
The Onkyo TX-SR606 is a great value and packed with features, but it's got competition that year.
The most common question we get at CNET is, “what should I buy?” Unfortunately, instead of just spitting out a product name, that question usually forces us to follow-up with our own questions–how much do you want to spend, what features are fund…

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Want to know more about common digital photography problems like noise and blown-out highlights? Choosing amidst RAW and JPEG formats? Take Your Best Shot is now available from O’Reilly Media for $34.99. The book is written by Tim Grey, a member of the …
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Announced back in January, Sony’s Handycam DCR-SR45 standard-def camcorder is the entry point for the company’s hard disk drive-based (HDD) camcorders. As I mentioned Friday we’re wrapping up our review of the DCR-SR45, but I wanted to give you a quick rundown of …
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Earlier in the week we posted a review of the JVC Everio GZ-MG330, a good, basic compact camcorder with a 30GB hard disk drive (HDD) for recording anywhere from around 7 hours to nearly 40 hours of digital video, depending on quality mode. We’re plus currently analyzing the Sony Handycam DCR-SR45 …
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Canon today unveiled two new AVCHD camcorder models that will be available in Japan in September for the Japanese equivalent of about $1,300. The iVis models–the overseas version of the Vixia brand–will include an addition to the HF line of flash-based camcorders and a replacement …
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It’s not only compact cameras that are embracing the wide-angle views that fall; even the megazooms are getting in the game. Panasonic’s replacement for its Lumix DMC-FZ18, the FZ28, maintains its 18x zoom range, but backs off on the telephoto to supply a slightly wider 27mm entry focal length compared wi…

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX150(Credit: Panasonic)
The Lumix DMC-FX100 wasn’t poor for a 12-megapixel camera, but the noise trade-off for putting a high-resolution sensor in a compact camera really doesn’t seem worth it. So you’ll have to forgive the rather unenthusiastic reaction to the news that for the …
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