Category: TV
IFA 2018: Loewe TVs offer sound personalisation and Amazon Alexa integration
Luxury German TV brand Loewe has previewed a series of new updates to its TV range at IFA 2018 including new colours and Alexa integration. Each new update is expected to be available to the general public before the end of the year. Firstly, in conjunction with German designer and creative director Bodo Sperlein, it…
Virgin Media to show Wimbledon Finals in 4K Ultra High Definition
Virgin Media will be giving its customers the opportunity to watch the Men's and Women's finals from the Championships at Wimbledon in 4K Ultra High Definition via Eurosport. Virgin TV customers with a V6 TV box will be able to watch both finals in Ultra High Definition for the very first time. Customers can watch the…
Review: Noontec Hammo TV wireless headphones £119
Name: Noontec Hammo TV Type: personal wireless audio system for TV Specs: Click here for full specs Price: £119.99 READER DISCOUNT: Enter code GDGDGDGD at checkout to save £24.00 Noontec is probably not a company most people have ever heard of. However, the Chinese company manufactures a wide range of Bluetooth headphones which are mainly…
Britain’s Box Set habits: Is binge watching bad for our health?
Fans of popular TV programmes such as Game of Thrones (pictured above), the Walking Dead or Orange is the New Black may be familiar with the idea of binge-watching – sitting back and watching through multiple episodes of shows which carry an almost addictive quality. Following a new report released today by Ofcom examining Britain’s Box Set habits, Professor Barrie Gunter from the University of…
Top 5 Freeview/YouView set-top boxes for watching free TV channels
Want to expand your channel viewing but don't want to pay for subscription services, like Sky TV? Obviously you can watch digital terrestrial (Freeview) TV channels via your digital TV set. Alternatively you can use one of the latest generation set-top boxes which will given even wider viewing choice, flexibility and, possibly, improved picture quality,…
COMPETITION: 5 EuroSport Player subs to give away for 2017
Love sport, especially tennis, cycling and winter sports? Then you need to get a subscription for Eurosport! It offers loads of brilliant sporting content including exclusive rights for the US and Australian Open set to feature last night's Sports Personality of the Year award winner Andy Murray. As well as being able to watch any match…
Samsung claims 2.5 million weekly visitors to its ‘Smart Hub’
Seems that Smart TVs - those that can access online video content - are proving a bit hit with consumers. Samsung, one of the leading Smart TV manufacturers, is claiming that it has recently passed 2.5 million weekly visitors to its 'Smart Hub' portal, a rise of 33 per cent over the past six months.…
Sponsored post: How OLED technology works and how it can provide better blacks
Better blacks. On the left a traditional LED backlit LCD panel, on the right LG's OLED TV In the world of TV there's always been acronyms. CRT, LCD, LED being just some of them from the last few years. Now we have OLED, or Organic Light Emitting Diode technology to add…
How to prevent deaths from TVs tipping over
In Association with TV Furniture Direct After last week’s news that Ikea’s MALM drawers killed two toddlers in separate incidents, industries have gone into overdrive about re-affirming the safety of their products or adapting them to be safer. Ikea's own advice is to use wall-anchoring kits to prevent tip over hazards, but a fact that…
Control your TV with your mind. Smart TVs get smarter with MindRDR technology
If this was April 1st then I would be suspicious, but it's not and it seems that being able to control your 'smart' TV with your mind could actually be a thing. Apparently both YouTube and the BBC iPlayer could be set to integrate MindRDR TV (Mind Reader TV, geddit) technology into their content platforms very…
