Telstra is rolling out the first stage of its Foxtel on T-Box service from Sunday, 26 June. Available initially to BigPond cable broadband customers in Foxtel metro areas*, it is expected to be more widely released to ADSL households in two months’ time. Though it doesn’t have all the HD content of the full Foxtel …

TEAC Australia found the going tough in the highly competitive LCD TV marketplace, but with the newly acquired backing of Singapore-based consumer electronics distributor TT International, it is reapproaching the industry with some clever niche products at entry level price points. Acknowledging that there’s still a strong demand for sharply priced CRT TVs, TEAC is offering 15-, 21- and 29-inch …

Alien fans putting the remastered Alien Anthology Blu-ray set on their Christmas wish list will get a couple of new features that make diving into all the extras to be found in this collection much easier. Sci-fi fans will be dying to get get their claws on the the previously unseen content in this Alien Blu-ray collection. (Credit: 20th Century …

Foxtel and Microsoft have announced five subscription packages for the Foxtel on Xbox 360 service set to launch in November. It will offer users of the Xbox 360 Live service access to 30 channels of Foxtel content over the internet, without paying for a Foxtel installation or set-top box. The basic Get Started package will cost “less than” AU$20 per …

A by-product of the current love affair with 3D entertainment will be the growth of the Blu-ray format, according to Danny Kaye, executive vice president, Global Research and Technology Strategy at 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Kaye says that only Blu-ray discs have the capacity to hold 1080p content in each channel necessary for high-definition (HD) 3D playback. Danny Kaye, …

Update June 15, 2010: Sony has today announced the cancellation of the promotional offer on the HX800 outlined below. See Sony reneges on 3D TV promotion for further information. In case anybody was missing the point that 2010 is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius 3D, Sony invited a swag of media types to a simulated “3D home” at …

Fox Sports will claim bragging rights to the first Australian 3D broadcast with its live coverage of the Socceroos vs. New Zealand on 24 May from the Melbourne Cricket Ground. This nudges out of contention Channel Nine’s 3D broadcast of the NRL State of Origin game in Sydney on 26 May by two days, though Nine’s rugby league clash will …

The formats are confusing and the standards don’t seem to be standard. Our simple guide unravels the mysteries of Australian digital TV. Australia’s first “free to view” digital television broadcasts began in January 2001. The roll-out has been gradual, but now all five free-to-air broadcasters (ABC, SBS, Ten, Seven and Nine) are transmitting their digital television services in all capital …

We’ve previously given you a video overview of what TV calibration is all about and the benefits of properly tuning the image of your display. In part two of our Picture Perfect guide, ISF professional Aaron Rigg of Avical Australia this time takes you step-by-step through the four main calibration settings that you can adjust yourself — brightness, contrast, sharpness …

While Panasonic is busy boosting its customer service capabilities through Twitter, Samsung is taking a more old school route by opening seven “Customer Service Plazas” (CSP) across Australia. Two CSPs are already open in Melbourne and Darwin, with Perth and Brisbane due to open their doors by November. Two in Sydney and one in Adelaide are on the plans for …