Tag: HGG1000

Apple LED Cinema Display (Creative, Under $1000) The increases in productivity and relief on the ol' eyes offered by additional screen real estate have been touted for years, and we can hardly imagine ever going back to a one-monitor system. Designers, artists, photographers, and video pros have been using Apple's Cinema Displays for years and for good reason: The picture clarity, color ...

Cerwin-Vega CVHD 5.1 (Gamer, Under $1000) Now that gaming visuals are in blistering HD, we should all be lucky enough to have the audio to match. The CVHD is a beast of a surround sound system: five speakers (each with six woofers and one tweeter) are complimented by a 12-inch, 250-watt powered subwoofer -- and the result is very precise, very LOUD surround sound. Worried that the gift will ...

Skybar Wine Preservation and Optimization System (Domestic Goddess/God, Under $1,000) If you're any kind of wine drinker, then you probably know the sinking sensation of having that perfectly good Bordeaux go south after having been re-corked a couple of days. Damn the destructive power of oxygen! Skybar aims to give your treasured plonk extra life, and make the pouring all the better with its ...

Vizio VOJ370F 37-inch HDTV (Video Junkie (TV/Movies), Under $1,000) As the economy comes crashing down upon us all like a financial tsunami, feel special pity for the TV manufacturers who have had to drop their prices through the floor just to stay afloat. Vizio's low-cost line of HDTVs already garner top reviews in terms of bang-for-buck, and their 37-inch model is criminally cheap for what ...

Panasonic DMC-G1 (Man/Woman Who Has Everything, Under $1,000) In the digital camera realm, full-sized DSLR's have been the great delineator between the professional shutterbug and the well-meaning hack. Panasonic demolished that stereotype with its new G1, the first Micro Four Thirds camera. In laymen's terms, that means you can swap out lenses like pros do with their DSLRs, but because ...