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Giz Explains: The Difference Between A $US600 TV And A $US6000 TV
7:20AM Matt Buchanan | You can buy an HDTV, a nice big one, for six hundred bucks. Or you can pay six thousand. It’s presumably somehow better. You’re probably wondering, “What the hell makes it better?” Here’s the breakdown. More »
History of TV
12:00PM Nick Broughall | Up until recently, LCDs just couldn’t compete with plasmas when it came to showing blacks or colours. They weren’t just bad, either: they sucked, at least in comparison to plasma. But then came LED backlighting, and things changed. More »
LED Backlighting Is LCD’s Trump Card
12:00PM Nick Broughall | Up until recently, LCDs just couldn’t compete with plasmas when it came to showing blacks or colours. They weren’t just bad, either: they sucked, at least in comparison to plasma. But then came LED backlighting, and things changed. More »
History of TV
12:00PM Nick Broughall | If you owned a TV with a screen bigger than 40 inches before the year 2000, chances are it was a rear projection model. And chances are it took up most of your loungeroom. More »
When Rear Projection Made It BIG
12:00PM Nick Broughall | If you owned a TV with a screen bigger than 40 inches before the year 2000, chances are it was a rear projection model. And chances are it took up most of your loungeroom. More »
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BeoVision 7 LCD Gets Bigger, Pricier And Blu-rayier
4:40AM Sean Fallon | Previously available as a 40-inch model in the States, Bang & Olufsen have upgraded their BeoVision 7 with a 55-inch LCD, direct-type LED backlight with local dimming for greater contrast, two motorised floor-stand options and room for a Blu-ray player. More »
Deals
1:28PM Nick Broughall | The latest company to offer free bonuses with TV purchases? LG, who are offering a bonus 23-inch full HD LCD valued at $899 when you pick up a selected LG TV or fridge. More »
LG Joins The Christmas Bonus Deal Brigade
1:28PM Nick Broughall | The latest company to offer free bonuses with TV purchases? LG, who are offering a bonus 23-inch full HD LCD valued at $899 when you pick up a selected LG TV or fridge. More »
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10:24PM Danny Allen | At just 3mm thick, Samsung’s latest 40-inch LED backlit LCD HDTV is as thin as Sony’s XEL-1 OLED TV. It almost makes the 1-inch thin Panasonic Z1 Plasma look chubby and Samsung’s current LED LCD TVs (about 1.2 inches) look fat. More »
Samsung’s Sexy “Needle Slim” 3mm HDTV
10:24PM Danny Allen | At just 3mm thick, Samsung’s latest 40-inch LED backlit LCD HDTV is as thin as Sony’s XEL-1 OLED TV. It almost makes the 1-inch thin Panasonic Z1 Plasma look chubby and Samsung’s current LED LCD TVs (about 1.2 inches) look fat. More »
Gadgets
10:38AM Rosa Golijan | According to the WSJ, the Barnes & Noble reader will be announced tomorrow at $US259. Descriptions match our leaked photos exactly. They found the device through a premature ad shown on the NYTimes website! Who scooped who here? More »
WSJ Confirms Barnes & Noble “Nook” Reader Price At $US259
10:38AM Rosa Golijan | According to the WSJ, the Barnes & Noble reader will be announced tomorrow at $US259. Descriptions match our leaked photos exactly. They found the device through a premature ad shown on the NYTimes website! Who scooped who here? More »
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Qualcomm’s Mirasol Ultra Low Power Display Is Almost Magic
3:50AM Wilson Rothman | eBook readers suffer because they use E-Ink, which isn’t in colour and doesn’t refresh fast enough to do video. Qualcomm is quietly showing off its Mirasol display, now in full colour with 30fps video. See for yourself. More »
Deals
6:28PM Chris Oaten | Here’s the situation. You’d like to get some mates around for the NRL final on October 4 but your old clanker of a TV isn’t up to the task, or maybe it just gave out. You need a new one in a hurry but the budget is tight. Giz just caught wind of a deal from Tyagi that might just help you out. More »
No TV For The Big Game? Solved.
6:28PM Chris Oaten | Here’s the situation. You’d like to get some mates around for the NRL final on October 4 but your old clanker of a TV isn’t up to the task, or maybe it just gave out. You need a new one in a hurry but the budget is tight. Giz just caught wind of a deal from Tyagi that might just help you out. More »
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