Freeview will be coming to a television near you from March this year, but the organisation’s head has said that you may need to buy a new TV to get the most out of it. A Freeview education campaign is due to launch on all channels in the next couple of weeks, but Freeview CEO …

On Tuesday this week, the tabloid press indulged one of its favourite pass times: scaring its readers. This time it was a piece in Melbourne’s Herald Sun stating that your “expensive plasma or LCD will be obsolete from May 1“. Of course, this is absolute nonsense, and Freeview issued a press release this morning to counter the argument. Peter Familiari’s …

The head of Freeview has announced that existing customers will still be able to use an electronic guide if their equipment currently supports it, but won’t be able to use any of Freeview’s additional features. This week, Freeview CEO Robin Parks said that existing equipment would not be backwards compatible with the Freeview-branded EPG due for release in 2009. However, …

With Pioneer exiting the plasma TV market, that leaves just a handful of other brands backing the cinematic technology. LG, it seems, is keener than ever to be one of them with its high-end PS8000 range. Like the most recent Kuro range, there are two sizes of PS8000 — 50- and 60-inch — and they’re jam-packed with features. Firstly, this …

Stop what you’re doing. Hold everything. Sony has announced a new Blu-ray player: the S360 is a consumer-friendly model that supports BD Live for extra content and picture-in-picture for things like onscreen commentary, which should reveal why most directors stay behind the camera. As an example, forthcoming platter The Spirit is the first to link up with Lionsgate‘s BD Live …

LG Electronics Blu-ray players look to have turned a corner this year–until now, they’ve been overpriced, badly specified, and worst of all, tedious to use. The LG HB354 is the latest to raise the bar, promising to bring a touch of glamour to the proceedings with its attractive styling and impressive features. Clearly, this system is designed for people who …

Having won the format war over a year ago, Blu-ray appears to be going from strength to strength, and now it’s only gone and got itself an official chart. The league table appears at blurayrevolution.co.uk, a cross-industry site promoting the format to viewers here in Blighty. The hit pa-ray-de, compiled by the Official Chart Company, gathers information from hundred of …

Crave was recently invited to plush old Harrods, if you please, to tour the Loewe mini-store. Donning our best bib and tucker, we got a fascinating insight into the well-to-do audience for the German manufacturer’s stylish and desirable TVs. As a shopping experience, it’s about as far away from your high street electrical store as you can imagine. While we …

For the sake of convenience we’d suggest getting a good monitor and adding a tuner card to your PC. This will also add the ability to record TV straight on your PC, which is very handy. Buying a TV limits you to the tuner onboard, which may mean analog instead of superior digital. Make sure to get a monitor that …

One cold and wet British summer, a Home Cinema reviewer was growing old waiting for a Blu-ray player to play his copy of Zombie Strippers — for review purposes only, of course — when an idea came to him. Some sort of ranking for how fast Blu-ray players load discs. This way, when we review a new player, we can …