HD NEWS JULY 2009

Place the 32LH4000 alongside the majority of flat panel TV's and you would consider its performance to be average. Place the TV into its sub £400 price tag context and you have an exceptionally good TV. >> Full Story

Slipping quietly under the online entertainment radar, Microsoft have launched their own video on demand TV internet service based on the MSN player. >> Full Story

Sony's innovative ZX1 employs LEDs mounted in the four corners of the frame along with a separate wireless media receiver to achieve a waif like screen thickness of just 9.9mm. >> Full Story

If you are willing to forego the various interactive functions found on higher end models, Samsung's B6000 series offers an economical route into the exciting world of LED TV. >> Full Story

BT Vision is set to become a lot more interesting with the addition of Sony Movies. The tie up will see a huge range of films becoming available through BT's IPTV platform with the likes of 'Terminator Salvation' set to become one of the highlights. >> Full Story

Capitalizing on project kangaroo falling foul of the competition commission, the internet TV provider Hulu are in advance talks with UK broadcasters to launch their own video on demand service. >> Full Story

The broadcast company Arquiva has emerged as a buyer for the technology behind project Kangaroo; a joint venture originally proposed by the BBC, ITV and Channel Four to create a one stop shop for video on demand. >> Full Story

LG's LH90 range of LED TV's is comprised of 42in, 47in and 55in panels which all benefit from a 200Hz refresh rate and THX certification. >> Full Story

Designed to promote viewing across a greater range of devices, Disney and Panasonic plan to offer movies on SD cards. >> Full Story

Available via an apple store application, certain aspects of your Blu-ray high definition player will be controllable through your iPhone or iTouch. >> Full Story

The mid range LCD TV's we have chosen represent what we at HDTVorg consider to be the best combination of Standard and High Definition performance. >> Full Story

Panasonic are planning to release the fruits of product development at their advanced authoring laboratory in Hollywood in the shape of a consumer 3D Blu-ray player. >> Full Story

Citing the "fragmentation of television audiences and the boom in online use for news" Mike Stewart, the group managing director of Teletext has announced that the popular news service will come to an end in January 2010. >> Full Story

If you are prepared to forego some of the bells and whistles available on higher spec screens, Sony's s5500 entry level LCD TV's are a compelling option. >> Full Story

With the launch of their 19in Bravia S5700, Sony are now giving consumers the opportunity to enjoy some of their latest hi tech technology on a smaller screen. >> Full Story

According to the research organisation iSuppli, the popularity and adoption of LED based LCD TV's is set to mushroom within the next couple of years. >> Full Story

By opening up a small part of the wireless spectrum - 57 GHz to 66 GHz - by the end of the week, the TV industry regulator OFCOM has paved the way for wider adoption of wireless TV's. >> Full Story

By nature of their ultra slim profiles, LED TV's bring with them a style all of their own. At a mere 30mm deep, Samsung's UE-40B7000 is a guaranteed talking point and sure to make friends and neighbours go more than just a little green with envy. >> Full Story

From this July, Virgin Media subscribers will get four new channels broadcast in HD which include Living, FX, MTV and National Geographic. >> Full Story

Despite using a less sophisticated implementation of LED technology, Samsung's 7000 series LED based LCD TV's deliver a startlingly good performance. >> Full Story

In a sign that some confidence is returning to the flat panel market, Sharp have introduced a range of LED-backlit LCD TV's and also plan to increase production of their mainstream sets by around 10%. >> Full Story

Hot on the heals of Panasonic's DMR-BS850, LG have launched their own Blu-ray recorder which features Freeview+ for time shifting functions such as pause live TV. >> Full Story

The Disney owned US sports broadcaster ESPN, has snapped up the 46 games in next season's English football Premier League following the collapse of the Irish sports broadcaster Setanta. >> Full Story

Sony have released 40in, 46in and 52in versions of their high end Z5500 LCD TV's with 200Hz and the latest incarnation of their renowned 'Bravia' picture processing engine which now materialises as Bravia 3. >> Full Story

These are exciting times for anyone who uses or is planning to use the Freeview platform for their TV viewing. In addition to the arrival of Freeview HD, viewers will also be able to access iPlayer and enjoy the benefits of 'timeshifting' from 2010. >> Full Story

In recognition of its 40th anniversary, the film version of Woodstock, the legendary 60s pop concert, has been digitally re-mastered for Blu-ray. >> Full Story

A growing number of TV analysts are predicting that 3D TV could be broadly adopted in the UK and across Europe by 2011. >> Full Story

Along with a number of manufacturers, Panasonic are introducing TV's which enable internet access directly from your TV; their V10 series are latest to offer a form of web browsing. >> Full Story

Philips have introduced three Blu-ray players into the UK, the high end BDP7300, the BDP5000 and BDP3000 which are all capable of outputting 1080p video at 24fps and upscaling standard DVD's. >> Full Story

Sitting alone as a single model in the G15 LCD range Panasonic's TX-L37G15 adds some of the more interesting internet connectivity options over its G10 siblings. >> Full Story

Hot on the heals of their very impressive entry level DMP-BD60 entry level Blu-ray player, Panasonic have introduced the equally impressive DMP-BD80 step-up model. >> Full Story

Giving them the power to enable 3D TV to become a reality, the next generation of LG TV's will license multi-core processors from the chip manufacture ARM. >> Full Story

With slightly better connectivity and some interesting features over its G10 siblings, the G15 adds another option within Panasonic's huge 2009 range of flat panel TV's and looks perfectly placed as a mid level performance option. >> Full Story