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For our final 2009 Crave giveaway, we've got the Insignia NS-DPF8PR digital picture frame. It's an 8-inch LCD digital frame with 800x600 resolution, 1GB of internal memory, and USB and flash memory inputs. You can find more information about it on Best Buy's Web site--and we thank Best Buy for providing the prize.
We'd also like to give a shout out to Shopper.com for helping set up this Crave giveaway. Shopper.com powers CNET's price-comparison engine, and it's a great site for finding the best prices on products. (See all of Shopper's deals, coupon codes, and rebates).
Normally, the Insignia NS-DPF8PR digital picture frame would cost you about $130, but you have the chance to get it gratis.
So, how do you try to win this Insignia NS-DPF8PR digital picture frame? Let me enumerate the basic rules. Please read them carefully; there will be a test.
- Register as a CNET user. Go to the top of this page and hit the "Join CNET" link to start the registration process. If you're already registered, there's no need to register again.
- Leave a comment below. You can leave whatever comment you want. If it's funny or insightful it won't help you win, but we're trying to have fun here, so anything entertaining is appreciated.
- Leave only one comment. You may enter this specific giveaway only once. If you enter more than one comment, you will be automatically disqualified.
- The winner will be chosen randomly. The winner will receive (1) Insignia NS-DPF8PR Digital Picture Frame. Approximate retail value is $130.
- If you are chosen, you will be notified via e-mail. Winners must respond within three days of the end of the contest. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
- Entries can be submitted until Thursday, December 24 at 6:59:59 a.m. EST.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. MUST BE LEGAL RESIDENT OF ONE OF THE 50 UNITED STATES OR D.C., 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AT DATE OF ENTRY INTO SWEEPSTAKES. VOID IN PUERTO RICO, ALL U.S. TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Sweepstakes ends at 6:59:59 AM EST on December 24, 2009. See official rules for details.
Good luck.
Thanks to Best Buy and Shopper.com for putting together today's enticing prize, an Insignia NS-WBRDVD Blu-ray player that features Wi-Fi connectivity along with Netflix-streaming capabilities (yes, this is a BD-live ready player).
In case you didn't know it, Shopper.com powers CNET's price-comparison engine and is a great site for finding the best prices on products. (See all of Shopper's deals, coupon codes, and rebates).
Normally, the Insignia NS-WBRDVD would cost you about $179, but you have the chance to get it gratis.
So, how do you try to win this Insignia Blu-ray player? Let me enumerate the basic rules. Please read them carefully; there will be a test.
- Register as a CNET user. Go to the top of this page and hit the "Join CNET" link to start the registration process. If you're already registered, there's no need to register again.
- Leave a comment below. You can leave whatever comment you want. If it's funny or insightful it won't help you win, but we're trying to have fun here, so anything entertaining is appreciated.
- Leave only one comment. You may enter this specific giveaway only once. If you enter more than one comment, you will be automatically disqualified.
- The winner will be chosen randomly. The winner will receive (1) Insignia NS-WBRDVD Blu-ray player. Retail value is $179.
- If you are chosen, you will be notified via e-mail. Winners must respond within three days of the end of the contest. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
- Entries can be submitted until Tuesday, December 10, at 6:59:59 a.m. EST.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. MUST BE LEGAL RESIDENT OF ONE OF THE 50 UNITED STATES OR D.C., 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AT DATE OF ENTRY INTO SWEEPSTAKES. VOID IN PUERTO RICO, ALL U.S. TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Sweepstakes ends at 6:59:59 AM ET on December 10, 2009. See official rules for details.
Good luck.
Come back tomorrow for our next holiday giveaway. Tomorrow's prize will be a $500 Crutchfield gift card!
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The price of HD Radio technology has been dwindling over the past few years, with digital-capable car stereos and clock radios priced south of $100. But Insignia's new NS-HD01 adds two new wrinkles to the HD Radio equation. The iPod-size unit is the first truly portable (battery powered) HD Radio, and its $50 price tag makes it the most affordable HD model to date. The NS-HD01 is scheduled to hit shelves at Best Buy on June 12, but we got an early look at the unit.
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Over the years, thousands of DJs have made the transition from turntables to laptops, lured by the idea of carrying less equipment, and cramming huge music libraries onto their hard drives. Along the way, though, the physical act of DJing--cueing, scratching, beatmatching--became about as dull as pointing and clicking through a spreadsheet.
To solve the problem, manufacturers and DJs have been struggling to find the perfect recipe for blending the advantages of digital audio with the feel and spirit of analog DJ gear. The results have been a Doctor Moreau-esque island of misfit hybrids, ranging from retrofitted analog turntables (a la Final Scratch), to flimsy plastic USB controllers with dodgy software. Nothing ever quite got it right. That is, until now.
After years reviewing digital DJ gear (and years more spent selling it) the Numark NS7 digital DJ system blew away my expectations of what laptop DJing could be. Of course, it also blew away my expectations on how much a DJ controller could cost ($1,300).
To find out why I'm so crazy for the Numark NS7, you can read my full report over at CNET Reviews.
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During the 2008 holiday season, we found plenty of affordable Blu-ray players to recommend under $300. Fast-forward a couple months, and we're surprised to find that many of those players are either discontinued (Panasonic DMP-BD35) or are no longer discounted.
You can still get a few Blu-ray players for a bargain, but you'll have to give up some features to get under the $300 mark. None of these players have multichannel analog-audio outputs and they also lack onboard decoding for DTS-HD Master Audio. That being said, most people won't have any complaints with the Blu-ray image quality of these players and the top two players are Profile 2.0 compatible. If you can wait a few more months before you make the jump to Blu, it might be worth seeing how much Samsung and LG price their new Blu-ray players, but these are some of the better bargains available right now.
Read our full comparison of budget Blu-ray players.
Related content: Best Blu-ray players.
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During the 2008 holiday season, we found plenty of affordable Blu-ray players to recommend under $300. Fast-forward a couple months, and we're surprised to find that many of the players are either discontinued (Panasonic DMP-BD35) or no longer discounted (Sony BDP-S350.)
The Insignia NS-2BRDVD is one of the few players actually still available for a budget price, but you'll be sacrificing quite a few features to save your dollars. The NS-2BRDVD currently isn't Profile 2.0-compatible (although a firmware update is supposedly coming in March), it lacks full onboard decoding for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, and it can't upgrade its firmware over Ethernet.
If you're cash-strapped and just need basic Blu-ray playback, the Insignia NS-2BRDVD fits the bill, but be sure to check out the competing Samsung BD-P1500, which offers more features and is heavily discounted online to about the same price.
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The new Sony Vaio NS is a 15-inch laptop.
Hot on the heels of the just-announced 18-inch Vaio AW, Sony is dropping a couple more laptops, just in time for the holiday shopping season (although a little late for back-to-school buyers).
The NS series is a 15-inch laptop and successor to the current NR model. While you'll be able to squeeze in a Blu-ray drive for about $1,000 (think $650-ish without), the screen resolution of 1,200x800 isn't exactly HDTV-level. Intel's new 4500 integrated graphics is what makes the NS Blu-ray ready without a discrete graphics card.
Also coming soon is the Vaio CS series, already available in Japan. This 14-inch laptop has some unusual multimedia features, including a, "12-tone music analyzer that translates your music into a colorful LED light show that plays out beneath the palm rest of the PC," according to Sony's press release. We'll have to wait until we get our hands on one of these to see what that actually means in real-world terms.
The CS model will start at about $920, with Blu-ray available for around $1,070. We're skeptical enough about Blu-ray in a 15-inch laptop--adding it to a 14-inch model seems even more of a stretch, unless you plan on outputting the signal to a big-screen TV.
Both are listed as "coming soon" from Sony, but should be available sometime this fall.
Say what you will about HD DVD, but the one nice thing about the format was that the hardware was cheap. Since HD DVD has left the format war, we've seen prices slowly creep down on standalone Blu-ray players, but they're still far too expensive for the average consumer. The Insignia NS-BRDVD is the least expensive standalone player we've seen so far, with a list price of $300, but as you might expect, the player skimps on the features to hit this price point. Profile 2.0, multichannel analog outputs, and high-resolution soundtrack decoding are all missing, making this one of the most basic players we've reviewed.
You can read the full review for all the details, but the summary is that we're thinking most people will pass on this player. While it accomplishes the goal of playing Blu-ray discs for a low price, we can't help but feel that it's still too expensive for the average buyer and that those willing to pay extra for Blu-ray will be willing to spend more for a PS3 or a more fully featured standalone player like the Panasonic DMP-BD50. If you're on a really tight budget and just can't wait to get into Blu-ray, the NS-BRDVD gets the job done, but wait for better, cheaper players if you can--or just get the multitalented PS3.
Read our Insignia NS-BRDVD review.
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