Category: TVs
SlingCatcher available in October in the UK
Years we’ve waited, empires have come and gone but finally, finally, SlingMedia has announced the details of the SlingCatcher and, just in case you don’t read big print, you can buy one from the 9th October for £199.99…
Sky offer 50% off HD box for new and existing customers
If you’ve got a massive 42″ plasma, but you’re still watching standard definition TV and DVD on it, then I’m sure you know you’re not getting the most out of your technology. What you need is some kind of HD provider, but so far they’ve been rather prohibitively expensive. That’s why I wanted to point out to you that Sky are extending their 50% off HD box offer. They haven’t been shouting about enough – it’s a good deal…
SlingCatcher finally available for pre-order State-side
Oh Slingy my love, oh Slingy my sweet! So very long we have awaited the arrival of Sling Media’s latest creation, the SlingCatcher. So oft have we seen its trapezoidal beauty at CES and so many times have we been disappointed when release dates come and go without a sniff of its sweet slingy goodness on our shelves but today the SlingCatcher has been spotted for pre-order on the Sling Media website…
IFA 2008: Toshiba announces new upscaled to HD Regza LCD TV range
So, the kind of upscaling that Toshiba was talking in their conference has come into force in the form of the Regza ZF range of LCD TVs as launched over here at IFA today…
IFA 2008: Sharp launches super-thin AQUOS XS1 and premium AQUOS D65E HDTVs
AQUOS XS1
It’s not just Sony playing the thin TV game, with Sharp announcing its latest AQUOS LCD TV boasting 2.3cms thick body.
Available in 52 and 65-inch screen sizes, the XS1 series features advanced contrast ratio of 10,000:1, 6ms response time, detachable speaker system, five 2.1-channel speakers, and 100Hz picture enhancement technology, plus gallery mode for displaying photos from a USB stick…
IFA 2008: Video – Super-thin Sony Bravia ZX1 LCD
You’ve read the Cutlack copy, you’ve heard how thing this new 40″ Sony Bravia ZX1 LCD is, now experience it for yourself or at least watch the pleasure of Susi experiencing it for you.
IFA 2008: Sony's super-thin 40" BRAVIA ZX1 LCD, with Wireless 1080 Media Receiver
And the floodgates are open! Sony’s first out of the gates with its IFA announcements, the first of which is this – the BRAVIA ZX1 LCD TV.
Boasting Wireless 1080 technology, which utilises a separate base station…
Samsung teaming up with Yahoo to offer web-enhanced TV, via the Widget Channel
Samsung will, so it is believed, announce a deal with Yahoo to include a series of web apps with its forthcoming HDTV range at this week’s IFA tech show.
The apps, powered by Yahoo Widgets and operating under the name Widget Channel, will let you augment your TV-watching experience, having all sorts of little windows popping up to give you news feeds, tell you what the weather is doing outside and let you watch share prices plummet throughout that afternoon’s episode of Countdown…
Sony intros BRAVIA X4500 and W4500 LCD HDTVs
Sony has announced another two sets of high definition tellies, the BRAVIA X4500 Series and the BRAVIA W4500 Series.
While both happily handle full 1080p high definition, the X4500 series uses a LED backlight on the 46 and 55 inch screens, while the W4500 uses standard LCD technology…
