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The good: The Kindle Fire HD has a most impressive-looking 7-inch tablet screen, its speakers deliver killer sound, and its ...
The bad: Performance is sluggish at times and the Fire HD is less comfortable to hold than the Nexus 7. ...
The bottom line: With a beautiful screen, refined interface, and huge coffer of media consumption options, the Amazon Kindle Fire HD ...
The good: The affordable Panasonic TC-PST50 series exhibited outstanding overall picture quality, characterized by exceedingly deep black levels with great ...
The bad: The ST50 uses more power than competing LCD TVs, and doesn't perform as well in bright rooms ...
The bottom line: With flagship-level picture quality for a midlevel price, the Panasonic ST50 series sets the value standard among videophile-grade ...
The good: The Nexus 7 features a sharp screen, a comfortable design, and great battery life at a low starting ...
The bad: Android still needs more tablet-optimized apps, newer games have frame rate issues, and HSPA+ speeds seem particularly location-dependent.
The bottom line: With its excellent design, useful software features, and low starting price, the Nexus 7 is the cheapest way ...
The good: The Nokia Lumia 920 forges new Windows Phone ground with wireless charging support and a highly sensitive screen ...
The bad: A thick, heavy build and slippery finish for some colors make the Lumia 920 harder to hold and ...
The bottom line: Nokia's Lumia 920 is heavy and thick, but if you want the most powerful, feature-rich Windows phone ...
The good: The Panasonic TC-PVT50 series produces some of the best pictures ever, with exceedingly deep black levels, highly accurate ...
The bad: The VT50 isn't as strong in terms of value as Panasonic's excellent midtier plasmas. It uses ...
The bottom line: The Panasonic TC-PVT50 series represents the pinnacle of current flat-panel TV picture quality.
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The good: The Toshiba Portege Z935-P300 has very good features, performance, and battery life for its price and is very ...
The bad: The Z935-P300's keyboard may be too small for some users and the laptop doesn't feel particularly ...
The bottom line: The Toshiba Portege Z935-P300 is an excellent ultrabook value if you can overlook its few design shortcomings.
Specs: Intel 3rd Gen Core i7 3517UB, 4 GB, 256 GB, Microsoft Windows 8
The good: The unprecedented high-resolution screen on the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display makes images -- even simple text ...
The bad: With a $2,199 entry-level price tag, the MacBook Pro with Retina Display costs more than the typical ...
The bottom line: The newly redesigned MacBook Pro with Retina Display combines an amazing screen with just enough of the MacBook ...
The good: The Sony Vaio T13 Touch gives you the convenience of a full-size keyboard and touch pad with a ...
The bad: The T13 Touch doesn't have a backlit keyboard and it's on the heavy side (if you ...
The bottom line: If you like the idea of having a touch screen on your Windows 8 laptop, the Sony Vaio ...
The good: A solidly built slider-style Windows 8 convertible, the Toshiba Satellite U925t includes features, such as a touch pad, ...
The bad: The design leaves the screen exposed at all times, so you'll need a case or sleeve. The ...
The bottom line: The mechanical elements of the Toshiba Satellite U925t convertible laptop are complex, but well-made. It won't be ...
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The good: The Canon EOS Rebel T4i delivers extremely good photo and video quality plus improved performance in Live View ...
The bad: The feature set remains rather blah, and its photos aren't as good as the T3i's at ...
The bottom line: A fine camera, the Canon EOS Rebel T4i's more expensive 18-135mm STM kit (or body with another ...
Specs: Full body, 12.1 megapixels, 50 x x Zoom lens - 4.3 mm - 215 mm - F/3.4-6.5, 1/2.3", BSI-CMOS, Optical
The good: The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20 has an excellent design and feature set, including an ultrawide-angle 20x zoom lens, GPS, ...
The bad: Using all of the ZS20's high-performance features, such as its near-pointless touch screen, can really cut into ...
The bottom line: The Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20's 20x zoom lens might be the main attraction, but the camera is all-around ...
The good: The Canon PowerShot Elph 300 HS is a fun-to-use ultracompact with excellent photo quality even if just left ...
The bad: The 300 HS might be too small for some, and accessing its shooting modes other than auto is ...
The bottom line: If you're looking for a nice, simple ultracompact for use indoors and out, you'll want to ...
The good: The Olympus Tough TG-1 iHS is water-, dust-, freeze-, shock-, and crushproof; has fast shooting performance for its ...
The bad: The TG-1 iHS has some minor design issues, such as a proprietary charging cable, that might turn some ...
The bottom line: The Olympus Tough TG-1 iHS combines a bright lens, a high-sensitivity, high-speed sensor, and some nice extras to ...
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The good: The futuristically-styled $199.99 HTC One X offers Android fans on AT&T; plenty to like, such as ...
The bad: Sadly, HTC One X owners can't claim quad-core bragging rights. Also, the nonremovable battery and lack of ...
The bottom line: Quad-core processing isn't everything, and AT&T;'s new $199.99 HTC One X proves it. This ...
The good: The Samsung Galaxy S3 comes fully loaded with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, 4G LTE capability, a ...
The bad: The Galaxy S3's screen is too dim, and Samsung's Siri competitor, S Voice, disappointed us.
The bottom line: Pumped with high-performing hardware and creative software features, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is an excellent, top-end phone that'...
The good: Sony's new $99 Xperia TL has a swift processor, 4G LTE, long battery life, and a powerful ...
The bad: The Sony Xperia TL is heavy, and its conservative looks don't pack much of a punch.
The bottom line: The Sony Xperia TL is a fantastic value and Sony's best U.S. smartphone yet.
The good: The HTC One S manages to pack Android ICS, Sense 4, and a feature-filled camera into one of ...
The bad: The One S' svelteness comes at the cost of no SD card expansion slot or removable battery.
The bottom line: The HTC One S is the best phone you can get on T-Mobile (for now), wrapping Android 4....
The good: The futuristically-styled $199.99 HTC One X offers Android fans on AT&T; plenty to like, such as ...
The bad: Sadly, HTC One X owners can't claim quad-core bragging rights. Also, the nonremovable battery and lack of ...
The bottom line: Quad-core processing isn't everything, and AT&T;'s new $199.99 HTC One X proves it. This ...
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The good: Sony's entry-level Handycams, the HDR-CX190, CX200 and CX210 are small, lightweight and cheap. A captive USB cable ...
The bad: You can't really call the video HD quality, the camcorder feels flimsy and the lens is prone ...
The bottom line: They're cheap and capture video, but don't buy the Sony Handycam HDR-CX190, CX200 or CX210 thinking ...
The good: With a nice set of features for home-movie-type shooters and pleasing video quality, the Canon Vixia HF M400...
The bad: A small, coarse LCD that's hard to view in direct sunlight and touch-screen-impaired menu system hamper an ...
The bottom line: A fine follow-up to last year's M3xx series, the Canon Vixia M4xx series should please most home-movie-oriented ...
The good: Generally excellent video quality; solid feature set for its class; well designed
The bad: Tape housing feels a bit flimsy; fixed eye-level viewfinder needs a better eye cup; manual focus dial a ...
The bottom line: An extremely minor upgrade from the HV20, the Canon Vixia HV30 remains a quality HDV camcorder with a ...
The good: The Sony Handycam DCR-SX45, SX65, and SX85 are easy-to-use ultracompact camcorders with good active electronic image stabilization and ...
The bad: The DCR-SX45, SX65, and SX85 produce very soft and noisy video with noticeable fringing on subjects even at ...
The bottom line: Sony's Handycam DCR-SX45, SX65, and SX85 standard-definition camcorders pack a megazoom lens at a reasonable price; one ...
The good: Manual shutter-speed and iris controls; comfortable size; smarter-than-average autofocus; lens focuses relatively closely; decent battery life.
The bad: Soft video; cramped, low-resolution touch screen.
The bottom line: Panasonic's quartet of entry-level HD camcorders--the HDC-HS60, TM60, TM55, and SD60--delivers a nice manual feature set and ...
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The good: The Sony BDP-S580 is a faster-than-average Blu-ray player and its exterior design is one of our favorites. The ...
The bad: The BDP-S580's user interface can be tedious to navigate. And even once you load a streaming service ...
The bottom line: The Sony BDP-S580 has built-in Wi-Fi and more streaming services than all competing Blu-ray players, but its user ...
The good: The LG BD670 has built-in Wi-Fi and an excellent suite of streaming-media services, including Netflix, Amazon Instant, Vudu, ...
The bad: The LG BD670 has slower-than-average disc-loading speeds and lacks onboard memory for accessing BD-Live features.
The bottom line: Despite disc-loading speeds that are just average, the LG BD670's built-in Wi-Fi and excellent streaming-media suite make ...
The good: The Panasonic DMP-BDT210 has built-in Wi-Fi, a simple user interface, and an excellent suite of streaming-media services, including ...
The bad: The Panasonic DMP-BDT210 has fewer overall streaming services than some competitors, missing some high-profile services like Hulu Plus ...
The bottom line: The Panasonic DMP-BDT210's built-in Wi-Fi, simple user interface, Amazon Instant streaming, and blazing fast disc-loading speeds make ...
Specs: Blu-ray player, Netflix, Pandora, Crackle, Amazon Instant, Hulu Plus, Vudu, YouTube, Built-in Wi-Fi
The good: More affordable $299 price; slimmer, more compact design with quieter operation; all games in high-definition; easy-to-use interface; doubles ...
The bad: Lacks backward support for PS2 games; no infrared port means non-Bluetooth universal remotes aren't compatible; online gaming, ...
The bottom line: With a smaller design, more energy-efficient operation, lower price tag, and built-in Blu-ray and multimedia capabilities, the PS3 ...
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