The gift of technology

Oct 10, 2010 - Naresh Sadhwani & Deepak Jhangiani

Any time of the year is a great time to gift, but occasions like Diwali, Christmas and New Year have a charisma of their own. The spirit of gifting is in the air, and everyone is up for giving. Unplugged presents you with gifting ideas:

Blu-ray disc player
This is the newest avatar of the now-common DVD player. It is packed with brand-new features like super high-definition abilities when you play movies in the Blu-ray format. A Blu-ray player comes with varying features and the price varies accordingly.

LED TVs
Nothing compliments a LED better than a Blu-ray player and the LED rewards it back with mind-blowing well-defined pictures. This season will see LED prices plunge south. The new breed of LED TVs incorporate network media player/extender capabilities, allowing access to both PC and online audio-video content.

Ultrasonic headphones
These new generation headphones are realistically designed to produce true sound. To achieve this feat, unique driver design mimics structures of the ear, such as when listening to loudspeakers.

Vinyl LP to CD recording system
This is the latest product in analog-to-digital conversion. It would make a perfect gift for your dad. This gadget will allow him to digitise his nostalgic analog records.

E-books
The e-book era is truly in, with innumerable titles available freely on the Net, an iPad or similar touch tablets from Amazon and others would really kindle the light of their knowledge.

Video games
For youngsters, we have video games galore — computer action games, mobile games, PlayStation games,Wii games and Xbox. And like they say, let the games begin!

AV news
This is a new legacy in DD transmission. DD creates HD history; the Commonwealth Games have been produced in high definition (HDTV) — a format that offers stunningly real picture quality and theatre-like sound quality.

— Readers are invited to email their queries/suggestions/ comments to sadhwanis@vsnl.com

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