Andrew Everard's blog
Forget 16:9 or 21:9, Samsung's going 36:9!
This is the latest widescreen LCD from Samsung, which has just gone into mass production.And while most screens have an aspect ratio of 16:9, and Philips has been making a big fuss about its Cinema 21:9, the Korean giant has gone even further – ...
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss...?
I've read this several times now, and I still can't work out the twisted corporate logic involved. See what you think... "TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Sony Corp. said Wednesday that it will restructure its network services operations by absorbing the ...
The changing face of the global TV landscape
Things are changing in the global TV market, with LED backlighting making a move on the conventional CCFL technology in the LCD TV sector, and plasma TV sales putting in a late surge in the closing months of 2009.And brand shares are altering, ...
Panasonic gives Vancouver 2010 a taste of 3D
The Winter Olympics kick off in Vancouver tonight: the opening ceremony is at 6pm local time, or 2am back here, so fans of parades and flags will need plenty of strong coffee. Even if you stay up, you won't be watching proceedings in 3D, but ...
Pioneer, a year after plasma
It's exactly a year since Pioneer announced it was pulling the plug on its Kuro plasma range, quitting the TV business completely and concentrating on in-car technology. So, since February 12, 2009, how are things going at the former maker of ...
USA: The top-selling TV manufacturer you've probably never heard of
Amidst all the hullabaloo of the 2010 International CES, dominated by the massive stands of the best-known global consumer electronics companies, one of the biggest-selling TV manufacturers probably got overlooked by the majority of ...
O Solo Neo: more details of Arcam's new streaming music system
This is Arcam's forthcoming Solo Neo, the wi-fi-equipped version of the company's popular all-in-one music system. First shown at CES in Las Vegas, it should be in the shops in April or May this year. From the front there's little to ...
CES 2010: LG goes to Infinia and beyond
This just in from WHFSV's crack away team on the ground in Las Vegas; report filed by Rachael Prasher:LG played host to a global selection of bleary journalists at the first press conference of CES 2010 this morning, and in spite of an over-long ...
JAPAN: New Year sales are just massive!
Morning. Happy New Year and all that.Bit confused today, not least because by the time you hit the big bongs and the Auld Lang Syne, we were already having breakfast.The slight sake hangover didn't help, and neither did the memory of a four-hour ...
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 ...
