HD NEWS SEPTEMBER 2008

Directed by Christopher Nolan and staring the late Heath Ledger along with Christian Bale and Maggie Gyllenhaal; Batamn, The Dark Knight is out in High Definition Blu-ray format on the 8th December in the UK >> Full Story

Ensuring that the look of your LCD remains fresh and vibrant, the Dutch electronics manufacturer Philips has launched a range of LCD TV's with interchangeable frames

In what looks likely to become the next must have  technological feature, LG have introduced their PG7000 plasma models with a 1,000,000:1 'infinite contrast' ratio >> Full Story

With features such as Wiselink Pro, InfoLive, Contents Library and DLNA connection, Samsung aim to make their new 8 series LCD TV's multimedia centrepieces >> Full Story

Aiming to succeed where many have failed in the past, Samsung plans to bring the internet to its latest range of LCD TV's with its 'InfoLive' service >> Full Story

Keen to get a slice of the lucrative High Definition (HD) market, Toshiba has introduced Super Resolution Technology (SRT) on some of their high end LCD TV's >> Full Story

Black level performance from the LE40A559 is not quite as rich and not quite as deep as the best Plasmas or even Samsung's own A656 series, but the performance is not far off the best LCD TV's and is certainly class leading for the price >> Full Story

Panasonic have added 32in and 37in LCD models to their PZ81 Freesat (free-to-view satellite service) enabled range of TV's >> Full Story

An incredible 1,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio should be taken with a pinch of salt, but with Panasonic's legendary 'Real Black Drive' system on board we are not expecting to be disappointed with performance in this area >> Full Story

Indicating a growing trend among some manufacturers towards a modular approach to flat panel TV's, Sharp have introduced their ultra slim top end XS1 Aquos LCD series  >> Full Story

BT is to offer High Definition (HD) content to users of its V-box Personal Video Recorder using their IPTV (basically TV over broadband) 'Vision' service  >> Full Story

Available in 42in and 50in sizes, LG's PG6900 plasma screens feature 160GB Hard Disk Recorders. Being Freeview+ certified, and having the ability amongst other things to pause and rewind live TV these panels are fully fledged PVR's (Personal Video Recorders)  >> Full Story

Hardly a day goes by without Sony announcing a new range of LCD TV's or an upgrade to an existing series. In this case Sony have upgraded their W4000 with the main addition of 100Hz Motionflow technology to give us the W4500  >> Full Story

With the introduction of 26in and 37in models in the UK, Sony's V series of LCD TV's now offer a choice of six screens. The V4000 range also includes 32in, 40in, 46in and 52in models  >> Full Story

Not even Samsung could have imagined the degree to which their 'Rose Red' LCD TV's captured the buying public's imagination. As it is, they are set to capitalize on the success of the range with the introduction of two variations on a theme, a 'Touch of Blue' and 'charcoal gray' screens  >> Full Story

The 46in KRL-46V joins Pioneer's 32in KRL-32V and 37in KRL-37V range of LCD TV's in the UK. All of Pioneer's LCD TV's come equipped with a Full HD (1920 x 1080) resolution and 100Hz processing  >> Full Story

Measuring 38mm thick the new 'Essence' range from Philips may not be the slimmest TV's around, but they are certainly some of the most stylish screens we have seen  >> Full Story

Essentially a Blu-ray player and recorder, with Twin HD Digital Tuners, Panasonic's DMR-BW500 can simultaneously record two HD programs while watching a Blu-ray Disc or DVD  >> Full Story

JVC has released the NX-BD3 which it claims is the first DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) enabled Blu-ray system  >> Full Story

Having lost out to Blu-ray in the high definition format war, Toshiba is still hoping to get a slice of the HD market with their XDE (extended definition) upscaling technology  >> Full Story

Colours may not have the vibrancy of some flat panels, but what is not in doubt is the accuracy and subtlety with which the TX-32LZD80 can present those colours. Tricky areas such as skin tones are never less than wholly realistic in their appearance  >> Full Story

Samsung's familiar 'Touch of Colour' technology gets a further twist with the introduction of their charcoal gray 9 series LCD TV's which also feature a distinctive honey-comb pattern  >> Full Story

Capitalizing on the popularity of their 'Crystallized' Rose-Red finish 6 series LCD TV's, Samsung have now used the same manufacturing process on their forthcoming 8 series to create screens with a subtle hint of blue  >> Full Story

PlayTV transforms Sony's PS3 games console into a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) and dual high-definition TV tuner. Essentially PlayTV allows you watch and record Freeview channels through your PS3  >> Full Story

Being somewhat overshadowed by its more glamorous stablemate in the shape of Samsung's 32A656, the merits of the 32A559 have remained relatively undiscovered. Samsung's mid range offering actually loses very little in terms of absolute picture performance to its high end sibling  >> Full Story

As if producing arguably the finest flat panel TV's in the world was not enough, with the KRP-500A and KRP-600A Pioneer have packed their impressive flat screen technology into a package which comes in at just 65mm deep  >> Full Story

In what could prove to be an irresistible draw for consumers, combining their legendary style with an incredibly slim 9mm bezel, Sony have produced one of the stars of this years IFA electronics show in Berlin  >> Full Story

Although Samsung prototyped a 240Hz LCD TV earlier this year, Sony are claiming that their 200Hz Motion Flow enabled Z4500 will be the first commercially available screen to reach these speeds  >> Full Story

Black level performance from Sony's 40V4000 again demonstrates just how far Sony have been able to push LCD technology. Deep rich natural blacks are quite stunning and are complemented with a subtlety across darker scenes which reveals detail where there would have been a grey mush with Sonys' of old  >> Full Story