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  • What Racist Webcams? HP Handled Issue Well When video of a black man complaining that HP computers are racist went viral, the company responded well. How would your business have handled it?
  • Insignia NS-WBRDVD Blu-ray Disc Player The Insignia NS-WBRDVD offers excellent image quality, wireless connectivity, and a pleasing Netflix interface; but it stumbles in its Wi-Fi setup.
  • Toshiba BDX2000 Blu-ray Disc Player Great image quality saves the Toshiba BDX2000 from being just another mundane, low-cost Blu-ray player.
  • Pioneer BDP-320 Blu-ray Disc Player This well-designed model delivers consistently pleasing images, and did well on DVD upconversion, but it lacks the streaming capabilities found on many competing models.
  • Sony BDP-S560 Blu-ray Disc Player The Sony BDP-S560 delivers very good images--exceptional ones on DVD--and Wi-Fi connectivity, but its poorly designed remote and lack of streaming extras hurt its value.
  • LG Electronics BD370 Blu-ray Disc Player A terrific picture, a responsive interface, and plenty of streaming goodness make the LG BD370 a terrific player, despite a few shortcomings.
  • Samsung BD-P3600 Blu-ray Disc Player The Samsung BD-P3600 delivers great-looking images and Internet streaming. But it should be a lot easier to use than it is in practice.
  • LG Electronics BD390 Blu-ray Disc Player Great Blu-ray images and the best networking and streaming we've seen to date on a Blu-ray Disc player justify the LG BD390’s lofty price.
  • Samsung BD-P1600 Blu-ray Disc Player Despite incorporating a few bone-headed design decisions, the Samsung BD-P1600 is a very good player for its price.
  • Lenovo IdeaCentre Q100 Is Impressively Small--and That's About It This supersmall device is a fully functioning PC, but only barely so. This machine's laundry list of omissions makes a netbook seem like a better option.

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