News Archive
Wed 17 May 2006
$132,000 Gold Plated 71” Plasma
Hot Damn! LG is giving you the opportunity to blow $132,000 on a 24 karat gold coated TV. It’s the world’s largest commercially available standing tall and wide at 71” and offering a resolution of 1920 x 1080. It also boasts an impressive 600W home cinema system for fantastic surround sound and integrated display facilities for viewing digital photos and MP3 track playback. If you’re not feeling that bling there is also a ‘poor man’s’ version in black which comes in at an affordable $95,000. If you do want one you better snap it up quick though as there’s only a thousand available.
For more on home cinema see: 10 Upgrades to your Home Cinema without spending a penny!
Wed 17 May 2006
Barbeque every night no matter what the weather!
Imagine coming home every night, swinging open the fridge, pulling out a whole load of meat and getting all mongolian, korean or whatever barbeque cuisine you like, on it! This table is no ordinary table its made from food grade german stainless steel and has a center circle that can heat up to 430 degrees. Whats more, when you turn on the 1800 watt heating element, the metal cooking circle in the middle actually bends down to form a shallow bowl to collect juices and drippings, so barbeque and keep all the flavour! Available in many sizes up to 42″, you can even order just the surface top and have it installed on a kitchen counter.
Here comes the not so good news, unsurprisingly its not cheap with prices starting at $1600 and this amazing concept has been awfully named Cook-N-Dine! Obviously all the budget was spent on the product and none left for marketing, you’ll just have to lie to your guests and give it some fancy german name.
Tue 16 May 2006
Multi zone music from the new Kaleidascape Music Player
The Kaleidescape Music Player features four fully-independent music zones in the home (more can be added) for listening to music. You import music via a built-in disc reader which rips the tracks and all the information about that CD - album name, artist, song title, detailed album reviews, high-resolution cover art which you can then see on your screen. Combined movie/music Kaleidescape systems are available in two new off-the-shelf configurations. The KS4000 includes storage for up to 150 DVDs or 1,800 music CDs, while the KS4500 includes storage for up to 375 DVDs or 4,500 music CDs. More Servers can be added to a System for storing even larger collections.
You have to buy Kaleidascapes from custom installers so for prices, see your local dealer or see our directory.
Tue 16 May 2006
Electrocuting safe! or that's what they want you to think.
A safe disguised as a wall socket for a measly $10, what a bargain! Thing is, although it can be locked so that it stays in place it doesn’t actually use a combination or unique way to secure it, so its success really depends on how realistic it looks. Hard to tell without seeing one in the plastic and comparing it to a real wall socket. Of course for us here in the UK it doesn’t have the right pin configurations as well which would be very suspect.
See Moat & Drawbridge for further info on Smart- Home security systems.
