Tech Gift Ideas
Discussed Dec 14, 2001

Apple iPod music player. $400

Sony's PDA the CLIE, model 415. $300

TiVo- personal video recorder - now down to about $200. (sort of like a VCR, except it has a hard drive inside instead of tapes)

digital video camcorders that accommodate so-called Mini DV cassettes - can transfer this footage to a PC for editing, touching up, adding music. The camcorders start at about 6 or $700.

Sony Digital8 series.

Apple, Sony and Compaq : DVD burner built in to new computers, or you can get it as an external device that plugs into whatever machine you have for about $650.

high-tech top called the Quark, and it's made by Micro Logic. spins for up to 15 minutes

computer mouse w/thumbprint reader.

plasma HDTV screen - a mere $8,000 for a 42-inch or a 60-inch

Microsoft's new wireless mouse, $75.

Sony MiniDisc player. $100 player, $175 recorder.

Dean Kamen's new self-moving machine, aka Segway, aka "IT," aka "Ginger" if you want to get something truly geeky