FetchTV’s SmartBox 8000 has the potential to change the way we watch TV. Not only is it a traditional Freeview PVR, it’s also one of the first boxes to offer Sky Player without the need for a laptop or Xbox 360. The box also allows access to BBC iPlayer, one of the first Freeview PVRs …

Humax has a new Freeview HD recorder and it’s pant-wettingly exciting. Like its younger brother the HD-FOX T2, the £330 HDR-FOX T2 (note the R) is from Humax’s HD range, which can receive Freeview HD broadcasts to one of two tuners and record them to a 500GB hard drive. Humax cleverly pre-empted our moaning that this wasn’t enough for HD …

LCD TVs have evolved significantly in the past five years. They’ve gone from sporting unsophisticated fluorescent-tube backlights to LED arrays with hundreds of different, independently dimmable areas, for improved contrast. So, what’s next? LG reckons its Nano lighting technology is, because it improves light distribution across the screen. The technology will make its debut on the company’s LEX8 TV, which was …

The sausage-fest (seriously, the only food you can get there is sausages) that is German technology trade show IFA rumbles on, and so do the new technology announcements. And today, LG has continued its assault of the 3D market by announcing the world’s first THX 3D certified plasma. The new PX990 will feature active 3D technology, has a full HD …

Since CES 2010 in January, we’ve known that 3D can be beautifully presented on OLED TVs, but this year has thus far done nothing to persuade us that OLED is anywhere near ready for primetime. Indeed, some manufacturers seem to have given up on the technology for the time being. However at Berlin’s IFA electronics trade show, LG is demonstrating …

At the European trade show IFA in Berlin, Samsung announced a number of new 3D televisions, including the worlds largest LED illuminated LCD TV. The company has crowned iteslf leader in 3D TV, and with good reason, because according to its figures, 90 per cent of 3D TVs sold in the first half of 2010 were Samsung models. Its gigantic …

Denon’s new DHT-1311XP is a home-cinema system that comprises an AV receiver and a set of 5.1-channel surround-sound speakers. It’s 3D-ready, making it a super choice if you want to buy a home-cinema set-up that’s as future-proof as possible. The biggest advantage of buying a system like this is that you no longer need to pick up an AV receiver and speaker system …

David Arquette, actor and husband of Courtney Cox, is planning to launch a digital distribution platform for video this month, Hollywood trade magazine Variety reports. Called inmoo — for reasons we don’t understand — it will allow independent filmmakers to find an audience online, and even earn some money. Arquette is working with a couple of buddies on this, namely …

It’s a fact that Google is stuffed to the brim with really, really smart people. You might think you’re a bit of a brainbox, but compared to those dudes at Google, we’re all idiots. So to help us feel better about ourselves, the search and mobile OS giant has created Google App Inventor, a simple way for us to make …

Virgin Media Player, the company’s long-awaited online catch-up service, launches today for the Web and mobile phones. It’s initially a beta test, and will be available to customers with its most expensive XL TV package, as long as they also have a Virgin broadband connection. Registration will happen via the beta site, which you can find at virginmedia.com/player. The company …