Category: TVs
Style beats substance with the Brionvega Alpha TV/DVD unit
First glimpsed as a concept, the Brionvega Alpha TV/DVD has finally gone into production…
HANNspree cuts TV pricing – and adds new Starlight-Blue model
Novelty TV maker HANNspree has cut the price of its leading LCDs, including Zoo and TimeSquare to just £99.99 and adding a new model for the same price point – the Starlight-Blue…
LG doesn't want to miss out on any OLED action, announces 32" panel
Quite a lot of OLED news this week, with Samsung and Panasonic joining Sony to the super-thin panel race, and LG calling out after them “wait for me, guysch!” and announcing a massive 32″ screen.
Not much else is known about this mysterious 32″ OLED TV, except that LG’s factory in Paju, Korea, is ramping up the production of the panels, with the words ‘volume production’ being quoted. It looks likely that this 32″ TV is lined up for a 2011 release date, a couple of years after Samsung’s 2009 job. Hopefully…
Pioneer and Matsushita collaborate on plasma TV business
Now that Pioneer has ditched plasma panel production, they’ve partnered with Matsushita (who manufactures the Panasonic brand) to strengthen their “KURO” and “VIERA” brands…
Sony and Sky team up to launch GO! VIEW telly service for PSP (soon)
Launching “this summer,” Sony and Sky’s GO! VIEW is an exceedingly clever way of shovelling TV shows onto your PSP for watching at your leisure.
Sky provides the telly, while Sony gives PSP owners a way to create a TV schedule on their PSPs. The whole thing is then packed up on a PC and transferred…
Dribbling over a non-Sony OLED TV? Samsung says just wait until 2009!
Samsung showed off a 40″ OLED TV at CES in January, however it’s taken until now for them to announce they’ll be available commercially as of 2009.
They’ve supposedly started producing the panels already – 1.5 million of them – however that number will reach 3 million in 2009, and 6 million in 2010. If they enter the market next year with OLED panels, they’ll be joining Sony…
Samsung and Armani team up for designer HD-ready TV
After producing a phone together, Samsung and Armani now have a TV on the market – the imaginatively titled Armani/Samsung LCD Television…
Blockbuster developing set top box to "kill" Apple TV
Poor old Apple. Everyone wants to invent a “killer” to take out its products – and the next cold-blooded assassin is video rental chain Blockbuster.
Blockbuster is developing a video-streaming set-top-box to rival (KILL!) Apple’s Apple TV system, according to The News.
Rumoured to be announced some time this month…
Sony gets artistic with its Bravia E4000 TV range
Sony has gone all arty with its Bravia E4000 range – offering a ‘picture frame’ style edging in Midnight Sky, Aluminium, Pearly White and Dark Walnut to match your room decor…
Bedroom TV leads to children being stupider and less healthy
It’s the least surprising survey of the week!
A poll of American teens found that those who watched TV in their bedrooms ended up with lower grade results, plus, for some odd reason that makes no sense, they also ended up eating less fruit and vegetables when they eventually emerged for dinner.
Girls with TVs got less exercise and also drank more fizzy drinks…
