Archive for the 'Video Games' Category

CES 2010 HDTV Report

January 12th, 2010

CES 2010 was all about 3D – Sony, Panasonic, Samsung, LG, Mitsubishi and anyone else that makes or sells any kind of video display. All were pretty impressive. Panasonic’s 154 inch Plasma was a sight to behold, but in 3D it was spectacular. The 3D that manufacturers are coming out with isn’t that cheesy hand [...]

My Review of XtraPower PRO Ni-MH AA Battery & Charger Kit

September 3rd, 2008

Originally submitted at OneCall
The PROMASTER XtraPower PRO Ni-MH Battery Charger Kit is a high performance rapid charger designed for your demanding power needs. The XtraPower PRO Rapid Battery Charger will charge either AA or AAA NiMH cells to usable capacity in just 6 to 8 hours. The XtraPower PRO Ni-MH Battery Charger Kit com…
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E3 News for Home Theater

July 14th, 2008

The first day of E3 has produced one major home theater announcement – Netflix streaming on the Xbox 360! Basically the Roku box functionality will be recreated in the new Xbox dashboard update coming this fall. This will allow Xbox 360 Gold members who are also Netflix subscribers to instantly stream over 10,000 movie and [...]

Batteries that pay for themselves

July 2nd, 2008

I have been using the ProMaster rechargeable AA batteries for about 6 months now and I know that they have at least paid for themselves in money saved from having to buy alkaline. Prior to purchasing the XtraPower PRO charger with 4 Ni-MH AA batteries, I was going through 4 AAs a week in my [...]

Bioshock – Creepy showcase for your home theater

May 27th, 2008

I finally finished Bioshock for the xbox 360 this weekend. Now that I’m a dad I have much less time for video games and this one took me quite a bit longer than my kid-free friends to get through.
The game itself is a multi award-winning masterpiece, and played on an 80-inch HD screen with 5.1 [...]

Plasma TVs, video games and burn-in

May 1st, 2008

So I have owned a Panasonic TH42PX600 for about 2 years now and love it. I bought it because it was a great deal and I knew that Panasonic Plasma was top notch. I did not consider that I was going to be playing a lot of XBOX360 on it and my [...]

Keep the gaming system for gaming

March 11th, 2008

I’ve been watching DVDs through my xbox 360 DVD drive for the past year or so until a clear winner came out of the HD DVD / Blu-ray war. Since Toshiba officially threw in the towel a few weeks ago I now know Blu-ray was the winner I had been waiting for.
Some people suggest that [...]