Category: TVs
Industry gets together to figure out what “Ultra HD” actually means
Expect to see the phrase "Ultra HD" popping up more often in the future - not just because TVs and phones are getting more highly defined, but because it might actually mean something. Several major technology and content companies have formed the "Ultra HD Alliance", aiming to set standards for 4K and beyond. [caption id="attachment_186969"…
5 top January sales tech deals
[nextpage title="Next"] Looking for a bargain on technology or gaming this January? Here's our pick of five top bargains. Be quick though - get 'em before they sell out! [/nextpage] [nextpage title="Next"] Xbox One and Forza 5 for £289 If you want to pick up an Xbox One for cheap, then Tesco Direct looks like…
Vodafone planning to launch TV and home broadband services
Vodafone is planning to enter the TV and home broadband market next year, according to reports. The Telegraph says that the CEO Vittorio Colao has announced the plan - which is motivated by changes in the telecommunications industry. Essentially, the reason seems to be that everyone is expecting BT to enter the mobile phone market…
Which UK streaming services have the Marvel movies?
Last night was a big night for film fans and comicbook geeks: Marvel announced its plans for "Phase 3" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe - and revealing who will be joining Iron Man, Captain America and company for Avengers: Infinite War in 2018. And this made us think: Before next year's Avengers: Age of Ultron,…
Amazon launches Fire TV Stick to rival Chromecast
Amazon has announced a new streaming media stick, to compete with Google's Chromecast as a budget TV streaming device. The Fire TV stick has just gone on sale on the US Amazon site for $39 (or $19 for the next couple of days) and can essentially do almost everything that its bigger brother, the FireTV…
Ceefax would have been 40 today! Write BBC League Cup report to celebrate
Long before the days of the internet and email the only way you could get information quickly was via Ceefax. It used part of the analogue TV signal to transmit its pixellated stories directly to your TV screen in an age well before home computers and when the only electronic game was Pong - a…
Almost 1bn TV sets will be online by 2020
The world is becoming ever more connected, and it's not going to slow down any time soon. According to a new report from the company Digital TV Research, the number of TV sets connected to the internet will reach 965 million by 2020 - up from 103m at the end of 2010 and the 339m…
4K Blu-Ray discs on sale by Christmas?
We're starting to see loads of 4K TVs... and it looks like we might finally have something to watch on them. The Blu-Ray Disc Association reckons the first 4K BRs will be available the end of the year. TechRadar spoke to Victor Matsuda, who apparently confirmed that that the association will have the official specs…
Britons still prefer to watch television live – on their TVs
As our "second" screens get smaller while our TV screens get larger, it seems that the old adage that "bigger is better" just might hold true. Some new research has shown that despite the growth in watching television via a PC, tablet or smartphone, 90 per cent of viewers still regularly use the TV to…
Rip-off Britain: UK shoppers pay more for technology
It's something that people in the UK have always suspected, but now Which? has made it official – Britons pay far more for new technology products than consumers in the US. The consumer watchdog compared the prices, excluding tax, of 13 identical products ranging from televisions and games consoles to desktop applications and security software and…
