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Acer's 3D, home automation-ready S5200 projector now available
Acer first slipped out word about this one last week, but it looks like its new S5200 projector is now actually available, and it packs a few more unique features than your average projector. That includes a 120Hz refresh rate and full support for 3D when paired with a compatible graphics card (and some 3D glasses, of course), along with built-in support for Creston's home automation system, which will let you operate it from afar and engage in other shenanigans. On the downside, the projector only manages a standard XGA resolution (among other decidedly average specs), so it shouldn't come as too much of surprise that Acer is pitching it more at classroom use than as one of the first real 3D options for your home theater. Then again, the £650 (or just over $1,000) price tag is certainly home theater-friendly, so go nuts if you feel like it.
Magic Message Mirror on display at CEDIA
Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the freakiest freak of all? No doubt, you are Magic Mirror man. If you doubted Basil's ability to scare the shiznit out of kiddies or intruders alike then just peep the creepy pics from CEDIA Expo where Themeaddicts Magic Message Mirror was on display. Rigged up to a Crestron automation system for the show, inventor Craig Barrof -- producer for Universal's King Kong attraction and creator of Jurassic Park's menacing T-Rex -- announced that the mirror will set you back $22,000 large to take home where the on-screen butler can render 10 animated messages standard, or an additional 23 at $600 a pop -- double-that for custom jobbies. Creepy as it is, there's undeniable value in knowing your Jacuzzi is ready, Cristal chilled, and Fiddy's live at the door, eh? [Via Talk About CEDIA]
