home entertainment

Vestax Guber CM-02 USB Turntable Really Something

Despite having crates and crates of vinyl, I am too lazy (and too strapped for space) to shell out for a USB turntable. Another reason is that most of them look like shite. But this one, the Vestax Guber CM-02, is gorgeous. Delishy-wishy. It totally poops on last week’s non-usb, acrylic home-made versions (sorry Mike)…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Mar 28

Sanyo Claims XGA LCD Projector World’s Smallest and Lightest

This is the PLC-XW60, the world’s smallest and lightest XGA LCD projector—according to its maker, Sanyo. Weighing in at just 3.6 pounds, the projector can beam a 1024 x 768-resolution, 100-inch image on a wall just nine to 11 feet away and is aimed at teachers and travellers. Find out what else the compact little…

Gadgets AddyDugdale Mar 28

Earliest Audio Recording Resurrected, Scares the Genitals Off Us

Audio historian David Giovannoni and scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered and brought back to life the first audio recording ever made, 17 years before Edison’s patent. The ten-second snippet was made on a phonoautograph, a device that only recorded sounds but didn’t play them back, so they had to do some…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 27

Comcast Pulls an About Face, Teams Up with BitTorrent for Net Neutrality

Comcast has taken a lot of crap from everyone from the FCC to consumers, and they’ve been listening. In fact, they’ve decided to stop all the fussin’ and the fuedin’ and actually team up with BitTorrent for the sake of net neutrality. But of course, dear readers, there’s a catch. There’s always a catch. https://gizmodo.com/fcc-holding-comcast-do-over-hearings-at-stanford-on-apr-369816…

Tech News Adam Frucci Mar 27

The Sony PSP, Here for 10 Years

10 years ago, things were a bit different. We didn’t stream the internet to our cellphones, 3D gaming was in its infancy and the iPod didn’t exist. In an electronic world where Moore’s Law is still going strong, it’s hard to imagine using any piece of tech you might own 10 years from now. But…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Mar 27

Plasma Speakers Create Music By Being Badass

Plasma speakers have been around in science labs since the 1950s, but that doesn’t make them any less amazing in the 2000s. Like a standard speaker, plasma speakers work by creating compression waves in the air. But unlike a standard speaker that uses magnets and paper/plastic/etc to drive these compressions, plasma speakers are using the…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Mar 27

13 Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Home Theater

Step 1: Get a maid. This may be your first instinct when it comes to cleaning anything in your home, but it is not an option that is available to everyone. When it comes home theater gear, this is probably a good thing because cleaning it improperly can do damage—and I’ll be dammed if I’m…

Tech News Sean Fallon Mar 26

iHome iH69 Computer Speakers With Integrated iPod Dock

iHome’s iH69 speakers provide an all-in-one solution for music lovers that fight a never-ending battle with gadget clutter. Simply put, these 20-watt, 2.5-inch computer speakers feature a built-in dock that will sync, charge and play your iPod. Looks like a good example of convergence if you ask me. Let’s just hope they don’t sound like…

Tech News Sean Fallon Mar 26

Question of the Day: Is Blu-Ray a Placeholder Format?

According to Laurie Fincham, Chief Scientist at THX, Blu-ray doesn’t have much of a future. In fact, she was quoted as saying that “I think it’s too late for Blu-ray,” in a recent interview with Home Cinema Choice Magazine. The reason? She thinks that consumers are waiting for HD movies to become available on flash…

Tech News Sean Fallon Mar 26

Dealzmodo? Best Buy Dumping All HD DVD Flicks for $10, TV Sets 70 Percent Off

TGDaily is reporting that selected Best Buys—like one in Dublin, Calfornia—are so eager to clear out their HD DVD stock they’re a step away from building a huge bonfire: All HD DVDs are just $9.99, with TV series on HD DVD walking away at a steep 70 percent discount. But your YMMV. Some stores have…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 26

Netflix Doling Out 5 Percent Credit for Massive Monday Outage

If your popcorn got cold waiting for No Country for Old Men from Netflix thanks to that 11-hour flame-out on Monday, they’re going to give you a nice little five percent credit to make up for it. [Hacking Netflix]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 26

Merium Media PC Has “Sky High Wife Approval Factor”

According to its creator, Christoffer Nøkleby, the Merium Home Theater PC has a “sky high wife approval factor.” According to my wife, any home theater PC should be hidden away in another room, although “the zebra cover could be cute. Hidden under the table.” The 10.4 x 9.2 x 3.6 inch Merium runs Windows Home…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 26

Microsoft Branding Xbox Live Cheaters for Life, Like Sex Offenders

Microsoft justice is cold but apt. If you tried to goose your Xbox Live Gamerscore to match Chen’s (he’s an achievement demon, but I still rock his face at Halo) with game save hacks, the long arm of Microsoft is squeezing your nuts right about now. To start, they’re nuking your Gamerscore, and you can’t…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 25

Question of the Day: Do You Use Expensive Cable or Generic Cable?

The debate between expensive cable and generic cable has raged on for ages now, with the manufacturers of high-end products receiving quite a bashing for their high prices. So, even with all of the negative press about expensive cable being a waste of money, we have to ask: Do you use expensive cable or generic…

Tech News Sean Fallon Mar 25

Sony XEL-1 OLED TV Review (Verdict: Small on Size, Large on Beauty)

Why is this dinky little TV so important? Its screen is roughly the size of the box that Lebowski comes in, and it costs hundreds more than the 50″ plasma overshadowing it in the picture. Why so important? Because this little TV is LCD’s Grim Reaper. The days of the LCD are numbered—the time of…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Mar 25

International Dance Party: Instant Disco in a Box Creates Infinite Party Loop

The International Dance Party looks like an unassuming flight box. But as soon as its radar detects people dancing, its motorized face drops to reveal two speakers running 600 watts of the world’s best unfiltered Eurohouse and other assorted Electro Boogie. But really, it’s hard to explain how incredible this machine is, unless you watch…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 25

Netflix Movie Streaming on Xbox 360 Actually Coming Soon?

The rumor about Netflix surveying the scene, prepping a possible streaming movie solution to Xbox 360 and PS3 seems to be on the verge of coming true, according to Netflix themselves. They just released a statement that says they’ve surveyed subscribers to see how interested they were in streaming movies over Xbox 360 (PS3 was…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 25

Sony BMG “Working On” iPod-Friendly All-You-Can-Eat Service

So, there might not be an iTunes subscription plan, but that doesn’t mean the labels are any less enthusiastic about a monthly cash drip. According to their CEO, Sony BMG is “working on” its own subscription service, which would “provide access to our entire music catalogue for all digital players, including Apple’s iPod” for about…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 25

Rumor Smashed: No Blu-ray-to-PSP Transfers in New PS3 Firmware

Turns out that the upcoming 2.2 firmware update for the PS3, which’ll make it the best Blu-ray player on the block—isn’t coming with the magic ability to transfer Blu-ray copies to the PSP, as PC World had reported. Sony told our garlicky cousins at Kotaku that Portable Copy (catchy name!) won’t be included in the…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Mar 24

XM/Sirius Merger a Go: What It Means To You

XM and Sirius just cleared the largest (and longest) hurdle on their path to getting all conjoined: The Justice Department officially okayed Sirius’s $5 billion buyout of XM. They said that the growth of mobile broadband “made it even more unlikely that the transaction would harm consumers in the longer term,” squashing arguments from radio…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Mar 24

Vestax Guber CM-02 USB Turntable Really Something

Sanyo Claims XGA LCD Projector World’s Smallest and Lightest

Earliest Audio Recording Resurrected, Scares the Genitals Off Us

Comcast Pulls an About Face, Teams Up with BitTorrent for Net Neutrality

The Sony PSP, Here for 10 Years

Plasma Speakers Create Music By Being Badass

13 Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Home Theater

iHome iH69 Computer Speakers With Integrated iPod Dock

Question of the Day: Is Blu-Ray a Placeholder Format?

Dealzmodo? Best Buy Dumping All HD DVD Flicks for $10, TV Sets 70 Percent Off

Netflix Doling Out 5 Percent Credit for Massive Monday Outage

Merium Media PC Has “Sky High Wife Approval Factor”

Microsoft Branding Xbox Live Cheaters for Life, Like Sex Offenders

Question of the Day: Do You Use Expensive Cable or Generic Cable?

Sony XEL-1 OLED TV Review (Verdict: Small on Size, Large on Beauty)

International Dance Party: Instant Disco in a Box Creates Infinite Party Loop

Netflix Movie Streaming on Xbox 360 Actually Coming Soon?

Sony BMG “Working On” iPod-Friendly All-You-Can-Eat Service

Rumor Smashed: No Blu-ray-to-PSP Transfers in New PS3 Firmware

XM/Sirius Merger a Go: What It Means To You

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