Amazon is positioning the Kindle DX as Newspaper 2.0. With a largerscreen, it tries its best to mimic your favorite daily read withoutgetting your fingers all inky. Amazon has deals with many of the bignational and international papers, but it remains ...

Larger screen. PDF compatibility for rolling your own e-books

Keyboard and button design are a step backward. Large size and increased weight make it less portable. Pricey

The Kindle DX introduces a larger screen and native PDF support to the e-book reader. Too bad an awkward keyboard, missing navigation buttons, and the ongoing issue of price keep it from becoming the ultimate e-book reader.

Steve Jobs once famously dismissed Amazon's original Kindle, bluntly saying, "People don't read anymore." Steve, we hate to say it, but we disagree. Despite the miracle of the iTunes Store, where pop-culture connoisseurs enjoy instant gratification ...

Great screen. Instant access to hundreds of thousands of books. Sexy small and light. Holds 1,500 books. No monthly fee

Expensive. No direct PDF support. Needs a protective case

Simple-but-Effective Media Player

Compact. Easy to use. Offers drag-and-drop file transfers ; Can't play music with slide shows. Can't navigate controls while playing music. Confusing remote

Can't play music with slide shows. Can't navigate controls while playing music. Confusing remote

. Despite some of its quirks, the silverscreen takes little effort to set up and use, and the payoff is big. It's nice to have a simple method of viewing media from your Mac on your TV. No muss, little fuss.