LG releases 'world's largest' ultra-definition TV
South Korea's LG Electronics on Wednesday began sales of what it claims is the world's largest ultra-definition television, with a view to expanding its share of the premium TV market.
View ArticleNew standard HEVC encodes films more efficiently
Television resolution is constantly improving – and this must go hand-in-hand with transmitting the data more efficiently. Reputable manufacturers of televisions, computers and mobile telephones,...
View ArticleSony to sell ultra-HD '4K' TV set in US stores (Update)
(AP)—High-definition TVs roughly quadrupled the resolution of the sets that came before them. Now, the industry is poised to do it again.
View ArticleCommentary: Kindle Fire HD is attractive, but still no iPad-killer
The new Kindle Fire HD may not stir you to pass along your old iPad as a hand-me-down. But if you own an earlier small tablet running on Android or another operating system, or even last year's...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble launches new Nook HD
Barnes & Noble is rolling out two new versions of its Nook tablet with sleek new hardware and a sharper high-definition screen. The bookseller's move heightens the already intense tablet wars...
View ArticleSharp begins production of 5-inch full-HD LCD panels
Sharp Corporation has started production of 5-inch full-HD (1,080 x 1,920 pixels, 443 ppi) LCD panels for smartphones with a pixel density among the highest in the world. Production began at the end of...
View ArticlePrototype binoculars from NHK show-stop CEATEC crowd
(Phys.org)—NHK is drawing interest at this week's CEATEC in Japan with its prototype 3-D binoculars. They take advantage of something called "8K" resolution so that the user can now zoom into an image...
View ArticleIPad mini may start at $249 for Wi-Fi 8 GB model, report says
The one remaining mystery surrounding the iPad mini is how much will it cost, but now, a new image on the Web appears to answer that question.
View ArticleLG kicks off CES with 1.4-meter 'ultra-HD' TV (Update 2)
LG unveiled a 55-inch (1.4-meter) TV that sports "ultrahigh-definition" resolution with four times the sharpness of regular HD television sets, kicking off what is likely to be a mini-obsession with...
View ArticleCES unveils big TVs with 'ultra-high definition' (Update)
The race to make TVs larger and larger has created a colossal problem for manufacturers: As screens grow, picture quality worsens—unless the viewer moves farther away from the screen.
View ArticleSamsung offers two shows at once on new OLED TV
South Korean electronics giant Samsung Monday unveiled a new television that lets two people watch two different shows at the same time.
View ArticleAmazon trims price of large-screen Kindle Fire
Amazon.com on Wednesday ramped up its challenge to Apple's iPads by trimming the price of its large-screen Kindle Fire and making the tablets available in Japan and Europe.
View ArticleB&N to add Google Play app store to its Nook HD (Update)
Barnes & Noble is teaming up with Google to vastly increase the number of apps available on its Nook HD tablets.
View ArticleAmazon expands Kindle tablet sale to 170 countries (Update)
Online retail titan Amazon announced Thursday it is expanding sales of its Kindle tablet computers to "over 170 countries and territories around the world," and its Appstore in nearly 200 countries.
View ArticleLG G Pad tablet to sell for $350 in US on Nov. 3
LG says it will start selling a tablet with a high-definition screen starting Nov. 3 in the U.S. for $350, putting the price in line with Apple and Samsung tablets of similar size.
View ArticleSamsung, LG to unveil 105-inch curved TVs
Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. said their curved TVs will get bigger and sport the sharpness four times the regular HD television sets.
View ArticleSamsung sells 110-inch ultra-HD TV for $150,000 (Update)
Samsung said a 110-inch TV that has four times the resolution of standard high-definition TVs is going on sale for about $150,000 in South Korea.
View ArticlePanasonic unveils wearable 4K camcorder
Panasonic unveiled a product Monday that combines two big tech trends—ultra HD and wearable devices— with a portable, camera that hooks onto your ear and records in ultra-high definition 4K video.
View ArticleSony develops 4K ultra short throw projector
Sony today announced the development of a state-of-the-art 4K Ultra Short Throw Projector featuring a stylish, furniture-like design. Utilizing space itself, it can be placed near most walls and has...
View ArticleYou don't need a curved TV, but 4K is the future
There has been a lot of hype and misinformation in the press over the last few weeks about the future of television. At the CES Electronics Showin Las Vegas, curved screens and 4K TV are being touted...
View ArticleTV makers fire up hype machine over UltraHD
Local resident Tony Holdip stood admiring the latest technological lust object on display at the world's largest consumer electronics show as a friend joined a crowd of amateur photographers snapping...
View ArticleGoogle Chromecast hits Europe, Canada with a new way to watch TV
Gone are the days of squinting at your smartphone as you try to make out what is happening in your favourite film.
View ArticleHow Betamax bit the dust – and other tales of forgotten tech
Sony are to no longer make Betamax video cassette tapes – something that will come as a surprise to many people who thought that Betamax had long since bitten the dust. But 28 years after it lost the...
View ArticleInvestigating the mystery of migrating 'hot Jupiters'
The last decade has seen a bonanza of exoplanet discoveries. Nearly 2,000 exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—have been confirmed so far, and more than 5,000 candidate exoplanets have been...
View ArticleReview: The bigger the drone, the bigger the fun for beginners
I've reviewed a few quadcopters over the past year, but they've been on the tiny side.
View ArticleBombs and buses 600 metres deep
German forces in Norway have surrendered, and after five long years of occupation, the country is finally free.
View ArticleHubble 'traps' a vermin galaxy
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is famous for its jaw-dropping snapshots of the cosmos. At first glance this Picture of the Week appears to be quite the opposite, showing just a blur of jagged...
View ArticleExoplanet HD 131399 Ab turns out to be a background star, new study finds
(Phys.org)—A new study conducted by an international team of astronomers suggests that a recently discovered alien world, designated HD 131399 Ab, may not be a planet at all, but rather a background...
View ArticleMassive multiple star system found by astronomers
A group of astronomers led by Javier Lorenzo of the University of Alicante, Spain, has discovered that the binary star system HD 64315 is more complex than previously thought. The new study reveals...
View ArticleTop trends at IFA 2017
With just a few months to go until the high-tech spending bonanza of the Christmas season, Berlin's IFA trade fair is the place to spot the trends that will mark high streets this year.
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