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Sony CES 2011 3D Blu-ray Player Lineup Is Quite Impressive

Given the fact that it unveiled plenty of new 3D-capable HDTVs, several 3D camcorders and even Cyber-shot digital cameras capable of taking 3D snapshots, it should come as no surprise that Japanese company Sony also brought to CES 2011 quite a few 3D Blu-ray players, as well as a very attractive portable Blu-ray play...

10 January 2011
00:59 GMT

Get Instant Access to 100 Blu-ray Discs With the Kaleidescape Blu-ray Movie Server

We're pretty sure that many of you are not particularly crazy about the prospect of browsing through your Blu-ray movies collection in order to get to the one you feel like watching at a certain point in time, but the people of Kaleidescape have a very nice solution that will help you mitigate this issue, namely...

13 December 2010
05:15 GMT

iPhone Dock Meets Wireless Internet Radio in the Revo AXiS

Just about every new multimedia device pushed onto the market nowadays is bound to provide iPhone/iPod/iPad docking support, and, to some extent, that's also the case with the particular device you'll read about as follows, namely the Revo AxiS Wireless Internet Radio with iPod Dock, that, beside docking bo...

4 November 2010
15:51 GMT

Olive Opus No. 4 Brings Home 2TB of Storage, Multimedia Fun

Home entertainment has become an important segment for the IT industry, with an increasing number of home users taking interest in new ways to enjoy their favorite music, movies or other multimedia content. On that note, Olive, a company that focuses on providing consumers with a choice for a high-quality digital mus...

23 July 2009
05:09 GMT

Acer America Launches New Multimedia Laptops

Acer America has just announced the release of a couple of new portable computer systems, part of the company's Gemstone Blue family. The two new laptops have been specifically designed to provide computer enthusiasts with a choice for an HD entertainment laptop, coming in a 15.6-inch and in a 17.3-inch form fac...

22 June 2009
08:31 GMT

Simplified Looks for the GenevaSound Home Theater

When it comes to cables associated with a serious home theater system, many of us will surely start frowning as clutter and messed-up cable runs are nobody's preferred sight amidst the relative tidiness of your living room or – more aggravating – your media room. Cable management systems work fine so...

21 November 2008
19:41 GMT

New Epson Projector Does 720p for Under 800 Bucks

Given the fact that the economy is pretty much going bust, it's really no wonder that pretty much every major manufacturer of consumer electronics and computer peripherals is trying to come up with some sort of "crisis" product, which will combine fairly OK features with a very attractive price point. And that&#...

11 November 2008
02:24 GMT

Silicon Mountain Allio – a 42-inch HDTV, PC and Blu-ray Player

All-in-one computing systems have been around for quite some time (just think of all the iMacs out there), and more and more manufacturers are getting involved in this particular market segment. However, it would seem that a company called Silicon Mountain has taken this concept to a whole new level with its All...

10 November 2008
02:58 GMT

InFocus X9 Projector Offers HD Home Cinema On The Cheap

Since we're going through some rather tough times, most consumers are pretty reluctant to spending a lot of money on their home entertainment systems. This is why most major names in the industry are trying to come up with certain specific solutions that will help them cope really well with this situation, ...

15 October 2008
10:21 GMT

Epson EMP-DM1 and EMP-TWD10 Projectors Hands (and Eyes) On

For the time being, projectors are not exactly the first choice for most users contemplating the idea of building themselves a high-end home cinema system. However, most people are overlooking the clear advantages provided by some of these devices, as for example the two models we'll talk about as follows, namel...

11 September 2008
13:11 GMT

Pioneer's Got 4 New Standalone Blu-ray Players for Your Viewing Pleasure

People over at pioneer decided that it was about time to shake things a little bit and announced the release of no less than four new models, three of which (BDP-LX08, BDP-LX71 and BDP-51FD) are compliant with the BonusView / Profile 1.1 specification, while the fourth (BDP-LX91) actually supports the latest developm...

26 June 2008
05:51 GMT

ASUS Launches the Smallest Mini PC with Full HD Support

Although there's no official word yet on the desktop version of the Eee PC, ASUS has decided to release one product that is meant to be the world's smallest mini PC with full HD support. Dubbed ASUS Mini PC Nova Lite PX24, the small sized system comes to offer users an alternative to a powerful home enterta...

3 June 2008
11:02 GMT

A Tubular 2.1 Sound System: Gais Lisire 020

When it comes to bringing home a sound system that looks really intriguing, the Lisire 020 from Gais is beyond any doubt one of the premium choices. And if you're searching for a piece of audio tech with nifty looks and a decent price, the Gais Lisire 020 looks more and more like the perfect thing to get.We'...

8 April 2008
10:55 GMT

CES 2008: Cisco Is Determined to Take Over the Home User Market

Cisco is the world leader in networking and telecommunications devices. The home Internet connection is routed by Cisco's networking gear, just as mobile communications and whatever might connect us with the rest of the planet. However, these things don't keep Cisco busy enough so the giant is determined to...

11 January 2008
04:53 GMT

CES 2008: The LG-Mark Levinson LHT888 Surround Sound System

It looks like the guys over at Engadget.com are way closer to the CES 2008 hottest news than I am; from them I've learned about the newest pieces of audio tech showcased at the fair, including the latest news from the LG camp, related to surround sound systems.The new gear is the result of a fruitful collaborati...

8 January 2008
06:10 GMT

The Audiovox FPS 10 Flat Subwoofer

Gizmodo have published a picture of the latest subwoofer from Audiovox, codenamed FPS10. Nothing that interesting I might say if the PFS10 wasn't a weird unit, meaning a flat subwoofer. As weird as it may sound, it looks more and more like subwoofers no longer have to be the immense, bulky units giving us a seri...

8 January 2008
04:28 GMT

CES 2008: Symphany TR TV Stand With 2.1 Sound System

When it comes to your media corner of the room, the TV has a special place as it also has a special role in the contemporary social life. And since image alone in never enough, sound must be added; most TVs, including the latest ones come with pretty good sound (for a TV), no matter whether we're talking the new...

4 January 2008
08:01 GMT

Marvell's TopDog Wi-Fi Chip 450 Mbps - Show Me Some Network!

Networking specialist Marvell introduced a new Wi-Fi chipset to provide industry's first 450 Mbps throughput. At the moment, the maximum throughput delivered by a 802.11n WiFi chipset varies around 300 Mbps. This significant speed boost is possible due to a new approach: the chipset makes use of three transmitte...

4 January 2008
03:05 GMT

Cambridge SoundWorks Rolls Out New Newton II HT Speakers

There's little need for an introduction for Cambridge SoundWorks as they are present in almost any home across the world with their gear, from speakers to cables or headphones and the like. Cambridge SoundWorks have grown quite a tradition with offering excellent products at very affordable prices that have draw...

7 December 2007
03:35 GMT

Prada Designer Karim Rashid Offers New Olive Media Players

For those audio enthusiasts who are also looking for fashionable gear to match their lifestyle and their personal character, here's one new series of high-end audio equipment that will surely delight with its marvelous sound and exquisite characteristics as well as with its awesome presence. Easier to integrate ...

5 December 2007
07:47 GMT

Panasonic Promises: One in Ten PCs Will Feature HD Recorders

The coming year won't bring us the happiness of a new beginning, but will take us to further steps in home entertainment, or at least Panasonic executives think so. According to them, about 10% of personal computers (PCs) will incorporate either Blu-ray or HD DVD drive next year, as the technology becomes more a...

24 November 2007
04:52 GMT

A Chocolate Home Theater? YES, the HT972TR from LG

South Koreans aren't at all silly and this is one thing anyone can say it has been so for many years. Now, it seems that the guys at LG are especially smart and have drawn further profit from the symbolic capital accumulated by the iconic LG Chocolate mobile phone. In other words, the design lives on in the body...

8 October 2007
10:29 GMT

New HDMI-loaded 2.1 Solutions from Denon: Welcome The S-302 And S-102 Systems

In case you are one of those out there believing that there isn't too much left to improve in the tech world, here's something for you to chew off; if you're passionate multimedia enthusiasts like me, rent some new DVDs, grab a beer and rejoice: Denon releases two new home theater systems, the all-in-o...

24 September 2007
10:42 GMT

mStation: The Towering Monument of The True iPod

Now, I am not even by far a fan of iPods and even less of all sorts of audio gear manufacturers that have become diehard of these players. There's nothing wrong with them (both player and docks), but it just feels like there are way too many docking stations, iPod speakers, portable docks, portable stuff, portab...

17 September 2007
11:01 GMT

How to Cram Up to 200 Blu-ray Discs in One Machine

CD and DVD changers have been around for quite some time now, as they provide a very easy and accessible method of automatically changing the disk that's being played without any direct intervention from the user (other than pressing a button, that is). However, Sony has decided to up the ante in this specific f...

6 September 2007
15:41 GMT

Single-box 5.1 Surround? Soundmatters Slimstage40

One of the latest trends in home audio is the surround sound coming from less than the classic 6-channel arrays, namely the single-box systems, often called "sound-bars". This kind of audio tech comes in as a quite expectable follow-up of the latest technology in flat panel TVs: design follows design, we could say; a...

6 September 2007
04:45 GMT

New 2.1 Gear from Denon: the S-302 and S-102 Systems

Well, Denon have made one pretty neat move at the end of this week and have announced the imminent arrival of two nifty 2.1 systems that will pose a really serious threat to the other manufacturers. Besides bringing forth new technologies, these two new models come with a very impressive heritage rooted in the Denon ...

25 August 2007
04:14 GMT

The Waterdrop Pyramidal Alien Spaceship Speakers? Yes, the Fohenz.

Well, I have no intention to be mean this morning, especially as I woke up in a great mood, rode by motorbike to work and enjoyed an ice-cold cup of coffee but I just feel there is something fishy to the new Fohenz loudspeakers. The Fohenz Aqua FA-350 is a set of 2.1 speakers that truly look weird... weird as in very...

25 August 2007
03:14 GMT

Three New Home Theater Solutions from Boston Acoustics

Boston Acoustics have been quite busy during the last months, or so would anyone be tempted to believe when reading the latest piece of news coming from them. Not one, not two, but three new home theater-oriented series of products are hitting the markets these weeks. Boston Acoustics are specialized home audio equip...

16 August 2007
03:44 GMT

Denon Aims for 'Boundless Entertainment', Launches Fully Programmable RF/IR Remote Control System

The Denon company has been pretty busy lately, as it has launched a whole series of home entertainment - related products, meant to provide a complete and comprehensive solution for the users' entertainment centers. Beside their Blu-ray and DVD players, they've also come up with a couple of A/V receivers, t...

26 July 2007
03:31 GMT

The Moneual 310 HTPC

The 301 is the latest release from Moneual and it may become one the most coveted home theater PCs around due to the very alluring combination between its features and its price. Each month, the multimedia world is stirred more and more and the HTPCs - once looked at in great suspicion - are now items of great value ...

16 June 2007
05:13 GMT

Rich or Kitsch? The New Yuhan HTPC

You know what they say, that gold is the purest, eternal symbol of wealth. Now, it may be so indeed (let alone Paris Hilton and the Swarowski toilet sets and stuff) but there is real doubt that the world of technology is that much into gold. I mean there is much gold in circuitry and the inner workings of gear but on...

11 June 2007
03:35 GMT


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