10 Holiday Gifts for Tech Lovers
 You won’t find a $78 Blu-ray player on this HTSA-approved electronics gift list.
CE pros don’t generally experience the holiday shopping bump that retailers do.
They can’t compete with Walmart and its $78 Blu-ray player deals. Nor should they try to, according to the Home Theater Specialists of America (HTSA).
The 59-member buying group wants CE pros to carve out their own holiday shopping niche and it has issued an electronics holiday shopping list for “the tech obsessed.”
You won’t find any $78 deals. Prices begin at $300 and go up very, very high, but at least they’re HTSA-approved.
Of course, the buying group’s list isn’t completely objective. Each product comes from an HTSA vendor partner. But, with 42 vendor partners, it’s a wide field. But we’ve narrowed it down to our 10 favorite.
Click here for 10 Holiday Gifts for Tech Lovers.
By Tom LeBlanc
http://www.cepro.com/article/10_holiday_gifts_for_tech_lovers/
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Blu-ray Releases on Dec. 8, 2009
12.08.2009
This week’s Blu-ray releases are all about Harry Potter, Lost, and collections from some of our favorite stars.
ABC’s hit show Lost arrives on Blu-ray in two versions today: Lost: The Complete Fifth Season and Lost: The Complete Seasons 1-5. I’ve never really gotten into this show, but these two releases are a great way for “Losties” to catch up before the start of “The Final Season,” which is coming in 2010.
For all you J. K. Rowling fans, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry Potter Years 1-6 Gift Set all hit shelves today. Should be enough Quidditch to carry you over for a while.
The Governator is back in The Arnold Schwarzenegger Collection, a three-disc set that consists of Commando, Predator, and The Terminator. Not to be out done, The Ben Stiller Collection features There’s Something About Mary, Night at the Museum, and DodgeBall.
Some other noteworthy collections are The Gene Hackman Collection (The French Connection/Hoosiers/Behind Enemy Lines), The Bruce Willis Collection (The Siege/Die Hard/Hart’s War), and The Denzel Washington Collection (The Siege/Man on Fire/Out of Time).
Here are all of this week’s Blu-ray releases, courtesy of Blu-ray.com:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Public Enemies
Lost: The Complete Fifth Season
Julie & Julia
Harry Potter Years 1-6 Gift Set
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Lost: The Complete Fifth Season Dharma Initiation Kit
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
George Michael: Live in London
UFC: Ultimate 100 Greatest Fights
Rush: R30
Pink: Funhouse Tour, Live in Australia
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Lost: The Complete Seasons 1-5
Knut & Friends
While She Was Out
World’s Greatest Dad
The Alphabet Killer
Walled In
Cyclops
Red Mist
The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon
Sands of Oblivion
AC/DC: No Bull (Director’s Cut)
Coraline Gift Set
Lower Learning
Jay Johnson’s Boot Camp Fitness: Ultimate Abs
Jay Johnson’s Boot Camp Fitness: Ultimate Body Vol.
Jay Johnson’s Boot Camp Fitness: Ultimate 3×30
The Arnold Schwarzenegger Collection (Commando/Predator/The Terminator)
The Sean Connery Collection (Never Say Never Again/The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen/Entrapment)
Jay Johnson’s Boot Camp Fitness: Ultimate Cardio
Ultramarathon Man: 50 Marathons, 50 States, 50 Days
The Gene Hackman Collection (The French Connection/Hoosiers/Behind Enemy Lines)
The Bruce Willis Collection (The Siege/Die Hard/Hart’s War)
The Denzel Washington Collection (The Siege/Man on Fire/Out of Time)
The Keanu Reeves Collection (Street Kings/Point Break/Speed)
The Mark Wahlberg Collection (Max Payne/The Happening/Planet of the Apes)
The Ben Stiller Collection (There’s Something About Mary/Night at the Museum/DodgeBall)
By Steve Crowe
http://www.cepro.com/article/blu-ray_releases_on_dec._8_2009/K454
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8 Ways to Hide a TV
 TVs are a fact of modern life. According to Nielsen’s Television Audience Report, the average American home has 2.86 TVs.
Hopefully, yours are of the flat-panel design. They’re much less obtrusive than old-fashioned CRTs and can squeeze into just about any space.
Still, a screen is a screen — not much to look at when you’re not watching something on it.
Manufacturers have tried to jazz up that big, black rectangle with colored bezels and other ornamentation, but those are merely Band-Aid solutions. The only way you’ll be able to completely ignore your set is to put it where you can’t see it.
There are lots of ways to conceal screens, and we’ve compiled some of the most creative solutions for your consideration.
Click here for 8 Ways to Hide a TV.
by Lisa Montgomery
http://www.electronichouse.com/article/8_ways_to_hide_a_tv/
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