Very Exclusive Gadgets & Gizmos

The modern hi-tech fireplaces have made the hearth the focal point of a room. And unlike the traditional fireplaces, the modern fireplaces can be fitted not just in your walls but even in your TV cabinetry to add a dramatic touch to the interiors, while also saving on space. Besides the multimedia fireplace from Vok and the multimedia TV rack with a fireplace from Skloib, the latest is the “I-Vision” from Dutch fireplace manufacturer Helex, which integrates a flat-screen TV with a fireplace.

In the world of high-end luxury, everything is better if it has a bling element to it, and this is why the Ruby Television was created. Made in Italy, this 40-inch model includes 155 red rubies displayed in three different sizes to make your viewing pleasure a glittery one. This luxurious television set includes 12 rubies in 0.32 ct, 21 in 0.15 ct and 122 in 0.10 ct. With bling having a character of its own, you wouldn’t care if it comes with any logos or stickers.

Mention Bang & Olufsen in the same breath and chances are you would feel a lump form in your throat as you know full well that you aren’t able to afford purchasing anything from this brand, even if it is a souvenir item with its brand name emblazoned across it. Well, the same applies for Bang & Olufsen’s latest release, the BeoVision 7 which comes with a new 55″ screen size, upping the ante where its previous 40″ model left off in North America.

This Moxi 3 Tuner HD DVR is hazy crazy. So hands up everyone with a shed load of VHS tapes they never watched? Or a hard disk PVR or TiVo crammed with shows they don’t have time to view? Yeah thought so. So what on earth makes it logical to introduce a product which can record 3 different programs onto hard disk while you’re watching a fourth? What are you going to do with all the shows, start your own TV station? Hold them for ransom? Sell them back to Rupert Murdoch? ‘Cause one thing’s for certain, you’re probably only ever going to watch a fraction of the content in one lifetime.

After having announced a slew of hardware updates in the last week, the company with the plan, Apple, has moved on to software updates by introducing the new Apple TV 3.0 software that aims to up the ante in the battle for your attention in living rooms throughout America (and the world, although Apple might not claim that officially).

I’m not sure if SCART connectors took off anywhere except in Europe but they’re still floating around on older TVs I’m sure. This DVB-T to SCART Receiver lets you receive DVB-T broadcasts straight into your telly without the need for a big, clunky external decoder box. Just plug in your aerial (it also has an aerial pass through) and it will spit out either Composite+RGB or Composite+S Video via the SCART Connector in 4:3 or 16:9 and in either PAL or NTSC formats.

Guess the TV is going to hang around for a little while longer, albeit this time it will take a much more personal route, coming in the form of the FLO TV Personal TV which will allow TV fans to view their favorite news, live telecasts of sports, children’s programming as well as wholesome entertainment on a singular, dedicated device meant specifically for mobile TV viewing.

Bling seemed to have reached its apex when every bad boy from the hip-hop world ran out with a piece of blinged-up medallion. But if you’ve known the specialist itself, you’ll think twice. Having blinged things like a Chevrolet Captiva, football table, music players, to name a few, how could they miss LCD TVs and of course, the queen of bling, Paris Hilton. Bling-My-Thing has squashed the frame of this stunning 40″ LCD TV with over 14,000 CRYSTALLIZED TM - Swarovski Elements to complete this dazzling masterpiece.

When LCD TVs first hit the market, we were bowled over by their apparent slimness compared to what we see in our living rooms dominated by fat, chunky CRTs. Well, times have definitely changed (for the better) as CRTs have been phased out since then, and LCD TVs are the de facto standard when it comes to your living room viewing experience. LG ups the ante further with their latest release of a full HD LED LCD HDTV which is more or less as thin as it gets, bearing the image of a single sheet of glass.

Intelligent furniture will never lose its allure with the design-lovers and geeks alike. We have earlier seen the finest of TV cabinets from Technopolis and Acerbis. But the best truly comes in the last. Enter CUBE, a TV cabinet that has an edge over others, owing to its high-end make and design. The hi-tech cabinet is composed in black lacquered wood with mirrored doors, gilded with gold leaf. Hidden behind the mirror is a Samsung 32” LCD TV with KEF amplifier and speakers for a complete home theater effect. This original composition creates an effect of pixelization of space.