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vholdr sports camera gets the 360-degree treatment

filed under: digital imaging | gadgets | just plain fun

vholdr camera

What do you get when you combine a skateboard wheel, a length of PVC pipe, a driveway marker, a handful of screws, a bolt, washers and nuts, and some Gorilla Tape? Not much, until you throw an awesome new wearable camcorder in the mix. Then, you have one crazy POV video camera system…

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December 10th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

mstation theaterbar: surround slims down

filed under: audio | home entertainment

mStation Theater Bar

I was over on the mStation website recently, when I stumbled across this interesting new sound system buried under “coming soon”. It looks like the mStation TheaterBar will soon join the ranks of one-box home theater sound systems, designed to mesh beautifully with today’s flat-screen televisions…

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December 9th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

7.1 surround from your headphones

filed under: computing | gadgets

USB Virtual 7.1 Channel Sound

If you’re on the road with your laptop and missing your theater setup at home, here’s a way to capture a bit of that big surround sound feel on the cheap.

The Virtual 7.1 Channel Adapter plugs into your USB port and adds virtual surround to your current PC audio system. Special driver software, called Xear 3D simulates 7.1 channel sound through just two speakers or headphones…

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October 19th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

yamaha ysp-500: virtual surround gets downsized

filed under: audio | home entertainment

Yamaha YSP-500 Digital Sound Projector

The latest in Yamaha’s series of “Digital Sound Projectors” takes the critically-acclaimed virtual surround technology found in their larger YSP series and shrinks it down to a box that’s just 24-inches wide. (The full-sized models are around 40-inches wide)…

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October 5th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

soundmatters slimstage40: virtual surround slims down

filed under: audio | home entertainment

Soundmatters Slimstage40

Soundmatters is best known for their all-in-one surround sound systems which cram an entire 5.1 home theater into a single small box. Up until now, their designs were still a bit too unwieldy for placement anywhere but on a shelf or on top of rear-projection set. But their new system, the Slimstage40, takes the wide and thin approach, measuring in at just 3.4-inches deep…

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September 4th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

amadana bookshelf stereo: retro looks, modern features

filed under: audio | design | home entertainment | retro

Amadana DDA134 Surround Stereo

This stereo system from Japan’s Amadana may look like something out of the 1970s, but it’s actually quite contemporary under the hood.

Amadana’s DDA-134 compact stereo system has decidedly retro-looking walnut wood enclosures for the speakers, receiver and DVD player, but on the inside, the system is reasonably modern (although certainly not cutting edge)…

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August 26th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

ear force x3 headset for serious xbox live gamers

filed under: video games

Turtle Beach Ear Force X3 Wireless Headset

While Microsoft bundles a headset for Xbox 360 online gameplay, it would be an understatement to say that the sound and build quality is a bit sketchy. So what’s a heavy-duty online gamefreak to do? Turtle Beach may have the answer with their Ear Force X3 headset for the Xbox 360.

You won’t be fooling around with these puppies around your ears…

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August 23rd, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

britz rosetta speakers offer beauty, no brawn

filed under: audio | design | home entertainment

Britz Rosetta 2.1 Speaker System

If you’re in the market for some dramatic looking speakers, and can’t afford the $50k radial loudspeakers I told you about yesterday, you might want to check out these ones from Britz. They may not be the biggest or most powerful speakers out there, but they sure look purty…

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August 21st, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

pioneer 5.1 home theater does away with receiver box

filed under: audio | home entertainment

Pioneer HTP-LX70 Home Theater Surround System

The latest surround sound system from Pioneer gets rid of the typical “receiver/amp” module that most home theater systems require. From what I can tell, they’ve hidden all the amplification and hookups inside of the subwoofer…

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August 2nd, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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