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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

– Happen to have $21K burning a hole in your silk-lined pocket? Treat that very, very special someone to the largest LCD TV on the market, the 65-inch Sharp Aquos TV. Then prepare for them never to leave the house. Ever. $20,999.

– The coolest innovation in TV tech since TiVo, the Slingbox syncs your laptop to your home TV. You control your home TV as you watch on your portable computer from anywhere that you can get a Web hookup. This amazing set-top box is so revolutionary, you might end up keeping it for yourself, Scrooge.

– The iPlayMusic book and DVD combo teaches beginning and intermediate guitar to aspiring John Mayers. The lessons steer clear of music theory, instead teaching six-string newbies how to play actual songs as quickly as possible. Perfect for the guitar player who sucks. $35, iplay music.com.

– The Nintendo Game Boy hand-held gets downsized with the Game Boy Micro, measuring in at a mere 4 inches wide and 2 inches long, with a 2-inch screen. There’s a special 20th anniversary edition in maroon and gold, and it still plays all 700-plus GameBoy Advance titles. $99.99.