Samsung’s stand at IFA 2006 would have brought tears to the eyes of HDTV’s early adopters. On display were the LE40M91 and LE40F7, which are the replacements for Samsung’s current crop of 40-inch LCD displays. The LE40M91 (pictured right) is an HD Ready set with a 1,366×768-pixel panel. It uses an LED backlight for better …
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We all know children should be doing homework, running errands for elderly neighbours or sweeping leaves off your driveway, but thanks to television, they’re a bunch of drooling, brain-dead idiots. So it makes perfect sense for Hannspree to make a range of televisions aimed squarely at this demographic. We spotted a range of the company’s heavily stylised TVs at IFA 2006, …
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When Packard Bell said it has some cool stuff to show us, we should have guessed the venue would be the Absolut Ice Bar in Mayfair. The evening was pretty cool (ho hum) — we were greeted at the door by a pair of well-trained huskies, checked out some products in the warm room, then froze our ears off in the …
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Yesterday marked the official relaunch of Grundig. That’s right — the company best known for flogging cheap tellies through cheap retail outlets is back, and it’s better than ever. Apparently. It marked its re-entry to the UK market by hiring a room at the exclusive Groucho Club in London’s Soho, serving lots of alcohol and showing the football on a …
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has confirmed that its first batch of Blu-ray movies will arrive in the US on 20 June. The films, 50 First Dates, The Fifth Element, Hitch and the House of Flying Daggers are set to coincide with the release of the first Blu-ray players, but are we wrong not to be excited? House of Flying Daggers …
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