By Gary Dretzka
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Soundolier Wireless Speaker Lamp: Few home-entertainment products coexist as uneasily with a room’s décor as speaker cabinets. Soundolier solves the problem without unsightly wiring, stand-alone cabinets and wall mounts. Ideal for deployment in living rooms and bedrooms, each device contains an internal speaker capable of providing 360-degree stereo-sound dispersion. Paired, the attractive fixtures also answer the question of where to situate cumbersome rear speakers in an immersive home-theater system. $299 per lamp (www.soundolier.com).
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ShredMaster V wireless guitar controller/Myvu personal media viewer: Activision’s rapidly expanding Guitar Hero series has raised the ante on pretend fretting by adding verisimilitude to the design of its wireless controllers. Finished in carbon-fiber paint, DreamGear’s newest V-shaped ax adds an extra set of fret buttons for young PS2 headbangers. To extend the rock-star experience, add a pair of sleek and stylish glasses from Myvu, and the Guitar Hero graphics will play out before your eyes. The personal media viewer comes with earplugs and can display movies and video games, as well. $84.99/$199-plus (www.dreamgear.net; www.myvu.com).
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R2-D2 DVD Projector/R2-D2 Wireless Webcam: Upscale Star Wars fanatics no longer need content themselves with cheapo lightsabers and threadbare costumes. Nikko Home Electronics has created highly sophisticated webcams and projectors in the likeness of the series’ beloved R2-D2 robot. 
The 20-inch-tall CD/DVD projector is mobile and features DLP technology, a 20-watt stereo system, iPod docking station and a Millennium Falcon remote control. The smaller webcam can be accessed from anywhere in the world, record and play back digital video, zoom in on subjects and move in several directions. This package includes a lightsaber-style IP phone/remote. $2,999/$350 (www.nikkor2d2.com).
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Liquid Image Digital Underwater Camera Mask: Amateur divers and snorkelers can record their underwater experiences without having to bring along a handheld camera. The cross-hair viewfinder, internal-memory port, battery and capture button are built into the secure yellow mask. It comes in high- and low-res versions and features 16MB Flash memory. $99/$79 (www.liquidimage.com).