They’re tough, they’ve got rock-hard bodies, and they can communicate. We’re talking about the Kyocera …

Six HDTVs participated in the 2011 Value Electronics shootout. Robert Zohn The winner of the 2011 HDTV shootout put on by Value Electronics last weekend was the Sharp Elite, an LED-based LCD TV with a full-array local dimming backlight that sells for around $5500. According to the event scorecard (PDF, shown below), the Elite handily won two of the four …

Sony is recalling 1.6 million of its Bravia TVs around the world, after it emerged that the LCD sets are prone to melting and catching fire. Here in the UK, if you own one of the affected sets, a nice man will come and fix it for you. Sony was ordered to recall the tellies by Japan’s trade ministry, citing …