Sharp shows off a 108-inch LCD TV at CES 2007. At a press conference the day before the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas opens, Sharp unveiled what its calling the world’s largest LCD television, a 108-inch (274cm) gargantuan set, under its AQUOS brand. Supporting 1080p full HD resoution, the 108-inch TV is the flagship …
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August, 2008
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14 August
Big Screen Buyers’ Guide: UPDATE
Taking the plunge with a big screen television? Here’s 10 questions you should be asking yourself before you hit the shops. 1. Do I have the room for a big TV? 2. Where in the room should the TV go? 3. Types of televisions 4. Going digital 5. What are the most important specs? 6. What about widescreen? 7. Inputs …
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14 August
My Channel Ten manifesto
commentary Dear Channel Ten, Look, I’m sorry I slagged you off last year. So your Web site is pretty cruddy, especially when compared to Nine and Seven’s cannily integrated, partnership-boosted portals. So Yasmin turned out to be the queen of the harpies, and got boned from the network before she could get married. So you let Matthew Newton simulate a …
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13 August
Photos: Popcorn Hour B
We’ve been hugely impressed with the two Popcorn Hour media streamers so far, the A-100 and A-110, but the company has another trick up its sleeve. Not everyone wants a specific case, and not every user needs the same amount of storage, so the Popcorn Hour B-110 is simply a home cinema PC motherboard with a customised processor and chipset. …
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11 August
One For All Energy Saver: Switch all your AV kit off. Properly
Here’s the deal: the One For All Energy Saver remote is designed to save you money, reduce your carbon footprint and generally reduce the remote clutter in your life. The eco problem with AV equipment is standby, of course — by not turning off your TV, DVD player and home cinema system you’re wasting money by lighting up an empty …
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6 August
Philips 42PFL9703: 1080p LCD TV with multiple glowing bits
We can’t persuade you to love Ambilight, but if you do like Philips’ system for extending the TV experience by shining lights on a wall, you’ll be thrilled by the 42-inch 42PFL9703. But can the TV live up to our expectations and become a Crave fave? Ambilight is hardly new, so what differentiates this set from the ones that have …
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6 August
MPs want a watershed for YouTube
I can hardly believe how idiotic our government can be at times. The latest report designed to prove how little politicians understand technology is the proposal from the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee that video-hosting Web sites restrict content based on the time of day, just like TV companies do with broadcast content. Yes, that’s right, the clunky …
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6 August
Sony RDR
Our living room is getting out of hand. You walk in to a wall of hot air, with electronics stacked floor to ceiling and one small seat in the corner where you can perch, to enjoy the fruits of our dangerous wiring and potentially fatal heat output. As much as we like to discourage strangers from disrupting our audio-visual pleasure, …
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4 August
Harman Kardon unleashes cutting edge kit
Harman Kardon has unveiled some surprises in its 2008 range of AV products which include an updated iPod dock and a media streamer. With companies such as Onkyo leading the way in terms of features, it’s taken Harman Kardon a while to catch up. But with this new range featuring up-to-the-minute functionality, the company appears to have redressed the balance. …
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July, 2008
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31 July
LG DP391B: A work of art that happens to play DVDs
The LG DP391B truly is a pretty little thing. We’ve seen a fair few portable DVD players in our time, and almost without exception they’re the same drearily functional clamshell design, where the lid flips open to reveal the disc compartment and a screen. Clearly someone at LG got bored of that, and came up with something different. That’s the …
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