The day is slowly approaching when analog free-to-air terrestrial TV broadcasts will become a faint memory, like Betamax and Bakelite. The question is: when will the TV stations in your home town switch off their analog transmissions and become digital only? Please note adjustments have been made to the below schedule. For best information visit …

The starting grid of the 2012 London Olympics is within sight, so it’s time to begin planning one’s viewing, eating and sleeping schedule, and CNET Australia‘s here to help. The games officially kick off with the opening ceremony at 6am AEST on Saturday, 28 July. Competitive events will start at around 6pm AEST that night, although a number of football …

Yesterday, CNET Australia had a quick hands-on session with the Sony Vaio L Series desktop, the company’s first glasses-less 3D computer or display. Our conclusion? Decidedly lukewarm. First things first, despite the Vaio moniker, this Vaio isn’t a laptop. It’s an all-in-one PC-in-a-display, in the vein of HP’s Touchsmart and Apple’s iMac ranges. Like the Touchsmart, the Vaio L incorporates …

Some residents in southern and central NSW may have returned home, only to be shocked when they switched their TVs on last night. It had nothing to do with the wild and windy weather that was lashing much of the state, rather, it’s because at 9am yesterday (5 June 2012) both government and commercial broadcasters ceased broadcasting in both digital …

With last week’s unveiling of LG’s one-step-closer-to-production 55-inch OLED TV, the question we’ve been asked is: I want to upgrade my TV, should I hold off my TV purchase until OLED hits the market? The short answer here is no. And whenever you see the phrase “short answer” anywhere, it’s bound to be followed by a significantly longer answer, and …

ABC News 24, Sky News, Fox News — all of these news channels have one man and one channel to thank for their existence today: Ted Turner and his Cable News Network (CNN). On the 22nd anniversary of CNN’s launch, Tech Time Machine takes a look at its birth, its coming of age and its legacy.

The console wars have faded into the background, but two of the protagonists, the Xbox and the PlayStation, are still fighting it out to be more than just a games console, but also an integral part of your home-theatre set-up. Unless one of the major console-exclusive titles is launched — we’re looking at you, Gran Turismo 5 and Halo — …

While Australia’s free-to-air networks insist on showing shows from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s on our high-definition channels, the International Communications Union (ITU) has met to begin nutting out the standards governing 4K and 8K broadcasts. Although some manufacturers and broadcasters have been experimenting with 4K devices — like the recent prototype 4K projector by NHK and JVC — critical …

Foxtel has begun integrating regional pay-TV operator Austar, with viewers on both platforms gaining new channels and better packages from 1 July 2012. For sports fans, the big news is that existing Austar customers will gain access to Foxtel’s suite of eight London Olympics channels, in both SD and HD. Like their city cousins, subscribers to Austar’s sports package will …

The man who invented the wireless TV remote control, Eugene Polley, passed away over the weekend. (Credit: LG) Forget HD, forget 3D, forget 4K and 8K, forget HDMI; it’s arguable that the wireless remote control is the single most important feature innovation in the history of television. It freed us from the tyranny of laziness that trapped many of us …