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Good Healthism: Watch TV From Your Bed? Not So Fast

For the curious, healthism is actually a word, not some catchy phrase we've made up (even though it may have started that way...!). However, the topic at hand is healthy habits, and healthy TV watchin...

Toss the Duster: TVClean Rolls It Off Your Screen

I must be a dust magnet. Whether it's the black surface of my stove, the shelves on my espresso bookshelf or the screen on my TV, I seem to always attract massive amounts of dust. It requires constant...

Is Wireless HDMI Dead? Belkin Flywire Gets Canned

It seems like Belkin will no longer be releasing its FlyWire wireless HDMI accessory, as confirmed by Belkin's PR announcement yesterday afternoon. Apparently "its retail price of $1,499 would be out ...

LG's HDTVs That Instantly Stream NetFlix

You know that you love NetFlix as much as we do, but just like us, you are probably having trouble dealing with the snail mail return service. That's why the online service is so neat. It lets you com...

VIZIO XVT Flat Panel with Integrated Internet Apps

Sidestepping set top solutions, VIZIO is forging ahead with the convergence of HDTV displays with the utilities and options normally limited to PCs or HTPC setups with their new VIZIO's "XVT" Series, ...

Panasonic Proves Plasma Is Still Big, Twilight Ready

There's nothing wrong with dreaming, which is what you'll probably be doing once you've learned that Panasonic is planning on rolling out a brand-spankin' new 85-inch 1080p plasma screen this coming F...

Inspiration: Hiding the TV

Aaron over at Apartment Therapy New York has already posted about this stunning maze of storage and 6 small sized rooms (which add up to approximately 645 sq ft) in Paris. But our favourite feature of...

Philips Unveils Large Flat Screen With Small Wallprint
It's all about the bezel

A few weeks ago Philips invited us to check out some of their new collection. One item that popped out for us is their new 7704D series LCD. As it sat between two competing LCD models of the same scr...

Outdoor Home Theater: Smith & Hawken's 42" LCD Television

15 Year Old Shocks Again
Upgrades Bedroom Office on Teenager Savings

click for more pics Remember that 15-year-old with the wicked bedroom office set-up? Well he just redecorated again! Lew needed a bigger desk and his TV was on its way out so he and his mom split the ...

Survey: What Are You Watching Hulu On?

We all know that both television shows and movies are moving away from discs and cable operators and towards the web. Even the cable companies know they have to come up with a way to jump on the 'net...

Look! $6 Million Home Theater
Yowza!

click for more pics Wow. That's all we can say. This is a home theater to beat all home theaters. Obviously this isn't a realistic set-up for those of us that earn less than seven, let alone five, ...

Close-Up: A Toronto Rental Gets an Overhaul
Before & After

click for more pics Jason Simmons recently moved into a 680 square foot apartment in Toronto and updated it with his own personal flare. As many of you renters already know, myself included, the amou...

A Media Set-Up With a Softer Side

We're always on the look out for cool media set-ups. This is one of those set-ups. We're big fans of decorating around a flat screen mounted on the wall. In this scenario we especially like the vases...

TV Widgets: Coming Soon to an Internet TV Near You

For all you integrated technology streamliners (you know, the OCD types who must have their tech working in tandem throughout their daily lives) - yeah, we know we're probably one of those folks - we...

Framing Your Flat Panel

click for more pics Steve Miller of Teo Flatwear sent us some photos of his company's newest flat screen mounting accessories that aesthetically bridge the gap between mounting a set directly onto bar...

A Family Creatively Finds Room for a Rear Projector

When the family who lives in this Electronic Home House of the Year bronze winning pad decided to install a barrel ceiling in their home theater room, they cut out the possibility to mount their proj...

Pop Art Makeover Results in Pole Mounted TV

While this before and after update over at Apartment Therapy LA met with some pretty mixed reactions, it did have one very unplggd worthy element worth pointing out....the TV mount. While it seems lik...

Flickr Finds: Trollsta Sideboard as TV Stand

We've posted about the possibility of using Ikea's Trollsta sideboard as a TV console alternative. Now we've found it in the wild within ~ a yummy life's Flickr set. ...

Look: Asymmetrical Modern Television Stands

click for more picsAs general human preference dictates, the aesthetic eyes tends to gravitate toward symmetry, whether it is number of chairs on each side of a table, a model's facial features, or th...

Look! Flat Screen Amongst a Gaggle of Curiosities

Phil works with BackGarage blogger Katherine Raz at her day job as the marketing director for a Chicago theater company. When he discovered her side project he began obsessively keeping track of Kath...

Flickr Finds: Vinyl Decals Make Media Dens Pop

As we've mentioned before, bringing a little color to the walls of your media room can really transform a place from Best Buy showroom to unique and inspired living space. But painting your walls isn...

Dell: It's About Time Someone Got the Monitor Equation Just Right

If you're like us, you're LCD lovers that longed for the perfect desktop monitor. That is, a monitor that didn't leave an gaping chasm in our wallets, but still featured all the up-to-date options at ...

Flat Screen Recall
LCDs prone to bursting in flames!

Warning for anyone who recently bought an Insignia flat screen. About 13,000 26-inch LCDs (model IS-LCDTV26) have been recalled by Best Buy and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. According ...