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Personal Tech: Holiday Gift Guide
The Washington Post's Rob Pegoraro discusses recent reviews, answers your personal tech questions and provides tips for buying the perfect gadget gift for the holidays.
 

Fast Forward

Rob Pegoraro takes a closer look at consumer electronics and personal tech, from Palm devices and computers to phones and Internet access.

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Samsung's PN50B650 HDTV Offers Versatility and Fun-to-Use Features: The Samsung PN50B650 is a great choice if you want to combine the variety of Internet video with the comfort of watching TV. (PC World, December 11, 2009; 12:19 AM)
 
How to Optimize Your HDTV: Have a new HDTV? Here are five settings that you can tweak to enhance your viewing experience. (PC World, December 11, 2009; 12:19 AM)
 
Find and Fix Input Lag in Your HDTV or Monitor: Is your new HDTV slightly sluggish? Learn how to check your setup for input lag--and how to ensure that the next display you buy won't suffer from it. (PC World, December 10, 2009; 12:19 AM)
 
Cisco's FlipShare TV Lets You Watch Your Videos on TV: Streaming box aims to make viewing video on your television a simple affair, but the price is a bit steep. (PC World, December 7, 2009; 12:19 AM)
 
Gift Guide: High-tech happiness for $100 or less (AP, December 4, 2009; 12:08 PM)
 
Best gadget gifts: Netbooks, Kindle, Nook, Sony e-readers, iPhone, iPods, digital cameras, DVRs, Blu-ray, HD radios, GPS devices, HDTVs, more (washingtonpost.com, December 4, 2009; 12:00 PM)
 
How and Why: Given our TV habits, what we need is a big, flat, green screen (Post, December 1, 2009)
 
Roku HD-XR Excels at Streaming Media to Your TV: Compact, affordable media player delivers Netflix, Amazon, and other Internet media services over wired or 802.11n wireless--and does it well. (PC World, November 30, 2009; 12:19 AM)
 
Jay Leno losing his audience to DVR machines (AP, November 29, 2009; 11:04 PM)
 
What to get, what to skip: TV gets simple; DVD, not so much (By Rob Pegoraro, November 29, 2009)
 
By 2011, greener screens in Golden State (Post, November 27, 2009)
 
HDTV Buying Guide: Making Sense of the Specifications: Before you purchase an LCD or plasma flat-panel HDTV, read our comprehensive buying advice to learn what features to consider. (PC World, November 26, 2009; 12:19 AM)
 
HDTV Buying Guide: Select the Right Flat-Panel Technology: Before you drop hundreds or thousands of dollars on the wrong flat-panel HDTV, read our comprehensive breakdown of everything you need to know. Our HDTV buying guide might just help you save some money. (PC World, November 25, 2009; 1:19 PM)
 
Personal Tech: Gadget News and Reviews (washingtonpost.com, November 13, 2009; 12:00 PM)
 
Paul Farhi on pop culture: All Things NPR, more (washingtonpost.com, November 10, 2009; 1:00 PM)
 
Archos 5 Internet Tablet: This Android-powered player crams a ton of Internet and multimedia features into its slim frame, but it still needs some refinement. (PC World, November 5, 2009; 12:19 AM)
 
Personal Tech: Gadget News and Reviews (washingtonpost.com, October 30, 2009; 12:00 PM)
 
Panasonic TC-P42X1 HDTV: A 720p plasma set, the low-cost Panasonic TC-P42X1 provides problematic images and underpowered sound. (PC World, October 28, 2009; 12:19 AM)
 
LG 42LH55 HDTV: This 42-inch LG HDTV has solid picture quality, but it?s lean on extra goodies. (PC World, October 28, 2009; 12:19 AM)
 
Samsung LN40B650 HDTV: Thanks to its very good picture quality, Internet and home-network entertainment features, and general user-friendliness, the Samsung LN40B650 ranks as the best 40- to 42-inch HDTV we've tested this year. (PC World, October 27, 2009; 12:19 AM)
 
Panasonic Viera TC-P46S1: The Panasonic TC-P46S1 would be a bargain 46-inch plasma HDTV if its image quality weren't so disappointing. (PC World, October 26, 2009; 12:19 AM)
 
Personal Tech: Gadget News and Reviews (washingtonpost.com, October 16, 2009; 12:00 PM)
 
Add a TV Tuner to Your PC: Your PC can do a damn fine TiVo impersonation. All you need to do is outfit it with an inexpensive TV tuner. (PC World, October 13, 2009; 12:19 AM)
 
Handy Tips for Window Media Center and More: Tweak Windows Media Center to save hard-drive space, make files open in the right programs, and force apps to launch full-screen. (PC World, October 9, 2009; 12:19 AM)
 
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