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Panasonic Creates a Bathroom-Friendly, Portable TV

The states have never really bought into the whole portable TV thing, so we'll just have to drool over these overseas offerings from Panasonic for now. The new mini-digital Viera lines - the DMP-HV100...

5 Great Tech Bathrooms From Around the Web

We certainly could not afford any of the gadgets you'll find in these pictures &mdash but they sure do look and sound amazing. We'd love to have a soaking tub large enough for two, a floor that eli...

Highlight Your Flat Screen With Plywood & Pipe

When we moved into our downtown Kansas City loft earlier this summer, our space came with a few techy bonuses. The previous tenants left their wall mounted TV's and sound equipment, but even better...

5 Aesthetic Ways to Reduce Monitor Glare

Whether it's watching an episode of Archer on the big screen or checking e-mail on our laptop, there's nothing annoying than window glare (see the balcony office for an extreme example). So we've gone...

TiVo Premiere = Classic TiVo + Web

Just as elusive as the debt-free American is the entertainment-debt-free techie—the person who's caught up on their Google Reader and watched every. last. thing. recorded on their TiVo. For th...

Bathroom Televisions That Hide Inside Mirrors

Although the idea of relaxing in a warm bubble bath while watching Die hard 3 is at the top of most people's lists (right?), the idea of mounting a T.V in your bathroom seems — well, a little ...

Finally! A Device to Quiet Super-Loud Commercials

Advertisers will do just about anything to get your attention—including making sure that their commercials are aired at least three times the volume of the show they're interrupting. As if you ...

HBO Go Hits the Premium Streaming Market

We kinda like the direction this is going. With Hulu gaining traction over the years, HBO has followed through with their HBO Go service to fulfill a demand that's proven to have true market value in ...

Built-In Night Stand Controls
Flickr Find

While cruising through all the fabulous photos uploaded daily to Flickr, we came across this charming bedroom. We were drawn in by the lighting and structured headboard, but it wasn't until we check...

Are You Buying Into 3D TV?

We all know that 3D TV is on the rise for 2010. But is the promise of 3-dimensions using specially required glasses for the home enough to keep brand new TV-ready consumers from buying up the old LCD ...

Super Bowl Party Hosting Duties Decided by Setup?

Some parties are all about the people. You work the room and have a great time chatting with friends. Then others, like the ones centered around the upcoming Super Bowl, are all about the TV. So how d...

The Beauty of White Tech
Inspiration

Not only do the interiors shot by Swedish photographer Ragnar Ómarsson kick some major butt, his lifestyle collection features great examples of ways to integrate white tech into your home (yes, this...

Use iMote for Kid-Friendly TV

Techies with kids struggle with remote controls. You've got to worry about storing them where they're easily accessible like the rest of us (for changing the channel from Disney Channel to Cartoon Net...

Piixl's Slim PC Mounts Behind TVs

Piixl has done the unfathomable and created a PC that doubles as a VESA mount. You know what that means - you can now literally throw a PC behind your flat-panel HDTV. Out of view and only there when ...

22 Ways to Mount Your New TV
Electronic House

Trying to figure out how to mount that new TV you're getting this holiday season? Since the TV is the corner stone of many living spaces, it's only natural we obsess about where and how to place it. F...

FlipShare TV Finally Priced & Ships Later This Week

We mentioned the FlipShare TV system almost a month ago, but now we found out more about this system from Cisco. FlipShare TV is an easy way of connecting your TV to your computer and streaming media....

Comcast TV Everywhere Will Be Free For Subscribers

When Comcast TV Everywhere goes online next month, existing subscribers will be pleased to now that it's free. This is a service to stream on demand programs online on different devices, such as your ...

A/V Room Divider from Ikea Kitchen Cabinets

Some floor layouts call for a creative use of space, especially when audio visual equipment is involved. TVs need perches, speakers need shelter and cables need a place to call home. Get it all done...

Cute Fruit-Shaped Gadgets
Roundup

Mac may have the monopoly on the Apple logo, but that doesn't mean other companies aren't experimenting with shaping their gizmos in the shapes of McIntosh, watermelons, and Pears. ...

A Few More Ways to Hide Your Flat-Screen TV

We've found that nothing divides a room of people more than discussing politics—except when it comes to discussing living room TVs and whether or not to hide 'em....

The Return of the DVR

Well, to be honest, it's not like it went anywhere to begin with. It's just network programming companies are finally starting to get the idea that people actually enjoy TV more when it's working arou...

Amanda's Mid-Century Media Room
Flickr Finds

A few weeks ago, Amanda shared her lovely home in Ohio with us, along with a thorough walkthrough of her adventurous TV mounting project that would eventually marry her love for tech and her excellent...

Xbox Live Getting Streaming Sky TV More Coming Soon?

With Netflix coming to a PS3 near you, we were left wondering what would happen to the Xbox 360. Most Xbox 360 owners are already using their consoles to stream media from their computers, but how abo...

A Simple Media Center With Seamless Surround Sound

We love the sound we get from our surround sound speakers. But with the curse of being a renter, it's always tough to lay out the speakers and still keep everything looking fresh......

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...