We first heard about Waterfall Audio, a French loudspeaker manufacturer, a couple of years ago when it made a splash with stunning glass-enclosed speaker products ... that sounded as good as they looked. The company’s latest audio gift isn’t quite as imposing or commanding looking, but it will still be easy on the eyes and ears in your living room or other listening area. It’s called the Serio, and it’s… View this story
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One of the easiest ways to Beat Black Friday is to look for package deals. Having a 50” plasma hanging on the wall is great, but seeing is only half the battle. You need a little sound to round out the experience. But if you’re shopping for a 720p plasma around Black Friday, something tells me you don’t have a multi-thousand-dollar budget for audio.  Luckily, Best Buy currently (until midnight… View this story
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Any pro, savvy do-it-yourselfer or unwired consumer will tell you: The best way to futureproof your home is to run conduit behind the walls. Is fiber the wave of the future? Hard to tell, but you can always play it safe and run conduit now and cable later. The eXapath system from Homepath Products is installed much like a wall stud, but it’s hollow so it can accommodate (and protect)… View this story
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With the holiday season nearly here, it’s time for many to formulate their annual shopping lists.  Allendale, N.J.-based Talk of the Town will be helping out those consumers interested in electronics to fill out their shopping lists with its “Audio, Video & Home Theater Demo Day” on Saturday, December 5. The daylong event runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the company will be providing free refreshments, prizes and… View this story
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CE retailers are banking on the day after Thanksgiving being not black, but Blu Friday. Blu-ray player prices are being slashed and blockbuster titles on Blu-ray will be going for $8 - $13. The cost of entry is dropping to where the average consumer can finally justify putting some HD content on that plasma or LCD. Best Buy, now running its own Deal of the Day leading up to the… View this story
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The California Energy Commission (CEC) today voted to enact restrictions on the sales of energy-hogging TVs up to 58 inches in screen size. The new restrictions will limit the sales of TVs in the state to only those that meet energy requirements, starting in 2011. A second, stricter phase of requirements is slated to go into effect in 2013, and could include restrictions on sets larger than 58 inches in… View this story
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BlackFriday.info got its hands on Walmart‘s Black Friday ad, which has some of the best deals we’ve seen. Walmart is offering a Magnavox Blu-ray player for $78, a 32-inch Emerson 720p LCD for $248, and a HP 15.6-inch notebook with Intel Processor and 3GB of memory for $298. BlackFriday.info says Walmart’s ad “includes some of the best deals that you are going to find on Black Friday and we really… View this story
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Last year, the LCD buzz was all about 120Hz refresh rates for smoother moving images. This year there’s 240Hz refresh rates, but the real news is that LCD TVs are going green—and improving their picture quality at the same time. Enter the brightest new TV star, LED (light emitting diode) backlighting. It’s much more energy efficient and more expensive than standard fluorescent backlighting—and it is showing up in numerous 2009… View this story
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Many of the Black Friday deals to come have leaked over at BlackFriday.info. Want to know the trend I’m seeing? If you keep up with my daily posts, you can get deals as good or better without waiting in the cold/rain/snow/locusts while still recovering from a turkey and football coma.  From now until Thanksgiving my ongoing mission will be to “Beat Black Friday” ... or at least come close while… View this story
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You’ve probably seen them twinkling away on the ceilings of restaurants and amusement parks attractions, but fiber-optic starfields are gaining popularity as a decorative element in homes, too. “We seem them being used in nurseries, living rooms and dining rooms, but primarily in home theaters,” says Cyr Ryan, owner and president of Fiber Optic Systems Inc. (FOSI) Star Ceilings. Star ceilings can be installed onto almost any type of ceiling,… View this story
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