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Article | 4/09/2012 Bose Solo boosts your sound, boosts your TV

If you're looking for a way to lift your TV up by a few inches, and if you want better sound quality for your shows and movies, Bose has you covered: ...

Article | 31/08/2012 How to put your movies on your media server

I have a huge movie collection. It used to all be on VHS tapes, then I moved to DVDs, and now I'm slowly moving to Blu-Ray. That's all well and good, ...

Article | 31/08/2012 In pictures: new Denon and Marantz speaker docks and headphones

Denon and Marantz have shown off new lifestyle hi-fi audio products: a range of new Denon headphones and iPod dock audio systems, and a new Marantz hi...

Article | 27/08/2012 Audio description TV trials off to a quiet start

The ABC has been trialing an 'audio description’ service, providing narration for vision impaired citizens, on its ABC1 digital TV channel since the b...

Article | 27/08/2012 Catch of the Day's Technothon: cheap tech

Daily deals website Catch of the Day is running its Technothon until midday today, with low prices on a wide range of technology products.

Article | 7/08/2012 Yamaha slims down new Blu-ray player

Yamaha's new BD-S473 Blu-ray player inherits its features from last year's BD-S671, but is slimmer, cheaper, and more powerful.

Article | 27/07/2012 How to keep up with the Olympics in Australia

The 2012 London Olympic Games is finally here. If you’re in Australia, you’re able to stay in touch with every second of the Games -- there’s free-to-...

Article | 13/07/2012 Sony goes beyond Full HD with its new Blu-ray player

Sony's just-announced flagship Blu-ray player, the BDP-S790, is the first of its kind to upscale video to 4K -- the next generation of video quality b...

Article | 4/07/2012 Samsung and Foxtel team up for Internet TV effort

Foxtel has launched a streaming Internet TV subscription on some Samsung Smart TVs, with a range of channels at a much cheaper price than its existing...

Article | 27/06/2012 ABC iview now streaming on iPhone

The ABC's popular iview video on demand service is now available on iPhones as well as iPads, thanks to a revitalised, universal iOS app.

Article | 26/06/2012 No more analog TV after December 2013

Australia’s analog TV broadcasts will end quietly on the unceremonious date of 10 December 2013, as the last round of digital TV switchover dates have...

Article | 25/06/2012 Sony Google TV to be bundled with BRAVIAs

Sony has officially announced the imminent release of its Google TV set-top box in Australia. The ‘Sony Internet Player with Google TV’ will initially...

Article | 20/06/2012 Hands-on with Ikea's Uppleva Smart TV furniture combo

Back in April, Ikea announced it was going to produce furniture in its Uppleva range that included a built-in smart TV, speakers and even DVD or Blu-r...

Article | 20/06/2012 TVs get smarter with $99 Kogan Android stick

Cut-price electronics manufacturer Kogan has announced a $99 Smart TV dongle. Like the recently unveiled Sony Google TV set-top box, the Kogan gora Sm...

Article | 19/06/2012 In pictures: IKEA's Uppleva user interface

Check out this slide show of the user interface on IKEA's new Uppleva integrated home entertainment and TV system. Unfortunately, the menus are embarr...

Article | 19/06/2012 In pictures: IKEA's Uppleva TV system

Check out this slide show of IKEA's Uppleva, an affordable TV and home entertainment solution that can be really cool with hidden cables and integrate...

Article | 7/06/2012 Sony banks on Google TV for Australia

Sony is set to release a new Google TV set-top box in Australia which will be the first of its kind to be sold locally. The company has struggled to g...

Article | 6/06/2012 Google TV box gets movie streams from Android 4.0 smartphones, tablets

An upcoming Google TV box based on Android 4.0 OS and an ARM processor will come closer to smartphones and tablets with the capability to play direct ...

Article | 29/05/2012 Epson Moverio BT-100: futuristic-looking glasses that run on Android

Augmented reality is a term we've been hearing about for a while now, where online information and the physical world combine to provide an enriched u...

Article | 29/05/2012 Pixar includes Steve Jobs tribute in new movie

Pixar’s new film pays tribute to Steve Jobs in its closing credits, calling Apple’s late co-founder a mentor and a friend.