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First they allowed you be your favorite Rock Star , now Activision allows you to be your favorite DJ! DJ Hero is the latest in the long line of popular interactive music games. Like Guitar Hero, DJ Hero allows you to become your favorite DJ by allowing you to mix, scratch and sample some of your favorite Hip Hop songs on a truly unique turntable controller.

Like the previous games, DJ Hero has an impressive and extensive play list, featuring some of the hottest music, both new and old. Perhaps the coolest thing about the playlist is that they have taken non Hip Hop music and mixed it with some true dance and hip hop classics. This makes DJ Hero very appealing to a wide audience.

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Game Rating out of 5 stars:

Overall Rating: Challange: Controller: Graphics:

Interface: Responsiveness: Songs Variety: Songs Audio:

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Features:

• Realisting Turntable controller
• Over 100 songs including: David Bowie, Blondie, Justice, Marvin Gaye, KRS-1, Beastie Boys, Gorillaz, N.E.R.D., Nirvana and 50 Cent
• Learn advanced DJ techniques including mixing, sampling, freestyle and scratch patterns
• Online or head to head battle of the DJs
• Ability to combine DJ turntable with other controllers such as Mic, Drums and Guitar for unique beats and fun.

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Consumer Reports recently tested the top E Readers on the market, including the Amazon Kindle. Since the release of the Amazon Kindle in 2007, the market for E Readers has been heating up. Though these devices have been around for over 10 years, Amazon with its Kindle, has put E Readers and E Books on the mainstream map.

With mainstream success, more and more publishers have come on board the digital media train with many new titles that were previously unavailable. Another item of note that makes today’s EReaders more popular, is the standardization of media. Previous generations had proprietary displays and formats which made them unpopular.

With an estimated 1 million units slated to sell this Holiday Season, below are the E Readers you should consider:

CR Best Buy Value Rated  EReader: The Amazon Kindle is by far the best EReader value on the market. It falls in between the Sony pocket reader and PRS 600 in terms of price, but it offers so much more in terms of user experience than the other two readers. We found the Free 3G connectivity to be the most compelling reason to buy the Kindle. This allows you to not only download books on the go but also allows users who do not own a PC to download content. The Kindle is also a more versatile Reader since it supports more file types, doubles as a basic internet browser and MP3 player. In short, the Amazon Kindle gives its user a lot more value for their money than the other two EReaders.

Top Rated E Readers Sorted by Price:

Sony PRS-300

Sony PRS-300 Shop At Price $195.00 $199.99

The Sony PRS-300 is a pocket edition EReader and the lowest cost reader on the market. The PRS-300 is lightweight device featuring a 5″ screen and 512mb of internal memory allowing you to store over 300 EBooks. It is also highly portable since it weighs just 7.8oz and is just .2″ thin. A standard USB port and onboard eBook Library software makes for EBook downloading from
your computer fast and easy. This reader also has excellent battery life, providing up to 2 weeks or 7,500 page turns worth of reading on a single charge. The PRS-300 makes for an excellent entry level reader with all the standard features you could want.

Features:

• ePub, BBeB, Adobe PDF, TXT, RTF and Microsoft Word text formats.
• 5″ diagonal viewing screen, 6.2″ overall height, 4.2″ overall width,
  .2″ thick, .7.8 oz
• Rechargeable lithium-ion, up to 2 weeks per charge
• USB pc interface
• Comes with protective sleeve

$195.00 Best Price at Amazon.com

Amazon Kindle Shop At Price $259.00

The Amazon Kindle is the most versatile and user friendly of the bunch. It is
also the most stylish. The new Kindle features FREE 3G wireless
connectivity so you can download books directly from the internet. Of course you
can also upload books via your PC through a standard USB port. It also has
the most capacity out of the bunch with up to 1.4gb capacity that will hold up
to 1,500 books. Another cool thing about the Kindle is the paper like display
that uses E Ink technology. Unlike displays on other devices, the Kindle has an
anti glare screen using which allows you to read it just like a book. Other cool
features include the built in keyboard for fast and easy annotations. Probably
the coolest thing about the Kindle is that it serves as more than just an
EReader since it functions as a basic web browser , MP3 player and digital audio
book player. All in all, the Kindle offers the best bang for the buck with it’s
new lower price.

Features:

• 1.4gb internal storage
• E Ink® electronic paper display, 600 x 800 pixel resolution
• 6″ diagonal viewing screen, 8″” overall height, 5.3″ overall width,
  .36″ thick, 10.2 oz
• Large array of supported formats: Kindle (AZW), TXT, Audible (formats 4,
  Audible Enhanced (AAX)), MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; PDF, HTML,
  DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion
• USB pc interface

$259.00 Best Price at Amazon.com

Sony PRS-600 Shop At Price $299.00 $299.99

The Sony PRS-600 is a step up from the PRS-300. The 600 main feature is the 6″ 800×600 resolution touch screen that allows for easy page turning at the touch of your finger tip. The other difference is the virtual keyboard which allows for quick and easy annotations.
Another item of note is that the PRS-600 is slightly bigger and heavier. All other features such as USB and 512mb storage are held over from the PRS-300. All in all, The PRS-600 is a nice reader but it is hard to justify the extra $100 for a slightly larger screen and touch capabilities.

Features:

• 512MB internal storage
• ePub, BBeB, Adobe PDF, TXT, RTF and Microsoft Word text formats.
• 6″ diagonal viewing screen, 6.9″ overall height, 4.8″ overall width,
  .4″ thick, .10.1 oz
• Rechargeable lithium-ion, up to 2 weeks per charge
• USB pc interface
• Comes with protective sleeve

$299.00 Best Price at Amazon.com

Finding the right all in one printer is all about compromise. You have to find the model that offers the best price, has affordable operating costs in terms of ink, prints quality pages and has plenty of speed. Of all the 50 printers that were tested, the ones below offer the best of all worlds. All are loaded with plenty of features, some even have nice extras like a built in LCD screen as well as built in fax, direct CD printing and wireless.

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Top Rated All in One printer: The CR top rated all in one printer was the HP PhotoSmart C6380. This printer was not only affordable, it also had everything the more expensive printers had, including LCD screen, Wireless Networking and media card support. The C6380 was tied for the lowest cost per 4X6 print at only 35 cents. Page print costs were also low at 3.9 cents per page. This was by far the best value because it was over $100 cheaper than the Epson and just $20 more than the OfficeJet 6500 which has no LCD and no wireless. Overall, this is the best All in One values on the market.  $119.98 Best Price at Amazon.com

Top 3 CR Best Buy All in One printers Sorted by Price

HP OfficeJet 6500 with Built in Networking

HP OfficeJet 6500 Shop At Price $99.99 $99.99 $143.99

The HP OfficeJet 6500 was rated a Consumer Reports best buy because it offers excellent speed (up to 32 pages/minute black, 31 color) , a cost per page of only 3 cents and cost per print of only 35 cents. This printer has built in networking capabilities and built in faxing/scanning for all in one convenience. In addition, the printer was the most energy efficient of the bunch. Another cool thing about this printer is that it offers the capability to scan directly to a memory card making it easy to take scanned documents and pictures on the go. Best of all, this all in one can be had for under 100 bucks and while you don’t get an external LCD screen, this printer has all the functionality of costlier all in ones.

Features:

• up to 32 pages/minute black, 31 color
• Up to 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi color
• All in one conveninece for one stop scanning/faxing/printing/copying
• Ethernet networking
• Media card port for direct scan to medica card
• Flatbed size 8.5 x 11.7 in
• Optical scanning up to 2400 dpi and enhanced up to 19,200 dpi

$99.99 Best Price at Amazon.com

HP PhotoSmart C6380 Shop At Price $119.98 $149.99 $179.99

The HP PhotoSmart C6380 is a Consumer Reports best buy. This printer has all the features of the 6500 in addition to an external LCD screen for quick photo previewing. As with the 6500, this printer also has built in wireless for cordless printing. This printer is also fast, capable of printing up to 33 pages per min in black , 31 in color and will crank out a 4×6 print in as little as 18 seconds. Cost per page is also pretty good at just 4 cents per page and about 35 cents per 4×6 photo print. All in all, this is one of the best values in the group because it has all of the features of the cheaper 6500 in addition to an LCD screen, wireless networking, 2 times the printing resolution and 2 times the optical scanning resolution.

Features:

• up to 32 pages/minute black, 31 color
• Up to 9600 x 2400 dpi optimized
• All in one conveninece for one stop scanning/faxing/printing/copying
• Wireless networking
• Media card port for direct scan to medica card
• Flatbed size 8.5 x 11.7 in
• Optical scanning up to 4800 dpi and enhanced up to 19,200 dpi

$119.98 Best Price at Amazon.com

Epson Artisan 800 Shop At Price $239.00 $269.99

The Epson Artisan 800 is the final of the CR best buys. This was the fastest ratest printers of the bunch, printing both color and black/white pages at up to 38 pages per minute. The printer will also crank out a 4X6 print in as little as 10 seconds. One of the coolest things on this printer is that it has a 7.8″ color touch panel for the user interface, while high on the cool factor, it does make this one the most expensive of the 3. One of the downsides of this printer is that it has the highest cost per prit at 50 cents per page and the highest cost per page at 4.2 cents. As with the C6380, this printer also has a built in LCD screen and wireless networking capabilities.

Features:

• up to 38 pages/minute black, 38 color
• Up to 5760 x 1440 optimized dpi resolution
• All in one conveninece for one stop scanning/faxing/printing/copying
• Wireless networking
• Touch panel interface and LCD screen
• Media card port for direct scan to medica card
• Flatbed size 8.5 x 11.7 in
• Optical 48 bit scanningup to 4800 dpi and enhanced up to 19,200 dpi

$239.00 Best Price at Amazon.com

Finding a good low light digital camera can be difficult, finding one for under 100 bucks can be impossible. Up until recently, low cost entry level digital cameras have lacked the ISO sensitivity to take a quality low light shot. We searched high and low to find two excellent models that can indeed take quality low light shots. These two cameras have excellent features that are typically only found on models costing twice as much. Out of the two, there is one model that really stands out:

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The Winner for best Value: While the GE has slightly better specs, the Samsung SL30 is a better value because the image quality was simply better. The Samsung SL30 is capable of up to 10.2 mega pixels and has all the features you could want on a low cost entry level camera. It has a high (up to 1600 ISO) sensitivity that will give great low light shots. Best of all, this camera can be had for only 80 bucks! If that’s not enough, it’s manufactured by Samsung so you know you will get a quality camera. View this Camera at Amazon.com for best Price

Samsung SL30 10.2 MegaPixel

Samsung SL30 Shop At Price $80.29 $89.99 $89.99

The Samsung SL30 is a solid camera by a name brand we all know. Despite the low price, the SL30 has features you would no expect like auto face recognition, Digital image stabilization 3x zoom and good 1600 ISO sensitivity which comes in handy when you want to take those pesky low light shots. This great little camera even has a movie mode which can take up to 2 hours of MPEG footage. Like the GE below, this is also a solid camera for new digital photographers. If you like this camera, I highly recommend you pick one up FAST because retailers have a hard time keeping it in stock.

Samsung SL30 Sample Image

SL30 Sample Image

Features:

• 10.2-mega pixel
• Up to 160000 ISO for great low light shots.
• 3x Optical Zoom , 3X Digital Zoom
• Large 2.5″ Clear Photo LCD screen
• Auto face recognition.
• Image stabilization
• Movie Mode

GE E1235 12.1 MegaPixel

GE E1235 Shop At Price $99.99 $154.39

The GE E1235 is a solid 12.1 Mega Pixel digital camera that has lots of features at an extreme low price. Despite the rock bottom price, the E1235 has features like auto face recognition, Digial image stabalization 3x zoom and best of all a high 3200 ISO sensitivity for those tricky low light shots that aren’t easy to capture with a camera at this price. This is an excellent overall camera for those either starting out in digital photography or for those who cannot fit a more expensive camera into their budgets.

Sample Image GE E1235 Image

GE E1235 Sample Image

Features:

• 12.1-mega pixel
• Up to 3200 ISO for great low light shots.
• 3x Optical Zoom , 4.5X Digital Zoom
• Large 2.7″ Clear Photo LCD screen
• Auto face recognition.
• Image stabilization
• Panorama shots

Overview

For this test, we set out to find the best point and shoot digital camera for under $200 that would give us the best low light shots possible.  The requirements were to find cameras that had the highest ISO capabilities and  still maintain the $150- $200 price tag.  The sub $200 price point is probably the most competive in the point and shoot category because $200 is the price most consumers will admit to  investing on their new digital cameras. The great thing is that manufacturers know this, so the cameras in this category all have excellent features, high mega pixels s and decent  zoom capabilities.

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The Winner for Best Value: The Sony Cybershot Sony DSC-W230 was the clear cut winner of this bunch. It had excellent features, great ISO capabilities that gave us excellent low light shots, image quality was superb, had the largest LCD display and the price is right. This camera had everything we wanted in a camera. We were actually amazed that such a camera could be had a such a low price.  If you are looking for an great low light camera at an excellent price, then the Sony Cybershot Sony DSC-W230 is the one to have.  View this camera at Amazon.com for the absolute best price.

The Looser: Despite having the highest Mega Pixels of the group, the Kodak Easyshare Z1475 was the obvious looser. One annoying flaw really killed this camera for us : non rechargeable AA batteries. The only place such batteries should be used is in cameras costing under $100.  At this price point, there are much better choices than the Easyshare Z1475. That being said, the camera performs on par with the others and it is capable of 14 mp. If you don’t mind AA batteries, then this camera would be ok but being that it’s  just $10-$15 cheaper than other equally capable cameras with rechargeable batteries, we just can’t recommend this one.  View this camera at Amazon.com for the absolute best price.

Best Low light Digital Cameras $150-$170 tested, sorted by lowest price.

Kodak Easyshare Z1485

Kodak EasyShare Z1485 Shop At Price $156.00 $166.00 $169.88 $169.99

The Kodak EasyShare Z1485 was the lowest priced high ISO out of the bunch. It had excellent ISO capabilities up to 6400. Zoom capabilties were average at just 5x optical and 5X digital. Like the others in this group, the camera has some nice features like face recognition, image stabalization and built in auto focus. That being said, the deal braker is in the batteries. Battery life is horrible and you will be replacing batteries quite often. For some reason, Kodak is still using standard AA batteries on many of their cameras which is one of our pet peeves. No camera at this price should use non-rechargeable batteries, period.

Features:

• 14-mega pixel
• Up to 6400 ISO for excellent low light shots.
• 5x Optical Zoom , 25X Digital Zoom
• Large 2.5″ Clear Photo LCD screen
• Scene and face recognition.
• Image stabilization
• Auto Focus

Comments: We found this camera to be quite capable, it actually has the highest mega pixels of the group. Low light shots were excellent, picture quality was high with its 14 mp capabilities. There is really nothing wrong with the camera functionality, in fact is is excellent. That being said, we can’t recommend this camera simply because of the batteries. If you use it regularly, even if you don’t, you will find yourself replacing batteries more often than you care to. Since they are not rechargeable, this becomes quite annoying.

Sample Image EasyShare Z1485

Easyshare S1485 Sample

Olympus FE-5010

Olympus FE-5010

Olympus FE-5010 Shop At Price $161.00 $179.99

The Olympus FE-5010 was the lowest ISO tested camera of the group. That being said, low light shots are still quite good, though not as good as some of the other higher ISO capable cameras. Zoom capabilities was on par with the others with its 5X optical lens. One of the attactive things about this camera is that it is easy to use without a whole lot of bells a whistles. Great for those that really just want to point and shoot. No problems with the batteries on this one as it comes with rechargeable lithium battery. About the only place this one really comes up short is in the ISO department since it is only capable of 1600 ISO, this is perfectly acceptable for low light shots but since it is in the same price group as others having better capabilities, it doesn’t really scream value.

Features:

• 12.0-mega pixel
• Up to 1600 ISO for good low light shots.
• 5x Optical Zoom , 5X Digital Zoom
• 2.7″ Clear Photo LCD screen
• face recognition.
• Image stabilization
• Rechargeable lithium ION battery included

Comments: A very capable camera this one was, it just really lacks some of the additional features that some of the other more inexpensive cameras had in the test. This one would be great for someone who doesn’t want an overly complicated camera and doesn’t have the need to take super dim shots without a flash. There’s plenty to like about this camera, it’s just that it gets lost in the bunch with nothing to really stand out with.

Sample Image Olympus FE-5010

Sample FE-5010 Image

Sony Cybershot DSC-W230

Sony Cybershot DSC-W230 Shop At Price $169.00 $195.49 $199.88

The Sony Cybershot DSC-W230 was one of the lower priced out of this high ISO bunch. Amazingly, it also had the highest ISO capabilities as well.
Zoom capabilities were average at just 4x but it does have 25X digital zoom. The camera also has some pretty cool features including face recognition, scene recognition and image stabilization. Another thing to love about this camera is that it uses Lithium batteries not only will you
get super battery life, you will also be able to recharge them without having to constantly buy new ones. One of the drawbacks we didn’t like about is that it only supports the Sony Memory Stick format for memory so you cannot use the more popular SD media.

Features:

• 12.1-mega pixel
• Up to 6400 ISO for excellent low light shots.
• 4x Optical Zoom , 25X Digital Zoom
• Large 3″ Clear Photo LCD screen
• Scene and face recognition.
• Image stabilization
• Rechargeable lithium ION battery included

Comments: We found this camera to be quite capable at low light shots. With and extremely high 6400 ISO, we were able to capture even the dimmest
of shots. Picture quality was excellent and there are also a variety of scene modes for amateur photographers to pick from. This was by far the over all winner of the bunch. It has everything you could want and nothing you don’t.  This camera could easily compete with much more expensive models in terms of quality pictures, low light capabilities and over all features.

Sample Image Cybershot W230

Sample low light w230 image