In a preview event ahead of next month’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, LG Electronics has revealed some details on two new ranges of LED-backlit LCD TV displays, namely the LG LW9500 and the LG LW7700 series. Lumped under the “Nano” moniker, these new LED LCD televisions will feature LG’s proprietary Nano Lighting Technology (which purportedly combines the ... Read More »

Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) users will soon be able to watch their favourite ITV and Channel 4 TV shows on demand using the video game console, as the two British commercial broadcasters prepare to launch their respective ITV Player and 4oD online catch-up TV services on the PS3 platform as early as this week, UK broadsheet The Guardian has reported. ... Read More »

South Korean companies Samsung Electronics and LG Display, the world’s top two LCD makers who in combination produce over half of the LCD panels sold worldwide, were among six LCD screen manufacturers rapped by the European Commission today for colluding to fix the price of LCD panels used in flat-screen HDTV displays, computer monitors and laptops between October 2001 and ... Read More »

For financial reasons, Sony will increase the percentage of LCD TV panels procured from Taiwanese manufacturers from the current level of 30% to a quite alarming 50%, according to Japanese national newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun. This means that in the near future, half of the LCD panels installed on Sony Bravia HDTV displays will have come from factories in Taiwan. Sony ... Read More »

Since last weekend, well-known British hifi and home cinema retailer Richer Sounds has been selling a little gem of a HDTV in the form of the Sony KDL22PX300. What makes this 22-incher so interesting is the fact that it features an integrated Sony PS2 (Playstation 2) video game console doubling as the TV stand, which lets users play DVDs, CDs, ... Read More »