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HomeStar - 21st Century Home Planetarium Review

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the my-god-it's-full-of-stars dept.

Jeff writes "Direct from Japan, the SegaToys HomeStar is a unique home projector that turns any room into a planetarium, giving a clear view of the night sky. Using interchangeable plates, it's capable of displaying up to 10,000 stars of either northern or southern hemisphere, as well as their constellations. The starfield can move on a timer to simulate the earth's rotation. Also comes with a meteor generating function and sleep timer. Makes a great gift for the dad who has everything, or people who live in light-polluted areas." Check out Jeff's review of the unit.

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  1. High-tech - for the 1970's? by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    ...home projector...Using interchangeable plates...

    You go girl - buck that digital trend!

    Direct from Japan...

    All the way across the Pacific Ocean, huh? Far out man, that's EXOTIC!

  2. Hard-hitting facts by Draconnery · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The site doesn't really seem to be down right now, 25 minutes after you posted, but it does still suck.

    For anyone who goes looking for TFA later, if/when it gets slashdotted, don't worry, you're missing nothing - the quote provided by the parent post is one of the best and most telling sections of this "review." That is a description of the product from "the official Homestar website, (translated through Babelfish)."

    Another important fact the reviewer shares is: "Shaking the sphere doesn't cause any rattling."

    That's what we need. A monkey reviewing a shiny ball with "soothing curves." WTF?