Following the Sony Press Conference at IFA 2008, the company invited select journalists, bloggers, and members of the online media back to a hotel conference room for a Q&A session. Present were Tim Page, involved with the BRAVIA LCD TV line; Eric Kingdon, involved with technical, marketing and development tasks for Sony Home Audio and Video products; and Taka Miyama, ... Read More »

Update 24 November 2008: We have now completed a full review of the Sony KDL40Z4500. Click the “Play” button to start watching the above video. At their Press Conference on Thursday, August 28th 2008, Sony unveiled four “world firsts” for their BRAVIA range of LCD televisions. Out of these four, it was the ultra-slim Sony KDL40ZX1 LCD TV which was ... Read More »

Update 16 November 2008: We have now completed a full review of the Sony KDL-40W4500. Sony has issued a press release today which introduces the forthcoming W4500 and X4500 series of Bravia LCD HDTVs, all of which will feature their proprietary Motionflow 100Hz motion-compensated frame interpolation (MCFI) technology in one form or another. Here we outline the differences between the ... Read More »

Update: Full testing of the Panasonic PZ81 series is now available at our TH50PZ81B review article. Hot on the heels of the launch of Freesat, a UK free-to-air digital satellite television service featuring high definition channels, Panasonic have introduced their new PZ81 series of plasma HDTVs which sport a true HD native panel resolution of 1920 x 1080, “Intelligent Frame ... Read More »

LG has released two new series of plasma TVs in the UK market: the PG3000 and PG6000. Both come in 42″ and 50″ versions, and feature LG’s Dual XD video processing engine and 100Hz technology, though neither boasts a true HD 1920 x 1080 native screen resolution. The LG PG6000 range probably offer better value-for-money than the PG3000: for only ... Read More »