Setting up a home theater is almost like rocket science - it's expensive, requires lots of cables and equipment, and it seems like you have to be a genius to figure it all out. Realizing this all and just how complicated it is to set up a professional home theater properly, Epson decided that it was time to create a home theater package that simplifies the process by including everything you need to get up and running, while still being a great value. Epson's Ensemble Home Cinema system includes a 100 inch motorized screen, a 5.1 surround sound system custom designed by Atlantic Technology including a 10 inch subwoofer, an AV controller with ...

Room dividers have never been so exciting. Get ready to throw away those fold up screens and replace it with the 96 inch wide Bronson Room Divider that is designed to store and rotate a flat panel TV up to 50 inches. Just a touch of a finger and the TV will rotate 180 degrees to face the opposite direction. For a New York apartment, the possibilities for this divider are endless. Unfortunately the 7 thousand price tag seems endless to. But if you are worried about getting your money's worth the divider also has storage room for DVDs, CDs and other accessories. (Source: Electronic House Magazine)

A pink computer monitor that doesn't have Hello Kitty all over it? Now that's different. Tatung's 17" LCD monitor is also an HD ready TV with 1280 x 1024, standard aspect ratio, 500 :1 contrast ratio and a 5ms response time, and a 140-degree viewing angle. Nothing there to write home about but it does accept component inputs, which will help provide you with pretty HD content. The Soft Pink Tatung LCD retails for $248.

There are skins for everything from your Laptop to your ipod to your XBox, so we guess it was just a matter of time before someone started producing skins for the Apple TV as well. iStyles has a selection of colorful skins to decorate your Apple TV with. From Mona Lisa, to green neon flames, to abstract paintings, overall there is a nice selection of skins that would certainly liven up your Apple TV's exterior. A matching skin is included for your Apple Remote as well and each package retails for $14.99. iStyles also has an interesting policy. They say that if the skin ever smudges, wears, fades or blurs, they will ...

BBC2 is looking for some female technology enthusiasts (geeks) to star in a new primetime documentary series about people who are passionate about one particular consumer luxury. Do you have a really big cell phone collection? Are you addicted to upgrading? Is your house flooded with gadgets and accessories? If you answered yes to any of those, and you fancy yourself someone who likes to be in front of a camera, then you must go ahead an apply now. Email your name, age, phone number, profession and a paragraph about your collection and why you love it to: Kimberly at Celador on kgodbolt@celador.co.uk

We're not sure why Mustek would want to even bother trying, when Slingbox is already such a successful product. But competition is generally a good thing for consumers. The upcoming Mustek DMS-100D will let you stream TV and video to your PDA, laptop or mobile phone no matter where in the world you are. So if Slingbox does all of that already, why would we bother with this fella? If they make the DMS-100D a lot cheaper then the Slingbox we'll be all over it. (Source: Stuff Magazine, June '07)

The waterproof Videospa is a luxury TV for your bathroom with a 12 inch LCD screen that is heated just enough to ensure that things don't get misty. It also has the ability to deliver radio and a security camera feed. On top of that, the Videospa is also available to be customized with a variety of interchangeable fascias so that it should match just about any bathroom. And the price for this little luxury? Somewhere in the $3000 range.

JVC's new Sophisti DD-8 and DD-3 media systems not only look like a million bucks, they do have some powerful features to fit the package. The systems feature a network media player and front surround technology. The network media player allows you to access your video, photo and music files on your PC from the living room and the front surround sound allows you to enjoy 5.1 surround sound. Both the DD-8 and DD-3 also support DiVX files and have a USB port for accessing other media.

While everyone was buying a new ipod, you went for iRiver. While everyone was buying a Macbook, you went for an Asus. You know who you are. Now that the Apple TV is out, what are you going to get? The Mvix MX-760HD. It may not be as elegantly designed, but it isn't ugly either. And anyway isn't it what's on the inside that counts? On the inside the Mvix MX-760HD trumps the Apple TV in many ways. For starters it has support for a ton of more formats than its Apple counterpart; such as Divx, Xvid, VCD, WMV, ASF, AVI, OGG, and WMA files. And it has a maximum output of 1920x1080 versus the Apple TV's 1280x720 resolution. It also has a hard drive capacity only limited by how much you put in to it. Apple, Shmapple you say... this is the device for the BitTorrent generation. Read on for a more in depth comparison.

Lately, much of the speakers that have been released have featured in one way or another the ability to hook up your ipod to it. Whether it's the ihome series of speaker docks or just clock radios that allow you to insert your ipod into it's docking station, iPod integration is on everyones minds. At any given time you can have all that great music blasting at you from different speaker sources. Well the iBar series is no different. Also doubling as an ipod docking station, the iBar features surround sound and a sleek stylish modern look to fit into any home or apartment, but they are especially designed to be mounted above ...

Hannspree is famous for bringing us TV's that are drastically more unique and different than the typical black or gray shell surrounds most LCD's or Plasma's. One of their latest ones, the HANNSfries, is sure to give you an appetite and an urge to head to your local McDonalds. The too cute 10" LCD has a casing that is shaped like a container of fast food French fries and it comes with a remote in the shape of a ketchup package. This is the perfect TV for those on the Nichole Ritchie look-but-can't-eat-Diet.

With a design that will make your mouth water, Philip's Ambisound HTS8100 has been created to sit beneath a wall mounted LCD or Plasma. Hiding inside it's beautiful glossy black chassis is a DVD player, amplifier and virtual surround speakers. This will cost you about $999, but since when has beauty ever been cheap. It should be available in the second quarter of '07.

The LifeStation definitely has the looks to fit in too your home entertainment system. But does it have the chops? The system runs on a Core Duo mobile cpu with a 945 chipset. So that means no heavy gaming allowed. On the other hand it incorporates the advanced ATI Avivo HD decoder engine with HDMI, HDCP which they claim ensures smooth, flawless playback of high definition content. You can customize the system with up to 750GB of storage which would hold over 250 hours worth of TV and you can also add a LifeServer to the whole set-up which could add an additional 6 terabyes of storage to your set-up. Gadget Fashionistas ...

Watching movies takes on a whole new level in this Tennessee couple's home theater. The theater is modeled after the Titanic. The 20 by 14 foot room is covered with a dome made of 1,230 fiber-optic light strands which give the effect of the night sky. A custom-made whopping 120 inch screen and Tru Audio surround speakers hidden in the front pillars and ceiling, help to complete the feeling that you're sitting in the lap of luxury that even Kate and Leo would approve of. (Source: Electronic House Magazine)

The large flat panel at the center of your living room might be art at its finest to a geek, but perhaps your significant other thinks that the room needs to have traditional art at its center. Media Decor's Hide and Chic QX Robotic Art Series brings together the best of both worlds by enabling your flat panel to transform in to a framed painting at the touch of a button. The system silently raises the artwork when you want to watch TV and a robotic arm guides the display through the mounted picture frame into the room when you want to show off artwork. Pricing for this neat system begins at ...

We want more than just a portable DVD player that plays DVDs, we want a portable DVD player that also has a TV tuner so that we can catch up on our Soaps while we're on the go. Mustek's K108NF Portable DVD player sports an 8.4" inch widescreen LCD for playing back DVDs and watching TV with it's analogue TV tuner. It also has support MPEG-4 Playback and it has a built-in SD card reader, so that you can take those torrent movies with you too. But forget we said that last bit. And finally, the well rounded the K108NF also comes with a neat credit-card sized remote control, stereo speakers ...

In time for CES, Vizio has announced a slew of affordable LCDs and Plasmas. When we read about the price point and specs for the GV47LF, we decided that we had to go and see it for ourselves. Was it to good to be true - A 47 inch LCD with 1080p for $1899? Surely there had to be a catch. The specs read 2 HDMI ports, 2 component ports, a 1920x1080 resolution and a 8ms response time. In person the GV47LF turns out to be stunning, with super sharp and colorful visuals coming from a 1080p source. The design of the plasma itself is clean yet stylish with a ...

Sony's stylish new Esprit TAV-L1 is a force to be reckon with. The front panel slides down to reveal a 32 inch BRAVIA LCD TV, a 2.1 surround sound speaker and a DVD unit. And as if the TAV-L1 modern design wasn't beautiful enough, its covers are also available in a several different designs so that you can have it match with the color scheme of your room. As usual we're distraught because so far this beautiful telly is only available to customers in Europe.

The Free TVU player gives you acces to live streaming TV stations for those running Windows. The TVU selection isn't half bad, they have some NBC and FOX stations from around the U.S., as well as several other stations from around the world. And we hope that the selection continues to grow. It took about 30 seconds for us to connect to a FOX channel that was playing Seinfeld. Once the show started, it played pretty smoothly. Unfortunately some other channels we tested didn't play as well and kept cutting out. Still, we all love freebies, and the TVU Player is one worth checking out. (Source: MetaCafe User Submitted Video)

ITVN offers standard definition on demand TV via a small set-top box and a speedy net connection. We like that you can pick and choose what you want a la carte, so that prices start as low as $9.95 a month. Unfortunately their selection is very limited. Starz and Encore movies for $14.95 a month just isn't grabbing our attention for the moment. However, karaoke enthusiasts might like ITVN's unlimited access to karaoke videos on demand for $9.95 a month. Overall, if eventually ITVN can get some bigger players involved, it might one day make a great cheap alternative to Cable. (Source: PC Magazine, December 05, 2006)

Chief Manufacturing has come out with a line of decorative frames for 32”, 42” and 50” flat panel TVs. The frames are available in Classic Black, Dark Pecan, Antique Gold or Brushed Silver. With the optional Optical Mirror Kit, you can even transform your flat panel in to a mirror when the TV is powered off. Try combining one of these decorative frames with Audiovox's Home Decor Speaker System and you're sure to have one spiffy entertainment room.