Posts Tagged ‘home-theater’

HTPC Are They The Future Of Home Theater?

Only a couple of years ago a HTPC would have set you back well in excess of $1500 but today the basic set up can be obtained from Dell with their new Zino for Home Theater which starts at an incredible $299 but you can expect the true cost to be nearer $500 or more so don't get to excited. My trawl of the Dell website didn't manage to find a price for the optional blu ray player and the specification looks a little weak.

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Build Your Own Home Theater PC (HTPC)

I found this great video which I thought you might enjoy on how to build your own HTPC there is also a good book which was written by Ed Tittel called...

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Epson Home Theater Projects Get THX Certification

Lesser know in the field of home theater Epson America has now become a major player in the home theater projector and was recently proud to announce it's top range Home Cinema 8500 UB and Pro Cinema 9500 UB have been given the coverted THX certification.

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Super Slim PC Is This The Future In Space Saving?

I have to say I was more than a bit shocked when I read this latest post on the super slim PC from Piixl that is so small you can hide it behind your super slim flat screen TV.

If you a regular gadget and gizmo blog type reader you will doubtless have seen these sort of wacky design innovations before but I think maybe this has some serious potential if they can manage to get the cost down from a rather hefty $4000 at todays exchange rates.

This British based new business are hoping to capture the market with this space saving new high tech, high spec PC which is just 30mm deep.

Here’s what other bloggers think…

Piixl Super Slim PC Mounts Behind TV | Gadgetorium!

It seems that there is a growing market for PCs that are able to be mounted to the back of LCD panels, and Acer’s Revo can certainly attest to that The.

Piixl Super Slim PC Mounts Behind TV

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Super-slim PC Mounts Behind HDTV | Info&Insights

SUPER-SLIM PC MOUNTS BEHIND HDTV. Piixl EdgeCenter 3770 Media PC. The Piixl EdgeCenter 3770 Media Personal Computer measures during usually 30mm thick, so we can mountain this HTPC onto the behind of any shade in between 37- as well as …

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High end home theater upgrading when it’s time to say no…

High End Home Theater systems can be a huge investment and as you might have imagined their is rule that additional expenditure does not automatically lead to a pro rata improvement in your home theater experience. Let me explain exactly what I mean ... basically as you get to the higher end of home theater and audio equipment you can start to suffer from a bug well now to audiophiles and hi fi enthusiasts which is upgrading for the sake of it with little or minimal improvement. This means instead of watching movies you get hung up with looking for problems with sound, and video which are so small unless you are looking for them you would never even see them.... crazy i know but I guarantee if you are serious about home cinema at some point you will get bitten by the bug.

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Home theater system installation tips,tricks and advice for beginners

Home theater system installation tips, trick and advice for beginners ... great idea you are probably thinking I haven't got a clue where to get started with my home theater installation and I could do with some handy hints so I don't make a total hash of it. Well have you noticed that most men ... myself included always start to do things the wrong way round? Let me give you an example we decide we are going to decorate the bedroom don't know one end of paint brush from another but it will save money.

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