I carry my iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle with me daily and I was looking for some ear buds to replace the standard white Apple ear buds. Since I carry them around with me daily and use them almost any chance I get, the ear buds take quite a beating and a little more than usual wear and tear. I was looking for some white ear buds to match the iPod. I don’t know I guess I’m one of those Apple people that need the matching accessory. In any case I didn’t want to spend too much money on something I tend to break within a few months. I decided to go with the Sony MDR-EX71SL ear buds in white. I had bought my original pair a few years ago from Japan since they did not sell the white ones here in the states. My second pair, I was able to pick them up online at Amazon for about $30.

I had moved to a new place and figured I would treat myself to a digital TV. In my area there is decent over the air HDTV reception, but I opted to order the HDTV premium channel package from my cable provider Comcast. I looked at LCD, Plasma and DLP sets. I read the myths and listened to the stories that sales people told me. It was hard work. After doing tons of research I still wasn’t quite sure which set I wanted. Sure LCD and Plasma sets looks cool and everyone on Cribs always has them hanging on their walls, but for how much I was willing to pay and the value I was getting it didn’t seem too practical for me. As far as picture quality for the price I felt that it seemed lacking compared to the DLP. Sure the DLP set was a lot bigger, but much smaller than a conventional set and space wasn’t too much of a concern for me. I really appreciate Samsung as a brand, whether it’s a DVD player to computer RAM to a cell phone to a computer monitor, I have always been pretty happy with their products. After looking at a few sets at my local electronic stores I was sold on the Samsung HL-R4667W.