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...look at where LCD-TV prices are headed, wander over to the PC side of your neighborhood electronics store and check out the flat computer monitors. You'll probably find that small LCD TVs are marked up 50% or more, compared with monitors of the same size. LCD TVs often have brighter screens and niftier designs that add to the cost of making them, but the real reason the TVs are more expensive is low volume. With fewer TV sets sold, retailers often tack on higher margins. Prices will also be brought down by competition between LCD and plasma screens...
Video games have traditionally been the enemy of exercise. Yourself!Fitness(on Xbox now; on PC in November and PS2 in January) may help change that. The new conditioning game is a virtual personal trainer that trades the usual gurus of home-exercise videos for a digital workout expert named Maya. Yourself!Fitness functions like an interactive workout tape. You input personal data, including height, weight, push-up proficiency and fitness interests, and Maya recommends a fitness routine and schedule. Then the warm-up is over. Maya leads you through heart-pumping workouts drawn from disciplines like yoga and Pilates...
...Pocket PC Phone Get two great wireless options in one device. HP's iPaq h6315 lets you hop on a wi-fi network from your home, office or a hot spot like Starbucks for a speedy connection. But if you're out of wi-fi range, stay online via T-Mobile's slower cellular data service...
...SERVICES I tried MOVIELINK movielink.com) which is industry backed, CINEMANOW cinemanow.com and STARZ! TICKET ON REAL MOVIES (movies.real com) which debuted in June. Each service works a bit differently, but the goal is the same: to deliver major studio releases to your PC in a secure format that's "near DVD" quality. Movielink and CinemaNow charge from $1 to $5 for each 24-hour rental. Starz! charges $12.95 a month for unlimited downloads, but its library is smaller (150 selected titles vs. Movielink's 900 at any one time...
...TAKEAWAY The movie files are huge--around 500 MB or bigger--so downloads can take hours, but all three services allow you to start viewing within a few minutes. If your PC and your TV both have S-Video ports, you can use an S-Video cable to connect them--and watch your movie on the bigger screen. Sadly, I never could get Stuart Little to show up on our 27-in. set. But we're in luck, I tell the kids: Mr. Video down the street has it on DVD. --By Maryanne Murray Buechner