HDTV

Aug 3, 2008

LG reveals plans for ultra thin, LED-lit HDTV’s

Posted by Daniel in Featured, HDTV, LG No comments
LG LED lit HDTV

Earlier this year LG hinted at a HDTV that would be LED-backlit instead of fluorescent-lit and touted a whopping 1,000,000:1. LG have now firmed up the details on this 1080p LCD and even given us a release month and price tag. Read on for all the details.




Jul 28, 2008

World’s Slimmest LCD TV by Asus!

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Asus Slim TV

Asus’ new 22″ widescreen LCD is a mere 45mm thick, this feat of engineering has earned the ASUS LS221H the title of “World’s slimmest”.
There are plenty of features mentioned other than its thinness but nothing in Asus’ press release was particularly outstanding. Light-in-motion II dynamic lighting effects which works by shining LED up at the [...]




Jul 23, 2008

3D holograms will replace HDTV

Posted by Daniel in Coming Soon, HDTV, Home Cinema, News, Technology 1 comment
3D hologram

When I saw the second Back to the Future with the holomax and the hologram of the cartoon Jaws attacking people as they went by, I wish that technology was available now! 3D holograms floating in the air always seemed magical when seen in movies like Star Wars but they may be a reality sooner [...]




Jul 22, 2008

How to improve your HDTV’s picture quality

Posted by Daniel in HDTV, How To 1 comment

Your HDTV is meant to have an amazing image quality but the chances are it is not as good as it could be. Unless you have calibrated your HDTV it will not be performing to the best of its potential. You could shell out a few hundred to get a professional to do it for [...]




Jul 10, 2008

New Belkin FlyWire transmits 1080P wirelessly

Posted by Daniel in Coming Soon, HDTV, Home Cinema, Manufacturer, Media Receiver, Video and TV, Wi-Fi No comments
BelkinFlyWire

Yet another black box for your living room? Yes and no, this little beauty is Belkin’s new wireless transmitter and receiver, aka FlyWire. FlyWire can connect to all your devices without the need to install wiring, so no more climbing up ladders and ripping out bits of your house in an effort to connect everything [...]




Jul 10, 2008

HDTV is destroying the environment faster than any car can

Posted by Daniel in HDTV, News No comments

Over dramatic? Well maybe but it turns out that flat-panel TVs, not just HDTVs, are more harmful to the environment than carbon dioxide. To be more precise Nitrogen Trifluoride (NF3), the gas inside flat-panel screens is 17,000 times worse than carbon dioxide. If that is not enough it is also harmful to your health, read on to find [...]




Jul 9, 2008

Pioneer Pro-111FD vs Panasonic TH-50PZ850U who will win?

Posted by Daniel in HDTV, Manufacturer, Pioneer, Technology, Video and TV No comments

This is the show down between the two 50-inch plasmas vying for top spot, there is a $1500 price difference between them but are there any other differences? This is what the HD Guru set out to discover in his latest review. The long awaited 9th generation Pioneer plasmas have a lot to live up to [...]




Jul 8, 2008

Sony drops OLED in favour of FED TVs?

Posted by Daniel in Coming Soon, HDTV, News, Sony, Technology, Video and TV 1 comment

Sony has announced it will be releasing TVs with yet another next-gen display technology. FED, which stands for field emission display are to go into mass production in late 2009, so you have a bit of time to save up. This is an interesting move for Sony as they have been big supporters of OLED [...]




Jul 3, 2008

The all singing, all dancing Sony BRAVIA W4000

Posted by Daniel in Gadgets, HDTV, Home Cinema, Sony, Technology, Video and TV No comments
Sony BRAVIA in korea

The Sony BRAVIA LCD TV W4000 series (catchy name isn’t it), which has just been released in Korea, has more features than you can shake a stick at. Starting with the usual bits and pieces: it has 1080p full HD and uses the BRAVIA Engine 2 which, in their words, “provides the next generation in [...]




Jun 26, 2008

Mitusbishi builds a laser TV, Tomorrow’s World is excited

Posted by Mike Evans in Coming Soon, HDTV, Video and TV No comments

Mitsubishi has announced a new range of TVs that sound seriously cool. Called the Mitsubishi LaserVue, the new HDTVs use laser to project the image onto the back of the screen. The resultant picture is apparently much better at rendering blacks and whites than either LCD or plasma, and can project twice the [...]