Loyal AV Rant listeners/readers will know that I got one of the BenQ Joybee GP1 projectors a while back in for review. It’s a small, portable projector designed for images up to 80″. Sure 80″ is the max but I’m not exactly about taking it easy on a projector am I? Read more…

Bing, if you don’t know, is Microsoft’s new search engine. The point? To compete with Google of course. Their own engine (Live Search) is used just long enough for people to homepage Google or install a search bar before it is ditched forever more. I’ve often thought that one of Google’s main modus operandi is to take something someone else is doing (like searches) and do it better. Read more…

Join me on AV Rant! Dina is going to be in and out for the next few months as summer tends to be hectic for her. That means I’ll be needing some help from time to time. Clint obviously is up to the task but I wanted to give a few of you a chance. What do you need? Some sort of mic (preferably not crap), some headphones, an ooVoo or skype account, and Audacity. A webcam is a plus. Send me an MP3 of you telling me why you should be my guest cohost in a minute or less at tom at avrant dot com.

No sooner do I order some blackout curtains for my HT than I get an email from BenQ about a pocket projector. Do I want a review unit? Yes I do! The Joybee GP1 is on the way. It’s only SVGA 4:3 native but should be fun for parties. Look for a review in the near future. There’s a commercial about it over at YouTube if you have 4 minutes to waste.

Thanks to some very enterprising and generous listeners, I’m now the proud owner (as soon as it gets here) of a PS3. Thanks to all that chipped in and helped out (especially Rob). Now, let the suggestions fly as to what you’d like to see done with the PS3 – games to play, movies to review, features to test… let me know. I’ll tell you now that I have a friend with the Orange Box so I might pick that up first for a little Team Fortress and because I’m guessing I can get it on sale these days.