Category: HDTV
More HD Ready LCDs from JVC
JVC has introduced us to two new HD-Ready DynaPix LCD TV series. Both have integrated digital and analogue tuners and use JVC's Digital Image Scaling Technology (DIST) which uses a single processor basically to improve the picture quality. Most…
CeBIT 2006: Date set for first Blu-ray player
Samsung has set a launch date for its debut Blu-ray player, the BD-P1000, which is now due to hit store shelves in the US just before the end of May this year. The BD player offers the highly desirable…
Tosh debuts HD DVD laptop the Qosmio G30
Big news for UK PC fans today as Toshiba has announced the arrival of the first PC to be kitted out with a HD DVD drive. Regular Tech Digesters will know that HD DVD is one of two formats…
Sky to offer Disney movies in high definition
Sky has announced a new agreement with Disney, which will result in additional Disney-based channels on the network, but more interestingly, it also plans to offer Disney titles via its broadband download service and on its forthcoming high definition…
Sky goes live with HDTV on the web
Sky has gone live with HDTV. But only on the web, and only showing trailers. Provided you have a high spec computer and a decent screen, the rugby and wildlife clips will give you a fair insight as to…
Sky's HD channels at your fingertips
It's the big TV revolution, but no-one is quite sure when HD channels will start to appear on your shiny new HD-compatible TV. Over at HDTV UK, they have a fair idea of when the Sky channels will start…
CES 2006: JVC offers 1080p HDTVs
JVC is the latest manufacturer to join the growing brand of TV companies offering flat screen sets that have a resolution of 1080p – the highest form of High Definition. Its pair of HD LCD sets – the 40inch LT-40FN67…
Panasonic trials Blu-ray disc production
Long ago we lost count of the score in the Blu-ray versus HD DVD format war, but Microsoft's decision not to back HD DVD technology, as was once rumoured, in the Xbox 360 when Sony will be using the Blu-ray…
The highest definition of gaming
The imminent UK launch of Xbox 360 has connotations beyond the simple pleasures of console gaming. The move to introduce 720p (1280 x 720 progressive format) and 1080i (1280 x 1080 interlaced video) resolutions means that the clarity of console…
Telewest's HDTV service – preview
HDTV UK got a chance to see HDTV up close at Telewest's Woking HQ. Among the first HD programmes be offered to Telewest viewers is Pride, the BBC's live action/CGI documentary style programme that focuses on the lives of a…