Home Entertainment Systems

There is a new digital picture frame on the market these days. Big deal you say, “You seen one you seen them all, right?” Well, this little beauty is a bit different. Actually it is a lot different, this one doubles as a portable DVD player as well. Featuring the LG DP889 DVD Player / Digital Photo Frame which weighs in at just about 2.2 pounds total. It comes with a crystal clear eight inch LCD display and lets you browse pictures stored on a CD, DVD, 3 different kinds of memory cards or even a USB flash drive. It comes equipped with enough built-in memory to hold up to 250 pictures without any additional media at all. The LG DP889 DVD Player / Digital Photo Frame also has built in stereo speakers, audio / video inputs and outputs allowing you to connect to an assortment of other devices and dual headphone jacks. When you are finished looking through all your favorite photos simply plop in a DVD and enjoy three and a half hours of uninterrupted movie time with the rechargeable battery pack which is included. If you are looking for either a digital picture frame or portable DVD player than this is the newest and coolest gadget for you. The LG DP889 DVD Player / Digital Photo Frame comes with a standard one year warranty and LG is selling them at the retail price of $279.95. You should be able to pick one up for around $200 if you shop around online.

I know this has little to nothing to do with products for the home, but this video is soooo cool. It’s the birthday of the Saturn V rocket. The video below is in slo-mo to really give appreciation of the power of the rocket.

Some facts on the Saturn V:
• At 364 feet high, it was roughly as tall as a 36-story building.

• Its launch weight of 6.7 million pounds was equal to about 2,200 average late ’60s cars.

• Its orbital payload of 260,000 pounds is the equivalent of about 1,500 average people.

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A bit of good news for owners of TiVo Series3, HD, and HD LX DVRs. Netflix began testing its streaming music service on select owners and will roll it out to all customers come December.

The nice thing about this streaming servie is that it comes at no extra charge to those with an unlimited Netflix subscription plan. The plan starts at just $8.99/month.

According to Netflix, the Netflix library includes 12,000 movies and TV shows. Viewers will go to the Netflix site, add programming to their Instant Queues, then view them through the TiVo device, with full TiVo functionality.  Sign up for updates here.

Via Home Theater Magazine

If you have about $3000 to spend on a new home theater speaker system, then you might want to consider the Intimus 5T-DB Hybrid HD, a six-piece system featuring a pair of 5T towers, the 5C center speaker, a pair of 5DB dipole/bipole surround speakers and a remote-controlled subwoofer, the Bravus 10D.

Steve Guttenberg over at CNET sure likes the setup. He was quite impressed of the audio coming out of the speakers during a run through with the Spider-Man 3 Blu-ray. He was quite impressed the way the five speakers “developed vast, wrap-around soundstages.”

The choices for speaker finish are real cherry wood veneer and a classy high-gloss piano-black lacquer. For my money I’ll take the cherry wood finish as shown.