Toshiba has just given us a peek, out here in Berlin at IFA, at its external HD DVD writer and Super-Multi drives for the PC. Behold the cunningly named HD DVD-Writer and HD DVD Super-Multi. They’re for the PC. Okay, so the names aren’t particularly imaginative, but just look how diddy they are — the …
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Good news for anyone who likes to veg out in front of the telly: Evesham has just released a super-cool new set-top box that can do pretty much everything. Dubbed the iplayer, it’ll let you watch and record Freeview in (upscaled) high definition, browse the Internet, listen to podcasts, and if you ask nicely, it’ll probably even make you a …
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TVs aren’t supposed to be clever. They’re supposed to sit quietly in your lounge showing reruns of Emmerdale, but HP in its infinite wisdom has decided to increase their IQ exponentially by releasing what it calls the HP MediaSmart TV — a real boffin of a telly. What makes it so smart is networking capabilities. The MediaSmart TV is fitted with …
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If you’re anything like us, you’ve probably started to think vaguely about what goodies you’ll buy during the inevitable last-minute Christmas Eve shopping frenzy. While you contemplate which colour socks and underwear to purchase, spare a thought for Blu-ray and HD DVD — two of the hottest tech brands for this Christmas and next year. Films and players for the …
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Crave remembers when the Christmas period was predominately a religious celebration — back when there were no iPods and humans actually gave a toss about each other. Not any more though. Today it’s all about giving and receiving, with an emphasis on the receiving. So given our editor’s request that we each choose our ultimate Christmas present, I’ve gone for …
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LG has given Crave a sneaky first look at a range of AV playback equipment inspired by its beautifully crafted Chocolate phones, also known as the Black Label series. We spotted them during our behind the scenes tour of LG’s Corporate Design Centre in South Korea, and though we weren’t allowed to take pictures (the TV pic is a CNET.co.uk …
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The penultimate day of our trip to Seoul brought us to LG’s design centre, specifically the Lifestyle Research Group (LRS), where we bore witness to some cunning new equipment. Among the coolest was an as yet unnamed plasma TV constructed almost entirely of natural materials. LG’s heavies restricted us from filming, but we’ve knocked up this sketch to give you …
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Today marked the unveiling of LG’s Blu-ray player — the BD100. Sparing no expense, the guys at LG marked the rollout by inviting Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter Darren Campbell, who was only too happy to lend a hand. The BD100 is a full 1080p model featuring an HDCP-compliant HDMI port, as well as component, composite and coaxial for good measure. You …
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Samsung was the first to release a Blu-ray disc player in the US, and has said it will also be the first to release one in Europe and the UK. The BD-P1000 will hit Blighty at around the same time as the Panasonic DMP-BD10, which is two months before Toshiba’s HD-E1 and HD-XE1 HD DVD players. We saw the BD-P1000 …
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We all know Full HD 1080p tellies are teef. You can spend upwards of £3,500 on a 46-inch Sony, so what hope is there for the broke, stinking proletariat? Fear not — Evesham chief executive Richard Austin seems to have handed us a lifeline. Possibly feeling a twinge of guilt after splashing a tramp with freezing puddle water while driving one of his many …
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