Since their inception nearly 50 yea...

Since their inception nearly 50 years ago, electric fireplaces have relied mainly onward low-tech devices such as crinkled foil, silk ribbons, and fans to mimic a flickering flame consequence However, a new development in the entertainment industry--the Digital Video Disk (DVD) player--has greatly improved the realism of electric fireplace design. This technological leap may restrain the key to future increase of not only "faux" fireplaces, still also other replica products in other areas of the appliance industry.

Inspired according to visual effects such as those used in attractions at Disney World and other theme parks, engineers began experimenting