If you want to invigorate your TV brand’s recognition, dear reader, all you need is a vaguely Italian-sounding moniker — think Sony’s Bravia, Toshiba’s Regza or Panasonic’s Viera. The marketing men at Fujitsu have weathered a brainstorm and come up with a new high-end range of screens under the name Aviamo. Bene! The Aviamo range has …

Aside from a few of the scantily clad promotions girls, the most eye-catching model at last week’s Stuff Show was a concept home cinema system from Sony’s latest Esprit range. Sony is well aware that style is regarded as one of the defining factors influencing buying decisions and the ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhs’ emanating from the Sony stand will sound like …

With next-generation devices like Samsung’s BD-P1000 Blu-ray player (reviewed here), Toshiba’s HD-E1 and HD-XE1 HD DVD players and Sony’s PlayStation 3 (previewed here) moving from prototype to product, television buyers have been eyeing up ‘Full HD’ screens that support 1080p, the smoothest and most detailed of the hi-def signals. Equivalent projectors, however, seem to have been overlooked by all but …

In a bid that would have had the late Roy Castle reaching for his trumpet and parping an impromptu performance of Dedication’s What You Need, LG has entered the Guinness Book of World Records 2007 with the world’s largest LCD TV. LG’s leviathan 100-inch LCD has snatched the record from Samsung, with a screen that’s 1.5 times larger than the …

It may be sooner than you want to think about it, but Christmas is coming. Before you know it you’ll be tucking into turkey, nursing hangovers and engaging in traditional arguments — like what to watch during the peak TV viewing season. With so many channels to choose from on Freeview, keeping all the family happy is going to be …

If you want to watch films at near high-definition quality before the dust settles on the Blu-ray versus HD DVD hi-def format war, an upscaling DVD player is the answer. Denon has concentrated its efforts on upgrading existing technology before becoming involved in any next-generation infighting. The new DVD-3930 uses state-of-the-art technology, which Denon claims produces a picture that rivals …

New technology is often blighted by teething problems, as early adopters of Sky’s HDTV service will confirm — ever since Sky’s high-definition broadcasts launched earlier this year, its HD receiver boxes have been plagued by complaints from disgruntled consumers. Thanks to a recent firmware upgrade, however, subscribers have been reporting that these problems with bugs and instability could be a …

All the talk at this month’s IFA trade show was about the arrival of ‘Full High-Definition’ TVs. Typical. We’ve only just got used to the HD Ready industry standard, and now there’s new jargon to get our heads round. ‘Full HD’ refers to screens with a maximum resolution of 1,920×1,080 pixels. Unlike the earlier HD standard, which required a minimum …

Panasonic chose the Abbey Road Studios — the spiritual home of The Beatles — as the venue for the press launch of its first Blu-ray DVD player. Crave followed in the footsteps of the Fab Four across the famous zebra crossing and into the Abbey Road Studios, where we were greeted by several Japanese execs who proudly unveiled the DMP-BD10 Blu-ray …

It’s not quite the Oscars — so fewer flashing bulbs, designer dresses and gushing speeches, perhaps — but the annual EISA Awards are highly regarded in the electronics industry. LG has affirmed its rising status this year by scooping three top gongs. EISA is the largest editorial multimedia organisation in Europe with a membership of 54 audio, video, mobile and …