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HomeScreen Entertainment has announced a content distribution deal with ninemsn (www.ninemsn.com.au) for its online DVD rental service. Subscribers to the highly-personalised service choose from a list of 7000 DVD titles that are delivered and returned by mail, meaning you never have to set foot in a video store. Read More
Tuesday November 11, 2003: Australian inventor Garry Allen persevered through a five-year court battle against a German corporate giant in order to retain control over his creation - a folding-iron board that can be reduced to the size of a large brief case and fixed to a single wall stud in even the tightest location... Read More
Friday November 7, 2003: Casio, one of the world's greatest exponents of functional miniaturisation, has released a miniature waterproof television onto the Japanese market. Read More
Tuesday October 28, 2003: inMotion is a portable audio system designed specifically for the Apple iPod that provides a platform for quality headphone-free listening in a package that's still less than the size of a paperback. Read More
Friday October 17, 2003: This all-in-one home network hub that incorporates a HDD recorder, a wireless TV tuner, a movie server and a wireless broadband router, emerged from Toshiba's new line-up at ITU Telecom World 2003 in Switzerland this week. Read More
Wednesday October 15, 2003: LG Electronics announced that it has developed the world's largest-screen plasma-display panel (PDP) TV at the Korea Electronics Show earlier this week. The 76-inch screen adds 5 inches of real-estate to the largest unit previously manufactured by LGE, and at just 83mm thick, its unlikely to shrink the seating capacity of your home theatre. Read More
Saturday October 11, 2003: Details of Sony's upcoming PSX - a revamped Playstation2 that incorporates a satellite TV tuner, broadband connectivity for online gaming and downloads and the ability to record DVDs and television - have been released at CEATEC Japan 2003. Read More
Thursday September 25, 2003: Advances in home projection over the past decade have seen cinema-quality systems that until recently could only be found in the most exclusive home-theatres move within reach of the average image junkie. The Infocus ScreenPlay 4800 can project images with a diagonal screen size of up to 12 feet... Read More
Sunday September 7, 2003: A finalist in Yellowpages Business Ideas Grants 2003, Centameter is a new consumer product that displays the cost of electricity being used on a portable easy-to-read, portable LCD monitor inside the home.Sunday September 7, 2003 A finalist in Yellowpages Business Ideas Grants 2003, CENT-A-METER is a new consumer product that displays the cost of electricity being used on a portable easy-to-read, portable LCD monitor inside the home. Developed primarily as an education tool for promoting energy consumption and greenhouse gas reduction, it was discovered along the way that the device had a very useful secondary effect - the capacity to save up to 25% on the electricity bill. Read More
Thursday September 4, 2003: The multi-purpose Black & Decker Bullseye is an effective electronic stud finder that also replaces conventional levels, string and a great deal of frustration with its laser level function. The hands-free laser level design enables the device to be left hanging on the wall at an anchor point while you align your shelving brackets, picture frames or tiles... Read More
