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Luxist Giveaway: Elgato EyeTV HD - Use Your Mac As A TV & DVR

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As though you needed another reason to sit in front of the computer? We are giving away an Elgato's EyeTV HD, which connects your cable or satellite box to your Mac computer allowing you to use your computer as a DVR (digital video recorder), and also to watch HD TV on your computer. It only works with Mac, but you can also stream your recordings and watch them on an iPhone or iPad using the Elgato iPhone or iPad app. How cool is that?

The EyeTV HD captures TV in full HD, and programs record to a hard drive on your computer. It even includes software to easily edit programs so that you can watch them minus commercials. The EyeTV HD is really what media junkies need to make their Mac computers full fledged media center machines. For more information and tech specs check out the EyeTV HD's section on Elgato's website here. It comes with the connection unit, a remote, and software, along with the promise of a very simple and straight-forward set up process. Retail priced at $199.95. One lucky winner will win an EyeTV HD system if you enter below.

THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW OVER. THANKS TO ALL WHO ENTERED.

To enter, leave a comment on this post sharing why you'd like to win an Elgato EyeTV HD. The giveaway ends on October 1st at 8:00pm PST. See additional rules below.

* To enter, leave a confirmed comment below.
* The comment must be left and confirmed before October 1st, 2010 at 8:00PM Pacific Time.
* You may only enter once.
* One winner will be selected in a random drawing.
* One winner will receive one Elgato EyeTV HD valued at $199.95.
* Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, and the District of Columbia, who are 18 and older.

See full giveaway rules here.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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2010 Harley-Davidson CVO Ultra Classic Electra Glide Goes to the Dark Side

by Jeremy Korzeniewski (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

2010 CVO Ultra Classic Electra Glide – Click above for high-res image gallery

Every year, Harley-Davidson breaks out the good ol' Accessories Catalog to bedeck a few of its most desirable models in a veritable smorgasbord of chrome, leather and outlandish paint schemes. See here, here, here and here for photo evidence of this undeniable fact. For 2010, though, The Motor Company is taking a darker approach to its highest-end model, the CVO Ultra Classic Electra Glide.

HD slathers the dark on its new CVO model, with the whole Gloss Black Rumble Collection making its appearance on the Glide. In total, the Crimson Mist Black / Dark Slate (with flame graphics, naturally) motorcycle comes with approximately 185 unique black parts, components and accessories, which join a black and chrome Screamin' Eagle Twin Cam 110 engine (that's 1803cc and 115 pound-feet of torque, HD's biggest and most powerful factory V-twin) and a six-speed Cruise Drive transmission to complete the nearly chromeless motif.

Harley's whole bag of techno tricks are also featured on the CVO Ultra, including a 160-watt CD/AM/FM/WB/MP3 Advanced Audio System by Harman-Kardon, CB and intercom, passenger audio with controls, cruise control and standard XM Radio. Finally, the HD-specific Garmin Road Tech zūmo 660 GPS unit with touch-screen display tells you where to point the handlebars.

Want one? Harley-Davidson only plans to build 999 CVO Ultra Classic Electra Glide in 2010, each with a base price of $36,499, which makes this the most expensive model in Harley's entire lineup this year. Check out our high-res image gallery below and click past the break for the complete press release.

Gallery: 2010 Harley-Davidson CVO Ultra Classic Electra Glide

[Source: Harley-Davidson]

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Harley-Davidson Drops Buell, Will Sell Stake in MV Agusta

by Jeremy Korzeniewski (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Harley-Davidson has just announced its third-quarter results, and things aren't quite as bad as they could have been... but we'll get to that in a moment. The big bombshell is that the Buell brand will be discontinued and the American motorcycle manufacturer will sell off its share in MV Agusta.

Head on over to Buell's official website to watch a video of an obviously emotional Erik Buell, who explains that HD will continue to honor the full factory warranty on Buell motorcycles and thanks his dealership body and loyal customers for their support for over 20 years of producing offbeat American sportbikes. Roughly 180 jobs will be lost from the Buell organization. HD will immediately begin the work of selling its recently-acquired stake in MV Agusta.

So, back to Harley's third-quarter performance. Revenue from motorcycle sales came to $803.3 million, down 22.1 percent compared to the the third quarter of '08. A total of 54,236 Harley-Davidson motorcycles were shipped worldwide, down 27.4 percent. Another $300 or so million was made off apparel and merchandise sales. Full details can be found in the ridiculously long press release after the break.

Goodbye Buell, we'll miss you.

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Epson Ensemble HD Home Cinema System

by Lisa Palladino (RSS feed) —

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With "staycations" becoming popular in this tough economy, you might opt to stay in more often and watch a good movie. But as a Luxist reader, you know that we don't mean using on-demand ... instead, we bring you the cool new Epson Ensemble HD Home Cinema System, via Uncrate. Priced from $5,000 - $7,000, this real home theater in a box includes a 100-inch motorized screen, an Epson PowerLite 3LCD projector with either 720p or 1080p resolution, an Atlantic Technology speaker system with a 150-watt sub, an A/V controller with HDMI handling and an upconverting DVD player and a universal remote. This PDF tells you all you need to know, or go here.

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Samsung Promises 70" LCD, Again

by Anton Friant (RSS feed) —

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Although they ragged us with a sneak peak of this behemoth back in August, Samsung has finally announced the official release date for the largest mass-produced LCD TV in the world to be February (actually, "February or March") 2007.

The 70-incher provides 1080p flat panel resolution with 8ms response time and 2000:1 contrast ratio – but what's even more exciting is the fact that Samsung claims that they will be manufacturing a million of the bad boys annually. Nice.

No word on price yet, but seeing as they've sort of got the market cornered here (and very well may have it cornered for a while), we're hoping they'll be nice, responsible market-creators and keep 'er well below five digits.

Via gizmodo

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What's the Difference Between p and i?

by Trey Evans (RSS feed) —

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So you just got that sweet new Mitsubishi 62" DLP2 with the newest of new HDMI and 1080p, but, uhh, what's the diff? Well most gadget geeks already know the difference between progressive signals and interlaced ones, but this article explains it without nerd speak as best it can. What it boils down to is, in the TVs of today, everything is going to be converted to something your set can understand, and picture quality won't suffer if things don't match up.

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Optoma Big Vizion In-Wall HDTV

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

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When you want a big-screen TV, there are three main things to take into consideration: cost, quality and appearance. For appearance, most people want a flat panel TV because it allows them to make the best use of their space. High definition is the clear winner in the picture quality department, but when you combine HDTV with a flat, plasma screen TV, the costs can go through the roof if you want a TV of a decent size. The solution is to go through the wall instead of the roof. Optoma offers a Big Vizion In-Wall HDTV, which is a 100-in. rear-projection TV that is built into the wall, giving it the look of a flat panel TV at a fraction of the cost. Given that a 71" HD plasma can cost up to almost $70,000, this gorgeous big-screen is quite the bargain, priced at about $20,000.

[via SciFi Tech]

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