Multiplayer frenzy for live video games and console games makes every dorm room a potential gathering pad. But one tiny screen won’t do the job. Budget priced multi-mounts can make the small space afforded college students and budget priced single residents into mammoth 3D powerhouses.
The right video plug and some budget priced flatscreens can deliver maximum movie night wattage and lowered power bills than a huge value. Smart screens on the home front never get better than this. Digital interface connectors make the speed and signal go. The advanced HDMi and 3Dentertainment and gaming offerings just hit the dorm floor.

High resolution cables will deliver varying quality and media mix signal and information data. Synchronous sound information may also need wiring too. Productivity from screen hogging applications can also occur, great for those tutoring sessions where there just isn’t enough screen.

Computer installtion DVD or CD disks may come with the monitor, check packaging and reviews to see. Installing extra displays sing Windows 7, Apple Snow leopard and many newer computers will include recognition of more than one video input and output.
Make sure the interface will restart that incorporates selection of multi-monitor gameplay, computer operation, or application media presentation.

Lots of unlikely and usual suspects fetching holiday deals this year end on LCD TV devices and television units. Many vendors of office supplies and video specialty equipment have bundles offers. Smart shoppers can buy an assembled set of components that make separate gift items. But that doesn’t mean picking up great deals on home technology is out of school.

1. Office Depot

Acer and Ativa monitors for 18.5 and 21.5 inch (widescreen) are available. Each have a 5 millisecond response time. Games and computer settings can maximize certain video streaming options when viewing for best visual experience. This might be an excellent gift idea for seniors who complain they can’t see the screen of smaller monitors.

Office Depot has a $99.99 offer for Microsoft Office for Home/Student with PC purchase. This 18.5 inch LCD model is $99.99 and the Ativa 21.5 inch model LCD  is $129.99, both with stands. A Cyber-Acoustics 3 piece speaker set is $29.99. Office Depot has office and holiday spending charge account deals that might capitalize on long payments with short shopping days.

Sandisk Cruzer flash drives can allow portability of movie files between PC entertainment zones and USB jacked LCD TV models. Sandisk is a well known name at the top of the game in portable storage, and 8, 16, and 32 Gigabytes models sell for $17.99, $39.99, and $79.99 on sale now. (Compaq’s PC offer monitor bundle upgrades to a LCD TV as well).

2. Target

Target has “targeted’ its customer appropriately. Whilst Santa is shopping small devices and gifts, a Sylvania nineteen inch class LCD TV is $139.99. With 720p HDTV at 60 Hertz, that’s a lot of television. The slimline horizontal facing stand keep the footprint small for desktop or home office. Target has wireless Nano mice by Microsoft on sale for $10 in jewel colors like blue, red, purple and gray (with micro adapter).

Target has an under-cabinet LCD TV also an HDTV for $199, excellent for small spaces and higher elevation viewing. This RCA model is fifteen inches and swivels to flip up when not in use. The 15 inch RCA perfect for small footprint offices, kids’ rooms, and boats. Re-orient bed and space plans to make a shared bedroom a home theater entertainment zone.

But the best deal from Target is the Philips seven inch portable DVD players with $7 replacement plan. Stereo speakers and two hour rechargeable battery life means a lot of value for home, garage, or student use.

3. Radio Shack

The Shack usually has some tasty items for techy elves on Santa’s list. A $10 giftcard comes with purchase of a Samsung camera. A free mobile Bluetooth headset comes with any 2 year mobile plan. And ther At & T Go-phone is half price for $9.99, $2 a day when used per day.

But the real temptation at Radio Shack is the deal on TV Mounts. Radio Shack features Level Mount for 32 inch TV units for $19.99. The Auvio AUVIO twelve foot HDMI cable is priced at $49.99. But BOTH mount accessories . come together bundled for $59.99. Radio Shack also sells Facebook credits gift cards and packs of 36 AA or AAA batteries for $10.99.

4. Best Buy

Best Buy regionally has different deals on LCD TV models but the most tempting bit of technology might be the 32 Gigabyte Kingston DataTraveler.  With the DT 32 Gig drive, no walk through customs or wait at an airport means risking your work product for the last two weeks/years/projects. Want to make sure your files aren’t being copied while you game, check email, or use public wi-fi? Unplug the DataTraveler.

It’s $150, but financing is available. “No Interest storewide on all purchases if paid in full within 18 months”. With the Kingston DataTraveler Locker model, any computer you ever use again can crash without file loss or work interruption disaster. Hold custom movie products and proprietary work product in a standalone mode for secure online use. Great for students using multiple home, school, and friend’s computers.

Love your LCD TV and want some real graphics excitement to bust through the screen? Cinemanow has a cool offer for hot action movies OWNED for $5. yeah , that’s right great flicks forever. Ever watched 300 on the big screen? You’ll love the detail and the graphic intensity. Enter the Dragon, Mel Gibson’s The Patriot, and RockNRolla can be home movie options tonight and any night for the price of gas to the movie rental store.

And for a movie that shows the entire range of blackest blacks, Blade Trinity is the one.  The Matrix Reloaded and the Director’s Cut of Troy could be flashing through your LCD panel shortly. Movies like Die Hard and Black Hawk Down will keep the crowd happy during any holiday gathering.

Cinemanow has stepped up this tech packaging, buy options include the selector of how you’ll watch your action flick. Want to see Gaming console, computer, TV or phone/portable device are the choices of how to select and buy movies. Watch Reservoir Dogs from the hoops court and see movies like Transporter, Tigerland, and more right now. And again whenever yo wish.

The best deal anywhere for Black Friday has got to be the $17.99 kids laptop at Macy’s of all places. it requires four AA batteries. This device is perfect for a young child or grandchild’s  Christmas gift. And check out the savings from the Print Ad Savings Pass! Or print from online at Macy’s.  The store is open today until 11 pm in many areas.

“Bring play time and learning everywhere you go with the Discovery Kids Exploration Laptop. This state-of-the-art, fully loaded kids laptop allows you to play math games, word puzzles, music, and more, placing hassle-free, no-mess entertainment at your kids’ fingertips!”

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I have said it before and I’ll say it again, some of the best LCD TV deals happen when you aren’t looking! CVS has holiday and home gift ideas  that loyal CVS customers could save even more on! If this sounds like an advertisement, please know that I was actually impressed with the quality of the electronics and reviewed them in-store, and that this recommendation is made for no consideration.

Instead, I am excited about a Sylvania netbook at CVS with a seven inch TFT screen. This is the right fit between a tablet and a mobile phone. But the CVS netbook is going out the door for $90-odd bucks. But at CVS, you always get these Bonus Buck Extra Buck receipts for dollars off your next purchase. And with giftcard incentive offers and extra percentage off promotions, the price will go even lower. The processor is an Intel compatible ARM.

CVS is currently featuring an extra 20% off everything for the next two days. If a customer were to transfer a prescription and gain the $25 giftcard, then feasibly a $94 netbook could be reduced to $70, and then with 20% off that, the final taxable price would be about $10 less. That’s $60 for a gift unit or around-the house extra blogging machine. This unit is ONLY 2 pounds, making it the lightest mainline netbook around.
I looked at the box specs for this model. This Sylvania netbook at CVS is Internet capable, but the memory is only 128K with internal storage of 4 gigabytes.  That is lower than most software and operating systems and browsers can work with.  But the settings can be enabled to deliver email without flash video and other add-ons which require additional memory. The shipping weight is 4 pounds, and I advise picking it up in person. CVS lists it online at $99, but I’m sure I saw it in-store for $94 or $97.

This makes a a great “dumb terminal”, what many people use older computers for now. The TFT display is not what most people are used to in a new computer. But 3 USB ports isn’t all bad. That’s connectivity to a printer, a network line to another computer, or video outlet. Windows CE may run some interactive fax apps as well. But I would urge this as a perfect replacement for those awful dinosaur computers many people still have.

But for a standalone PC with wi-fi networking capability for file transfer, this makes an outstanding model for kitchen or living room, an extra keyboard with emergency Internet capability. The Windows CE Professional version is the operating system. The product notation for this Sylvania netbook is Customer/Technical support via email at dgsupport@digitalgadgets.com or available by calling 1-888-571-0866.

The CVS staff I spoke with said they had been returned a lot, and I can see why. People probably didn’t check out the specs on the back of the box or didn’t know enough to recognize which apps wouldn’t run on this small scale device. But if you’re out and about, why risk your “big money” device on virtual networks with viruses and other stuff?Why wear down your costly laptop with coffee shop outings?

My ideal use for a device like this would be as an alternate keyboard option for TV tray usage or spare internet portal if my main one failed.  The Sylvania netbook deal makes it a perfect always-on standby device for ongoing projects or planning. I would put this model at the very top of my list for after Christmas shopping or closeout checking back. For extra gadget productivity, i.e., “everybody needs the computer at once”, this model will get some family use mileage.

This netbook is hardly capable of playing the massive multiplayer game software most kids want, nor is it capable of loading hourlong streaming video at all or loading continuous threaded Windows 9.0 apps. I am not sure it could load Itunes. But I wouldn’t recommend using it for those.  I would recommend this Sylvania netbook as a practical home or work desktop replacement with a small portable footprint.

Believe it or not, many people are still capable of producing work like writing, text and files without internet access and content enabling. Data entry, address book additions, or basic thoughts and journal writing can happen with a netbook like this. Writing the novel will happen a lot faster without the distractions of the Internet. And maybe for the guest room a survival email device would be nice for hospitality.

For a family with multiple kids in school, using this netbook as a portable report writing accessory at the library could be a real help. Brainstorming and minutes taking are perfect for this. This model isn’t valuable enough to get stolen, but provide value when needed. For a senior citizen who wants to write their life story or have a blogging help in the comfy den instead of the “setup” at another part of the house, files can be saved using smart card technology and transferred.

Sylvania is a long time brand known to many. For those consumers who feel they can pass on this deal, remember that the day when you next have a computer virus wipe out your Internet access, you have to finish the report by the next day, five people need to use the computer for three hours, or the programming on your main computer gets screwed up enough to take for repair.

Dropping $79 on a spare computer will look like a walk in the park on that day.