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Hobolicious: I love that you have to be 6.5 feet tall to view that tiny screen properly. I can see it now: "Honey, why are you standing on a stool in the cold wa... more »
Kaiser-Machead: What an unfortunately irrelevant name for what it does. They should've put a Google panorama-cam on top of it instead. #poseidon more »
Monty: Apparently the tester at Chillchasers is Mephistopheles or they might have thought to put the media player on the other side away from the trap door t... more »
Curves: I dont "get" patio heaters. Put on a frigging sweater or go in the house, dont add your 2 cents to global warming. #poseidon more »
Muzzled: I am a LOT more impressed by the floating umbrella #poseidon more »
The Lab: Hilariously tiny screen aside, this thing has some major issues. First, from a global carbon footprint point of view it is much more efficient to bur... more »
Canoehead: I use an N dedicated wireless bridge (shares with a couple of other devices) and find that an HD television show transfers slightly faster than play s... more »
fuchikoma: Just as there are "super noses" who can detect the slightest variation in a million wines, or people who can tell you exactly which frequency they're ... more »
Noobs-R-Us: The Wifi speed for the Tivo ain't the real problem with Tivo. They really need to address the other shortcomings. #wifi more »
badhatharry: You give me this and an iPhone that uses N, and I won't have to use my dual band anymore. #wifi more »

#homeentertainment

Giant Patio Heaters With Tiny Media Players Are Finally a Reality
Don't get me wrong, the Poseidon is probably the coolest looking patio heater I have ever seen, but the media player? The unit is 6.5 feet tall, and It looks like someone duct taped an iPhone to it. More »
#tivo

802.11n Wi-Fi Adapter For Tivo Lands At The FCC
An AN0100 802.11n wireless adapter for Tivo is up on the FCC's site. While there's not much information on what the add-on will bring to the DVR, the promise of increased bandwidth suggests more robust network streaming for Tivos in the future. Here's to hoping. [Engadget]
#lcds

Why You Don't Need To Spend Extra Money On a 240 Hz LCD TV
Yesterday I discussed how the problem of motion blur has been all but eliminated in most mid-to-high-end LCDs. However, as HDGuru points out, there are consequences to bumping refresh rates up to 120 Hz or 240 Hz. More »
#lcds

Study Claims Motion Blur Is a Non-Issue In Most Mid-To-High-End LCDs
A study conducted by DisplayMate Technologies claims that the issue of "motion blur" so long associated with LCDs is no longer an issue in mid-to-high-end LCDs. However, manufacturers have no problem selling you gimmicks that supposedly fix the problem. More »
#apple

12 Things You Need To Know About Apple TV 3.0
If there's one Apple product that lives outside the Reality Distortion Field, it's Apple TV. But hey wait, 3.0 is out, doesn't that change everything? Well, considering Apple rolled it out on a Thursday afternoon with no fanfare, whattaya think? More »
#windows7

Windows 7 Media Center Internet TV Delivers CBS Shows and Zune Video Podcasts
Just in case you missed it buried underneath the upgrade to Netflix Watch Instantly the other day, Microsoft has gone live with Internet TV on Windows 7 Media Center, offering content (of rather poor picture quality) from the following providers: More »
#profdealzmodo

Life Without Cable or Satellite TV Is Easier Than You Think
I only watch a handful of the 200+ DirecTV channels I pay for. To see whether I could survive without the pricey service, I simply went without it. I soon wondered why we all don't just turn off traditional TV. More »
#projectors

Epson's PowerLite 705HD Projector Clocks 720p For Under $750
Today Epson announced two new projectors aimed squarely at budget conscious consumers—the PowerLite Home Cinema 705HD and the MovieMate 60. More »
#hdtv

LG 55LHX Flagship LCD HDTV: Backlit LED, Wireless HDMI and THX
LG's pulled the rest of the curtain off its top-of-the-line LHX TV, and on paper, the 55LHX gives Sony's tip-top XBR10 a run for the money, even if it's not as shiny: local-dimming LED backlight and wireless HDMI for $4800. More »
#bluray

Sony BDP-N460 Video Streaming Blu-ray Player With Netflix for $250 (But BYO Wi-Fi)
The BDP-N460 is the Sony Blu-ray player we've been asking for—almost. It's $250, and streams video through Bravia Internet Video—including Netflix this fall—but instead of including Wi-Fi, it's got "specially designed" software for Linksys's $100 Wi-Fi dongle. Right. More »
#ledtv

LG's Very Pretty "Seamless" SL90 LED TV Slides Out Soon for $2700
Teased a month ago with the SL80, LG's dropped price and release details on its prettiest LED TV, the "seamless" 1.15-inch thin (about two iPhones thick) SL90: $2100 for the 42-inch model, and $2700 for the 47-incher, out this fall. More »
#homeentertainment

Which Do You Use More: Hulu Or Netflix On Demand?
The fact that NBC is pulling some of its major shows off Netflix in favor of Hulu has got me thinking—which of these online services to you use the most and why? More »
#projectors

Epson's Home Theater 8100 Projector Boasts 1080p And a $1599 Price Tag
Today Epson announced four new 1080p projectors at CEDIA, including the PowerLite Home Cinema 8100 that comes in at an "affordable" $1599. More »
#bluray

Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray Player Gets Near-Perfect CNet Rating
As a fan of "universal" disc players, I understand why CNet loved the slow-to-arrive Oppo BDP-83, which sucks in BD, CD, DVD as well as SACD and DVD-Audio. The downside? $500, but still no Wi-Fi or VOD. [CNet via CrunchGear]
#hometheater

Less Than a Third Of You Accurately Adjusted Your HDTV Settings
According to our recent poll, only 29% of respondents actually calibrated their HDTVs. That means as many as 70% of you might not have your settings optomized. Fortunately, that's not too difficult to change. More »
#chumby

'Powered by Chumby' Gadgets to Be Dropped Off In Time for Santa
We already knew that Chumby, maker of that adorable little Wi-Fi widget beanbag, was planning on porting its open-source platform to other gadgets, but we now have an ETA: this holiday season. More »
#questionoftheday

Did You Ever Adjust Your HDTV Settings?
I'm curious to know—when you bought your HDTV, did you just plug and play or did you fine tune the settings? More »
#hdmi

HDMI 1.4 Rocks for Six Reasons, Sucks for Four More
The new HDMI standard—1.4 to be precise—is pretty excellent, since it has an integrated Ethernet channel, 1080p 3D support and oh yeah, delicious 4K resolution images. But, like we said before, you need all-new everything for it. More »
#sony

Sony and Best Buy Tag-Team for, Uh, iPod Docks
You'd think if Sony was teaming up with Best Buy, it'd be for a cheaper line of stuff that looks cool to retake minds and hearts—nope. Their new Altus line does look alright though. For iPod docks, anyway. More »
#speakers

15 Of The World's Most Mind-Blowing, Ear Drum-Bursting Speakers
Our good friend Dave Kay at AudioJunkies has put together an all new edition of the world's sexiest speakers for 2009—and it basically defines gadget porn for the audiophile. More »
#hometheater

10 Of Your Best Home Theater Setups
I'll admit it—I'm jealous. Some of you have bad-ass home theaters. Maybe one day I will be able to step up to something like one of these 10 home entertainment gems. More »
#hdtv

Even Vampires Think Plasma TVs Are Heavy
Even the vampires who've been around hundreds of years in True Blood are confused by HDTVs. It's LCDs that are thin and light, not plasmas. Of course, if you wanted to brain somebody, plasma would be a better choice.
#homeentertainment

Samsung 8500 Series Local-Dimming LED TVs Have a Sweet Base
Yeah, the 8500 series is Samsung's first set of LED-backlit LCDs with local dimming this year and has the Yahoo widget engine for streaming video, but all I really care about is that awesome looking blue stick holding it up. More »
#homeentertainment

Samsung BD3252 Blu-ray Home-Theater-in-a-Box Actually Kind of a Deal for $800
A year ago, a thousand bucks got you a Blu-ray home-theater-in-a-box that's downright primitive today. For $800, 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 »
#bluray

Blu-ray Sales Up 91 Awesome Percent
Blu-ray disc sales are up 91 percent so far this year, with player sales up 25 percent, so that there's around 11 million Blu-ray players in the US, including PS3s. What up haters??? Right? Right? More »
#homeentertainment

Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision (Laserdisc) Player Reviewed
The Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Videodisc Player was a "record player that produces beautiful sound and pictures" through your TV. Released in 1978, Magnavision 8000 was the first consumer player of the format you know as Laserdisc. More »
#homeentertainment

Belkin Aborts Glossy FlyWire Wireless HDMI Streamer
Seeing it again and again and again but with no real progress ever, I always kinda knew Belkin's FlyWire wireless HDMI box was doomed. Now it's been officially shitcanned by Belkin. Which doesn't sound great for wireless HDMI, actually. [Cnet]
#piracy

Video Piracy Was Big Business In 1979
Back in the day, new fangled VHS technology opened up a world of piracy and paranoia that we are abundantly familiar with today. The only difference was that many pirates were making big, big bucks. More »
#tv

Verizon FiOS's Widget Bazaar Opens Tonight: Twitter and Facebook on Your TV
If I'm not mistaken, Verizon is the first to bring Twitter to your TV—Microsoft and Vizio have promised it—when their Widget Bazaar starts rolling out to FiOS customers tonight. (Update: I'm mistaken.) Why do I like it better? More »
#dealzmodo

Walmart Rolls Back Blu-ray Player To $98
It appears that Walmart brick and mortar stores have rolled back the price of their Magnavox NB530MGX from $128 around Father's Day to a new low of $98. More »
#vizio

Vizio Import Ban Overturned, Free To Ship TVs To US
US customs has cleared Vizio in an ongoing patent dispute with Funai, meaning that they will be allowed to freely ship their HDTVs into the US once more.
#sharp

Sharp Aquos LE700 LED TVs Go Mainstream, But Where's the Local Dimming?
Sharp's jumping into the mainstream LED pool with Aquos LED (they had the pricier XS1). Sharp says theirs are better, since they make their own LEDs and use a next-gen LCD substrate. But there's no local dimming. WTF? Updated More »
#displays

Sharp LCD TVs, Monitors May Be Banned From Import Into The US
The US International Trade Commission has ruled that some Sharp LCD displays violate a patent owned by Samsung and should be banned from being imported into the US. Although, it is probably nothing to get overly excited about. More »
#questionoftheday

Are You Finally Ready To Replace Your DVD Player With Blu-Ray?
Prices are finally reaching that $100 sweet spot, and your DVD player isn't getting any younger. More »
#hdtv

Vizio Enters LED TV Wars: $2199 55-Inch VF551XVT Coming In September
Vizio's feeling confident enough about their VF551XVT 55-inch LED-backlit TV they're showing it off against Samsung sets now (though these kind of fights are rarely fair) and offering some harder specs. More »
#hdtv

Your Wall-Mounted HDTV Probably Violates Electrical Codes
According to our recent poll, over 1/3 of you have your HDTV cords hidden behind a wall. This may be a big violation of the National Electric Code that could void your insurance coverage. More »
#tivo

TiVo May Be Coming To Time Warner Cable
According to Bloomberg, TiVo is preparing to make a push into more living rooms, including Time Warner Cable subscribers, now that a federal court ruling backs the company's digital-recording patent. More »
#homeentertainment

The Man Wall
If you still don't know what you're getting Dad for Father's Day, HybridSpace Furniture has come up with an all-in-one home entertainment "Man Wall," which includes gadgets that are stereotypically man. More »
#htpc

Maingear Axess HD Brings Hardcore Gaming to HTPCs
Maingear's new Axess HD Gamer brings hardcore PC gaming into your living room with a Core i7 processor, up to 12GB of DDR3 memory, 2x NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT cards in SLI, a Phantom Lapboard and robust media center capabilities. More »
#questionoftheday

How Do You Hide The Cords From Your Wall-Mounted TV?
Last year I posed the question "Do You Wall Mount Your TV?," and discovered that about 30% of you have freed yourself from the stand. But I'm curious to know—what about those unsightly cables? More »

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