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Posts tagged “TV”

Check Out Cool Tools for Gotta-Have-It Gadgets

Our better half is somewhat obsessed with the DIY network. To our our non-premium cable subscribing self (Why pay more when there's Hulu and TV-on-DVD?), it was a surprise to find that it's not all Ma...

Look: Luxury TVs Are Already On the Outs?

It's funny how technology dissappears. One day you're trying to collect the entire Star Wars collection on VHS tapes, and the very next day it seems like you can't even give away tapes. Our local libr...

Inspiration: A Mid-Room Pole Mounted HDTV

While some prefer masking their HDTV's with a cabinet or box in their bedrooms, others prefer it out in the open; news at your fingertips, Blu-rays at an inch's reach, and gaming on demand. People lik...

US Supreme Court to Allow Wider DVR Use

The US Supreme Court declined to block a new digital video recording system that could make it easier for viewers to bypass commercials. We know that you don't like wasting time. We think that commerc...

5 Small Scale Home Media Cabinets

Aaron over at Apartment Therapy New York shares his hunt for a media storage unit for his TV setup: I've been on the hunt for a new solution for attractive living room media storage — and I've...

DIY Project: Repurpose a Coffee Table Into A HDTV Stand

With HDTVs getting thinner and thinner, and even being able to stream your NetFlix movies directly without any extra hardware, you'll need less and less space to showcase them. That being said, we don...

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...

TV TrickleSaver Saves You Time ...and Energy!

We try and turn off all the unneccesary power-suckers in a standard routine every time we leave the house. The lights go off, the computer goes into sleep mode and the TV, DVD player and cable box eac...

Flickr Find: Making the TV a Graphic Element

We already know how decorating around your TV can be a challenge. One of the best solutions we've discussed is to make sure that your TV takes a backstage to great furniture and decorations, even fadi...

Tech Tour: Modern Tech Living In London
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Name: Chittagong Location: London Size: 98m2 Years lived in: 1 year While Chittagong may not have many beat on duration of living, with the accumulated character that many older "lived-in" spaces ...

What's The Appropriate TV for a Kid's Room?

Let's be honest, kids destroy stuff often. It's nice to give Bobby the Nintendo paradise he's always wanted in his room, but chances are that 19" LCD will see it's demise at the hands of a game of Wii...

Access Online Programming Sans PC With WebTVPlug

The WebTVPlug reminds us in presentation and promises to that of the infommercial darling, Magic Jack. But instead of bringing VOIP service with plug-and-play ease, the WebTVPlug is a home network per...

Final Frame: What to Watch?

An interesting dual window setup from Spark Modern Fires. We likely be more apt to enjoy the flicker of fire than most broadcast television these days....

Inspiration: Sleek Tech Ideas from a Copenhagen Penthouse

Taking the black and white theme to overdrive, the Danish bunch over at NORM architects have created a modern space that's subtle with tech, but heavy on ideas. From recessed lighting, TV mounts, and ...

News: Over 2 Million Households Without DTV

It was inevitable that Americans with over-the-air TVs are slowly realizing the their regular analog service has stopped working and won't return. It's been a few weeks since the DTV transition and th...

Renters, How Do You Battle Cable-Forced Room Layouts?

Having just been apartment shopping not too long ago, we are fresh to the notion that one of the most important things to consider in a candidate for a new space is the location of power outlets and c...

Iceberg Console: An All-White Home Theater

This Overstock piece immediately inspired us to put together a room that could compliment its biomorphic modern form as the foundation of a living room home tehater: an Eames La Chaise, a white modern...

Does Tech that Go Bump in the Night Keep You Up?

If you've got gadgets that stay on even while you rest; like the computer, a modem or even the television; you've probably battled the dreaded 'standby' light. It has the ability to fill an otherwise ...

Final Frame: Using Old TV's for Storage and Display

Love this idea from Casa Korea of taking old television and computer monitors and using them for display, storage and even a fish bowl! ...

How to Repurpose Your Analog TV

Thanks to the DTV switchover which occurred this month, there are a bunch of analog TVs flooding the thrift stores and garage sales. The question is what do to with all of these, especially if you hav...

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...

Hulu Goes Browser-less, Now a Desktop Resource

We—and everyone else who enjoys the flexibility to watch their favorite shows on their own time—gush non-stop about the amazing, brilliant and oh-so-addictive online resource Hulu. You can...

The 4 Gadgets You Might Be Missing in Your Hurricane Kit

Growing up in beautiful Miami, Florida; all anybody could ever talk about at the beginning of June is hurricane season. Are you prepared? Did you stock up on plywood, water and batteries? For all our ...

Geek Sugar's The Stylish Computers of Gossip Girl

You've got to love girly tech blog GeekSugar for their technological tie-ins with pop culture. GeekSugar took time to reflect on their year spent watching gorgeous and expensive Manhattan high school ...

Keeping Your Eyes Healthy During a TV Marathon

Sometimes nothing's better than a Saturday morning, afternoon and night spent in front of the tube catching up on those intense TV drama plot lines and find out who's slapping who on VH1's Celebrealit...