This amazing 14 x 19 foot “Rise of the Jedi” home theater, “modeled after Chancellor Palpatine’s office in Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith, is ringed with faux windows showing the capital city below.” More pics after the jump.
Steve Simon’s converted garage theater features images from a Marantz DLP projector thrown onto a 103-inch Vutec XFH screen.
Amazon is selling a factory reconditioned Logitech Harmony 880 remote control for just $99.99 $69.99 shipped, originally priced at $199.99. It’s “optimized for complicated HDTV and PVR systems, taming tough configurations like switching your television between video aspect ratios depending on the program source.” Product page. Video after the break.
Never replace batteries again. The Harmony 880 includes a sleek docking station that keeps the remote fully charged. The Harmony 880’s color LCD is both functional and stylish, with user-customizable backgrounds, activity selections, button icons and text.
Yes, this Samsung BD-P1500 1080p Blu-ray player with the Ultimate Matrix Collection Blu-ray edition for just $214.99 shipped from Amazon. This gadget lets you “watch your favorite DVDs and blu-ray discs or listen to CDs with the highest-quality audio.” Product page.
Enjoy a richer, bolder color palette via extended gamut YCC technology. HDMI 1.3 transmission bandwidth capabilities ensure the strongest signal fidelity, while the Ethernet connection lets you easily check for the latest firmware upgrades online.
Designed by Joris van Gelder, this Bang & Olufsen touchless remote prototype “responds to finger gestures and lifts and falls in concert with the volume.” Videos after the break.
The idea was to create a remote control for kitchen use. As such, it’s meant to be (mostly) touchless in order to keep the remote free from bacteria or ether, depending upon your situation
Yes, a 16-foot motorized circular platform was installed in this home theater, allowing viewers to rotate at the push of a button.
This rotation is linked to a button on a touchscreen RTI T2-C remote, along with an intricate 7.5-foot fan-style door that closes off the room. LED lights are embedded in the floor and ceiling
It doesn’t take humongous speakers to get the ultimate in sound. These creative speaker designs combine both style and (hopefully) function.
I never thought that speakers could give me the same feeling that I get when I see a beautifully designed car, but some of the entries in C4DCafe’s speaker rendering challenge have done just that
The iRiver Unit2 is a “multimedia station” that consists of a touchscreen Portable Media Player (PMP), dock, VoIP phone, and Wi-Fi. Video after the break.
The Apple-esque interface, its voice over IP internet telephone (yes, a telephone) and the removable 16:9 touchscreen make it look quite amazing
This incredible $6-million home theater consists of a Sony SRX-S110 Professional Video Projector , 18-by-10-foot Stewart Snowmatte Laboratory-Grade Motion Picture Screen, Mark Levinson N 51 DVD/CD Media Player, Theta Digital Generation VIII 32-bit 8x Oversampling Dual Processors, and Snell speakers.
All of this is crowded into a room that’s not ginormous by any means, just 26.5 x 33 feet, with a single three-cushion menage-a-trois couch as the focal point for all 11,315 watts of juice
What could be better than watching movies outside on the big screen, with friends? This “Hagy Belzberg-designed Skyline residence” lets you do just that.
Nestled in the hills above Hollywood is a glass house that boasts one of the coolest open-air home theaters I’ve ever seen. You can flop on one of the sofas and watch a movie on an enormous screen, one of the outer walls of the guesthouse
Created by Connected Technologies, this “Vault” home theater room includes a giant bank vault door, cherry wood accents, mural, and comfortable seating. Equipment includes: a 106-inch Da-Lite screen and Sony VPL-VW100 projector.
Instead of just slapping a random bank vault door onto the room, Connected Technologies added cherry wood and a mural that ties everything together nicely. “There’s even a bag of money that acts as a door stop for the safe door,” Ridenour says. The decor also distracts viewers from the equipment rack, which is located at the back of the room for easy access