Archive for the 'A/V' Category

Audio Authority Component Video Down Converter, Mixed Signal Switch, Video Processor
Friday, October 6th, 2006

This ridiculously long-titled product is actually pretty awesome, depite the cumbersomeness (sp?) of the title. Imagine being able to take your totally awesome HD DVD player and plug it into your old-school analog TV set! I know, I know, it sounds too good to be true. But apparently there are people that want to do […]

The Ultimate PC to TV Converter
Thursday, September 28th, 2006

This converter from Audio Authority is arguably the best PC to TV solution I’ve ever seen. Not only does it play both ways (pc to hdtv display or hdtv source, like a dvd player, to a pc screen) it also scales the image so it looks great, no matter what display you’re using.
I also like […]

Get Your Extensions On!
Monday, August 28th, 2006

You’re right, this isn’t a hair blog. In fact, I’d like to make sure that this blog never has anything to do with hair. Hair is gross unless it’s firmly planted in somebody’s head. Otherwise, it’s no good. Anywhere. Fortunately, I’m not talking about cheap fake dreads you picked up in the back of the […]

iTheater Video Glasses
Monday, July 31st, 2006

If you don’t mind looking a little goofy (which, I know I don’t) and you love on-the-go movie watching (which, I know I do), then this is the item for you. The iTheater Video Glasses are the equivalent of watching a 50″ bigscreen TV from 8.5 ft. away. Only it’s small enough to fit on […]

SoundTech Lightsnake USB to Instrument Cable
Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Well, it’s not Bluetooth, but it’s USB and it’s a snake that sounds like it should have blue teeth… Yeah, anyway, basically the SoundTech Lightsnake USB to Instrument Cable is a neat-o adapter cord that lets you plug just about anything with a 1/4″ jack into your computer via USB. Most of the time you […]

DVDO iScan VP20
Saturday, July 22nd, 2006

As the schism between regular and high-def TV becomes more defined and as HDTV begins to take dominance, we’re all starting to realize one thing: high def looks a lot better when it’s done right. Unfortunately, there are those of us trying to use our old analog sources, which doesn’t translate real well into high […]

Gefen Announces New VGA to DVI Scaler
Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

Hope everyone had a good 4th! Now, onto the news, Gefen just added a $300 VGA to DVI scaler to their site. These are awesome for you video-philes who want to check out all that awesome stuff you ripped off of BitTorrent downloaded from iTunes on your DVI HD bigscreen, but don’t have a TV-compatible […]

SmartAVI Smartnet-X 16×64 AV Matrix Switch
Friday, June 30th, 2006

Since I’ve looked at a lot of really small stuff I wanted to pick something big. I mean, really big. So check out the SmartAVI Smartnet-X 16×64 AV Matrix. This thing can send 16 separate video sources to up to 64 separate displays. And the best part is that each display can independently select any […]

Accell UltraAV 2×1 HDMI Switch
Monday, June 26th, 2006

Everybody always talks about how small and convenient the HDMI cable format is. I mean, where else can you get digital audio and video, all in one, small cable. Heck, even the connector is small! So, with all this smallness going around (because small is the new big, right?) it makes sense to have a […]