In just around one year the United Kingdom will be privy to the end of an era – that of analogue TV. It has been announced that the old five-channel television system will be switched off permanently on the 24th of October 2012, bringing to an end eighty years of analogue TV based on when the first experimental broadcasts were ... Read More »

Reports have emerged that as many as 1.6 million units of Sony Bravia LCD TV displays worldwide are at risk of becoming a fire hazard due to a faulty batch of components used inside the affected models. Sony UK has swiftly initiated a safety inspection and rework programme for those who own the potentially dangerous televisions sets. Sony sets up ... Read More »

A recent report has revealed how the outlooks for TV sales growth in developed and emerging countries appear to be heading in different directions. The latest Quarterly Advanced Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report from market research firm DisplaySearch also indicated that the global demand for televisions is expected to fall, and TV shipment levels from 2010 to 2011 are ... Read More »

LG Display revealed over the weekend that it has developed a 47-inch LED-backlit LCD TV panel that will set the pace as far as energy efficiency is concerned. Described by the Korean consumer electronics giant as having “the world’s lowest power consumption rate among large LCD panels”, the new LCD panel is purportedly more frugal than computer monitors above twenty ... Read More »

YouTube, the online video portal owned by search engine giant Google, has this week rolled out its over-the-web movie rental service in the United Kingdom. This marks the first time the service is made available outside North America, following launches in the USA and Canada back in May and September respectively. Google rolls out YouTube online movie rental service in ... Read More »