Tips On Projector Installs For Media Rooms Despite the emergence of large screen TVs for media rooms, installers are still installing 1080p projectors for sizes over 60 inches. We take a look at what's involved.
Designing A Home Theatre Designing a home theatre? Take a look at this home theatre installation in a South Yarra home which has been designed with flexibility in mind.
How To Tech Upgrade Your Home Think you can't afford a home technology upgrade? Thing again. SmartHouse talks to the experts to show you the amazing things you can achieve for under $50,000.
Surround Sound For Your Home If you are looking for a multi-room surround sound system, take a look at this smart installation in a grand Melbourne home in which the ReVox multi-room sound system is the star.
10 Home Theatre Mistakes And How To Fix Them Some days it's hard to separate home theater help from home theater hype. However, the basic rules still apply for creating a home theater experience that your clients will remember.
Ideas For Every Room: The Family Room It’s never easy to decide on electronic systems for your home.There are simply too many remarkable products to choose from. But remember, just because a system is cool doesn’t mean it’s going to be right for your house. SmartHouse shows you how to get the most out of your family room.
Hoover Up For Sale Whirlpool has decided to put its Hoover floor-care unit on the auction block.
Capt’n Snooze Gets With The Program A unique profiling program can lead snooze-searchers straight to the bed that best suits their body, says Capt’n Snooze.
A Bed For MAC Geeks Are you looking for a bed that's also an office? Now you have it with a new foldaway bed that doubles as a full desk and office. Called a Murphy bed the new model has it all, a bed a desk and new fold away mechanism.
How To Create Your Digital Home The concept of the digital home seems straightforward enough – it’s all about networking and device interoperability right? well, its actually much simpler than this.
Home Theatre Simplified Home theatre is far simpler than you think. Sure, it can be a lot more complicated, but it needn’t be.
Automate Your Home Theatre Lighting, control systems and motorised window treatments can make your home theatre sizzle.
AMX Catches iPod Religion AMX and iPort have announced the availability of the AMX for iPort Duet Module, enabling system integrators to incorporate the popular Apple iPod into their customers' AMX control systems.
Philips Recall Plasma TV's That Burst Into Flames Philips Electronics who are struggling with quality control problems with their LCD TV's have now been forced to recall 11,800 plasma flat-panel TVs that have been bursting into flames.
Set Top Boxes A Waste Of Time. Analyst. Telecommunications analyst Paul Budde has said that if consumers are thinking about buying a digital set-top box for their living room TV? That they should forget it. He says it very likely prove to be a waste of money.
Audio-Friendly Art Acoustic Art has come up with an artistically-pleasing solution to noise absorption in your home-theatre or Hi-fi room.
(Not So) Smart House A UK Trekkie has gone broke after transforming his flat into an internal replica of the Voyager space ship from the Star Trek TV series.
How To Buy A Home Theatre System Mass market resellers are 9 times out of 10 bullshit artists. They will only sell you what they make the most margin on not what is best for you and that applies to selling you a home theatre system that does not necesarily perform. Here are some tips to help you.
Room By Room - Living Room Modern family rooms function as many things -- a media center, a reading nook, a party pad -- make sure yours has the electronic oomph to support a variety of activities.
Room By Room - Home Office Having a home office takes more than a PC and a printer. Plan also for a computer network, a lighting system and a music system to help keep you cranking.
Home Cinema Builder What do you need to know when buying and setting up your home cinema? This step-by-step guide will help you along the way.
Sights & Sound You may already know what kind of video display will best fit your needs and your home theatre space. You may know some of the things to look for in a surround-sound audio system. But what about all those home theatre components that are going to be in a closet, rack or cabinet?
The Perfect Family Room The modern family room is all about having the latest entertainment gear to keep mum, dad and the kids happy. Radolph Ramsay looks at what you need to fill your family room with fun.
The New Hub Of The Home Think entertainment, information and efficiency when selecting technologies for the most popular room of the house.
A House That Thinks Beauty and brains combine in a new Melbourne display home that showcases bold architecture and smarthouse integration.
Smarthouse gives you the low-down on all that HD TV has to offer - the best TVs both LCD and Plasma, plus peripherals. We also cover great ski gear and awesome in-car entertainment, as well as all the usual features…
