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Rio Car Player
Whne it comes to digital audio players, there is no such thing as too much memory. The good people at Rio understand this and have outfitted the Rio Car player with a whopping 12 GB of storage, enough for over 200 hours of CD-quality music. The car-mounted unit can be easily removed for music download via USB, Ethernet, or serial interfaces, and a shock-resistant platform for the hard drive assures skip-free playback. A pocket-sized infrared remote is also included (MSRP $1,199)
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• Empeg MK2 36GB


• Even more imortantly, the stereo that let's me hear the empeg in my car


• Garmin Streel Piolet III GPS - without which I had been totally lost since moving to the bay area


• Tivo! Although I need to figure out the broadband hack before it'll work again - we disconnected our wired-phone because we never used it:(


• PS2 for those 4-player gaming madnesses


• My Technics 1200SL's, mixer, stacks and stacks of records, as well as understanding naighbors


• Intel Pocket Concert 128MB Portable MP3 Player (which would be that much better w/ a gui to send tracks from Empeg into it:)


• ATT Cable Modem - despite the problems that I've constantly been hearing about cable modem services, My service has been rock-solid from day one with downloads between 3200-3700kbs (yes - a meg in less then 3 seconds...)


• My Apple Airport Base which lets my laptops work from anywhere nearby


• My rugged razor scooter for going to/through/from work


• Motorola Timeport Cellphone (sprint) - (can't find a semilar phone that catches my eyes as being worthwhile upgrading to...)


• Ricochet 128kbs Wireless modem + service (work anywhere - even from the beach which I've had to do (better then driving 45 minutes to office...)) - HIGHLY recommended for those that maintain production servers


• IBM Thinkpad X20 - for 95% of my computer work


• My personally built firehouse - dual celeron 366's running at 550mhz, 512mb memory, 80GB IDE HDD, 35GB SCSI BOOT HDD, CD Burner, DVD, etc, etc - used for one thing and only one thing lately - ripping cd's...



Also - I would like to add myself to Napster's Case and Point arguments.. Evern since getting my current job (decent sallary, NO free time..) I've been averaging 4-5 new CD's per week from amazon.com - I have to say their recommendations are actually very helpful.. (although they have recommended crap in the past - but these are few and far in between...)

SOoooo - what's everyone else's must-have gadgets already-have gadgets? I'I'm very curious...

-mark



...proud to have owned an Empeg since 00287

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http://mvgals.net - clublife, revisited.

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SOoooo - what's everyone else's must-have gadgets already-have gadgets? I'I'm very curious...

-mark

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• Empeg Mark II 20gb Blue


• Cheapo amp and factory speakers for now


• Serial GPS to hook into the laptop for roadtrips like the empeg meet


• Dishplayer 7100 plus a 40gb drive, digital satelite PVR goodness


• Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, and Super Nintendo


• Sprint Broadband (for 12 more hours, thank god I can finally dump it) Wireless fixed serviced


• Apple Airport


• Nokia 8290 with Voicestream. IR allows for many neet uses, and it's a tiny phone with awesome SMS features.


• Omnisky service, with a PCMCIA CDPD modem (19.2k). Also useful on the roadtrips, but being dumped once Ricochet is in Colorado Springs


• Compaq Armada M700, awesome little laptop. Mine until I leave my current job


• PIII 800 system, running Win2000. Currently used as my TV as well since it's hooked to a 27 inch monitor, and gaming machine


• Celeron 300 acting as a linux internet sharing device. Does too much to list here


• Sony 18.1 inch LCD monitor, sitting in it's box waiting for the move to be completed


• iPaq handheld, with PCMCIA sleeve to work with my 802.11 or CDPD connections

• New system to put the 27 inch monitor in the living room when I move. Currently being shipped a Duron 850, and looking into quiet PC stuff.


• IR control for above system. IRMan on order, will program and integrate into a media program I am looking into for remote controbility all from the Dishplayer remote, including DVD (mmm, progressive scan). Also has PVR features, for the local channels


• Apple G4 laptop. Currently waiting on a new revision with more modern features, since this M700 is working fine for now


• As talked about above, Ricochet service


• Microdrive for iPaq, and possible future digital camera


• Better broadband (Will have after the move, from a flawless @home local provider)


• Indash LCD. I've been looking at this for a while, and have money to get one. Currently considering one with a touch screen, CD/DVD playback and TV tuner.


• DVD based navigation system for above wish


• Much better soundsystem for the car to complement the empeg and DVD


• Portable hard drive based MP3 player, waiting to see if empeg ever enters this area, as it's not a huge priority


• Gamecube system, (Will have on launch day). A few more good games for the PS2 so I will buy one