Samsung banner suggests huge OLED TV at CES
TelevisionsThe curtain is yet to lift on CES 2012, but already news is starting to drip through. Now the sleuths over at OLED-Display.net have spotted a Samsung banner hinting the Korean company will be showcasing a large glasses-free 3D OLED TV.
Exciting stuff indeed. And surely a sign of things to come in the week ahead in Vegas. Continue reading...
LG 84-inch 'ultra definition' 4K TV headed for CES
TelevisionsLG has already let us know about some of its CES plans, but this could be the gigantic cherry on top. It's a mammoth 84-inch TV, with a resolution of 3,840x2,160 pixels. That's classed as 'ultra definition' -- with four times the resolution of HD. Four times. Insane.
Oh, and did we mention this thing is 84 inches across? It looks suspiciously like the 84-inch 4K TV LG showed at the last CES in January, but with enhanced Smart TV capabilities bringing apps and the power of the Internet to your lounge. Continue reading...
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Apple TV to come in 32- and 37-inch sizes
TelevisionsMore news on Apple's much-rumoured forthcoming standalone TV set: it'll come in 32- and 37-inch sizes, according to a report on Digitimes, and will launch sometime between April and September next year.
The size is presumably to keep the price down, because if it comes packing all the abilities we're expecting, including Siri for voice control, it should make other TVs look like something from The Flintstones. Continue reading...
LG redesigns 3D glasses, hopes people buy
TelevisionsCumbersome glasses are undoubtedly one of the main stumbling blocks preventing 3D TVs becoming truly mainstream. Well LG has redesigned its 3D glasses for next year, offering lighter, more curvaceous designs to tempt us Brits into spending. But will it be enough?
All three new pairs are passive, like the ones you get in cinemas, so there's no flickering or batteries required. The F310 (right) weigh 20 per cent less than last year's standard pair and are curved for a better fit. If you already wear glasses, the F320 (left) might be for you, as they clip on over your regular specs. Continue reading...
LG unveils world's largest OLED TV panel
TelevisionsIf you've never seen an OLED TV screen, do yourself a favour and right that wrong. The images are brighter, colours more vivid, but the only problem is the price. Now LG has thrown caution to the wind and come out with the world's largest OLED TV panel.
And the best news? It won't mean remortgaging the house. The 55-inch panel is the world's largest OLED panel, and its maker hints that OLED TVs could finally be about to become affordable to the likes of us. Continue reading...
Asda selling £50 720p HD TV next week
TelevisionsIf you're looking to tighten your belt this Christmas (metaphorically speaking), Asda may have the TV for you.
Next week it'll start selling an HD-ready TV for just £50. Yes, £50. It might not surprise you to hear the specs are less than stunning, but still, £50. Continue reading...
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Apple TV: Apple discussing Siri, motion controls
TelevisionsApple TV could be closer than we thought. The Cupertino company is discussing its future vision for TV with media execs at several large companies, The Wall Street Journal reports.
And the big news? It looks like it will have Siri for voice recognition, as well as respond to motion controls. Minority Report-style viewing could be just months away… Continue reading...
Apple TV complete guide
TelevisionsWhispers of a real Apple TV have been slowly climbing the rumour chart for years. It began when Steve Jobs first announced a small set-top box to stream your iTunes library to the living room, which grew into a solution for streaming movies online.
Jobs said the pocket-sized TV box was merely a hobby for Apple, and it was easy to dismiss early rumours of a proper Apple flat-panel. Then the Steve Jobs biography was released. Continue reading...
Sony Bravia TVs get YouTube HD
TelevisionsGood news if you've got a recent Sony Bravia telly squatting in your living room, as Sony's TVs get a firmware update that lets them play YouTube videos in HD.
The update brings other features designed to turn your tellybox into an adept social networking machine, including full-screen Facebook photos and video. Continue reading...
Apple TV screen to be made by Sharp, coming next year?
TelevisionsSharp is just one of the companies making panels for the iPad 3, if you believe the rumours, but it's also making the screen for Apple's forthcoming television, according to an analyst.
Jeffries analyst Peter Misek says Sharp is retooling a production line at its Sakai factory to make modified amorphous TFT LCD panels to be used in Apple's TV, AllThingsD reports. The TV will also be on sale in the middle of next year -- earlier than previously predicted -- says Misek. Continue reading...
Sky+ HD designer boxes shown off in picture gallery 
Home CinemaSky+ HD is a rather neat invention, but goodness those grey boxes look drab. Give your living room the sprucing up it needs by chucking your boring old box away and opting for one of these designer models.
Click through the photos above to ogle the limited edition boxes in all their colourful glory. One of them has a dinosaur on it, honest. Continue reading...
TiVo update adds iPlayer search, proper typing and iPad app
TelevisionsTiVo is teeing up a tasty update. Virgin Media is automatically updating TiVo boxes tonight and over the next week to bring you a raft of new features.
The update to Virgin Media's clever set-top telly recorder lets you search iPlayer, type more easily and record programmes with your iPad through a new TiVo iPad app. Continue reading...
Sony to cut TV costs by ending LCD venture with Samsung
TelevisionsLast week's Sony Ericsson buyout may be even more significant than we thought: Sony now intends to pull out of its joint LCD venture with Samsung, Reuters reports. That means it won't make panels for its own TVs, but rather outsource them.
It's an attempt by Sony to cut costs, seeing as it's approaching its eighth straight annual loss in the TV business. It's thought it'll focus on mobile phones following its buyout of Sony Ericsson. Continue reading...
Apple TV set will be Siri controlled, launch 2013
TelevisionsIs there any limit to Siri's abilities? The voice-controlled personal assistant can already help you hide a dead body (in the US anyway), update you on the weather and write messages for you, and now it seems it'll soon be able to control your TV.
The forthcoming Apple TV set that Steve Jobs seemed to confirm in his biography will be voice-controlled, according to The New York Times. We brought you news it would come packing Siri, now it seems Apple is doing away with the remote control completely. Continue reading...
iTunes mastermind 'working on Apple television'
TelevisionsApple is working on a TV set, and has called in Jeff Robbin, the man who helped develop the iPod and iTunes, to help build it, according to Bloomberg, which cites "three people with knowledge of the project."
The Apple telly rumour mill is spinning at full tilt, grinding gossip grain into delicious speculation dough, ready for baking. While the notion that Apple could make a TV is nothing new, last week saw the publication of the late Steve Jobs' biography, in which the man himself is quoted as saying he'd "finally cracked" how to make an elegant, integrated tellybox. Continue reading...
Analyst: Apple TV set will reinvent TVs, have Siri
TelevisionsWe brought you news last week that Apple has a standalone TV set in the works -- well now an analyst has popped up to offer his 10 cents' worth. And he likey, to use the proper analytical term.
Brian White from Ticonderoga Securities says Apple's introduction to the TV market could 'reinvent' the product category, BGR reports. "We believe the TV experience is in need of greater simplicity and innovation, providing Apple with [an] opportunity to yet reinvent another product category and develop even closer ties with its customers," White wrote in a note to investors.
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Steve Jobs wanted an 'integrated' Apple TV
TelevisionsNot content with declaring thermonuclear war on Android, it seems Steve Jobs wanted to make a fully-fledged Apple TV set as well.
The reveal comes from Walter Isaacson's biography, named simply Steve Jobs, which is published on Monday. Could Apple be about to take on Sony, Samsung, LG et al. in the lounge as well as in the mobile sphere? Continue reading...
TV isn't educational for babies, report says
TelevisionsWatching television doesn't help babies learn, and may actually be bad for children under two years-old, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. So bad news if your little one is a fan of Bob the Builder.
Wired reports that media, whether in the background or intended to educate, can "have potentially negative effects and no known positive effects for children younger than 2 years," according to an AAP report released yesterday. Continue reading...
Sky Anytime comes to Virgin Media
TelevisionsSky Anytime is heading to Virgin Media, flooding Virgin's on-demand service with tonnes of new TV shows at no additional cost to Virgin Media customers.
Like the love between Kermit and Miss Piggy, a deal between Sky and Virgin Media might seem frightening and wrong at first. But it will soon have you feeling all warm and fuzzy, because it means Virgin Media's on-demand service swells to 6,500 hours of TV and movies. Continue reading...
Sony recalls 1.6 million Bravia TVs following fire reports
TelevisionsSony is recalling 1.6 million of its Bravia TVs around the world, after it emerged that the LCD sets are prone to melting and catching fire.
Sony was ordered to recall the tellies by Japan's trade ministry, citing an incident in September when a customer called the fire brigade after noticing a small fire and some smoke, Bloomberg reports.
Over the last few years, eleven incidents have been reported. A Sony spokesperson said that a faulty component in the Bravias' backlight systems could be responsible. That component could be overheating, causing the incendiary idiot boxes to melt. Continue reading...
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