The Sony Handycam DCR-DVD101 is more compact and offers better low-light focusing than its predecessor, but this model remains an underfeatured underachiever for a camcorder in its price range.
Toshiba's 55 series of LCD televisions buck the trend by placing speakers on the bottom, rather the the side, of the screen. SRS WOW technology is built-in to increase the level of "surround sound" produced by this arrangement.