Author: Joe Warner

    I'm the senior editor of The CheckOut. I am an aficionado of shiny gadgets and classic Hollywood movies and can also tell you the names of the late '80s Swedish Davis Cup team members.


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  • Apple Music: One Service to Rule Them All?

    On June 30th, Apple launched Apple Music in the very crowded music streaming space currently dominated by two big names: Spotify and Pandora. Per its usual M.O., Apple joined an established space with intent to dominate. From...

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  • What’s Next? Handheld Game Consoles Through the Years

    While home game consoles get the lion’s share of the spotlight, handheld gaming has been around for a while now with a few ups and many downs. Its biggest challenge to date has come in the form...

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  • Panasonic RP-BTD10 Premium Bluetooth On-Ear Headphones Review

    Like Bluetooth speakers, Bluetooth headphones are a very crowded product category. Wireless is popular because of convenience but at the sacrifice of sound quality. Despite incremental improvements in Bluetooth technology, that hasn’t changed much. So if you...

    • Posted 9 years ago
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  • Gifts that Keep on Giving: 25 Fantastic Subscription Boxes

    Subscription boxes make great gifts because they’re not something you’d normally buy for yourself and you can order them from the comfort of your home. They’re good for the people who are hard to shop for or who like...

    • Posted 9 years ago
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  • Sling TV Review: A New Hope?

    When Sling TV was announced at the 2015 CES, it was instantly a big hit. It offered something that sounded a lot like “a la carte cable TV,” the elusive Bigfoot that TV viewers have been breathlessly seeking for years....

    • Posted 9 years ago
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  • The Deal Dozen: Week of December 12th, 2014

    Welcome to “The Deal Dozen,” where we showcase the 12 best and most popular deals of the week on Ben’s Bargains. These are the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the deals you’d take...

    • Posted 9 years ago
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  • Amazon Fire TV Stick Review: The Little Stick That Could

    The arrival of Amazon’s shiny new streaming toy, the Fire TV Stick ($39), came at a convenient time for me. My 3rd Gen Apple TV (2012) had suddenly gone on the fritz (stuck on activation after an...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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  • The Deal Dozen: Week of November 14th, 2014

    Welcome to “The Deal Dozen,” where we showcase the 12 best and most popular deals of the week on Ben’s Bargains. These are the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the deals you’d take...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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    Everything is Awesome: The 17 Awesomest Official LEGO Sets

    Back in the 1990s, LEGO was the struggling toy brick company that adults looked back on nostalgically, but couldn’t make a buck. Until 1999, when LEGO started to license the brick out of it. Then things started rocking, and...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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    Required Viewing: Holiday 2014 Movie Trailers

    It’s a cliche now that movie trailers often turn out better than the movie they’re promoting, but in the time between the trailer’s release and the actual movie premiere, there’s always the sweet, sweet hope that, in...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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  • LG G Pad 7.0 7-inch Android Tablet Review: No Frills

    Swimming in an ever-rising sea of tablets, the LG G Pad 7.0 (V400) 7-inch Android Tablet is an unremarkable slate with an unfortunate name that you’ll unexpectedly find yourself using, especially if you can find it for...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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  • The Deal Dozen: Week of October 31, 2014

    Welcome to “The Deal Dozen,” where we showcase the 12 best and most popular deals of the week on Ben’s Bargains. These are the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the deals you’d take...

    • Posted 10 years ago
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