Category: HDTV
Sony extends BRAVIA range of TVs Stateside with XBR6, XBR7, and XBR8 Series
Sony has pushed out another seven BRAIVA LCD TVs across the XBR6, XBR7, and XBR8 Series.
Top of the pile comes the XBR8 Series, available in 55 and 46-inch screen sizes, and featuring full 1080p HD, Sony’s TRILUMINOS three-colour LED backlight technology, 10-bit panel and processing, Advanced Contrast Enhancer PRO, and the BRAVIA ENGINE 2 PRO coupled with 120Hz frame rate technology…
Movie downloads at UK iTunes store from today – films released same day as on DVD
Apple has announced that movies from major film studios will be available for purchase and rental, as of today, from the iTunes store on the same day as their DVD release.
Seven hundred titles from 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios…
Philips intros 9600 Ambilight LCD HDTV with faster panels and better contrast
Philips has announced its latest range of Ambilight high definition LCD TVs, claiming they offer the fastest LCD panels currently available, and with an improved version of their Perfect Pixel HD system which improves black levels and overall contrast ratio.
The new Perfect Pixel HD system can process some 500 million pixels per second, a doubling in processing power compared to the previous system. This should translate to a sharper, more natural looking picture…
Panasonic launches first web-enabled VIERA plasma HDTVs
Panasonic has announced the US launch of its first web-enabled VIERA plasma high definition TVs, the PZ850 series, utilising their VIERA CAST system offering access to a range of online services including YouTube, Google’s Picasa web album, and Bloomberg.
Yes, you’ve seen them before, as they were shown off at CES back in January, but now they’ve hit the store shelves of America…
Sharp rolling out 22 AQUOS LCD TVs, because you can never have too many tellies
Sadly, Sharp isn’t releasing this truckload of AQUOS LCD TVs in Europe yet, but the Japanese obviously like choice when it comes to tellies (or Sharp thinks they do), because TWENTY-TWO models are being released in June.
The AQUOS R series (pictured) will come in 65, 52, and 46 inch screen sizes, in black or brown finish (brown… nice), 1080p, with 20,000:1 contrast ratio and 120Hz refresh rate, three HDMI ports, and just 5cm thick…
Samsung's whopping 82-inch LCD TV boasts quad HD, like you need that?
Samsung has shown off its latest big telly, a massive 82-inch LCD TV boasting quad HD technology that gives it a native resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 — four times the resolution of current high definition TVs. It also has a 120Hz screen refresh rate, pretty impressive for a screen this size, and a LED backlight for improved contrast ratio and black levels.
Should you have a wall big enough to accommodate this monster, bear in mind that no content is commercially available to take advantage of what is effectively 2160p high definition. However, decent 1080p footage should still look pretty spectacular on it…
Mobile phone projectors COMING SOON – Texas Instruments says end of 2008
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As if the tinny sounds of MP3s ringing out of cheap Chinese speakers everywhere you go nowadays wasn’t bad enough, Texas Instruments is about to UNLEASH HELL – and bring fully-functional projection cameras to mobile phones before the end of 2008.
John Van Scoter, company senior vice president of TI’s projection business, reckons that companies are already building devices using the TI Pico projector – and they’ll be ready…
Sharp launching B20 and X8 Series AQUOS LCD TVs
Sharp has announced three new high definition LCD TVs in its AQUOS range.
The B20 AQUOS Series comes in two screen sizes — 37 and 42 inches — and features black frame, thin design (94.6mm at thinnest part), 10,000:1 contrast ratio, 6ms response time, SRS TruSound and XT Sound, three HDMI inputs, and an integrated Freeview tuner…
Up close with the Sony BRAVIA range: Part 5: Top of the range
In the last four parts of the series, we’ve looked at a variety of features found across the entire BRAVIA range of TVs.
There’s generally a BRAVIA TV to suit most price ranges, but for the ultimate viewing experience, going “top of the range” offers a plethora of cutting edge features designed to maximise the viewing experience…
Pioneer announces new "even blacker" KURO plasma TVs
Pioneer has announced a new line of KURO plasma TVs, claiming they feature black levels five times deeper than their previous KURO models. This in turn means that the sets can display a wider range of deeper colours.
Available initially in 50 and 60 inch screen sizes, these 1080p sets feature advanced SRS WOW HD audio for enhanced virtual surround sound, auto volume stabilisation which controls the volume level when switching between different types of programme, and Optimum Mode for automatically adjusting the picture based on the video and room conditions…
