home theater
Entertainment
Amazon VOD Coming To All 2009 Panasonic Blu-ray Players
1:39AM Mark Wilson | If you own any 2009 model of Panasonic VIERA CAST Blu-ray players, keep a lookout for a free update coming today. It brings Amazon Video on Demand streaming that will make your Blu-ray collection cry. AU: Unless you live outside the US, in which case you’ll get nothing. More »
Music
1:00AM Mark Wilson | The Gadget: K-Box portable speaker. It turns any surface (tables, doors and windows) into big speakers. More »
K-Box Pocket Speaker Review (Mediocre, But Entertaining)
1:00AM Mark Wilson | The Gadget: K-Box portable speaker. It turns any surface (tables, doors and windows) into big speakers. More »
Gadgets
Brando Tells Apple TV To Suck On This HD Media Player
10:50PM Mark Wilson | Seamless white boxes? Pfft. Brando doesn’t need any of white plastic’s pomp and circumstance. Instead, their Darwinian hard drive dock gets another upgrade. Now it’s an HD media player. More »
Entertainment
Samsung BD3252 Blu-ray Home-Theater-in-a-Box Actually Kind Of A Deal For $US800
3:15AM Matt Buchanan | A year ago, a thousand bucks got you a Blu-ray home-theater-in-a-box that’s downright primitive today. For $US800, Samsung’s HT-BD3252, packs in a Blu-ray player with Netflix and Pandora streaming, 5.1 surround (1000 watts), an iPod dock and a Wi-Fi dongle. More »
Design
CDs Team With Insect World To Battle MP3 Threat
1:10AM Mark Wilson | We hoped it wouldn’t come to this. In a moment of passion, a series of AutoCAD templates has converted various optical media into a (deadly?) swarm of flies. May God have mercy on us all. [CNC Forum via MAKE] More »
Design
Cox Speaker Table Combines Two Items, Ruining Both
7:40AM Adam Frucci | This Cox speaker table is the sort of thing you buy when you have a lot of money but no time to consider how practical your overpriced baubles are. Who the hell wants a speaker that doubles as a table? More »
Games
The Wii Is Gorgeous In High Definition
4:20AM Mark Wilson | Super Mario Galaxy has incredible art design, but in standard def, the game can just be so visually disappointing compared to its potential hinted at onscreen. So what would it look like in 720P HD? Like this. More »
Entertainment
Yamaha Rethinks The AV Receiver, Creates NeoHD
7:20AM Wilson Rothman | Reading up on this totally fresh neoHD receiver tells me that Yamaha—unlike its competition—is trying hard to keep up with the rapidly changing home theatre situation, particularly where HD video is concerned. More »
Hardware
Asus Slim Blu-ray Drives Feature A Wicked X
2:20AM Mark Wilson | We don’t know what the LED X found on the side of this Asus Blu-ray drive is supposed to symbolise to the people of Earth, but we aren’t ones to argue with pointlessly glowing aesthetics. More »
Entertainment
