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Bose SoundDock 10 weighs in with $599 of iPod amplification {Engadget}
Sep 15th 2009 4:19PM Denon and Yamaha used to do it on all receivers. Sometimes (perhaps not in stores, but available online) they will list dual sets of specs, one at 1kHz with a high distortion and one full-bandwidth with low THD. At least I know Denon does this. However, still only H/K of this group rates with all channels driven - the others are only with one channel driven at either spec until ultra-high-level models.
I believe some Onkyo receivers are rated similarly to the better Denon or Yamahas, but I don't think they rate all channels driven either. Integra may be similar.
The best other brand I know of (other than really good equipment) that rates honestly like H/K is NAD and perhaps Marantz. There aren't exactly Best Buy fare, however.
Engadget's back to school giveaway, part 3! {Engadget}
Sep 14th 2009 5:36PM Yeah, I'd take that.
Amazon offers to give back your Kindle's copy of Nineteen Eighty-Four {Engadget}
Sep 4th 2009 3:08PM Boudu is completely right. The damage is done, and no apparent goodwill offerings or "opps our bad, sorry!" is going to fix it, because the root problem isn't what they did but that they COULD do it.
I will never purchase a Kindle or any other such device that allows any entity other than myself remote control over what I have purchased, not licensed (regardless of what garbage they put in non-enforceable EULAs to that effect).
Engadget's back to school giveaway, part one! {Engadget}
Aug 31st 2009 12:30PM All right I'm game.
Patch 3.2 In-Game fixes for Wednesday August 5th {WoW}
Aug 7th 2009 1:41PM The creationing messages are when you're in a party and questhelper queries the other players' quest logs, assuming you're going to quest as a group. It's always done this, but the messages are new.
It also spams a bit when you log in, regardless of party status, I assume as it reloads your own in-progress quests.
iRex readying wireless e-reader while Plastic Logic's own snags $299 price point {Engadget}
Aug 7th 2009 12:46PM Well, their brand is in the crapper right now and Sony/BMG keeps hobbling anything decent that comes out of engineering (read: DRM). So after squandering all of their advantages they actually have to play on a level field. Funny, I have no pity.
Engadget's recession antidote: win a 16GB iPhone 3G from Rapid Repair! {Engadget}
Aug 1st 2009 12:41PM 6 billion posts in...
Eizo 24-inch FlexScan S2433W-H debuts, inspires blank stares {Engadget}
Jul 31st 2009 9:38AM I am fairly certain the Dell is based on a PVA type panel, not an IPS panel. This Eizo is almost certainly boasting one of the best currently available panels in the IPS lineage.
Engadget's recession antidote: win an HP TouchSmart IQ527! {Engadget}
Jul 30th 2009 12:36PM Yeah, this 386 needs replaced.
Toshiba's inaugural 3.5-inch external HDD is exactly what you think it is {Engadget}
Jul 28th 2009 11:30PM @Adderz:
Yeah, right now HDDs still have the $/GB advantage. But take note of the 'right now.' SSDs and their flash underpinnings are multiplying in capacity and halving in cost at rates so far in excess of the advances that have been seen recently in the HDD world that we're looking at a 2-4 year window before HDDs are obsolete in not just the moving parts category but also on basis of price.
We've had 1TB HDDs for over 2.5 years now (first one announced Jan of 2007), but just recently was the first 2TB single 3.5" drive announced. So right now we're on a roughly 2.5 year cycle to double hard drive sizes in a single form factor. Whereas SSDs are dropping like rocks in price and multiplying in storage capacity on time scales measured in months.
It doesn't take a genius to realize which of these technologies is going to win. It's just a matter of time.
