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Original TRON was in 3D Too (TRON View-Master)

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Now that you’ve seen TRON:Legacy in 3D, you probably wondered what the original might have looked like in 3D. Well, it turns out there was a way to experience the TRON… in 3D, all the way back in 1982…

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December 20th, 2010 by: Technabob

Discs of TRON Get Real

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Boy, the TRON: Legacy merchandising team has kicked into full force. Whether you’re looking for some trashy high-heels, a lightcycle USB drive or some Daft Punk headphones, they’ve got something for you. Here’s another fun TRON… gizmo – it’s a little toy that lets you play with the movie’s famous

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December 9th, 2010 by: Technabob

LEGO Disc Thrower: Put Those Old Aol Discs to Good Use

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Here’s further proof that you can build anything out of LEGO.  LUGNET member Philo made this awesome disc thrower a couple of years ago, and I think it’s still a fun project for LEGO enthusiasts since optical media is just getting more and more obsolete. Philo calls his creation the…

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November 29th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Sony Bdp-Cx7000es Mega Blu-ray Changer Lets You Play Up to 400 Discs Without Getting Up From the Couch

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It was probably the end of last year when my Blu-ray disc collection was something like 10 discs. Now, just a few months later, I have my collection is probably around 100 discs, and growing. So when I saw the beastly BDP-CX7000ES Mega Disc Changer from Sony, my eyes lit…

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August 16th, 2009 by: Technabob

Floppy Disk Gift Labels Perfect for Wrapping Geeky Gifts

Man, 3.5-inch disks. I still can’t believe that just a decade after the demise of the floppy, a pocket-sized iPod Nano can hold than 11,378 times more data than a single 3.5-inch disk. How far we’ve come. Still, there was something so tactile about working with floppies back in the…

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October 22nd, 2008 by: Technabob

Itis Lamp: It is LED. It is Modern. It is Really Cool.

Artemide ITIS LED Lamp by Naoto Fukasawa

The new ITIS desk lamp from Artemide provides dramatic LED illumination in a slick modern package. Thanks to its amazingly flexible adjustable design, the fixture easily takes on a variety of different looks.

Designer Naoto Fukasawa actually took home the coveted Red Dot Design Award for his UFO-like lamp design,…

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May 12th, 2008 by: Technabob

Betamax to HD-DVD Converter is Already Obsolete

BetaMax to HD-DVD Converter from ThinkGeek

ThinkGeek recently announced their latest electronic gadget, a device that can easily convert your old Betamax Tapes to brand-spankin’-new HD-DVD discs.

While it won’t handle transfers of DIVX, MiniDisc or SelectaVision Videodiscs, the BetaMaxHD will convert between two of the most undoubtedly out-of-fashion consumer media formats money can (or can’t)…

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April 8th, 2008 by: Technabob

Space Ace Gets the High Def Treatment

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While I’m not a huge fan of many of those old full-motion-video (FMV) games, I have to keep a place in my heart for Space Ace…, a surprisingly entertaining FMV laserdisc-based game created by some of the industry’s most respected animators.

While the game has been resurrected numerous times

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February 6th, 2008 by: Technabob

Add Blu-ray to Your Pc for Under $200

Sony BDU-X10S Blu-ray BD-ROM PC internal drive

Sony today announced a Blu-ray add-on drive for computers that breaks the $200 price barrier. The new BDU-X10S drive connects to your PC using a Serial ATA connection, adding high-definition movie playback to your desktop or HTPC.

The player includes CyberLink’s PowerDVD BD Edition, providing playback of Blu-ray discs on…

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January 6th, 2008 by: Technabob

Seiko Discus Watch: Let the Spinning Wheels Spin

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This gorgeous new watch from Seiko Japan uses a series of spinning aluminum discs to display the current time.

Unlike some of the more cryptic modern watches coming out of Japan these days, the Seiko Discus is actually quite easy to read. A set of three numbered discs continuously rotate…

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December 30th, 2007 by: Technabob

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