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Home Theatre Showroom Shopping Essentials

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1:50PM November 25, 2011 | Nick Broughall

There’s a pretty simple rule to follow when you’re looking at buying a quality home theatre system – don’t spend a cent until you’ve heard what the system sounds like in person. Fortunately, there are still a number of high-end audio showrooms around Australia to “try before you buy”, where you can go to check out different systems performances in a proper environment. More »


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How Apple’s AirPlay Is About To Change Your Life

5:41AM November 23, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Apple’s AirPlay, a new feature arriving with today’s release of iOS 4.2, marks a huge move into a (mercifully) wireless future, beaming music, videos and photos to speakers and screens all over your house. Here’s why it’s so damn cool. More »


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Samsung’s Latest Blu-ray Home Theatre System Looks Top Heavy

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1:57PM October 20, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Designed to match their $10K Series 9 LED TV, the Samsung HT-C9950W 3D home theatre Blu-ray system is stunning. It also looks like it could topple over with the slightest touch, but maybe that’s just my paranoid-father-of-a-one-year-old-who-pulls-on-everything-within-his-limited-grasp mind talking… More »


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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]


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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]


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Samsung’s Combined Blu-Ray/PVR Launching In Australia

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2:30PM September 15, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Given Samsung’s penchant for shouting “First!” with home entertainment products, it’s surprising that it’s taken them so long to stick a hard drive and a HDTV tuner inside one of their Blu-ray players to make a one-box shop for your home theatre. Especially considering Panasonic has been doing it for years. But now they have, and it’s coming to Australia. More »


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Sony’s Little Netflix-Streaming, MKV-Playing Netbox

8:26AM August 26, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

A diminutive black box with an equally quiet announcement, Sony’s netbox is their take on the Roku box: It streams Bravia Internet Video (read: Netflix and Amazon), is DLNA-compatible and plays MKV and DivX files streamed across your local network. More »


A Secret TV Panel To Hide Your A/V Skeletons

12:40AM August 7, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Some people put safes behind paintings. Me? I just want to put my home entertainment accessories behind a secret wall panel. How hidden is it? Here’s what it looks like closed: More »


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Kogan’s Got Some Cheap New Blu-ray Players

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12:15PM July 2, 2010 | Nick Broughall

A quick Google search shows Kogan’s new $149 Blu-ray player isn’t the cheapest available to buy online, but based on specs it’s certainly not a bad little unit for the price. More »


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Boxee Is Working On A GoogleTV Android App

1:27AM May 26, 2010 | Adam Frucci

This is exactly the sort of thing we hoped would happen when Google announced GoogleTV: according to The Candler Blog, Boxee, beloved makers of home theatre PC software, is working on an Android app. More »