Category: TVs

Sharp's 108" LCD actually out to buy – should you have 11 million yen knocking about

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11 million Japanese yen is about £52,000. Plus the shipping for a 108″ LCD TV from Japan is likely to be another £52,000, so it’s probably best to stick with that 28″ CRT of yours for a little while longer yet.

The Sharp LB-1085 – which we first revealed back in our coverage of CES 2007 – will be buyable in Japan this July. Theoretically buyable, should you be in Japan and have a van big enough…

Gary Cutlack HDTV, Home Appliances, Home cinema, TVs

WiiPlayer – a hacked and streamlined unofficial iPlayer app for Wii

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Some extremely clever man has been working away on improving the Wii’s iPlayer, creating his own solution to the rather clunky and slow official Wii implementation of the Beeb’s streaming telly service.

Moaning that the Wii’s slightly duff Opera browser simply hasn’t got the right screen resolution to handle the BBC’s default text and layout, the creator has simplified the design, bumped up the font size and generally “Apple-ised” the look and feel of iPlayer so it’s quicker to operate and easier to find your way around…

Gary Cutlack Broadband, Digital set-top boxes, Gaming, Intellectual Property, TVs, Web 2.0, Websites

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…

Andy Merrett HDTV, TVs