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...advice from technology experts: suppress the urge to splurge, ideally until late 2005 or 2006. But in the end, it looks as though it will be only a matter of time before that old TV is as obsolete as a VCR or cassette player. "In 10 years' time, it'll be embarrassing to have a regular, old-fashioned TV set," says Martin Reynolds, an analyst at technology-consulting company Gartner in Stamford, Connecticut. If the Asian glut continues, chances are most television fans will be able to have a flat-panel TV hanging in the living room long before that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flat Chance | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

...asked her to e-mail me when she needs to tell me something on the spot. But that results in her writing the entirety of the e-mail in the subject line. All ten sentences. Technology’s not really her thing. She went without a working VCR for months until I came home and matched the red cord with the red plug...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fielding Calls | 10/21/2004 | See Source »

...advice from technology experts: suppress the urge to splurge, ideally until late 2005 or 2006. But in the end, it looks as though it will be only a matter of time before your old TV is as obsolete as a VCR or cassette player. "In 10 years' time, it'll be embarrassing to have a regular, old-fashioned TV set," says Martin Reynolds, an analyst at technology-consulting company Gartner in Stamford, Conn. If the Asian glut continues, chances are you'll be able to have a flat TV hanging in your living room long before that. --With reporting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flat Chance | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

Plasma TV These days, everything gets plugged into the TV--starting with the VCR, the DVD player and the cable box. Samsung's 50-in. wi-fi plasma TV is cable free (except for power) and ready for wall mounting. Accessories get plugged into a wireless transmitter that you can hide anywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Invisible Link | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

...Notebook Toss out your TV, stereo and VCR because Toshiba's Qosmio--with its brilliant 15-in. screen, built-in Harman/Kardon speakers and TV tuner--can record TV and burn DVDs. Wi-fi and Bluetooth networking mean it's ready for use at home, in a dorm or on the open road. From...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Invisible Link | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

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