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horror

Money Can't Buy Taste: The Tackiest $150,000 Home Theater You'll Ever See

When tacky rich people Tony and Penny Caciolo planned out their home theater setup, apparently they decided they wanted it to be an homage of their favorite place on Earth: the Italy section of Epcot at Disney World. At least that's what it looks like. This horrifying setup comes complete with fake storefronts and what looks like the champagne room from a Staten Island strip club. And did I mention the pool with a swim-under waterfall that leads to a grotto with a LCD TV inside? More »

11:32 AM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Adam Frucci
16,620 views, 58 comments

Latest by soundengineer: I just think it's funny how he squeezed his AV equipment in that 'storefront' window. other than that, yes, while I wish I had $150 K to boot...I think I'll be happy sneaking DVDs into the classrooms and using the more »

subwoofers

Steve Guttenberg's Guide to Subwoofers

Author of the Audiophiliac blog on CNet, Steve Guttenberg (he doesn't like being asked where Moses Hightower is, so don't try it) has put together a handy little how-to guide to choosing and installing subwoofers in a home theater. As well as covering placement, Guttenberg also advises on how to fine-tune your sub. Useful. [CNet].

4:00 AM on Wed May 14 2008
By AddyDugdale
7,378 views, 10 comments

imax

IMAX Theaters to Ditch Film, Use Digital DLP Projectors

IMAX and Texas Instruments announced they will be working together to transition IMAX from a film-based projection format to a DLP-based technology instead. Starting in the middle of 2008, all new IMAX projectors will include the digital DLP technology and eliminate the need for elaborate film-based projector setups currently found in IMAX Theaters. This raises the question: which billionaire will be the first to have a digital IMAX theater installed in his mega mansion? More »

5:03 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Adrian Covert
6,041 views, 36 comments

home entertainment

Sony HT-7200HD, HT-SS2300, HT-CT100 and HT-DDWG700 Home-Theaters-in-a-Box Are Built for Blu-ray

If Sony exists for anything, it's synergy, so its latest quickie home theaters are made to match its Blu-ray players—you'll notice only one of this fourfer has an upscaling DVD player—you've gotta bring the vid (Blu-ray) goods (Blu-ray) yourself. The $400 5.1 HT-SS2300 is the top audio-only, which pumps out 1000W and as three HDMI ports. Its lesser bro, the 3.1 HT-CT100 is a puny 250W soundbar setup that'll go for $300, and finally the 5.1 surround HT-DDWG rocks 800W and an iPod dock for $200. The sole do-it-all, the 5.1 surround, 900W HT-7200DH, has a 1080p-upscaling DVD player and three HDMI ports—it'll go for $500. More »

3:00 AM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By matt buchanan
8,065 views, 3 comments

Latest by el bryanto: @shiftless: [gizmodo.com] more »

asus

ASUS Nova P22 Mac Mini Clone Now on Sale

ASUS's P22 Nova is a small (9x7x2 in, under 4 lbs.), attractive PC designed for the living room. Like we've mentioned before, It has a 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 160 GB HDD, Slot Loading DVD Burner, Bluetooth, 1 GB RAM and 802.11n WLAN. The cool thing is it has built in Hi-Fi Speakers, providing something more than TV speakers if you lack a 5.1 setup. Now it's available in North America for $899. [ASUS]
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8:01 PM on Tue Feb 19 2008
By Adrian Covert
13,379 views, 37 comments

Latest by bailey_ca: @001: Ah, I see what you mean. Yeah, clone's not the best choice of words; I suppose competitor (or something along those lines) would make more sense. more »

superhero style

Batcave Home Theater is an Ideal Location to Make Out With Catwoman

Q: What could possibly be better than making out with Catwoman? A: Making out with Catwoman in a Batcave inspired home theater. Although the guys at Elite HTS may not be able to help you pinpoint Catwoman, they have done a hell of a job at recreating the Batcave for your movie viewing/making out pleasure. We don't have any details at present, hell, we don't even know if there is a screen behind that huge, make-me-moist Batman shield, but who cares? Just look at it; it's perfection itself. Jump in for another beautifully batty image. More »

12:00 PM on Sat Jan 19 2008
By Haroon Malik
39,114 views, 39 comments

Latest by n/a: I think the stalactites are retractable so that they'll stay out of the way when viewing the screen. At least that's how the ones in my batcave theater work. more »

movies

Tattle on Fellow Movie Patrons with a Guest Response Remote

Remember the gadget we told you about last year from Regal Cinemas that lets you tattle on your fellow movie patrons? It's available now in select NY theaters. The idea is that you can use this instead of having to walk out of the theater to tell ushers that there's a man on a cellphone/baby crying/minority stereotype yelling at the screen. More »

3:45 PM on Thu May 31 2007
By Jason Chen
2,408 views, 29 comments

cellphones

Russian Theater Blocks Cellphone Signals

We've been bouncing around the idea of a theater cellphone ban for some time now, but it is good to see an actual theater in Russia going through with it. The expensive devices were installed in Russia's oldest theater recently. Over here in the states it's not so easy for this to happen. No matter how many warning and ads are before a movie requesting cellphones to be turned off, a few still manage to go off throughout the show. I'm all for using devices to hinder a cellphone connection, but the FCC—not so much. What if Joe Blow's crackwhore wife overdoses again while he is watching Dukes of Hazard? How would he ever know and be able to get her to the hospital on time? Anyway, hit the poll below and let us know what you think of a cellphone ban in theaters of all types. More »

5:30 PM on Thu Mar 1 2007
By Travis Hudson
2,711 views, 67 comments

Latest by WCD_Thor: Too many comments to read so I am not sure if anyone has brought this up, but I am concerned about people who need to be on-call, especially those in the medical field. My father is always on call, and more »

cellphones

Regal Cinemas Begins Program to Nab Cellphone Users

Getting in a quick word during a movie will no longer be safe if Regal has anything to do with it. They have begun a program at 25 different locations where frequent movie goers, who are more mature (not 14-year-old kids), will receive a pager-like device. From the pager you can push a button if there is a disruption in the audience, like someone talking on a cellphone, and it can also report problems with the projector, room temperature or other problems. Pushing a button will immediately summon an usher to the theater to shine their somewhat-bright flashlight in the face of the cellphone user and hopefully kick them out. More »

2:03 PM on Fri Dec 1 2006
By Travis Hudson
599 views, 13 comments

Latest by freebs: I've dreamed of grabbing their phones out of their pubescent hands and snapping them in half, without so much as a comment, then handing it back and resuming MY movie experience. more »

home entertainment

Movie Theaters Apply Tourniquet, Attempt to Show Live 3D Sports

Is it just me or does this sound like the death knell for movie theaters? For those not in the know, we are no longer going to the movies. In fact, we're so not going to the movies that movie theatres are planning on showing live 3D sports during the week so, I don't know, you can leave work and go sit in a movie theater with glasses on for two hours? Well, there's going to be beer and hot dogs, but WTF? More »

4:34 PM on Fri Mar 24 2006
By johnb
335 views, 7 comments

Latest by non-meat-stick: we just lost our movie theater in the small town i live in. We are 10 minutes away from a much larger town with 3 theaters that are newly remodled. It's a shame they couldn't show older movies, or cult more »