Home Cinema

Jul 29, 2008

Giant inflatable backyard theatre won’t let you down

Posted by Daniel in Featured, Home Cinema, Miscellaneous, Technology No comments
Cinebox inflatable theatre

Movie nights with friends and family won’t be the same again with Open Air Cinema’s 9′x5′ CineBox Home Backyard Theater System. This product has a real “Wow” factor: wow when you see it erected in your garden; imagine inviting your friends over to watch the game, or a film, and leading them straight through the [...]




Jul 23, 2008

3D holograms will replace HDTV

Posted by Daniel in Coming Soon, HDTV, Home Cinema, News, Technology 1 comment
3D hologram

When I saw the second Back to the Future with the holomax and the hologram of the cartoon Jaws attacking people as they went by, I wish that technology was available now! 3D holograms floating in the air always seemed magical when seen in movies like Star Wars but they may be a reality sooner [...]




Jul 10, 2008

New Belkin FlyWire transmits 1080P wirelessly

Posted by Daniel in Coming Soon, HDTV, Home Cinema, Manufacturer, Media Receiver, Video and TV, Wi-Fi No comments
BelkinFlyWire

Yet another black box for your living room? Yes and no, this little beauty is Belkin’s new wireless transmitter and receiver, aka FlyWire. FlyWire can connect to all your devices without the need to install wiring, so no more climbing up ladders and ripping out bits of your house in an effort to connect everything [...]




Jul 4, 2008

Sony’s OLED TVs to double in size

Posted by Daniel in Coming Soon, Gadgets, Home Cinema, Manufacturer, News, Sony, Video and TV No comments
Sony OLED

Sony’s current largest OLED TV is only 11”, which is easy to move around but not really what you want in a home entertainment system, especially when it will set you back over a £1000. How does 27″ sound though? Still not huge but it is a step in the right direction. Stan Glasgow (COO [...]




Jul 3, 2008

The all singing, all dancing Sony BRAVIA W4000

Posted by Daniel in Gadgets, HDTV, Home Cinema, Sony, Technology, Video and TV No comments
Sony BRAVIA in korea

The Sony BRAVIA LCD TV W4000 series (catchy name isn’t it), which has just been released in Korea, has more features than you can shake a stick at. Starting with the usual bits and pieces: it has 1080p full HD and uses the BRAVIA Engine 2 which, in their words, “provides the next generation in [...]




Sep 6, 2007

Grundig unveils monster Home Entertainment System

Posted by Mike Evans in Home Cinema, Technology, Video and TV, Wi-Fi No comments

Grundig have been showing off a monster Home Entertainment System at this year’s IFA 2007 show in Germany. The new Grundig system seemingly offers everything you could ever want from a home entertainment system - integrated hard drive, DVD recorder (though only standard DVDs), plus LAN and WLAN connectivity.
This last features will let the [...]




Apr 26, 2007

JVC Sophisti Home Theater System review

Posted by Mike Evans in Home Cinema, Media Receiver No comments

The JVC Sophisti Home Theater System is a brand new network media player from JVC. Also known as the JVC DD-3, the Sophisti may sound like it’s a few characters short of a full word (presumably the brand designers had something against “cated”!), but don’t let that fool you - it’s a full-on media [...]




Mar 15, 2007

LG J10HD Chocolate Home Cinema System

Posted by Mike Evans in Home Cinema, LG No comments

In love your with your LG Chocolate phone, but wished it was a little bigger, and its MP3 player a little beefier? Then check out the LG J10HD Home Cinema, which adopts the same glorious style of LG’s famous designer phone, and adds a 150W sub-woofer, two 75W speakers, 80GB hard disk and DV player. [...]