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Hands On With The Thunderstorm Handheld Theater For iPad At Macworld
Mar 11, 2025
Erfon takes a look at a new speaker product from Belkin, the Thunderstorm Handheld Theater For iPad.
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hey guys aan Elijah Gadget Hunter here
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with CAC at macor 2013 with a best of
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show finalist winner we're not sure not
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not sure uh but they just brought the
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best of show over here and uh it's a
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great product and it definitely deserves
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best of show at Ma World um we hold on
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let me introduce you first you're
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Brandon I'm Brandon and I'm here at the
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Balon booth and we're going to be
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showing you the
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thunderstorm let me do it it's the
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thunderstorm handheld home theater for
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the iPad okay so let me describe it
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because that is something I am actually
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qualified to do so this is a little
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speaker that straps onto your iPad and
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if you listen to music on your iPad if
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you watch movies on your iPad you might
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actually might really like this because
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it also has an integrated smart cover
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that can be folded to make your iPad sit
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up straight and um I was actually kind
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of not really sure what to expect you
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told me that the iPad sounds like kind
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of tiny not very good I agree and you
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sat this down in front of me you're like
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wait till I turn this thing on the sound
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is going to get markedly better
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especially if you're going to be
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watching a movie and I was like okay
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I've heard this Spiel before let's see
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what happens and you turned it on this
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thing actually sounds really good so
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what's the secret sauce what is this
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tell me about it yeah so um you know
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once you have this device in your hand
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and your movie or your favorite song is
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playing you get that wow factor you're
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Blown Away by the sound when you first
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hear it and that's because uh it's sound
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you can feel um there are two 4 watt
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speakers on the soundar and there's a
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special porting system in in the middle
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so it's pushing sound through the back
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of the device through Special Air
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channels and that's what gives it that
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Rumble so let's say when you're playing
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a game like uh Real Racing 3 and and
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you're turning your your device into a
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steering wheel you really get immersed
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in the game and that's what we tried to
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deliver with this device I didn't even
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pick up on that but yeah you're right as
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I was holding it my hands are actually
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shaking a little bit so it it it
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definitely does add something to the
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experience and I got to say watching a
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movie with this thing strapped on it
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changes the experience for sure if you
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travel a lot if you're on airplanes
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maybe watching videos on your iPad and
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hotel rooms this could add a lot and
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this is also great for music you said
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tell us about the app that you have here
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yeah so uh with this app that we
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developed in partnership with avaner it
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allows you to uh change the soundscape
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so uh within the first mode uh for
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instance um the sound would be directed
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you know more towards you but let's say
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uh you have more friends that come in
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and want to experience the music or
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experience the movie you can sort of
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widen the soundscape and you'll hear uh
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your media and that sound sort of spread
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out so you can fine tune it to uh
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optimize your movies gaming and music
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cool well let's try this I know it's
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always hard to give a sound
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demonstration over video especially if
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you don't have one of these and you're
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watching this video on your iPad let's
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play something on the normal iPad
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speaker and then maybe activate the
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sound wait the thunderstorm the Thunder
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activate the Thunder your voice is just
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low enough too to make that sound really
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good okay ready
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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thunderstorm
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[Music]
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activate so you obviously can't hear you
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probably heard that that got louder it
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actually sounds markedly better now so
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this has been the balcon thunderstorm
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check it out hey where can they get
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these and how much does it cost so right
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now you can go on bon.com uh you can get
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our 30 pin versions which are available
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for $199 we have lightning uh versions
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and they are going to be shipping in the
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spring there you have it air from Elijah
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Gadget Hunter here on the pr Mac World
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2013 I'll see you guys soon
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