Tag: TV
This week's hottest high definition stories: Blockbuster support Blu-ray, but do the discs rot?, SIM2 projector, new TVs from Sharp and Pioneer, reviews of JVC and Toshiba, Arcam, Texas Instruments, BrilliantColor
The biggest news this week, though the HD DVD Promotions Group deny it, is that Blockbuster has chosen Blu-ray over HD DVD. Not surprisingly, Sony is very happy about that, and a Panasonic executive thinks it’s game over for HD DVD.
However, the fly in the ointment could be rotting Blu-ray discs. Not good.
SIM2 has rolled out its HT3000E 1080p projector, while Sharp reveal their latest RD2E 100Hz TVs, and Pioneer release their new plasma TV range with 80% deeper blacks.
Digital TV switchover will create a mountain of electronic junk
A recent survey for YouGov suggests that the confusion surrounding the switchover from analogue to digital TV will lead to a mountain of junked TVs – equipment that could have worked perfectly well with the right digital box.
Apparently, there are 25 million analogue TVs still in use, and unless you want to switch over to high definition at the same time, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t continue to use your set until its cathode ray tube finally conks out.
Joost working on embedded support on TVs and mobile phones
Joost, the service that streams TV across the Internet, is looking at ways to get their technology into more than just your PC.
As Stuart wrote in Telly 2.0 yesterday, TV over the Internet isn’t going to reach many people but geeks if it only pipes into your PC.
Joost’s creators would like to get their content into the home TV and the entertainment centre.
At last: a LARGE remote control that you can FIND!
Why oh why does everything have to get smaller? I’m getting older, as are my eyes. Remote controls, for which it’s a known fact get lost (and exponentially more so when Big Brother comes on the TV at volume 11), seem to be designed to cram ever more functions in ever smaller units.
Stop the madness!
Enter the Extra Large Big Button Remote Control (no, that’s its title – catchy isn’t it?).
Humax release PVR-9200TB: Freeview Playback dual tuner PVR
Humax has once again upgraded its PVR-9200T Freeview PVR, this time renaming it as the PVR-9200TB.
It claims to be one of the first Freeview Playback digital TV recorders on the market, sporting a 160GB hard drive, and comes with a number of nifty features including schedule tracking and auto-buffering.
It has two tuners, enabling two shows to be recorded, or one to be recorded while another is being watched live. Recording and scheduling is handled via the eight-day Electronic Programme Guide.
Sharp's awesome-looking Aquos 912SH TV-phone
After releasing a series of popular handsets with Vodafone a few years back, Sharp hasn’t really made any big waves in the UK with its mobile phones. It’s a shame, especially when you clap eyes on the company’s latest handset in Japan, the Aquos 912SH.
Virgin Media and Sky cut "Plus" service charges
Virgin Media has announced that it is to cut the monthly subscription price it charges for its V+ digital PVR service.
The announcement follows the week after Sky announced that it would be dropping the monthly subscription free for its Sky+ service, for any customer already have a monthly satellite TV package.
Pinnacle's new PCTV USB memory stick with TV tuner
USB TV tuners are fairly common these days, but Pinnacle's PCTV solution is a little different as it incorporates 1GB of flash memory, meaning that digital TV content can be recorded onto the device and played back on any computer…
With six months to go, one in ten Glaswegians haven't heard of digital switchover
Surprising as it may be with the amount of press and TV coverage, one in ten Glaswegians haven't heard about the digital TV switchover, two-thirds said they weren't prepared for it, and 6% said they were refusing to get rid…
Video preview – Toshiba's new LCD TVs
Here's a quick whizz through Tosh's LCD range for 2007….
