Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro Sound card
M-Audio Delta Audiophile 2496 Sound card
Hercules DJ Console Mk4 Sound card
Tascam US-1800 16-Input / 4-Output USB 2.0 Audio Interface
StarTech.com 7.1 USB Audio Adapter Sound Card with SPDIF
While many modern PCs come with an integrated on-board sound card, you will find that many such boards are not quite up to snuff. On-board sound cards tend to be something of an afterthought, and extra addition slapped on by motherboard manufactures to make their boards more desirable for corporate computers and other situations where low quality sound is not an issue. Which of these great sound cards do you like the best for ensuring optimal sound performance for your games and multimedia presentations?
Two of these technologies are still pretty nascent. The third is not widely supported despite its maturity relative to the marketplace. Which interconnects will win the format war?
Chauvet B-250 Bubble Machine Medium Output Bubble Maker
American DJ EZ Bubble High Output 16 Wand Bubble
Gazillion Bubble Machine
MBT Mini Bubble Machine
BuySeasons Costumes BS153317 Party Bubble
A good bubble machine helps turn any event or romantic evening into a surreal scene. If you want to make the whole night feel a little more unreal, there are few devices as excellent as a bubble machine. These machines use a pre-formulated liquid and motorized blowers to fill a space with amazing amounts of bubble. Which of these great bubble machines do you like the best?
Sony has announced that they have developed an OLED display that rolls up into a cylinder. While there's no news yet on what consumer devices this technology will eventually find its way into, it is in and of itself a somewhat remarkable feat of engineering ingenuity. What do you think of this new display technology?
Optical Toslink to Coaxial RCA Digital Audio Converter 2948
Gefen GefenTV Digital to Analog Decoder - Coaxial/optical digital
Cables To Go Dual-Output Digital Audio Adapter
StarTech.com Stereo RCA to SPDIF Digital Coaxial
Mpi Digital Coax Optical Toslink to Analog Audio Converter
Optical audio interconnects provide the highest quality transmission for digital audio signals, with lots of bandwidth and high-fidelity signals. However, interfacing this type of technology with regular audio systems can be impossible without a proper converter. Which of these great optical audio converters do you like the best for converting your optical audio feeds?
TEC 6100 Hot Melt Industrial High-Output Pneumatic Glue Gun
Pur Cartridge Industrial Spray Glue Gun Preheater
Bostik Tg4 Industrial Glue Gun
A glue gun is a great way to get a lot of hot glue into one place very fast. It's surprising how often that sort of thing is required in a modern workshop. If you're a dedicated DIY gadget builder or just a sometimes weekend crafter, a glue gun can make even the most difficult adhesive tasks simple. Which of these popular glue guns do you like the best?
The fellows over at Hack-a-day have posted instructions for building your own tee-shirt printer from an old Epson inkjet. Although the build seems to be quite a fair bit of work, it would be pretty cool to be able to print up custom tee-shirts for every occasions. Would you try your hand at building one of these, or just buy your snarky tee-shirts from shady guys with vans at rock concerts?
Harman/kardon SoundSticks II 2.1-CH PC multimedia speaker
Altec Lansing VS2621 2.1-CH PC multimedia speaker
Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 -CH PC multimedia speaker
Good computer speakers are one way to make sure that your online multimedia experience is totallydistracting. A good set of speakers can accurately recreate all manner of digitally encoded audio. These sets all offer a good way to hear what your computer is trying to say. Which of these sets of computer speakers do you like the best?
ASUS 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 4GB HDMI 14-Inch LED Laptop U80A-RSTML05
Sony VAIO EA VPCEA22FX/W 14" Notebook Computer (Glossy White)
Notebook computers are great, in that they allow you to take a complete multimedia capable computer with you in a package the size of a hard cover book. However, if you want to be able to interface with today's better large-screen displays, you need to ensure that your notebook has a functional HDMI port. Which of these HDMI capable notebooks do you like the best?
