Tag: 1080p
In need of a killer Blu-ray disc to demonstrate 1080p? Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence announced
You’ve just bought a Blu-ray player, and want to know what’s the best film for showing off the high resolution when your mates are around?
The film I always use whenever I have friends around, and need to demonstrate the difference between HD and standard-def (I am a terrible bore), is ‘Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence’, a Japanese anime which until now has only been available in that fine country. Bandai Visual Entertainment, the company that owns the distribution rights, has announced it’s releasing the film on Blu-ray later this year, with an English dub…
Men getting into interior design – so their lovely new LCD TVs match the curtains
The trend of replacing ugly old CRTs with fancy new LCDS has lead to men getting all worried about the insides of their houses.
A survey from fancy LCD maker LG found that 6/10 Brits believe their TV’s design is important to their homes, with an even higher percentage saying that the TV is “an integral part of their interior design decisions.”
Men, in fact, are now so worried about how their growing home cinema setup looks…
Up close with the Sony BRAVIA range: Part 1: Vision
Over the past few years, Sony has built a solid brand behind the BRAVIA name, with 45 TVs in the current range.
In this five part series, we’ll be taking a closer look at the technology behind the badge.
Today, we’re up close with vision, looking at how Sony ensures their BRAVIA sets display the best possible picture.
BRAVIA: Fully HD
All of Sony’s current BRAVIA TVs, except for the 15-inch portable set, are HD Ready. That is, they’re able to take and display at least a 720p signal, be that from a broadcast service such as Sky HD or Virgin Media, from a games console such as the PS3, or from a high definition disc such as Blu-ray.
Hitachi's DZ-BD9H straight-to-Blu-ray 1080p camcorder
What with the HD format war of ultimate tedium all but over, it’s time to sigh heavily and start buying things that have got Blu-ray drives in them. You might as well. We’ll all have to eventually.
Like this thing – the Hitachi DZ-BD9H high-definition camcorder. It takes mini 8cm Blu-ray discs (current UK RRP £14 each), which can store around an hour of footage…
CES 2008: More Samsung HDTVs heading to UK
The last thing we really need is another foot long list of HDTV specs so I’ll keep this brief. Most of Samsung’s latest HDTV range is heading to the UK. The main theme this year is 1080p – 2008 is being geared up to be the year of Full HD and Samsung is aiming to get reduce the price difference between 1080p and 720p sets down to just a £100 leap.
Full HD horror film coming online: "Shadow: Dead Riot" streams at 1080p on the Internet
MyTVPal.com, the high definition streaming web service, and MatrixStream, a video on demand and IPTV solutions company, have claimed the world’s first 1080p instant streaming movie.
“Shadow: Dead Riot” (2006) is a story about resurrected slain inmates turned flesh eating zombies that invade a women’s rehabilitation facility — but enough about the choice of film. What we’re really interested in is the technology and the capability, right?
HDTVUK's Guide to the Ultimate High Definition Home Cinema Experience – Part One: High Definition TV
Our friends over at HDTV UK are doing a series to help you create the Ultimate High Definition Home Cinema Experience (er, in case the title of this post didn't give that away). The first part looks at the best way to start your HD experience – buying your first HDTV.
LG.Philips intros tri-directional LCD panels
Though not the first company to pull it off (Sharp demoed something similar last year), LG.Philips has unveiled its “tri-directional” LCD panel, capable of displaying three separate images at the same time, with the different images viewable from 50 degrees to the left and right as well as the centre.
The LCD panel is a full HD (1080p) 47-inch screen offering 10-bit RGB colour, 250cd/m2 luminance, and 8ms response time.
The company has also shown off another panel which can be used to prevent people from seeing what’s on the screen if viewed off-centre.
IFA 07: Samsung's SP-1800B full HD projector
Samsung have gone to town at IFA, unveiling a sleek matte black projector capable of showing 1080p images. The SP-1800B contains a Texas Instruments DLP chip, which will give users a perfect 24fps alongside a 10,000:1 contrast ratio…
