Friday, August 6, 2010 - 7:17am
Your A/V equipment is great to have around, but it adds a stack of clutter and sires to your living room that can be a bit of an eyesore. One solution? Build a secret hiding place for it behind your TV.
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 7:45am
You know, speakers don't need to be encased in some endangered Brazilian hardwood in order to sound good. Speaker makers only do stuff like that in order to weasel you out of more money. So why not go the opposite route with a set of speakers built out of PVC pipes?
Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 1:59am
It took long enough but one Japanese company finally managed to put a cute face on all those ugly home satellite dishes with the introduction of the Mickey Mouse dish.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 7:48am
I've seen a lot of silly-looking speakers in my day, but these might be the silliest. They're the Acadian Audio 100-watt Pnoe Speakers, and they are just downright ridiculous.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 5:01am
Why would you want to hold a remote control with two hands when you can get everything done with one? Well, if you're on the same page as the Genos Cyclops, than you'll be able to do far more than you do already. It's not just a remote for your TV, but also for your game consoles — even your cellphone.
Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 8:46am
Don't expect a lot of sound to come out of these wall-mounted speakers — they are positively speechless. In fact, they're not speakers at all. These Typhonics SP-Tiles must've been designed by contrarians, because instead of pumping out the tunes,...
Friday, May 14, 2010 - 2:22pm
Maybe hooking up a computer to your TV is overkill. That's the philosophy of this "Litl" box, consisting of a small set-top box with HDMI output and a touchpad remote that slides open to reveal a small keyboard. Yeah, we've...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 10:28am
Here's a feature that Hollywood doesn't want to see become standard on Blu-ray players: the ability to copy HD movies from Blu-ray discs to your home server. But that's just what the new Kaleidescape M300 and M500 do. They'll import...
Friday, March 5, 2010 - 8:42am
Home theater keyboards continue to evolve, and each iteration seems to get more practical. This $92 (or is it $49?) 6-inch-wide Rii Mini Wireless Keyboard fits in the palm of your hand, and features handy LED backlit keys for use...
Friday, March 5, 2010 - 3:21am
No bones about it: I don't like 3D glasses and you don't like 3D glasses. Still, I'm down with 3D, especially if it's done as well as it was in Avatar. It's obvious, then, that there's a big market in...
