As it turns out, audio hardware, particularly on the high end, has been no less hard hit.

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This was a clever, attention-getting tactic by Polk Audio: have a gymnast do flips on a trampoline while wearing its no-fall-out sports earbuds.

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The Panel was nice and bright, even eclipsing our LED-backlit XPS M1330 on maximum settings -- though the screen looked washed out, viewed from off-angles -- and featured smooth action and no perceptible audio sync issues when playing a DVD-quality movie.

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