Philips intros 9600 Ambilight LCD HDTV with faster panels and better contrast

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Philips has announced its latest range of Ambilight high definition LCD TVs, claiming they offer the fastest LCD panels currently available, and with an improved version of their Perfect Pixel HD system which improves black levels and overall contrast ratio.

The new Perfect Pixel HD system can process some 500 million pixels per second, a doubling in processing power compared to the previous system. This should translate to a sharper, more natural looking picture…

Sharp rolling out 22 AQUOS LCD TVs, because you can never have too many tellies

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Sadly, Sharp isn’t releasing this truckload of AQUOS LCD TVs in Europe yet, but the Japanese obviously like choice when it comes to tellies (or Sharp thinks they do), because TWENTY-TWO models are being released in June.

The AQUOS R series (pictured) will come in 65, 52, and 46 inch screen sizes, in black or brown finish (brown… nice), 1080p, with 20,000:1 contrast ratio and 120Hz refresh rate, three HDMI ports, and just 5cm thick…

Samsung's whopping 82-inch LCD TV boasts quad HD, like you need that?

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Samsung has shown off its latest big telly, a massive 82-inch LCD TV boasting quad HD technology that gives it a native resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 — four times the resolution of current high definition TVs. It also has a 120Hz screen refresh rate, pretty impressive for a screen this size, and a LED backlight for improved contrast ratio and black levels.

Should you have a wall big enough to accommodate this monster, bear in mind that no content is commercially available to take advantage of what is effectively 2160p high definition. However, decent 1080p footage should still look pretty spectacular on it…

Mobile phone projectors COMING SOON – Texas Instruments says end of 2008

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Awesome. Just what we need. Another XXXXing way for XXXing inconsiderate complete XXXing XXXXs to XXXXing invade our XXXXing personal XXXXing space while on the XXXXing bus. Or on the XXXXing tube.

As if the tinny sounds of MP3s ringing out of cheap Chinese speakers everywhere you go nowadays wasn’t bad enough, Texas Instruments is about to UNLEASH HELL – and bring fully-functional projection cameras to mobile phones before the end of 2008.

John Van Scoter, company senior vice president of TI’s projection business, reckons that companies are already building devices using the TI Pico projector – and they’ll be ready…

Sharp launching B20 and X8 Series AQUOS LCD TVs

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Sharp has announced three new high definition LCD TVs in its AQUOS range.

The B20 AQUOS Series comes in two screen sizes — 37 and 42 inches — and features black frame, thin design (94.6mm at thinnest part), 10,000:1 contrast ratio, 6ms response time, SRS TruSound and XT Sound, three HDMI inputs, and an integrated Freeview tuner…

Pioneer announces new "even blacker" KURO plasma TVs

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Pioneer has announced a new line of KURO plasma TVs, claiming they feature black levels five times deeper than their previous KURO models. This in turn means that the sets can display a wider range of deeper colours.

Available initially in 50 and 60 inch screen sizes, these 1080p sets feature advanced SRS WOW HD audio for enhanced virtual surround sound, auto volume stabilisation which controls the volume level when switching between different types of programme, and Optimum Mode for automatically adjusting the picture based on the video and room conditions…