For the videoholic: If TV's more than your hobby--it's your obsession--here are some items specifically for addicts like you.

If you really can't cut the video cord, then try out the truly sci-fi Slingbox from Sling Media ($250), a device that lets you watch TV from your home television--even digitally recorded programming--on any Internet-connected PC. Anywhere. No, really. For a little vice versa, you can view your PC desktop or laptop on your TV with the

AVerMedia ($80), a gizmo that lets you display your computer's games, videos, photos, even spreadsheets full-screen on your television.

Looking like a pygmy version of the old Atari 2600, the Atari Flashback 2 ($30) is a retro-inspired collection of Atari games, 20 classic and 20 new, along with two joysticks in one easy pack. No shag carpeting required.

You've seen universal remotes before--but Logitech's Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote ($250) takes the cake. A color LCD screen, the ability to program it through the Web, and just downright ease of use make this your other best friend (we won't tell your TiVo).

The 42-inch Philips HDTV With Pixel Plus ($4,000) uses Ambilight 2 to project a soft colored light behind the TV that actually matches the colors currently on-screen. Philips says it helps with eyestrain. We say it's because walls deserve to feel pretty too.

Yes, there are people who can't even remember how many DVDs they own ... and you're one of them. So get Delicious Media's tasty program Delicious Library ($40), which uses any QuickTime-supported Web camera to read bar codes and catalog your book/DVD/CD/video game collection. Like an actual library, it even tracks what's been borrowed, assuming you can bear to let any of your collection out of your house.

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