By Colleen Lerro
Often, the first thing you think of when putting together a home theater system is the big screen TV. Next comes the audio system to get the full HD experience. While not always your first thought, the universal remote could be just as important to a great home theater set-up. In many [...]

By Colleen Lerro
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As snowstorms hit the east coast beginning last weekend, Washington, D.C., saw one of the worst storms in its history. Dubbed Snowpocalypse 2, Snomagaddeon and eventually Snoverkill, the blizzard of 2010 put D.C. in second place behind only Syracuse (my hometown) and just ahead of Rochester (my college town) on the list [...]

By Colleen Lerro
With the New Year always comes the New Year’s resolutions to get into better shape and live a healthier lifestyle. More often than not, it’s too easy to fall back into your old routine though. Why not let some cool gadgets help you out? I know I couldn’t survive a run without [...]

By Megan Hayes
This summer, I took a vacation to Russia. I visited one of my college buddies while I was staying in Moscow, and I took an overnight train to St. Petersburg. Russia is just one of those places I always wanted to visit, but never had the reason. Kevin gave me the reason [...]

By Colleen Lerro
With kids heading back to school over the last couple weeks, they’ve been loading up on their back-to-school gear. I recently got the chance to check out a bunch of back-to-school electronic accessory products.

I found myself adding these products to my own wish list as they’re great for the home too, not [...]

By Colleen Lerro
I made a trip home for the first time in about a year only to find my parents had a year’s worth of new electronics waiting for me to hook up for them. A new modem, router, Ooma and Sling Box were awaiting me. My Mom also wanted to go over how [...]

By Colleen Lerro
Would you believe more men than women post their photos on Facebook? The reverse is true for MySpace, and no matter what you use, social networking sites are the most popular websites for posting photos according to a 2009 CEA study called Digital Imaging – A Focus on Sharing.
Even President Obama [...]

By Colleen Lerro
It can be hard to think spring in Washington, D.C. since we jumped from 40 degree weather and rainy days right into 90s summer-like heat. Still, it’s a season of celebrating with Mother’s Day almost here and Father’s Day and graduations right around the corner.
With Mother’s Day up first, you’d better get [...]

By Colleen Lerro
In the 1980s classic, A Christmas Story, Ralphie’s wish is for a Red Ryder BB Gun. Admittedly, my list looks a little more like the title of this post.
I asked my parents to remind Santa that I have a new address, and have been very good this year. That was followed by [...]

By Dave Wilson
As Yogi Berra’s cousin Yagi might have said, after February 17th we’ll only have digital DTV signals.
In addition to better picture quality many free over-the-air DTV signals also carry additional programming not found on cable or satellite. For this reason millions of Americans are installing or improving their TV antenna systems, and [...]