Pioneer has announced its new audiovisual lineup for 2007/8 which includes the new ultra-black Kuro televisions, DVD recorders and receivers. The range brings with it the launch of Pioneer’s new slogan — “Seeing and hearing like never before” — and is part of the company’s attempt to restore its reputation as a premium brand. There …

It’s been over 50 years since Bruce Gyngell appeared on the tube in a tux and made that gallant, unassuming announcement: “Good evening, and welcome to television”. Since then the medium has delivered such momentous gems as the moon landing, the Whitlam dismissal, the bogan wedding of Scott and Charlene, and a Big Brother turkey slap that echoed all the …

We’ve been whinging for ages about the lack of sport programming in high definition in this country — especially last year, when the Winter Olympics, Commonwealth Games and FIFA World Cup all passed us by without an HD look-in. We’ve not been shy about taking Channel Ten to task in the past, but now that they’ve stepped up and have …

It doesn’t take much to annoy me — anyone who reads the things I write here probably already knows that — and if you ask my friends, they’ll all tell you I’m running on a short fuse most of the time. Sky has today pushed all the right buttons to get me worked up, so here goes a nice little …

Sharp is about to unleash some of the world’s first Blu-ray recorders for HD television with four new models slated for release in Japan from next month. Sharp’s BD-HDW20 and BD-HDW15 Blu-ray recorders to be released in Japan in December. According to the Sharp Japan Web site (via Google Translate), the flagship of the new AQUOS range model will be …

Earlier this week a commission set up by Conservative leader David Cameron — the Orwellian-sounding ‘Quality of Life’ group — indicated that it would advocate the banning of plasma screens, because they apparently use too much power. They didn’t mention the more popular LCD screens, and I’m going to assume this is because they don’t know the difference. They also …

It’s all go in the HD DVD camp at the moment. Still on a high from the Paramount/Dreamworks deal, we’re now hearing that HD DVD will soon have a 51GB, triple-layer disc on the way. The significance of a 51GB capacity is that it exceeds the current Blu-ray maximum by 1GB. Obviously, 1GB is nothing more than a token increase, …

If you live near London, and you’ve got some spare time on Monday morning (10 September), you could snag yourself a free Toshiba HD-E1 worth about £200 if you buy a copy of The Matrix trilogy on HD DVD from HMV on Oxford Street. The first 150 people will get a free player, and the first 400 will all get …

Obviously, as a TV nut, I want HD to be available on Freeview as soon as possible. So as you can imagine, I was annoyed when Ofcom announced it thought hi-def channels should be broadcast in the existing spectrum. I was annoyed because I don’t want to see the analogue spectrum simply being sold off to companies with deep pockets, …

Tucked away on the JVC stand at this year’s IFA was a little surprise. A 110-inch LCD projection TV, using three D-ILA — or to use the more descriptive name, liquid crystal on silicon — chips, through which light is projected to create an image on screen. Easily the most impressive thing about this telly is the fact that it …

It was no huge surprise to find LG’s stand at the IFA trade show in Berlin divided into two halves, one half TVs and the other mobile phones — the Korean company has been hugely successful in both areas. There were two especially interesting things on the TV part of the stand, however, that caught our attention. The first was …

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 165g chassis is just 128 …

We miss loads of stuff on TV. It’s not our fault, there’s a lot on our plate and we go out all the time. So for us to enjoy our hectic social lives, we really need something to record TV for those nights when we just fancy putting our feet up and relaxing. Sky+ is the obvious choice, but after …

You may remember last week we introduced our ‘Vote to win’ reader poll awards. This is your chance tell us a thing or two about consumer electronics. We want to know the gadgets that have wowed you this year, the social-networking sites you’re hanging out on and the features you most want to see in new products. The winning products …

If you’re one of the three British people that bought Apple TV, you’ll probably have spent some time wondering when you might be able to buy stuff to watch on it. Well, we’re happy to say it’s sooner than you thought, because Apple has just launched a bunch of TV shows on its iTunes video store in the UK. Programmes …