The BBC explain how to make HD copies to Blu-ray

HD and Blu-ray are two devices currently being enjoyed by those keen on their gadgets. But one day soon they’ll be the norm and one of the ways this might happen is if the ability to watch something when you’ve missed is there. As consumers we are quickly getting used to media at our convenience, which is why the BBC have just revealed some technical secrets from the world of High Definition.

Following the release in May of the very expensive (around a thousand pounds) Panasonic's Freesat Blu-ray recorders, which will be the first Blu-ray recordable personal video recorder ava...  Read more »

Posted: 1st May 2009 - 04:15 PM

New research says public not ready to buy HDTVs

New research has come out from Buckingham Research, which provides some interesting insight into the HDTV market in the UK.

One of the most important facts to be established was that although nearly all the people questioned (99%) were aware of the existence of HDTV (hardly surprising), only 11% of them were looking to purchase an HDTV of their own during the course of 2009.

A total of 695 people participated in the survey, which took place online, and the questions were geared towards issues to do wi...  Read more »

Posted: 24th Apr 2009 - 04:29 PM

Samsung develop new, more energy efficient edge-lit LED HDTVs

Is it a painting or a television? It’s a hard one to answer sometimes, isn’t it? No longer is the box in the corner encroaching on half the room. Now the clever people at the big electronics manufacturers are finding more and more ways to hide the things we love the most. Samsung are the latest to show off something new and exciting in the world of HDTVs, as they launch their brand new edge-lit LED LCD flat screen panels.

Where Samsung stand out is with their edge-lit technology. In normal flat screen TVs there’s a direct-lit LED LCD display. But the brains at the Samsung HQ...  Read more »

Posted: 17th Apr 2009 - 02:31 PM