If Tony Soprano can have a theatre in his home, you deserve one as well and now, with this guide, you can build yourself a HDTV projection theatre for a fraction of the cost of professional services.

Some tips:
* Be sure to consider your screen size and location before selecting a projector.

* “It’s important to keep eye height in mind when mounting a screen. Have a seat and measure how high your eyes are as you look straight ahead. Subtract 1/3 of the screen height from your eye height. That should be the height of the bottom of your screen.”

The 100″ screen they selected runs about $1000 an the Panasonic projector is about $1500 (after $400 rebate). A TV half that size is going to cost you at least $2000, so if you have the room, this is a great way to make your neighbors jealous of your Manroom.

ESPN’s Jason Stark asked some of baseball’s best minds, what “if we take all home run records out of the argument, what are the 10 best records in baseball?”

1. Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak (56)

2. Ted Williams .406 batting average

3. Pete Rose’s career hit total (4,256)

4. Denny McLain’s 31 wins in a season

5. Cal Ripken’s iron man streak (2,632 games)

6. Orel Hershiser’s scoreless innings streak (59)

7. Hack Wilson’s single-season RBI record (191)

8. Bob Gibson’s ERA in 1968 (1.12)

9. Rickey Henderson’s single-season SB record (130)

10. Nolan Ryan’s single-season strikeout record (383)

The adult video giant, Vivid Entertainment has announced that they will begin selling full-length films online for in-home use. A major divergence from traditional media, the company will allow users to purchase movies for $19.95 online and then burn a DVD of the file to watch offline.

Once again the porn industry is out in front while Hollywood continues to figure out this strange “Internet” thing.

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer and the grilling season. This wonderful 3-day weekend is chalk full of baseball, BBQ and beer. Here are a few items to help you celebrate our fallen war heroes in style.

Grill like a chump with this backyard firepit ($189) and chrome barbecue grill add-on ($29) from Smith & Hawken.

You’ll never be able to drink as much as this guy: A man in Ogden Utah drank a case of Coors Light every day for 8 years. Roughly 70,000 beer cans littered his home, completely covering furniture, doorways and other unknown filth.

The Woodflame ($250) is a small, portable grill that doesn’t use gas or coal. Simply use 2-3 cubes of any hardwood and you’re ready to cook in 2 minutes. You can even buy a kit to put this on your boat.

Is it just me or are golfers getting even more lazy? Now, for $2000, you can get a remote controlled golf bag caddy.

Sometimes power is not readily available whenever you want a frozen drink rendering blenders useless… until now! Here’s a battery powered blender ($19) for all your mixing needs.

Have you ever thought, “damn, I wish there was a grill in the middle of this table”? Wish no more my friend. The Cook-N-Dine features a BBQ pit right in the middle of the table.

You’ve seen the new Miller Lite “Man Laws” commercials, but did you know that there is an entire stock market of man laws available at www.manlaws.com. You can submit your own laws and vote on other people’s submissions. With over 24,000 laws already on the books it seems like us men have a crap load of laws to abide by. Law #1… man shall not live by the rules. Some of them are pretty funny though:

“A man should never go to a manicurist!”

“A man should never say, ‘Let’s take my scooter’”

“If a man carries a cooler weighing more than 20 lbs, he is entitled to the first Miller Lite”

Take the term “quick draw” to a whole new level with this leather beer holster from RedEnvelope.com. It’s super cheesy, but can you think of a better use of $30? Yah we can too. On the bright side, it does adjust to fit cans and bottles.

The Manroom gadget team is constantly finding innovative new products that we think are worth your hard earned cash, but the list below is full of items that you should never buy under any circumstances.

The Pet Umbrella – $18.95
Can you imagine what your grandfather would say about this product? An umbrella for a dog!? Seriously!

Trade insanely expensive sports cars – $Free to sign up
Do you have a Ferrari or Maserati? Yah me either, but if you did you could trade time in it with other dumb rich people.

Pasta Pronto – $19.95
Easily the dumbest “As Seen on TV” product since the Flowbee. This amazing kitchen gadget “makes cooking pasta easier than ever.” When was cooking pasta difficult?

Moped powered bicycle – $399.99
The lazy get lazier with this crazy bicycle add-on. Why peddle like a sucker when you can strap an engine to your BMX?

Pet shade for trucks – $179.95
Another useless product for insane pet lovers. Why not just let your dog in the truck?

Luxury Subs – $Crazy Money
Buying a yacht is pretty extravagant, but if that’s not enough for you, buy yourself a luxury submarine.

Wall Outlet Safe – $9.95
Keep your valuables, well 2 of them, hidden in this tiny wall outlet safe. You’ll be teaching your children a valuable lesson next time they try to steal from you if they pick the wrong outlet.

It can be difficult to find new music through conventional avenues. MTV sucks, iTunes only lets you hear 15 seconds of a song and the radio only plays “popular” music. Pure Volume lets you browse thousands of artists (signed and unsigned), listen to full-length songs, watch videos and rate and store your favorites for future listening pleasure. If you care what other people think, check out the top charts. If you’re an indie-rebel, search willy-nilly for that musical gem.

Google recently launched a tool that allows any Tom, Dick or Harry to view search and news trends since 2004. While geeky, Manroom thought it would be the perfect tool to finally answer some of the worlds greatest questions and we got some very interesting results.

Our lead in made us think, “Who’s actually more popular Tom, Dick or Harry?” Surprisingly it’s Harry

What fantasy sport is more popular, baseball or football? Football by a landslide!

You thought the battle of the sexes would never be won. You thought wrong. The ladies take it according to Google.

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

Are you a tit man or an ass man?

And finally, Google’s light beer of choice? Bud Light

Feel free to share you Google Trends below.

Beer before liquor:

You may not have heard of Myles Heskett, Chris Ross and Andrew Stockdale, but you will. The three Australians are taking the music world by storm not through appearances on TRL or winning cheesy network talent shows, but through pure talent.

With riffs challenging the best of Black Sabbath and non-annoyingly-Rush-like vocals, Wolfmother feels equally at home on indy-college radio as it does on a heavy metal station. The band writes all of it’s own music, which is a more than refreshing relief from some of the crap the music industry has been spitting out over the past few years.

Wolfmother is one of the bands that understands the new music industry. For far too long, teeny-pop bands could release an album with one catchy song and make millions, because the record industry owned the relationship and other options were scarce. Today, Napster, iTunes and the like are forcing bands to spend a little more time in the studio if they want to sell more than $0.99 worth of music. Wolfmother’s self-titled release is the type of album you can listen to from start to finish–a rarity in today’s music scene.

Happily reminiscent of the good old days, Wolfmother is a cross between the classic rock of the 60’s (Witchcraft features a flute ala Jethro Tull!) and modern-day rock bands. Even the cover (by the seriously talented Frank Frazetta) is 100% retro-rock. The entire album blends perfectly and passes by far too quickly. Songs like Dimension, White Unicorn and Woman exude rock, Mind’s Eye has some of the best guitar transitions I’ve ever heard and Colossal and Joker & the Thief are epic rock songs that belong on every music fan’s playlist.

The band is currently in North America as part of the world-wide tour and if they’re half as good in person as their album, run, don’t walk to buy tickets! The album debuted in the states on May 2nd and is climbing charts around the country and is easily worth $9.99 on iTunes (includes a bonus live version of Colossal).