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  • Reinventing The Water Jug – An Exercise In Art

    You wouldn’t necessarily think that the humble water jug would be in need of reinvention – it’s been working pretty well for centuries. But that didn’t stop the Australian crew at Vert Design – those crazy cats behind the MC Mallet – from having a pretty good attempt at it. In their own words: Cup…


  • Denon Smart Theatre 302 hits Australia

    Denon has added a very nice new home theatre option to their local line up, the S-302. A compact ‘Smart Theatre’ system, the S-302 goes the virtual surround route by running Dolby Virtual and dts Virtual through its 2.1 channel speakers. Not quite a sound bar style arrangement, so it would be an interesting point…


  • HDMI-CEC no threat to universal remote market

    We’ve seen most of the major players roll out their HDMI-CEC support since earlier in the year, and all I can say is that it makes me want a universal remote more than ever. If one company on a closed circuit across their own brand can’t make these systems as simple, and elegant, a solution…


  • Yamaha RX-Z11 AU update: coming Feb ’08

    This new network A/V receiver from Yamaha we heard about earlier this morning has also been announced by Yamaha Australia just a few minutes ago. No local pricing has been confirmed, and the unit is expected to be released in Australia in February 2008. -Seamus Byrne