Little DVD player goes anywhere
RCA’s new portable tablet-style DVD player is very accommodating. Using the player’s pull-out stand, you can position its 7-inch widescreen display for the best viewing angle on an airplane table tray. Or you can attach the DVD player to a car’s back seat and plug in its car adapter for a long road trip. You also can connect the DRC620N model to a TV, a video-game console or a camcorder. The $250 DVD player has dual headphone jacks and a three-hour rechargeable battery pack.
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Cases can help keep your Nano safe
Eager to splurge on Apple’s sleek new iPod Nano but nervous about reports that its screen is easily damaged? A Nano Wallet case from Incase can ease your fears. Available in black or pink leather, the wallet provides protection for the Nano screen, access to controls and a slot for an ID or credit card. It costs $19.95. The company also makes a neoprene Sport Case With Armband for $29.95 and a Folio black leather case with a flip-down cover for $24.95. All are designed to hold – and protect – the Nano.
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Gateway widescreen display can rotate, too
Gateway’s 21-inch widescreen high-
definition liquid crystal display (LCD) is sure to catch your eye. Not only does it deliver a high-definition 1,000:1 contrast ratio, but its advanced video smoothing technology delivers vivid images with precise detail, color and motion. The display also can handle high-definition TV signals. Other features include a four- port Universal Serial Bus (USB) hub, picture-in-picture options and an option to rotate the screen 90 degrees. Priced at $600, the FPD2185W model can be placed on a desk or mounted on a wall.
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It’s a phone, monitor, charger, etc.
Motorola’s SD4500 Home Communications System can help you multitask at home. Using the system’s wireless camera and intercom module, you can talk on its cordless phone while keeping an eye on the kids in another room via the phone’s color screen. Plus, while your cellphone is charging in the system’s dock, you can access and dial numbers stored in the cellphone through the system’s cordless land-line phone. The mix-and-match system includes a $90 digital cordless phone with an answering machine and keypad base, an $80 cordless video-audio expansion handset, a $100 cellphone dock and an $80 wireless camera/intercom module.
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