Gotta-have toys for gadget-worshipers (III)

　　Iomega Fotoshow

　　Solving a huge dilemma for digital photographers, t he Fotoshow from Iomega frees users from shelling out f or enough expensive Flash memory to store a vacation's worth of high-quality digital images.

　　The portable, easy-to-use Fotoshow lets users copy their images to cheap, plentiful Zip disks at the touch of a button and without a computer.

　　So, after taking a day's worth of shots, users can drop off their photos at the hotel room and free up the ir camera's memory. The drive performs several other du ties as well.

　　Hook it up to a TV—it'll let you do a video slide s how of your pictures and some rudimentary editing via t he included wireless remote control. The Fotoshow isn't useless when you're done dealing with your photos. If y ou connect the drive to your computer, it doubles as a USB Zip Plus drive and a flash media reader. ($299.95)

　　Pioneer PDR-505HD 50" High Definition Plasma Monito r

　　Sporting specs stellar enough to make any AV nerd s woon, Panasonic's flagship HDTV plasma monitor (not pic tured ) is less than 4 inches thick, but the theater as pect ratio screen spans 50 inches. The display makes us e of a number of Pioneer's special technologies to incr ease contrast and sharpness.

　　And since the display sports ordinary A/V and 15-pi n computer inputs, it makes a bang-up monitor for a sou ped-up workstation as well. The buzzkill: Swooning turn s to sobbing when you see the price tag. ($20,000)

　　Sony PlayStation 2

　　The hot-ticket tech item this holiday season, the P layStation 2 is the successor to a perennial favorite. This reincarnation of the gaming platform allows owners to run games for the original PlayStation as well as DV Ds.

　　Internet access is planned. And when users pop in g ames made exclusively for the PlayStation 2, they'll be treated to stunning 128-bit 3D graphics and superior ga meplay. Release price: ($299)

　　Notes:

　　1. replicate: v. 复制

　　2. perennial: adj. 持久的

　　3. steller: adj. 星球的

　　4. infinitesimal: adj. 极小的

　　5. reincarnation: n. 转世