These are the upcoming Blu-ray releases that you really should be buying. Flying Monsters 3D … at least you get Sir David’s soothing voice (Credit: 2011 Atlantic Productions Ltd) Arguably, it’s thanks to HBO and the show Oz that we have the current trend for well crafted, detailed TV series’ featuring some stellar actors. While …
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A new study has indicated that High Efficiency Video Coding has significant improvements over H.264 in ultra high-definition video. The Sintel open source film was used in the study. (Credit: Blender Foundation/www.sintel.org) The study was performed by the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland, and centred on the subjective quality of the video compression, rather than any of …
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Belkin has launched a network device that delivers home entertainment across an array of mobile devices. Belkin @TV Plus. (Credit: Belkin) Belkin’s @TV Plus hardware uses Wi-Fi or a mobile network to allow users to access home theatre content on mobiles, tablets and laptops. The @TV device connects and controls multiple sources, such as a DVD player or a set-top …
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LG has remained vague on the local launch timing of its hotly anticipated next-gen TV. LG’s OLED screen (Credit: LG) LG’s EM9600 OLED TV was an instant hit at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January, taking out the coveted Best of Show award. Since then, speculation has been rife on the timing for an Australian launch of the …
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Panasonic is expanding its IPTV offerings to include the popular BigPond video service across 10 of its products. The BigPond Movies service will be available on select Panasonic devices (Credit: Panasonic) The company will offer the BigPond Movies library through its Viera Connect IPTV platform, across a small number of Blu-ray recorders, players and home theatre systems. The service will …
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These are the upcoming Blu-ray releases that you really should be buying. 25 years ago… (Credit: Paramount) In the annals of history, 29 August will go down as an impressive date for science-fiction fans, as the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation (Paramount) hits Blu-ray. It’s been a staggering 25 years since the series started airing, and the …
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LG has launched the world’s first 84-inch “ultra-definition” commercial TV into the Korean marketplace. LG’s 84-inch 3D UDTV (Credit: LG) The new television boasts a 3840×2160 or quad full high-definition (QFHD) resolution, which groups it with the other displays competing in the burgeoning 4K space. “The 4K display market is still in its infancy, but it was important for LG …
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As part of the Integrate 2012 exhibition, Epson has unveiled its Moverio BT-100 “mobile see-through viewer” — a personal video headset by any other name. Epson’s Moverio BT-100 (Credit: Nic Healey/CNET) The Moverio replicates a 320-inch display seen from 20m, but is transparent, meaning that the media appears to float, super-imposed on the world. Resolution is qHD and the design …
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