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Google and Sony Partner Up for Google TV

Google is the new high fructose corn syrup -- it's in everything! But unlike the weight gaining additive, having Google's hands in our lives has turned out to be kind of a good thing. Our searches ar...

Designers Conceptualize Router and TV Receiver Covers

Routers can be some of the biggest pains in the you know what to incorporate with your home décor. Most of us try to simply shove these under a desk, behind some boxes, or under a pile of power and...

Amusity's Tabletop Streams Your Media Content

While we're all for designing furniture with integrated technology, we're not sure if the Amusity coffee table would be more annoying than innovative. The table top acts as a touchscreen that when ei...

Sezmi to Broadcast Cable TV Over the Air

For decades cable operators have had us by the, ahem, you know. There were choices -- cable or satellite -- but we still had to adhere to expensive packages that had too many channels we just didn't ...

Jason Sewell Builds Media Center Under the Stairs

When it comes to screen size, going big can sometimes cause more pain than pleasure. Case in point, when we were living in our 300-square-foot studio, there was no way to engineer our media space wit...

The LG Art Cinema XF2 Media Player Handles Full 1080p

Looks like LG realizes customers are converting movie files from their computer to watch later on their HD sets, and have released the Art Cinema XF2 Media Player as a portable solution. The slightl...

Boxee Beta Unveiling

On Monday we were invited to the unveiling event for Boxee beta. Boxee as we have stated in past posts is "an open source, cross platform Swiss Army knife solution for media streaming and content," ...

Roku Gets Flickr, Facebook, Pandora, and More

If there's one thing we love about the Roku box, it's their inability to keep their firmware static for a long period of time. This time around, we see a festive update in social networking (sorta lik...

First Impressions: Netflix Instant Streaming on the PS3

We've been quite pleased since replacing our Apple TV with the slimmed down PS3 console as the heart of our media center, with a transition smoother than expected. The tipping point for the switch w...

The Skål Redefines the Remote Control

The Skål is a new way of thinking about home media control. Instead of the standard remote control to turn on specific devices, the Skål has users place corresponding objects in a wooden ...

Elfa Shelving Houses Media Center Using Hardwood

We've posted many times about the genius of the Elfa shelving system. For people who don't want hulking billy bookcases storing all their sh--, um, stuff, the Elfa offers a solution with as much space...

Apple TV Drops $100, Raises Some Questions

Well, well. Surprised? Not really. So approximately two days after our write-up regarding the slow evolution of an actualized Apple Home Server, we see that Apple's dropped their Apple TV a full $100 ...

Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player

The Seagate FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player is a case of "close but no cigar". The system revolves around a concept not unlike gaming cartridges of yore, except now the "cartridges" consist of Seaga...

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...