4K Ultra HD TV shipments reached a new milestone, surpassing the one million unit mark last March for the first time, according to a new report from analyst firm IHS. That’s a huge increase on the 380,000 4K TVs shipped during February 2014, and far more than the 150,000 shipped in March 2013, underlining the growing emphasis being placed on ... Read More »

Anyone with paranoid tendencies (and those who care about specifications) might want to give Bang & Olufsen’s new 4K Ultra HD TV a miss. Dubbed “the one that moves”, the 55-inch BeoVision Avant comes with a rather creepy new feature – it literally ‘follows’ you around the room, thanks to the special stands and mounts that can alter its position. ... Read More »

Philips has enhanced the technology underlying its Ambilight bias lighting system to create a more immersive viewing experience. The feature is part of a series of updates for its 2014 TV range, offering improved colour-change response speed and contextual information via lighting. The feature will be available on all 2014 Philips Ambilight TVs, and comes with a new Ambilight app, ... Read More »

Retailers’ own-brand TV sets have historically been a waste of time – a dumping ground for cheap and cheerful, low-end televisions from Chinese manufacturers that no one’s ever heard of. But that could be about to change thanks to John Lewis who has just launched a bunch of high-end Smart TVs made by South Korean giant LG Electronics. John Lewis’ ... Read More »

The Vienna State Opera is about to stream what it claims will be the first live production in 4K Ultra HD resolution to Samsung ultra high-definition (UHD) TVs, using the newly developed HEVC codec. Opera fans will be able to see the 4K rendition of Verdi’s Nabucco starring Plácido Domingo tomorrow the 7th of May at 7pm, so long as ... Read More »