July 22nd, 2014
Time to upgrade to a new TV? Overwhelmed with choice? Not sure if one of those “Smart TVs” you keep hearing about would be worth buying? If you have questions, Appliances Online has answers. Here’s our guide to Smart TVs, where you can find the facts: What is a Smart TV? The definition of a Smart TV is a television with digital connectivity, allowing it to access the internet ... Read more
July 7th, 2014
One thing that often puts people off Smart TVs is that they can be a real pain to set up and use. Why would you struggle through layers of incomprehensible menus to access Smart features when you could just crash out on the couch and watch telly the way you always have? With this in mind, LG has developed its new series of LG Smart TVs with ease ... Read more
June 11th, 2014
When it comes to TVs and home theatre systems, conventional wisdom is that “bigger is better”. But is it possible for a TV to be “too big”? If there is such a thing, British TV manufacturer Titan Technology has likely found it with its new “Zeus” model TV, which it’s claiming to be the biggest TV in the world. image source: Titan Reportedly measuring 8 metres wide and 5 ... Read more
June 2nd, 2014
Blu-ray and DVD players, recorders and PVRs not only allow you to record and play back your entertainment, but their special features bring whole new levels of convenience to your home theatre. Here are seven of our favourite features of selected Panasonic players and recorders, and what they can do for you: Twin Tuner Panasonic DMR-XW390 DVD Disc Recorder 500Gb HDD Twin HD Tuner DMRXW390 The invention of the VCR ... Read more
April 28th, 2014
It doesn’t matter whether you like movies, TV, music or video games – everyone deserves to enjoy their home entertainment on an awesome set of equipment, and the new range of 2014 Audio Visual appliances from Samsung, available now from Appliances Online, can help you do just that. Here are three awesome new pieces of fresh Samsung AV gear: Top-notch TVs Samsung UA48H6400AW 48" 122cm Full HD Smart 3D ... Read more
March 24th, 2014
New AV season has arrived once again – the time of year when manufacturers of Audio Visual appliances start releasing their new models of TVs, Blu-ray players and sound systems to the eager delight of cinemaphiles and music lovers everywhere. For AV earlybirds looking to get instant access to the technologies of tomorrow today, check out the new TVs from Panasonic and TCL, plus the new Sony ... Read more
March 12th, 2014
Appliances Online has always embraced change, which is why we always try to keep our supply of Audio Visual appliances up to date. To help give our network of warehouses and distribution centres around Australia a little extra room for the latest and greatest AV designs, we're running out our stock of 2013's models, with a special focus on one of Australia's leading AV brands... From 11-25 March ... Read more
January 14th, 2014
Every year, members of our team travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, for the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), providing us with a little glimpse into what to expect from the world of technology in the year to come. The reports that have come through from our Audio Visual Guru on the ground, Jamie Dickson, are that in addition to all of the eye-popping new high tech ... Read more
November 13th, 2013
Here's a few choice words about a few choice products that are COMING SOON to the fabulous land of Appliances Online Audio Visual. These exciting products are set to arrive on the website just in time for the 25th December. First up, presenting the Sony HT-ST3 4.1 Channel Sound Bar. Currently being touted at "the world's slimmest Bluetooth sound bar" (which makes it sound positively anorexic), it's ... Read more
September 11th, 2013
For the last few days, Sony have been offering a dazzling look into future at the IFA expo in Berlin. They’ve been showing off a plethora of brain-boggling innovation, with our eyes drawn in particular to technology delivering on the promise of astounding visuals ... everything from new 4K products to Sony's updated personal 3D viewer. Personal 3D Viewer Touted as “a complete home cinema to go”, this ... Read more
September 10th, 2013
Welcome to a new era in home entertainment: Ultra High Definition - aka Ultra HD, aka 4K - has arrived at Appliances Online! It boasts four times the resolution of Full High Definition (that thing we’ve said for years was the ultimate kinda on-screen resolution ... quite stupidly forgetting there are few “ultimates” in the world of technology). It's the highest resolution possible right now. Leading the ... Read more
September 2nd, 2013
While we’ve all been hearing about the high resolution of 4K TVs and the incredible picture quality of OLED screens for a while now, here in Australia they've largely been theoretical discussions. While innovations in telly technology are all well and good, when they’re not available here in the land that’s girt by sea, they may as well be taking place on the moon. But now, these ... Read more
July 30th, 2013
One of the biggest and best exhibitions of consumer product is coming to Berlin in September. And so is that ultra-glam, slightly-weird "human spokesmascot", Miss IFA. It’s one fabulous week of show-boating for some of the world’s foremost manufacturers. And we can't wait to get an insight into the latest and greatest products they’ve got to offer. Appliances Online will have some representatives right there on the floor ... Read more
July 29th, 2013
Last night, I went to the 3D extravaganza that is “Pacific Rim”. I bore witness to this flick in the oh-so-inspiring environs of Event Cinemas Bondi Junction. And I was summarily entertained, immersed and blown away. At a time when our collective love-affair with 3D seems to be over the honey-moon period into a "hey dude, let's see other people" phase ... it was a salient reminder that, ... Read more
July 24th, 2013
Brace yourself. 'Cos here's another blog about Appliances Online audio: this week's focus is the mighty SOUNDBAR. Presenting (to thundering applause) a dramatic way to improve your home entertainment experience. Dynamic, powerful and - frankly - incredibly boring to look at. Which is why we've decided to put it in this picture of a Triceratops. So there. Firstly, what is a soundbar? Well, it's a new Melbourne laneway bar ... Read more