We’ve waited for ages, and now it seems that Ofcom has decided to allow high-definition channels to join the Freeview line-up, possibly from as early as next year. Except there are a number of catches that mean getting HD over the air won’t be as simple as it first seems. Will I need new equipment? …

Pioneer may have stopped building brilliant tellies, but it’s still knocking out top-notch Blu-ray players, announcing the BDP-LX52, BDP-320 and BDP-120. Leading the trio is the top-end LX52. It’s the first to feature Pioneer’s Precision Quartz Lock System, which abbreviates to the tongue-swoggling PQLS. We’re going to pronounce that ‘puhklus’. It’s designed to eliminate wobbly audio when connected to a …

Sony is about to announce its latest Christmas promotion with a free full three-year warranty on all of its Bravia LCD televisions, up from a standard 12 months starting 1 October. Extended warranties on Bravias are available at the point of sale for additional charge, and this is the first time in several years Sony has opted for a non-hardware-based …

It’s great that there are new digital channels becoming available, but what do you have to do to get the new ones and keep the old? We step you through how to rescan your digital television to pick up new Freeview channels as well as find existing channels that may have inadvertently disappeared.

Perfect for getting video from your PC on to your TV with minimal effort, we’ve always thought the Popcorn Hour was the answer to our media-streaming prayers — and now it seems things are about to get even better. The Popcorn Hour C-200 builds on the terrific system that earned itself our coveted Editor’s Choice award and pumps in some …

As the Earth’s population gets more and more obsessed with making friends with trees, being nicer to clouds and refraining from weeing in rivers, the consumer electronics industry has been making some shrub-friendly innovations. So many in fact, our good friends at SmartPlanet have built an entire Web site dedicated to talking about such objects of dreadlockian desire. One of …

Foxtel subscribers will soon be able to watch all of their channels on PC for free with the launch of the Foxtel Download service. The new service appeared on the Foxtel site today, and promises catch-up programs as well as access to all of the channels in a customer’s package with “picture and sound equivalent to the Foxtel TV service”. …

It’s one of the most pirated TV shows on the planet, and now it’s being shot in HD. Yes, Top Gear — the BBC’s version of CNET UK’s Car Tech (arf!) — will be broadcast on BBC HD from November this year. The Beeb’s Danielle Nagler confirmed that after receiving “several hundred emails” the show is now being captured on …

We’ve previously given you a video overview of what TV calibration is all about and the benefits of properly tuning the image of your display. In part two of our Picture Perfect guide, ISF professional Aaron Rigg of Avical Australia this time takes you step-by-step through the four main calibration settings that you can adjust yourself — brightness, contrast, sharpness …

This is a Learning Centre article, a multi-part series to be expanded regularly. So, you’re looking to buy a new television. Or maybe, you’ve bought yourself a TV and are looking to make the most of it. Where do you start? You’ve probably pored through a Harvey Norman catalogue or two and been a bit confused by all the options. …