Digital cameras have been great gadgets for me. I really appreciate instant review and being able to transfer the images to a computer. Previously, using film cameras it was a pain to develop the images which were expensive and at times I would end up developing images I wouldn’t even use. On top of that I do a lot of web work and in order to get the images onto my computer I would have to spend my time scanning them individually. Each scan never really turned out how I wanted it and I would always have to modify the images in Photoshop to get them right. Now my task of taking pictures is much easier as technology has evolved. I started out with a Canon A40 and it was a great camera. It was a little large and it didn’t have rechargeable batteries but it did take good pictures. I then moved on to a Nikon Coolpix 2500. I thought the Canon took better pictures, but this camera had rechargeable batteries and I got a really good deal on it. After that I was looking for a model I could carry in my pocket, one that takes great pictures, and has rechargeable batteries. I went with the Canon SD200 and I was able to pick it up online last year for about $200 which I think now can be purchased for as little as $150.

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.