It may not seem like that long, but we’ve had digital TV in the UK now for ten years, with the ill-fated OnDigital starting up in 1998, around the same time Sky launched its own digital service. Ten years is a long time in technology, and as with all such things, there have been significant …
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June, 2008
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27 June
Sharp LC
Sharp is having a productive year: it recently bought a fairly large chunk of much-loved plasma TV producer Pioneer, and in so doing triggered the Kuro manufacturer to accept LCD into its ranks. Not a bad achievement for the company that introduced the LCD TV to the world. So what about its latest B20 range? Well, the 37-inch model, the …
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26 June
Sony unveils ‘PS3 with Bravia’ countdown timer
Sony has unveiled its latest “Bonus PlayStation 3 with a Full HD Bravia TV” promotion with a new “armaggedon clock” gimmick, and the announcement that all HD Bravias are included. Sony has set up a webpage with a countdown clock — available here — which starts counting next week, and tells you how many of the 35,000 PS3s are still …
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26 June
Samsung to bundle Foxtel HD+ with TVs
Samsung is set to announce a bundling promotion of a free Foxtel iQ2 box with its new TVs in order to compete with Sony’s new PS3-and-Bravia deal. Samsung is expected to pay the AU$200 installation cost to Foxtel customers buying one of its HD TVs, according to The Australian. “We are extremely excited about our partnership with Foxtel and hope …
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26 June
Sony resurrects Bravia and PS3 deal
Despite some teething problems with its previous promotion, Sony has decided to give its “free PlayStation with any 1080p Bravia” deal another whirl. This time around the company is limiting the month-long 1 July promotion to the first 35,000 customers, and will be composed of mostly last year’s models, according to TweakTown, despite new TVs coming out at the same …
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25 June
Photos: Samsung HT
If you aren’t one for harsh, unforgiving corners in your living room, you should take a look at the Samsung HT-X715 DVD home cinema in a box, which doesn’t feature a harsh edge anywhere on its seven-part system. Everything is rounded to within an inch of its life, and we love it. Not only is everything as well rounded as …
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25 June
PURE Digital One Mini: Outdoor DAB bargain
If the Digital Radio Working Group has its way we’ll all need to chuck out our lovely FM receivers and invest in DAB equipment before too long. Good news, then, for PURE Digital, a DAB favourite of ours. And it’s just released its new One Mini — an affordable and portable version of the popular PURE One. It’s a little …
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24 June
‘It looks like Hannibal has had a stroke’
It was chucking it down on Sunday, so I looked for a TV programme to buy on the iTunes store and came across this picture. Can you spot what’s wrong with the A-Team crew? It took me a few moments to realise that someone, be it Apple, Universal or a practical joker, has decided to flex their Photoshop muscles and …
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20 June
Foxtel iQ2 officially released but no new features
After three weeks of “soft launch” Foxtel HD+ is ready for the masses as it readies its media campaign for release on 22 June 2008. Foxtel may have an official launch date but not much else. Yet. Foxtel’s Brendan Moo told us that there is no new functionality to be made available on release, and that it’s essentially a launch …
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19 June
MP3 Insider 94: Top 5 online music services
Jasmine invites Peter Gavin from Download.com music to discuss their favorite online music stores. Plus, two listeners call in about iPod trading and MP3 players that use swappable batteries. Listen now: Download today’s podcast EPISODE 94 Topic: Our top 5 online music stores (in no particular order) Amazon MP3: http://www.amazon.com/MP3-Music-Download/b/ref=sa_menu_dmusic2?ie=UTF8&node=163856011&pf_rd_p=328655101&pf_rd_s=left-nav-1&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=507846&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=042ED91AXJKXBZP8TDB3 eMusic: http://www.emusic.com/ Music.download: http://music.download.com/ Daytrotter: http://www.daytrotter.com/ Rhapsody: http://www.rhapsody.com/home.html
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