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    These mid-caps have ‘strong buy’ & ‘buy’ recos and upside potential of up to 28%, according to analysts

    Global markets on Wednesday celebrated the outcome of the US mid-term election as well as a sharp drop in oil prices. Oil prices, which at the end of last week were at about $118 to the barrel, are now under $95. The hope clearly is that Democrat control of both chambers of the US Congress will pressure the Trump administration to pursue a diplomatic end to the conflict with Iran in the Gulf.

    These mid-caps have ‘strong buy’ & ‘buy’ recos and an upside potential of over 25%, according to analysts

    Why should one be careful of the market at this juncture? One reason is that stocks are still not cheap. Even after all the nervousness of the past over two years, valuations have not come down to levels where you can say you are getting a bargain. When you buy something that is not cheap, you have less room for error, because the price already assumes things will go well.

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    Gionee's latest smartphone is the first phone to feature a 5,000mAh battery. The phone has a 5-inch HD display and runs Android 4.4.

    7 tech products that are great investments

    A good pair of headphones is worth the investment as it is an accessory that you will be using on a regular basis.

    The cheap optics in DVD players may find a new life in a cost-effective and speedy technique for on-the-spot HIV/AIDS testing and other analytics.

    If you want to enhance your TV watching experience, a home theatre system is must. Here is what to look for while buying one.

    • ET tech experts answer your gizmo queries.

      If you own the DVD and it becomes scratched or does not play in certain DVD players, you are entitled to make a backup copy.

      If the DVD player cannot play the disc, you can try putting it in a computer’s DVD drive and ripping to a digital file.

      Blu-ray may not be familiar to most Indians, but companies such as Sony, Samsung, LG and Philips are aggressively promoting the high-definition video disc format after slashing prices of Blu-ray players.

      Retail major Wal-Mart has recalled a total of 4.2 million Chinese DVD players sold in the US, due to concerns of fire and burn hazards.

      Photo imaging and electronic items distributor and manufacturer MCC Group is focusing on its own branded products, specially in the digital camera and DVD segments, to push for a bigger share of the domestic market.

      Samsung India on Friday announced the launch of a consumer offer on its LCD and Plasma television which entitles a customer for an assured gift of a Home Theatre or DVD Player.

      Toshiba concedes defeat to Sony in a long-running DVD format war, ending consumer confusion but leaving about one million people with expensive machines doomed to become obsolete.

      Toshiba said it will announce its decision on Tuesday on its HD DVD business, which the company has been reviewing as Hollywood studios and retailers dropped the video format in favor of the rival Blu-ray system.

      Sony's Blu-ray looks set to become the standard for high-definition DVDs after Toshiba signalled on Monday that it may give up in a long-running format battle, to the relief of investors.

      Japan's Toshiba, which has led the HD DVD video disks format, plans to withdraw from the business as it is losing the battle against rival Sony's Blu-ray format, a report said on Saturday.

      Warner Bros pulled out of an alliance with HD DVD camp announcing that it would distribute DVDs exclusively in Sony's Blu-Ray format. Women lap up gizmos

      Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Sunday it sold 1 million HD DVD digital video recorders in North America last year, driven by demand for Internet-delivered content.

      Warner Bros Entertainment said it will release movie discs only in the Blu-ray format, becoming the latest studio to reject the rival HD DVD technology and further complicating the high-definition landscape for consumers.

      The company is reportedly in talks with all electronic majors including Philips, LG, Samsung and MIRC Electronics to jointly collaborate and launch low-end VCD and DVD players, priced around Rs 1,000 and Rs 1500, respectively.

      After shaking the home entertainment market with a revolutionary pricing strategy, Rs 28 for VCD and Rs 38 for DVD, Moser Baer Entertainment is now set to make some drastic moves in the consumer electronics segment, albeit in just one segment of this market.

      People who own an HD DVD player can forget about watching “Spider-Man 3” in high definition when it goes on sale during the holiday season.

      Chinese consumer durables major TCL plans to set up a colour TV and DVD player manufacturing unit in north India by early 2010 for making India its global sourcing hub and supply to players like Sony and Philips.

      TCL plans to set up a colour TV and DVD player manufacturing unit in north India by early 2010.

      The format war around next generation DVDs may be over before it has begun, thanks to a breakthrough from a British media technology company.

      Consumer electronics heavyweight, Royal Philips Electronics of Netherlands, and Indian music major T-Series have locked horns over royalty payments and non-compliance issues for a couple of patent license agreements.

      Toshiba said Thursday it will postpone the sale of the world’s first recorder for HD DVD high-definition video discs because of a production delay.

      Leading distributors of photo imaging and telecom products and memory card manufacturer, MCC Group has announced its foray into branded consumer electronics with the launch of its DVD players.

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