I’ve always wondered what I’d do with all of the stuff sitting on my entertainment center if I one day I purchased a large flat-panel TV and mounted it to the wall. The entertainment center would just look funny without anything sitting on it. A cool idea would be to mount everything else to the wall as well, the only problem is that most things will look quite odd attached to the wall. That’s why this “TT” Media Center PC from Omaura looks like a great solution.
If you have an iPod, chances are that you’ve noticed all the different makes, models and styles of different speaker sets for you to plug your iPod in to listen to your music. Some are alarm clocks, some are radios, but most of them run with either built in speakers, or wired speakers.
Griffin Technology, an innovator of technologies and accessories to go with the iPod, has developed and released the Evolve Speaker. The Evolve speaker system comprises a charging base and two cube-shaped speakers. You can place the rechargeable Evolve cubes wherever you want to hear the music. You can even move them into the next room with you. There are no entangling wires to hassle with. Read the rest of this entry »
Samsung clearly signals its intention to support the Blu-ray camp by introducing the BD-P1400 Blu-ray disc player - the third generation of its kind. The BD-P1400 is no slouch when it comes to performance, boasting full compatibility with 24 movie frames per second playback. This works out great since most movies are filmed at 24 fps, hence the BD-P1400 is capable of playing back movies in their native format resulting in a significant reduction of unwanted artifacts at the same time.
Star Trek fans are definitely going to be pleased that the first 29 episodes of their favorite show are finally available on HD DVD, but they might be upset at a few…changes.
In the tradition of George Lucas, some of the special effects of the original Star Trek episodes have been touched up. Part of it is a redone intro, with a CG Enterprise and planet. Considering it was just a model and a globe back in the sixties, there is no way that the new effects can blend seamlessly.
I’ve always thought it would be cool to add a projector to my home theater setup. The ability to have an entire wall as my screen is rather enticing. However, my living room really isn’t able to accommodate such a setup. What’s cool is that technology has gotten to the point where portable projectors are a reality. Take this tiny Hikari Pro projectors from Oculon.
Recently I bought a Mac Mini . It’s finally usurped my trusty Xbox Media Center as a next generation Media Center PC and will doubtless receive a writeup of it’s own one day.
Great though the Mini is, you still need a keyboard and mouse to control it and that’s the subject of this post. The thing is, with a PC in your living room you don’t really want a keyboard trailing a wire across the room. You don’t really want to balance a separate mouse on your lap or the arm of the chair either and that’s where the Keysonic ACK-540 RF wireless keyboard comes into play.
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It will remind you of film strip day at school, but this retractable, 184 inch projector screen is a great way to watch your projection screen HDTV. With a viewing area of 90 x 160 inches, the screen can be used for both front and rear-projection models, and screen’s micro-perforated material can maintain the quality sound from any video presentation.
The ITC One home entertainment system comes with just about any entertainment platform you can think of, featuring an Xbox 360 with a HD DVD player, a HD PVR, AMX Netlinx Control system, a Bryston Digital Surround Processor, ICEpower High End D-Class Amplifiers, a 4.3″ touchscreen display, an iPod Video dock and a remote control. Too bad you won’t be able to watch Blu-ray movies on this thing despite forking out a massive $19,900 for it.
Source: Chip Chick
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