Winter12 Productions - Money Well Spent

Under $500 Recommendation:
Samsung Color Laser Printer (Model CLP-510)
Available at Bestbuy for $399 before a $100 rebate.

Reason:
Laser printers are considerably better than inkjet. The quality is better and it provides a cleaner more professional look. Overall the cost of ownership is lower than that with an inkjet, when you consider the cost of ink cartridges versus toner.

I checked this one out at Bestbuy and even on cheap 20lb paper. I would recommend it as a good printer for at home. Additionally you can set it up for wireless network printing with an add-on.

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Back with another Vonage recommendation. In episode 2 I recommended Vonage Phone Service.

Which I still use and believe is a great phone solution. One thing many friends have shared with me is that it is not easy to integrate it into their homes wiring. First off, I don’t think it is too difficult; however, I have the advantage of having been involved in the excessive wiring in my house. If you are a bit concerned about that; Vonage has the answer. They are now offering a package with VTECH cordless phones. Plug the base into the internet connection and plug the handsets into the power and you are done.

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Wow! Is this ever cool. For only $250, you must get a Slingbox which is one of the coolest tv accessories around. The way it works is you connect it to your tv or dvr and to your internet connection (or local area network). Then you can watch shows on your computer.

It works incredibly well. Even over the internet. The quality and speed is great. Talk about nice for people who travel a lot! Also a good way to watch content from the dvr in another room of the house, bring it up on your laptop. Even connect your laptop to another tv.

The player supports full remote capabilities over your tv and dvr. It is really impressive.

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If you thought the NES was cool, you need to check out the Generation NEX.

Check out there site, use your original NES games, controllers, game genie, etc. For only $60, bring back some of that fun we all remember from our childhood.

Under $500 Recommendation:
Haier America - 60-Bottle Capacity Premier Edition Wine Cellar - Black/Silver $399.

Reason:
Do I really need to explain why everyone should have a wine collection. That beings said, you should properly store your wine!

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Free Recommendation:
Virtual Drug Dealer

Reason:
Obvious entertainment value.

Under $50 Recommendation:
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006 for PSP, PS2, Xbox for $49.95 or Xbox360 for $59.95

Reason:
EA sports has always made great sports video games. Tiger Woods 2006 is no exception. Rated “E” for Everyone and being about golf, it is a safe game for any age to play. Anyone who has played any EA Sports game knows how realistic they make them, this is no exception and improving each version. Buy it, rent it, borrow it, do anything to give it a try.

***Extra recommendation
If you are in need of a battery for your Ipod, Costco is now selling them for $20.00 in stores.

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Under $500 Recommendation:
Sprint PPC-6700 PDA Phone
Unfortunately cannot currently find it on the sprint site.
Learn more about PDA phones at PDA Phone Home.

Reason:
The PDA phone brings a lot of things together in a convenient way. Keep ALL of your contacts with all of their information accurate by using the same records on your computer and your phone. Just sync to keep current. Keep your calendar, contacts and other useful files with you all the time.

Store and play mp3 from your Pocket PC based PDA. Use bluetooth devices like a gps solution or headset. Use it for web access. All in all, they are great devices and definately a better buy than something like the Motorola / Itunes Rockr.

I am currently using a PPC-6600 which I really like and will be making the upgrade to the 6700 soon.

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Avoid at all costs spending any money with or even allowing the Geek Squad to touch your computer!

Geek Squad recently acquired by Best Buy is a rip off! You will not get resolution to your problem. You will be over charged despite the lack of resolution!

Additionally, it seems that according to the Geek Squad the best (and possibly only) way to fix a computer problem is to reformat your hard drive. Which they will do for you after backing up your system for a ridiculous price. Check out the kid next door. He knows just as much, will work cheap and only gets paid for results.

Under $500 Recommendation:
Pre-order the Xbox 360 Premium Edition ($399.99)

Reason:
The Xbox 360 is going to be the best gaming system available for atleast a year. It promises to provide great entertainment atleast until the release of the Sony PS3 and probably long after.

The premium edition offers many extras that would cost alot more as add-ons that would cost considerably more than buying the standard edition and a few extras.

Premium Edition gives you these extras:
wireless control instead of wired
detatchable 20gb hard drive
headset
component hd-av cable instead of standard av cable
xbox live silver membership

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