Look! Best Tech in Small Cool 2008 -- Part 6
Projectors can give you big screen options, but where to install the awkward gizmo can be a challenge. If you want a great picture you tend to have to install your new device in the middle of the room...
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Look! Ikea Bedtable Turned TV stand
We love Ikea hacks and a hack that helps hold your gizmos is a mega plus. Looking for a small entertainment center, and Ikea Hacker reader discovered that if she put two Malm bedside tables together s...
Flickr Finds: Multitasking Wallunit
While perusing Flickr for décor ideas we came upon a New Yorker's solution for packing a media center, library, and home office in one wall within her small bedroom. Using Ikea's Ivar shelving unit...
Look! Best Tech in Small Cool 2008 -- Part 5
This year's Small Cool contest has brought in a lot of great ideas for hiding technology. Dave and Rob of San Francisco are no exception. They used vintage furniture and accessories to help balance t...
Crate and Barrel's All-in-One Media Center Solution
We just got Crate and Barrel's catalog in and are psyched to see a well designed media center at a reasonable price. The cabinet has creative solutions for holding and hiding your flat screen, DVDs,...
Criterion Collection HD Debut Announced
As much as there's always been a temptation to upgrade to Blu-ray for the HD home theater experience, my pragmatic side has always kept me in check for the simple fact that Blu-ray movie selection suc...
Look! Best Tech in Small Cool 2008 -- Part 3
And off we go again on our tech tour of this year's Small Cool spaces. Over the past week we've been looking at creative ways this year's Small Cool finalists have incorporated technology into their h...
Look! Best Tech in Small Cool 2008 -- Part 2
As we continue with our look at the best tech in this year's Small Cool contest we go to Ginger's San Francisco loft where she's built a hanging shelf for her media center......
DIY Project: Use Contact Paper to Fake Multiple Wood Texture
Not all media centers start off looking rad. Sometimes you need to get creative with that MDF unit and make it look a little less like college dorm furniture. Using contact paper can be a great way to...
Look! Reclaimed Wood Media Center
It's official. We're in love. Please welcome our soul mate, the Fractured Fairy Tale. Made by designer Thomas Wold, the piece is a wall unit made for his client in order to house their A/V equipment...
Look! Best Tech in Small Cool 2008
If you haven't checked out the pads in Apartment Therapy's Small Cool 2008 contest we strongly urge you to. Hot damn there are some good ideas and some are on the tech front. We'll be posting some of ...
Turning the Mac mini into a Windows Vista Media Center system
Hats off to Krunker for this encyclopedic post about how to convert a Mac mini into a Windows Vista operated media center, combining the options of a Windows based machine with the form factor of an A...
Good Questions; What Screen Size Should I Get???
Reader Lourdes asks: "I've chosen a flat screen TV for my 13 x 20 livingroom, but I'm not sure what screen size to get. What do you think would look best with my 77" media cabinet...? 37", 40", 42"?"...
Flickr Finds: Zen Media Center
If you've ever gone to a spa you've probably noticed that pebbles and rocks play a large part in the décor. There's something relaxing about carefully arranged rock gardens, so it makes sense that yo...
Artcoustic DF65-50 X2 Speaker Frames
The picture frame/ speaker concept has popped up every now and again in a low fidelity kind of way, but these guys take it very seriously. A couple weeks ago we showed you their Diablo Subwoofer and ...
Look! Minimalist Desk With Tons of Space
This great DIY project comes to us via Design*Sponge. While the desk as shown seems to be used for storage and crafts, this could easily be modified to be an office desk or TV stand......
Roundup: Etsy Finds
Etsy is a goldmine for gadget and geek accessories you didn't know you needed. Every month we'll be rounding up the best finds from craftsters from around the world. This month we found a rad needle...
DIY: How to Make VERY Simple Speakers, Part 3
Hello again, are we ready to finish up? Last time we assembled the boxes and filled in screw holes. Now we will wrap it all up- really easy to do, just follow along. Since we basically have two se...
Look! Tiny Tech Filled Smallest Coolest Entry
Maxwell just posted an international entry in our ongoing Smallest Coolest Apartment Contest that is brimming with integrated tech goodness, all fitting inside a mindboggling 101 sq. ft. flat. The Lon...
TV Evolution: Panels Shrink, Waistlines Stretch
Sad but true? Is Wii fit the answer? -via Core77...
Goo Systems Screen Paint; Paint a Home Theater on Your Wall
We project on the wall directly when we watch movies but the regular paint robs us of some of our picture quality. However, a large projection screen seen through a window can often be a signal to ev...
Epson MovieMate 30s Projector; Melds Video and Audio
A little tired of the HD DVD and Blu-Ray wars? Not into "installing" anything? Dont know/care what 8.1 channel surround means? We hear you (just pandering here). Actually, this is a great way to h...
Good Questions: Wireless Home Theater PC Keyboard
Dear Unplggd, I am in the middle of setting up my Home Theater PC and looking for a wireless way to control it. Ideally it would be a combination keyboard and touchpad for convenience and easy storag...
The Invisible Home Theater
Looking for a near invisible home theater setup? The Holo Screen uses a projector in conjunction with holographic film and a transparent display to create a quasi-invisible effect. Combined with Fergu...
Artcoustic Diablo Sub Panel Subwoofer
It is not often that one comes across such a thing of beauty in a category of 'heard but not seen'. Subwoofers are traditionally hidden, perhaps for the excitement of hearing/ feeling something you ...
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