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Oh Man, A Custom 4K IMAX Home Theatre Would Change Everything

If you’re sane, you’re going to go see this year’s blockbusters in an IMAX theatre. It’s the big screen, only bigger and more awesome. Now, you can take the IMAGE MAXIMUM experience home with you — provided you’ve got the guap to buy one of IMAX’s new pricey custom installs.


The World’s First Tablet Projector Promises A 30m Display

A built-in projector isn’t quite at the top of anyone’s wish list for tablet improvements. But that didn’t stop Promate from putting one into its new LumiTab and declaring it the world’s first tablet projector. The average consumer might not be interested yet, but corporate honchos who live and die by PowerPoint presentations are surely smiling from ear-to-ear now.


Samsung Galaxy S IV Display Shoot-Out: How Does It Compare?

The Samsung Galaxy S smartphones are by far the most popular Android smartphones, and are flagship products for Samsung to show off its latest and greatest OLED display technology. The display on the Galaxy S4 is a major enhancement and improvement over the Galaxy S III — it has a full HD 1920×1080 resolution display with 441 Pixels Per Inch. It is also better calibrated, brighter and bigger. We’ll analyse the Galaxy S4 with an in-depth objective series of Lab tests and measurements included below — and size it up next to the competition.


LG Reportedly Wants To Sell You A Flexible OLED Phone This Year

According to a report by in the Wall Street Journal, LG is planning to launch a flexible OLED smartphone before the end of 2013.


Watch LG Use IPS Displays To Make Men Stop Peeing At A Urinal

After pranking lift passengers to think they were falling with its IPS displays, LG has moved on to trick even more vulnerable suckers: males trying to pee at a urinal. This time, LG put its IPS displays right in front of a urinal and let two attractive women tease the restroom goers. It’s hilarious.


LG’s Curved OLED TVs Are Actually Going On Sale

When LG showed off the first curved 3D OLED screen at CES earlier this year, it was exciting but seemed unrealistic as a commercial venture. But now LG has announced that it’s planning to sell the curvy TV.


Pinch To Zoom Is Literal On This Elastic Touchscreen Display

We spend a lot of our time running our greasy little fingers over all kinds of touchscreens, but they just sit there unmoving as untouchable blocks of colours dart around beneath the surface. The Obake display isn’t quite so lifeless, and it’s just begging to be poked and prodded.


Gigabyte’s Aivia Uranium Gaming Mouse Comes With Its Own Tiny Monitor

A beefed-up computer ensures you can actually play the latest and greatest PC gaming titles, but if you want to compete online with even a marginal level of success, you’re going to need to get yourself a kickass mouse as well. Gigabyte’s new Aivia Uranium seems to fit the bill, particularly if you want to go wireless without having to swap batteries every few days.


Seiki 50-Inch 4K TV Eyes-On: How Can A TV This Beautiful Be So Cheap?

Yesterday, Chinese OEM Seiki officially priced its 50-inch Ultra HD TV at $US1500, making it the cheapest 4K television in the history of absurd resolution. Cheaper even than the last round of super-cheap Chinese 4Ks we saw.


The Day I Forgot How To Use A Book

I was shocked at what I had just done, so I laughed out loud. I was there, in a house in the Swiss mountains, lying comfortably on a sofa. I was reading Canetti’s Crowds and Power, a solid 400-page book. And then, as my eyes were approaching the end of yet another page, I swiped upwards.