What are your favorite toys (technology, gadgets, etc.)?

I love my TiVo! No more videotapes....everything saved in neat folders onscreen.....season pass feature that automatically records any show or anything related to a topic you like (for example, woody allen movies, yankee baseball, falcons football, etc.). You can save whatever you record from Tivo to videotape or DVD if you want to keep it. You can pause anything you're watching including a live sporting event so you don't miss anything! You can even go backwards to watch something again and again. You can create wish lists to catch anything you like (much like the season pass feature).

I've been a big fan of PDA's for many years. Currently I have a Pocket PC device that syncs with my Outlook email account, including all my appointments, contacts, tasks, notes, etc. Etc. Very soon, I am getting a new PDA cell phone that will merge my PDA with my cell phone! An idea I had over ten years ago.

Big Screen TV... I still appreciate my 55 inch big screen tv. Had to convince the wife that it was a neccesity and she now agrees that it is great to have!

Satellite Dish.. Yes, I know all about the complaints about bad weather and poor reception but I've never had any issues with our dish! It's onscreen tv guide listing is very useful.

DVD recorder... It's great being able to convert old videotapes to DVDs. We have a Sony vcr-dvd combo that does it with one button recording. Any format too (+R/-R/+RW/-RW)!

Mini-DVD camcorder... New sony digital camcorder that records straight to mini-DVD disks! Also takes stills...

I don't have an iPOD yet but thinking about getting some kind of portable mp3 player. What do you recommend?

Last edited: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 12:52:53 PM

My 1995 Buick RoadMaster. It's got a detuned LT1 V8 from the Corvette, but with it's stock engine/controls I upgraded to 400 HP using dry nitrous. Can you say "Bye-bye"? :)

The iPod is a no brainer....spend what you can afford.

It matters how much songs you have and if you want to watch vid's.

I reccomend Creative's line of Zen's and Zen Micro's. All of Creative's are very good players. I personally have a PNY Vibe 512mb. It's fine for me because I don't have too many songs. It is small, affordable and has a screen.

My favorite gadget is my PC. I'm sure that I posted a pic of it somewhere. Here it is again.

Also I own two hobbyist RC cars, a highly upgraded Traxxas Rustler and a Accociated RC10T4. They run as fast as hell! 30mph+!

Last edited: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 3:08:42 PM

My favourite electrical toy would be my Mac, Non electrical would be my pack of cards!

I also love my iPod, PDA and PSP - Which I all bought myself

P.S - I also have a wide collection of R/C cars, Not as fast as yours but can do a good 25+ MPH

Last edited: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 4:27:57 PM