will change this. The Cube has the same selection…
Panasonic SC-HTB70
If you want to add some power to your HDTV’s sound, you need a home theater system. But if you want to do it without running wires all over your living room, you need a soundbar. The Panasonic SC-HTB70 is one of the most budget-friendly soundbars we’ve seen that still manages to perform well. Its…
Seiki SE50UY04
4K, or Ultra HD, is the future of television. That’s a fairly indisputable fact. It’s the same step we took a decade ago to high-definition TV. And like with the very first HDTVs, the first 4K sets we’ve seen have been expensive. Sony released a screen with a $25K sticker price last year, and even…
ThinkGeek Minecraft Pickaxe Touchscreen Stylus
To say Minecraft is huge is an understatement. I don’t just mean it’s big because a Minecraft map is more than 25,000 kilometers across before you reach the glitched “Far Lands.” The game has achieved such a massive fan following that Creepers, pixelated tools, and cube heads have become as common a sight at video…