Here at Crave we often get asked about 1080p 32-inch LCD televisions and our stock response is that at such small sizes the benefits of a high-resolution screen are small. You might as well save your money and get a 720p TV. Full HD does appeal to gamers though, who often have a limited amount …

If you’ve had Foxtel iQ2 installed, you may have heard the company has finally unlocked all four tuners. While this means you still can only record two channels at once, at least you can now watch a third at the same time. And by the way, that fourth tuner is dedicated to OnDemand content and can’t be used to record… …

You might think there’s nothing on TV these days, but LG reckons there are at least 935 hours of programmes for you to plonk down on its latest PVR, which features a fairly massive 320GB hard drive. What’s more, if you don’t think 935 hours is enough — and if you don’t, you probably aren’t reading this because you’re too …

It’s the nature of television programming, Tuesday nights are chock-a-block with good, and usually overlapping, stuff, while Wednesdays are boring. Foxtel has heard this complaint and decided to finally release a patch to open all four tuners on its iQ2 box. iQ2 becomes iQ2 plus one (Credit: Foxtel) This means users will be able to “tape” two simultaneous shows while …

Philips has announced it is pulling out of the Australian market for televisions in December of this year, and will instead focus on health and beauty products. Sarah Campbell Philips’ manager of corporate communications said the company will continue selling associated products such as home theatre kits and iPod docks but is “looking at a distributor model”. Campbell refused to …

Projectors offer quite a lot of bang for their buck, and here’s one of the best value we’ve seen for a while. For just £500, the X9 will produce a 720p picture from its native 16:9 DLP chip and also has a short throw lens, so if your room isn’t that big, you’ll still get a decent sized image (27 …

We’ve had the BBC iPlayer for some time now, and for many people, it’s changed the way they watch TV, allowing them to watch things they hadn’t considered before, or simply catch up on the latest episode of Dragons’ Den. Sky clearly sees the massive potential market for this among its millions of subscribers, so it has a similar product …

While Crave was visiting Sony at IFA, we were shown a trailer for a new Blu-ray movie — it was none other than the third instalment of Starship Troopers and a landmark for both silliness  and interactive features. So impressed were we, that we asked for a copy of the film to peruse, and Sony Pictures obliged. If you haven’t …

Thin TVs are all the rage at the moment, although truth be told, we aren’t sure why. Sure, when we ditched the massive CRT screens the massive size reduction that flat-screen TVs brought was amazing, but the biggest improvement was the potential screen size. Nowadays the advantage of shaving millimetres off the screen depth is greatly reduced. If you’re a …

Everyone knows Pioneer makes epic TVs. The PDP-LX6090 and the LX5090 have the most stunning blacks we’ve ever seen, as well as a generally amazing picture that wows the pants off everyone who sees it. The exciting news is that Pioneer has a new pair of 50- and 60-inch screens, designed to offer even more than the LX range. The …

In case you didn’t know, the BBC does more than just broadcast EastEnders — indeed, it has one of the most productive and highly respected research and development teams in the world of broadcasting. As it happens, the R&D department, now called BBC Research and Innovation, turned 60-years-old last Friday, and to celebrate received the world’s first end-to-end HD broadcast …

In an ongoing battle to be the biggest exhibitor at IFA, Samsung no longer considers hall 20 at the Messe Berlin to be large enough, despite the fact that it’s 96m long by 39m wide. To make up for these cramped conditions, this year it erected a tent outside to contain all the microwaves and fridges that would otherwise clutter …

Given the relationship that Sony and Samsung have with LCDs, it’s not a massive surprise to see Samsung announce a 200Hz TV today, barely a day after Sony made a big deal about its own model. Luckily for Samsung, it isn’t the only TV innovation it’s got going on at the moment. The company was keen to push its new …

After Sony’s press conference at IFA trade show in Berlin, we at Crave UK took a quick look around the company’s booth and snapped some of the new Bravia TVs expected to be delivered by this holiday season. The most interesting product is the ZX1, a 9.9mm-thick LED “backlit” LCD TV, which takes a new approach to TV design, and …

Toshiba began its press conference at IFA in Berlin by denying that it would be announcing a Blu-ray player — this didn’t come as much of a surprise, as the company is still hurting from a very expensive loss in the great format war of 2007. But credit to it, instead of crying in a corner licking its wounds, the …