The Digital Television Group (DTG) has just held what it claims is the world’s first 4K UHD (ultra high-definition) TV “product testing zoo” to try and establish which types of 4K hardware are compatible with one another. The invitation-only event saw the testers hook up twelve different 4K displays with various bits of 4K hardware, including upscaling Blu-ray players, set-top ... Read More »

Angry activist investor Carl Icahn has set his sights on Apple, and he’s not happy with the company’s constant umming and ahhhing over rumours of the mystical Apple television set. Icahn, who has a long and successful history of agitating within companies to get his own way, penned an open letter to Apple’s CEO Tim Cook this week, and made ... Read More »

The new Type-C USB connector is getting lots of people excited, and not just because of its fast data transfer rates and reversibility. It also comes with a tantalising new feature in the form of DisplayPort support that promises to facilitate 4K TV transmission as well. This week, the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) announced it had finalised the specs ... Read More »

OLED is seen as the perfect technology for TV displays. It produces fantastic images, the screens can be flexible and thin, and they’re very easy on power consumption. But building OLED displays is easier said than done, especially when we’re talking larger screens for TVs, which is why Samsung is trailing way behind cross-town arch rival LG Electronics in this ... Read More »

Rumours of an Apple-branded television, the so called iTV, have been doing the rounds since at least 2011, but to date nothing has come to fruition. Just this month another major event passed by without so much as a mention of the iTV, but that doesn’t mean fanbois should give up hope. This week, Apple CEO Tim Cook cranked up ... Read More »