It's Super Bowl time again and big flat screen TVs are cheaper than ever. Watching the big game in high definition is the next best thing to being there and a lot cheaper too. Now is a great time to go high def but unfortunately, it's not that easy to select the best TV especially when you want the best set for watching fast action sports like football, basketball, and hockey. Even if you're not a football fan you still deserve the best HDTV equipment for fast action programming on a high definition set  read more »

This is the worst season for dieting. When you’re not scarfing down lots of holiday sweets, going to all those holiday parties and eating tons of fattening foods, you’re probably spending a lot of time indoors watching HDTV, playing with your Wii, or maybe, perish the thought, reading a book on your Kindle. To help fight the battle of the holiday bulge we offer these gadgets that, along with a little will power, could help keep away those extra holiday pounds  read more »

This past year started out on a high note starting with the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show that highlighted bigger, better, and cheaper HDTV products, the end of the high definition DVD player format war (Blu-ray won), feature-packed cameras, and all sorts of cool gadgets like Bluetooth headsets and GPS-based Personal Navigation Devices. In fact, you can see Retrevo’s list of 2008 product hits and misses here. Using our new suite of tools including the Retrevo Pulse trend analysis engine, our gadget experts put together this set of predictions for 2009  read more »

What happens when you give a group of gadget experts some powerful analysis tools and tell them to pick the best products of 2008? The result is the Retrevo Pulse Awards which are named after some new data mining and analysis technology, called, “The Retrevo Pulse,” that looks at the behavior of millions of users along with their level of interest, reviews from experts and users and pricing data, and determines the trends for all popular consumer electronics products  read more »

Benjamin Franklin probably has one of the most widely recognized
quotes about certainty. His quote was “In this world nothing is certain
but death and taxes”. Well I’d like to add one more thing that is
certain - over-hyped products.

Every year it’s a given that there’s a handful of products where so
much noise was made you would have thought they solved world hunger and
poverty. And this hype isn’t just being shouted from the product
brands; media companies and journalists who have personal favorites (or
large advertisers) exacerbate the hype, giving credence to these
products and more media coverage.  read more »

Recommended Gifts for college students from a college student  read more »

This year could be a budget challenge for gadget gift givers. The
Retrevo gadget gurus offer these quality gifts; all under $100.  read more »

This year, a solar power gadget gift could be beneficial on many
levels; not only would you be doing your part for the environment but
you could save a few bucks on electricity while you’re at it. Here are
some fun and inexpensive solar power gadgets that could make perfect
gifts�  read more »

Are gift cards safe to use? What happens if the retailer you bought a
card from goes out of business. We’ll tell you want you need to know
for trouble-free gift card use.  read more »

Don't wait until the last minute to order your gifts online. But if you
do, check out these important dates to make sure they arrive on time.
Also, find coupon codes to get products shipped free.  read more »