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The good: The Panasonic TC-PST60 series has a reasonable price, an incredibly good picture quality with exceedingly deep black levels, ...
The bad: Worse 3D quality compared with many competing TVs; not as suited to extremely bright rooms as some LCD ...
The bottom line: The midlevel price and outstanding quality of the Panasonic TC-PST60 series make it our strongest TV recommendation ever.
The good: The Fitbit Flex is a simple way to track steps, sleep, and calories. The Flex's strap design ...
The bad: Clasping the Fitbit Flex’s strap shut is tricky. Direct syncing is only available with the iPhone, the ...
The bottom line: A long list of features and a comfortable fit make Fitbit’s new Flex the best fitness tracker ...
The good: The Toshiba Satellite U845T is thin, with a decent brushed-aluminum body, a 128GB SSD, and better performance and ...
The bad: The keyboard has squeezed-down keys, a small spacebar, and some flex under heavy typing. The low screen resolution ...
The bottom line: While it's not going to dazzle anyone, the Toshiba Satellite U845T is a great example of exactly ...
The good: The Sony HT-CT260 delivers excellent sound quality for a budget sound bar/subwoofer system. It has a distinctive, ...
The bad: Some similarly priced sound bars sound even better. And the hexagonal design may not be for everyone.
The bottom line: The Sony HT-CT260 is our go-to budget sound bar pick, with excellent sound quality, built-in Bluetooth, an adaptable ...
The good: The HTC One flaunts a stunning metal design, powerful quad-core processor, and a beautiful 4.7-inch 1080p screen. ...
The bad: Sealed case design means no SD expansion slot or user replaceable battery. The BlinkFeed software can’t be ...
The bottom line: A few quibbles notwithstanding, the powerhouse HTC One is a beautifully crafted, near-ideal smartphone.
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The good: The Asus Vivobook X202E is very inexpensive for a touch-screen Windows 8 laptop, and looks and feels like ...
The bad: The CPU trades down to a slower model, battery life is unimpressive, and the large touch pad is ...
The bottom line: It's great to see more touch-screen Windows 8 laptops under $600, but note that the Asus X202E ...
The good: The Acer Aspire V5 has a decent design, midrange configuration, and a touch screen, all for a very ...
The bad: While slim and reasonably attractive, this is still a plastic laptop. The weak battery keeps it from being ...
The bottom line: For under $700, the Acer Aspire V5 proves that a touch screen can work in a budget-priced Windows ...
The good: The 14-inch Acer Aspire M5 481PT has a solid metal body, strong battery life, good performance, a DVD ...
The bad: The screen quality isn't stellar, the touch pad doesn't always handle well, and unlike previous versions, ...
The bottom line: Considering the total package of features and price, the Acer Aspire M5 feels like a safe bet if ...
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: Gaming-optimized Windows 8 tablet with onboard Nvidia graphics; offers plenty of ways to play games via extra accessories; ...
The bad: Gaming performance trails that of comparably priced gaming laptops; lacks 1080p screen; design is thicker and heavier than ...
The bottom line: The Razer Edge is one of the most inventive PC gaming devices in years, but you'll pay ...
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The good: With excellent photo and video quality for its class, a fluid shooting design and solid feature set the ...
The bad: Though it has no significant flaws, the lack of an autofocus motor in the body limits your lens-selection ...
The bottom line: The Nikon D5200 makes a great choice for family and vacation photographers.
The good: The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX300 has strong image stabilization to back up its 50x zoom lens; excellent picture quality ...
The bad: The HX300's 20-megapixel sensor doesn't translate into better picture quality. It doesn't have a hot ...
The bottom line: It can't match some of its competition in the features department, but the Sony Cyber-shot HX300 still ...
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 Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX150 is a very fast, 10x zoom ultracompact with lots of automatic shooting options, and ...
The bad: The WX150's 18-megapixel resolution is of little use and its small, lightweight body can make it difficult ...
The bottom line: The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX150 is an excellent little camera that doesn't sacrifice features and performance for size.
The good: Speed, good looks, and pretty pictures number among the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100's strengths.
The bad: The camera tends to clip bright highlights more than we typically see, and the slippery body lacks a ...
The bottom line: The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100's compact, elegant design, generally excellent photo quality, bright, fast lens, and speedy performance ...
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Specs: Cricket Wireless, 4.3 oz
The good: The Motorola Droid Razr Maxx HD (Verizon) offers fast performance, a big eye-popping screen, and luxurious design. It ...
The bad: The Droid Razr Maxx HD's major weakness is a camera that produces subpar images. The phone is ...
The bottom line: Motorola's fast, stylish Droid Razr Maxx HD offers outstanding battery life, but its camera captures unimpressive images.
The good: The HTC Windows Phone 8X's edgy design joins forces with a top-of-the-line processor, LTE speeds, and great ...
The bad: This phone's 8-megapixel camera took a few poor pictures, the buttons are too flush, and the OS ...
The bottom line: With top specs and a striking design, HTC's Windows Phone 8X makes a smart choice for anyone ...
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: Oodles of screen real estate make the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 terrific for videos, games, and reading; and ...
The bad: The huge display makes the Galaxy Note 2 unwieldy to carry, and hiccups in the S Pen stylus ...
The bottom line: Samsung delivers a powerful, boundary-pushing device that gets a lot right. Yet its complicated features and high price ...
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The good: The Canon Vixia HF G10 delivers great video quality and a lot of useful features for advanced shooters.
The bad: Design issues that affect frequently used adjustments may annoy the very people the camcorder is designed to attract, ...
The bottom line: While it's got a great shooter feature set and good video quality, the Canon Vixia HF G10 ...
The good: The Samsung HMX-W300's small, slim rugged body lets you take it where other minicamcorders or your smartphone ...
The bad: The W300's video quality -- in or out of water -- is only good enough for Web ...
The bottom line: The Samsung HMX-W300 rugged minicamcorder is a good traveling companion for capturing Web-friendly movie clips and photos of ...
Specs: CMOS, 8.3 oz, 4.6 in, 2.2 in, 32 x x, Zoom lens - 2.8 mm - 89.6 mm - F/1.8-4.5, Camcorder, Canon VIXIA HF R400 - Consumer - Flash card, 2.1 in
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 Contour+2 captures crisp, HD video. The new Instant On-Record slider greatly increases simplicity. Bluetooth allows app ...
The bad: Even with the new lower price, the Contour+2 is more expensive than the GoPro HD Hero2.
The bottom line: The Contour+2 combines the best features of the entire Contour camera line in one simple, powerful flagship ...
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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: 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 ...
Specs: 3D Blu-ray player, Samsung Smart Hub suite, Built-in Wi-Fi, Dual-core 900Mhz processor, S-Recommendation, Smart View, Up to 4K, Stereo, DVD+R, CD-R, DVD, CD, CD-DA, Blu-ray Disc, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-RW
Specs: Blu-ray player, Netflix, Amazon Video, Hulu Plus, YouTube, Pandora, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, NFC, Stream content from smartphones and tablets with Sony's SideView app for iOS and Android devices, BD-Live & BonusVIEW, Socialize feature allows you to make posts about movies, videos and music to social media, Dolby Digital, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD
Specs: 3D Blu-ray player, Netflix, Amazon Video, Hulu Plus, YouTube, Pandora, Crackle, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, BD-Live & BonusVIEW, 2D to 3D Conversion, Stream content from smartphones and tablets with Sony's SideView app for iOS and Android devices, Socialize feature allows you to make posts about movies, videos and music to social media, Up to 1080p, Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD, ...
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