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The gift of knowledge
- December 8, 2006 1:42 PM |
- By Saleem Khan
by Saleem Khan, CBC News Online
Video game systems, entertainment gadgets and computer gear are perennially popular items on holiday shopping lists. But flaws, technology changes and other problems can sometimes leave the recipient feeling like they got a lump of coal instead of a shiny new toy.
My colleague, Paul Jay, and I put together a guide to avoiding pitfalls of items on technology hounds' shopping lists
If you think there's something that should -- or shouldn't -- have been included, let us know in the comments.
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Comment (1)
A working link would probably get you better results...
That said, bringing up possible future red-laser HD DVD seems like false hope. Even if a bit more space can be squeezed out of the discs, there's still not enough to use the current MPEG-2 encoding, so new hardware will still be necessary. If someone really wants HD discs now, their only economical options now are the PS3 (assuming they can find one) or one of the HD-DVD players (or the HD-DVD add-on to the Xbox360). So, they're looking at $200-$600 minimum investment, and a somewhat risky one at that.
In terms of Windows Vista... the safest option isn't to delay buying a computer. They could (and should) look instead to other offerings such as the Apple line. That's arguably the much safer option, especially in light of compatiblity problems with Vista, the likelihood that it will still be subject to the common computer virus, etc.