Televisions
The Week in HD - 3rd May
Welcome to The Week in HD, your guide to the best hi-def TV shows, games and movies to get you through the next seven days. If you've got an HD recommendation that isn't listed here, tell us about it below. Monday 3rd May The Pacific - Sky ...
The Week in HD - 26th April
Welcome to the resurrected guide to the week's HD content, which includes Blu-rays, games and a whole host of TV shows. If there's something you love that we've missed off, let us know below! Monday 26th AprilThe Pacific – Sky ...
Has Sky's family silver been swept up in the blizzard of spin?
Panem et circenses. It's worked since the Roman days, and it seems it still hasn't lost its appeal to politicians when it comes to getting the populace on-message.The OFCOM ruling requiring Sky to cut the wholesale prices it charges to other ...
Hands-on in Harrods with the new Sony 3D TV
As we wrote last week, Harrods – along with Currys and Sony Centres – is now taking pre-orders for Sony's 3D TV range. Finding myself near Knightsbridge today with some time to kill (but sadly without the shopping budget to indulge myself), I ...
I remember when... we all adored teletext (February 1980)
Comedian Jack Dee once aptly compared it to asking your gran to look up something in the Radio Times – 'Hold on, dear, I'm just trying to find the page...' – but the demise of teletext will strike a chord with anyone who grew up with the ...
Channel 4 in 3D: through a pair of glasses, darkly
The whole Channel 4 3D hoopla had kind of passed me by, until I was exchanging a faulty DVD at customer services in Sainsburys last weekend and spotted a huge dump-bin full of chequerboard-printed cardboard 3D specs. Grabbed a fistful for ...
JAPAN: Rising panel prices create tough times in the LCD TV business
The price of LCD TV panels is on the up, and that's bad news for those companies who buy in their displays from other manufacturers, and good for those still making screens in-house.The main problems are the huge demand from the emerging ...
Dish of the day leaves a slightly bitter taste
Ever had one of those moments when you're doing something very routine, and you get a sudden inkling something's not quite right?I had one while being very domestic and hanging out the washing yesterday. Something just felt wrong, and when I ...
USA: Sharp's new LED-lit LCD TVs offer online set-up help. We're just not quite sure how...
Launched in the past couple of days in the States, Sharp's new LE700 Aquos LED TVs – that's LED-backlit LCDs to you and me – not only claim excellent picture quality, but some novel facilities, too.Yes, I know: every new TV range claims ...
KOREA: No slowdown for LG as demand for LCD panels outstrips supply
With all the talk about the Global Economic Situation, you might expect that things are a bit slow for the world's TV makers. Not so – massive demand for the latest eighth-generation LCD screens means that the world's biggest manufacturers are ...
