Where does it all go?

Patrick Murphy ASKS:

You guys always have things like HDTVs, headsets, and other electronic stuff and I was wondering what you do with all of the things you review once you are done with them?

OXM SAYS:

Generally, we return them. HDTVs are obtained with legally binding loan agreements; we have generally 30 to 45 days to review a set and then we have to return it. If anything happens to it in transit, we have to pay for it (and that happened once, with a lovely Sharp set that we gave a great review – it was hard enough to send it back, but it was even harder having to pay for it once it went to pieces). Sometimes the manufacturer does not care if we return smaller items like headphones and controllers and battery chargers. In that case, it goes into the collection of Stuff We Use To Make the Magazine. We also have a permanent stash of boxed games that we use as a reference library, because it’s very useful to grab the copy of the original Military Shooter and play it for reference when you’re working on the review for Military Shooter II.