Every surface in the room, which seats up to 10 people, has been insulated with orange felt to help with the acoustics. There are 600 five-watt light bulbs set inside the round arches, and positioned away from the viewers' eyes, with dimmer switches to give ambient light—and, I assume, so you don't see the host's hand snaking downwards during the movie. [Coolhunter]

Personally, I think the idea is crazy. Yeah, it'd be nice to see new releases at home, but to cough up $49 for the "privilege," no thanks. Even if you own one of these, the experience won't be the same and it's just too much money to fork over for a movie which may or may not be good. What do you guys think? How much would you be willing to pay for the ability to stream new theater releases at home? Do you even wanna do that to begin with? – Louis Ramirez

Comcast Wants to Charge Up to $49.95 to Stream Movies to Your Home [Consumerist]

First you upload your video or photos to the One True Media site, where you can either create video montages or online slideshows with soundtracks. Then you enter the secret code of a TiVo to which you'd like to send the montage, and it shows up on that TiVo just like any other content. But wait, it gets better.

You can also create your own video channel on One True Media, and TiVo users can subscribe to your channel by using the TiVo's Season Pass feature, and then with each video or slideshow you upload an edit will end up automatically on that TiVo user's Now Playing List just like any other Season Pass recording.

Whoever's on the receiving end of these videos or pictures doesn't have to pay anything, and the Web service will be free while in its beta period, ending at the end of April. After that, the company says subscriptions are $3.99 a month, or $39.99 a year.

Hey, this is a cool idea, putting home videos and photo sequences on equal footing with every other TV show recorded on the TiVo box. Might be a great system for grandma to subscribe to videos and pictures of her young 'uns—if she has a broadband-connected TiVo Series2 or Series3 box, that is. – Charlie White

Product Page [One True Media]

How long will DVDs last? Nobody really knows, that's why archiving our precious moments on them might be foolish in the long run. Also, since formats change all the time (storing data on punch cards wasn't all that long ago), it may be silly to try to think that once your movies are on DVD, they're good forever. The moral of the story? You're screwed. – Nicholas Deleon

Saving Home Movies From Disappearing Formats [New York Times Blog]

Besides giving you great buying advice, Goldfayn delivers boatloads of tips showing you how to bring those photos out of the musky dusty corners of your hard disk (or shoebox) and out into the open for all to see.

So if you're one of the few who hasn't jumped into the digital photography fray yet, or if you're just starting out and are looking for some cogent advice on how to accelerate your techno-proficiency, it's a good read. Check out my full review after the jump. – Charlie White

Full book review: Going Digital by Alex Goldfayn [Consumer Electronics Net]

Going Digital at Amazon