The younger people of today will find it difficult to believe that just a couple of decades ago, home viewing entertainment consisted of a clumpy CRT television with just four or five channels to choose from. These days, viewers have not only the option of hundreds of channels that come with cable or satellite TV, but also the ability to ... Read More »

Leading speech recognition software firm Nuance Communications this week announced that its innovative Dragon TV platform will power the new voice recognition functionalities implemented on the LG Magic Remote for LG CINEMA 3D Smart TV displays. The system will initially support US English, American Spanish, Canadian French and Korean, according to a statement from the company. LG Magic Remote voice ... Read More »

The rise in the popularity of smartphones, tablets and internet-connected HDTV displays that provide access to the web have helped BBC iPlayer achieve record viewing figures in 2011, with requests across all platforms reaching 1.94 billion over the entire duration of last year. According to data recently released by the BBC, access to its iPlayer video-on-demand (VoD) service via Smart ... Read More »

Not wanting to be outdone by its cross-town rival LG, Samsung Electronics has just pulled the covers off its very own OLED TV, which also happens to be 55 inches in screen size. Guess the honour of “the world’s largest OLED television” will have to be shared by these two Korean HDTV manufacturers. Samsung unveils own 55-inch Super OLED TV ... Read More »

The LG 55EM9600, reputedly the world’s largest OLED TV, has been launched at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012 in Las Vegas today. LG Electronics has been building up hype about this revolutionary display even one week prior to CES 2012, so naturally the EM9600 is the undisputed star at the company’s press conference (and perhaps even the entire event). ... Read More »