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Posts tagged “tvs & video screens”

Samsung Employee Shows Off His Branded Living Room

Gihun Chang works for Samsung in Suwon, Korea so he's got an added advantage of an employee discount and deep knowledge of consumer electronics. It's no surprise then that he built a pretty sweet hom...

A Music Lover's Impressive Home Theater
Close-Up

Klaas Jan Guchelaar loves music. So much so that he's found a career as a concert photographer in the Netherlands. When he's not snapping priceless moments at Living Colour concerts he's sitting back...

Glasses for Screen Addicts Force You to Blink

I like to call 'em "Guitar Hero Eyes." It's that feeling you get when you focus your eyes on a complicated screen for too long. It always happens to me watching those colored notes slide down the LCD ...

Mimo Mini USB Monitors Make a Comeback

Add some extra screen estate to your laptop setup with one of four Mini USB Monitors from Mimo. Though we introduced the Mimo line earlier last year, we noticed they made a disappearing act halfway th...

Notting Hill House's TV Above the Fireplace

There are three types of people in this world. Those who don't mind having their TV hung above their fireplace, those who downright hate it, and those who prefer to hide it more than anything else. Th...

Easel as Television Stand
Metropolitan Home

Last month Apartment Therapy featured a great roundup of easels as home decor, but this has taken it one step further. Check out this use of an easel as a television stand in what we think is a stran...

Dealing with the Television
from Apartment Therapy House Tours

The television is the bane of many otherwise well-thought-out living spaces. The problem is compounded when you're dealing with tight spaces, as every little move packs a punch in a small apartment....

The Big TV Screen and Small Mobile Screen Are in Cahoots!

One of our favorite things about the internet is how easy it is to see something cool, then to buy it or share it with friends. With 'Buy Now' buttons and 'Post to Facebook' links, communication is a ...

Hiding the Television Behind Artwork

Our friends at KNQ Associates recently posted this before & after of a decor project they completed in Singapore for a client who wanted to revamp their whole home. The home offices are wonderfully d...

JVC HDTVs Go Ultra Thin and 3D

While other manufacturers have just announced that they are going to work on 3D HDTVs, JVC has already jumped the gun and released one! Wait, is there actually 3D content available on the market right...

Hot or Not? Emmei's Glass TV Stand

We keep going back and forth about loving and hating this media stand. It looks like something out of a Tim Burton movie, whom we love, but we wonder if because it's so stylized it would look dated s...

SunbriteTV Brings Home Entertainment Outdoors

Here in Los Angeles where the backyard is just another room in the house, outdoor entertainment doesn't just mean BBQs and pool parties. People are hosting movie nights with projectors, bringing home...

Going BIG with AMD Eyefinity Multi-Displays

"More" seems never enough when it comes to computer specs and monitor real estate. And that's the thinking behind AMD's Eyefinity Multi-Display system, which sets out to bring a truly ultra hi-def im...

LG's AM-OLED TV Screen

While Gregory posted about Sony's super slim and super pricey $5,000 flat screen, LG just pwnd them by announcing the largest AM-OLED screen. She's 15-inches -- 4-inches bigger than Sony's own AM-OLE...

How To: Fix a Stuck or Dead Pixel

Chances are sooner or later you'll experience the annoyance of a dead or stuck pixel on your display. You can always try to massage it back to life physically using a massage or tapping technique, but...

Super Slim, Super Expensive Sony KDL-XBR10 LCD

The Sony KDL-XBR10 LCD has a lot going for it: a Kate Moss slim profile, native 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, wireless HD streaming, Motionflow 240Hz for smooth fast motion display, built-in video content...

Dhesja Frame TV Sets Decorate & Display

Dhesja partnered up with electronics manufacturer Loewe to create a LCD display that blends into wall decor by framing the the 100 Hz HDTV displays in luxurious materials like Swarovsky crystal and c...

Philips Aurea: 250 LEDs to Create Better Ambient Lighting

When the first generation of Aurea HDTVs was released by Philips in 2007, they cost almost $7,000. Sure, LCD backlight bleed is a problem, but that problem wasn't worth spending that much money to res...

LG Will Release 15-Inch OLED HDTV While Sony Does 3D

OLED displays are the wave of the future. Even with this economic downturn that we are facing, manufacturers are working hard at providing these elusive screens to consumers. Recently, Samsung announc...

Cash for Plasmas? California Talks About Banning Energy Sucking TVs

As the U.S. aims to weed out energy and gas guzzlers, the California Energy Commission (CEC) plans to take a vote on a controversial requirement that would restrict the sale of inefficient TVs starti...

Slick Home Theater Uses MacBook as Digital Library

We personally only watch TV through the Mac Mini plugged into our flat screen. It's seriously the best way to watch anything. No cable bills, no limits to what the networks are airing right now, it's...

Medion: Great Looking Multi-Touch Computer and HDTV

As full tower desktops become rarer and laptops become ubiquitous with modern daily life, it's apparent that desktops and HDTVs will become one functional device at a certain point. More and more all-...

dieCollection's Media Stand Keeps Your TV Upright and Doing the Twist

In our studio apartment, we often take advantage of our flat screen’s swivel feature. For the most part the TV faces straight on towards the couch, but when we’re feeling extra sleepy, we turn the...

Flickr Finds: Beautiful Pressure Mounted Media Stand

Finding the perfect vintage piece to hold your new tech is skill. Furniture built pre- televisions, DVD players, video game systems tend not to hold the shelving, cabinets, drawers, and electrical c...

Giveaway: Panasonic Gives Away HD Gear

Who doesn't like winning stuff? Panasonic is giving away HD gear from now until Labor Day via their site Living in HD. Every week there's a theme, this week it's weddings, and community member (yes, ...