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If you love Star Wars then you have to get this, and really, who wouldn’t want R2 in their home?

R2’s head houses a DLP projection system with superior 1,500:1 contrast, and can project movies, TV shows, images, and video games from his radar eye at 1024 x 768 resolution onto walls up to 16 1/2′ away. That’s the equivalent to an 80″ screen! He can also rotate the viewing angle up to 65 to project images onto your ceiling.

You can buy the R2-D2 Home Theater System at Hammacher Schlemmer.

“One of R2’s mechanical arm housings in the front of his body has a DVD/CD player that can play DVDs, audio CDs, and more. R2’s anterior louvred vents rotate to reveal a docking station that fits most iPods (including video iPods), so you can play music or videos through his two 20-watt built-in speakers, and an acces s panel adjacent to the docking station conceals slots for memory cards and a USB port, allowing you to project digital pictures anywhere in your house. His rear logic display has an LED message center that alternates between R2s current function and random light patterns, and a terminal panel in the the rear has all audio and visual connections for connecting headphones, external speakers, video game systems, TVs, and more. R2’s sensors keep him from falling off tables or down stairs while he moves forward, backward, left, right, and pivots; a mounted model of the Millennium Falcon conceals a remote that provides complete control of all R2’s functions.”

Get the experience of a home theater with the functionality of a watch. Long lineups won’t bore you anymore, why not watch one of your favorite movies while you wait?

The Home Theater Watch has a comfortable and adjustable rubber band. The 260k OLED True Color Screen measures 1.5″, with 128 x 128 pixel imaging. The watch supports MP3, WMA, and MP4 (NXV) formats. It also has JPEG image format support, 5 equalizer modes, super bass, 3-D sound effect playback modes, and has 2GB of built-in storage.

You can buy the Home Theater Watch at Unbeatable Sale.

“Imagine what it would be like if you could view your favorite full-length film while in the comfort of your office chair, riding on the train, waiting at the doctor’s office, or even while waiting in line at the coffee shop! Your colleagues will want to share the headphones with you on your next plane ride. Your friends and family will be eager to spend time with you so they can catch a glimpse of the coolest watch on the market: The Home Theater Watch.”

If you share your life with a gamer, or if you are a gamer, you’re going to love this black simulated leather video chair.

It’s been designed to hold up to the punishment of the roughest of gamers. The chair measures
20″ W x 32″ D x 34″ H. It’s also available in green beige and burgundy.

You can buy the Video Rocker from Kid Stuff in a Box.

“You will be in the drivers seat as you conquer even the most difficult video gaming challenges. It’s frame is made of solid hardwoods and plywood and will support up to 200lbs. Durabilty is built in through high quality fire retardent foams and fibers for hours of gaming comfort.”

I recently switched from regular cable to digital, it’s pretty good, except that there is no sound regulation. Some stations are so quiet we have to turn the television up to about 20, then the next station has to be turned down to about 4. And forget about how loud the commercials are.

I may have to get this TV Sound Regulator that automatically matches the volume of the show and the commercials to the volume level at which you’ve set your TV. Louder sounds are lowered and softer sounds are amplified. What a concept! Seems simple enough, but it’s taken us this long to come up with something to do it.

You can buy the TV Sound Regulator at firstSTREET.

“No more adjusting your volume control. You can stop constantly adjusting your TV volume; this innovative controller does it for you. Best of all, it connects easily to your television and other components using standard audio cables, so you just plug and play. The only requirements are that your VCR, DVD, or cable box has audio outputs and your TV has audio inputs (normally found on the back of your television).”

I’ve got this at the top of the “to-buy-for-my-husband” list this year. He has got a huge collection of LPs and it would surely be a good thing to get them all converted to CDs. The LP to CD Recorder Stereo System definitely sounds like it will do the trick.

“This combination recorder and stereo system allows you to preserve your classic vinyl records by recording them to CDs so you can enjoy your favorite music when traveling without damaging the delicate original medium, or having to manage an oversized protective case.

It takes a few simple steps to faithfully transfer an LP to a digital audio CD-R or CD-RW, and at any time during recording you can pause to select only certain songs, turn the album over, change albums, or make compilation recordings.”

Check price and availability at Hammacher Schlemmer.

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Nostalgia time! There’s nothing like a mini-jukebox to get that retro party going, and the JukeMaster is a perfect choice. It’s a replica of a 1950s tabletop jukebox, but with fully modern technology. You get all the lights and sounds of an old-fashioned jukebox, but with today’s stereo sound quality.

With 100 preprogrammed 50s and 60s hits, plus the ability to play your own CDs, MP3-format CDs and songs from 20 preset FM radio stations, this jukebox baby will send you back in time:

“This jukebox plays a hundred hits from the 50’s and 60’s. You’ll shuffle through the pages of tunes by the original artists and select your song just like the “Good Ol’ Days” or play your personally recorded favorites for your “steady.”"

Check price and availability at FirstStreet.

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If you’ve ever struggled with a manual corkscrew, and ended up either holding the bottle between your knees and trying to yank the cork out, or fishing cork bits out of your win, this Automatic Wine Bottle Opener is will make your day, especially the next time you’re throwing a party.

“Most corkscrews lack the power to fully remove corks, especially from older bottles, but this corkscrew removes the cork at the touch of a button, without leaving crumbs behind. It works smoothly on most standard wine bottles, as well as most flanged-neck bottles. It has a foil cutter that doubles as a base for the unit, and an ergonomically contoured grip. The black ABS exterior houses a durable motor of steel and aluminum.”

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If you’ve been hankering for a system that will let you listen to your tunes in any room of your house, without the hassle of wiring in speakers in each room, a wireless system is definitely the way to go. The Streamium is a wireless digital jukebox that also comes with Music Stations that can be used in different rooms.

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The Pioneer HTP-XGS1 5.1 sounds like heaven for a gamer. This speaker system is designed to provide surround sound (5.1 channel) for the XBox 360.

This is powerful stuff. The output is 600 watts, and the MCACC feature (multi channel acoustic calibration) will measure the room’s acoustic properties and automatically adjust the sound.

Via NewLaunches.

If you have a large MP3 collection, and your home is networked, a device like the Squeezebox will come in handy, letting you play your MP3s through your home theater or stereo equipment, rather than being stuck listening to your tunes through your PC or portable music player.

Laptop Mag has a review of the Squeezebox, and finds the device performed admirably, as well as being easy to set up: “The device powers up in about two seconds, and browsing music is fast, even with thousands of songs. Playback starts immediately. When using the remote to browse a sizable library, switching from one album to another was far faster than getting up and changing CDs.”

Available in wired and wireless configurations at Amazon.

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The Sony NAS-D5HD “NetJuke” sports a 40GB hard drive so you can rip CDs directly to the system:

“For a start there is a chunky 40GB integrated hard drive so you can rip CDs directly without the need for a PC. This not only builds a music collection for the HiFi but from here it will also write the music directly to MiniDiscs (anyone still got one?) and Memory Stick Duo cards. Content can also be stored and exported directly from FM radio and a large 4.3in colour display shows song information and album art.”

Via Trusted Reviews.