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Control Your Entire Home With Your iPad With Savant’s Home Automation

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10:30AM May 13, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Home automation is the ultimate goal for a geeky homeowner, but it’s generally too expensive for most of us to even consider. The Savant Mac-based system is no exception, but it’s impressive in just how seamless it makes controlling your home via an iOS device. More »

Insane Audiophile-Worthy Electrostatic Speakers For Under $US2000

4:59AM September 24, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

“Affordable” for futuretastic electrostatic speakers means a few grand. Martin Logan’s ElectroMotion ESL electrostratic speakers’ll be under $US2000 when they’re out in March, using the cheapest full-size electrostatic transducer ever. They sounded super clean during a five-minute demo. [Martin Logan]

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You Want Pioneer’s 3D Blu-ray Player With Armoured Chassis

3:59AM September 24, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

What makes Pioneer’s first 3D Blu-ray player stand out? It’s got an armoured chassis. So you can throw remotes at it. And it’s iPhone controlled. Which is all Pioneer’s saying about the BDP-43FD, but expect it to be expensive. [Pioneer]

Behold, LG PX950, The First THX-Certified 3D TV

1:39AM September 24, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

LG’s PX950 plasma 3DTV is the first one to be THX-certified, which means it passed THX lab tests (WTF are those, you ask?) for left and right eye images on colour accuracy, cross-talk and viewing angles. More »

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Sharp’s 3D Blu-ray Player Is What PS3 Slim Should’ve Looked Like

9:38AM September 23, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

A simple, skinny rectangle, Sharp’s 3D Blu-ray players pull in Netflix, Pandora and Vudu and plays back Divx files. There’s no built-in Wi-Fi, but it comes with a dongle. They’re $US430 and $US500. [Sharp]

Sharp’s Quattron 3DTVs Are The Brightest, Thanks To Yellow Pixels

9:23AM September 23, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

Sharp’s Quattron four-colour pixel tech is now in its 3D TVs, which Sharp says are the brightest 3D TVs around. It’s hard to say without setting them next to another 3D TV, but they are pretty bright. More »

The Hot Rod Chair Goes Vroom Vroom

9:00AM September 11, 2009 | Mark Wilson

You’ve never watched TV until you’ve watched it from a chair sporting a tailpipe and flame paint. More »

Who Has An Extra $US175,000 For A Cinema Quality Projector?

11:00PM September 10, 2009 | Mark Wilson

We know, we know. You don’t think the bank will support your $US175,000 “projector mortgage” request. But JVC’s highest end 4K projector isn’t going to buy itself. More »

JVC’s LT-32WX50 Is Insanely Thin, Insanelier Expensive

11:00PM September 10, 2009 | Mark Wilson

I’m not sure you could ever call a 32-inch monitor portable, but if you could, the JVC LT-32WX50 fits the bill. Aside from the LCD’s 6.4mm depth, the display weighs but 5.7kg. More »

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Sony BDP-N460 Video Streaming Blu-ray Player For $US250

7:00AM September 10, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

The BDP-N460 is the Sony Blu-ray player we’ve been asking for—almost. It’s $US250, and streams video through Bravia Internet Video—including Netflix this fall—but instead of including Wi-Fi, it’s got “specially designed” software for Linksys’s $US100 Wi-Fi dongle. Right. More »