The UK doesn’t have much HD television at the moment, which is mightily annoying, but the upside is that we don’t need high-capacity storage for recording TV shows. DVD is more than capable for the time being. Of course, in a few years, when everyone gets their act together and we’ve overthrown Ofcom and got …

HD DVD is almost certainly dead in the water. The surprise move of Warner to move to exclusive Blu-ray support has sunk any hope the HD DVD group ever had for winning the format war. What’s more, there are rumours that the last two HD DVD studios — Paramount and Universal — are both planning a similar defection. So, can …

One of the things that surprised us most about this year’s CES was the emphasis placed on design. For many, many years TVs were just huge black boxes that sat in the corner of the room. But these days, people want a talking point, and something that has its own style. LG hasn’t always been at the forefront of good …

Increasingly CES isn’t just a place for technology companies to exhibit their wares — media outlets are getting in on the act to show off their content and explain to consumers how they can use modern tech to access TV shows or other media. We took a trip to the NBC stand to berate them for cancelling Studio 60 on …

There are many people in the world who don’t like Microsoft. You could hardly argue that it has made some mistakes over the years. But as Bill Gates prepares to bow out of running Microsoft — a company he’s grown into one of the biggest in the world — I can’t help thinking we’re going to be worse off without …

While enjoying the plush carpet and pleasant surroundings at the Samsung CES stand, we happened upon a charming TV, which promptly informed us the temperature was 51 degrees Fahrenheit and that stock in Apple was down by $2.56. What we’d stumbled upon was an RSS TV. This is a really simple concept, but it’s one of the best things we’ve …

One of the problems with flat-panel televisions is the sound. A huge amount of effort seems to go into making the case look nice, and producing an impressive picture, but this all seems to be to the detriment of the sound. Dolby’s Volume technology is setting out to fix some of the problems. Firstly, it can adjust the sound levels …

It wasn’t much of a surprise when Panasonic announced its 150-inch plasma at its keynote press conference. We’d been hearing rumours about it for some time, and you can always be sure that CES will bring the usual “ours is bigger than yours” TV punch-up. Still, Panasonic must have been laughing at the rumours, because no one actually managed to …

Toshiba didn’t actually admit HD DVD was dead and buried during its CES press conference, but it was quite clear it knew the game was up. The tech journalists were circling like vultures, waiting to pick the meat of failure from the bones of a seriously ill-looking HD format. The conference started with the head of Toshiba digital AV repeating …

If you thought TV was just for your living room think again — LG wants you to get square eyes when you’re on the bus, train or enjoying some time in the restroom, as the Americans call it. The technology, called MPH — which stands for Mobile Pedestrian Handheld — allows TV to be transmitted digitally to mobile devices such …