television

Scarily good fun: Elonex Lumina

Crave The Elonex Lumina is an LCD television with a Media Center stuck to its back like a barnacle. Instead of behaving like an idiot, the Lumina booted straight up and was ready to record live television instantly.

Tags: elonex, television, lcd, media center

13 June 2005, 10:15

Bush LCD15W08DVDHD: The smallest HD Ready TV ever?

Crave No need to panic, though -- Bush has released what could well be the smallest HD Ready television your money can buy. There's also digital coaxial out so you can get audio from the DVD player to your Dolby Digital amplifier, in case you decide to...

Tags: released, hd, dvd player, watching

27 April 2007, 10:48

Sling Media unveils SlingCatcher and three new Slingboxes

Crave The Slingbox 'slings' your TV signal over the Internet, at which point the SlingCatcher 'catches' the signal and pipes it through your television. Sling Media says the new device is ideal for anyone who wants to watch their home television on a...

Tags: connect, television, laptop, tuner

12 January 2007, 1:15

Panasonic DMR-EX88 DVD PVR: Don't let TV boss you around

Crave Obviously, this model of convenience doesn't suit the television industry. It does this by allowing you to record television shows to its built-in 400GB hard drive. It can output a 1080p signal to your HD television and while that doesn't mean...

Tags: panasonic, television, recorder, disc

23 July 2008, 10:54

Sharp ultra-definition: Even higher definition

Crave We feel it's important to point out that a 1080p television has a resolution of just 2 megapixels, so it's fair to say this kicks HD up the bottom and then makes an insulting comment about its mother.

Tags: sharp, definition, resolution, television

16 March 2007, 16:41

Apple snubs Media Center and looks beyond traditional PVRs

Crave So different that it represents a quiet revolution for Apple, and a major change in the way we view film and television. While Microsoft struggles to win over the living room with PVR (personal video recorder) functionality that records live...

Tags: film, television, media center, row

13 October 2005, 10:40

Bluetooth your phone to your TV

Crave You can use the MMV-200 to send pictures, videos and even music to your television or hi-fi via Bluetooth. Aside from the potential of embarrassing your mates by revealing their drunken antics on a widescreen television, this little box is great if...

Tags: sony ericsson, mobile phone, bluetooth, box

15 February 2006, 23:00

Toshiba Regza 37WLT68: A refreshing change

Crave Sheer brilliance: telly addicts would once again be able to watch 20 straight hours of television every day. Our initial fiddling with the Regza 37WLT68 proved that this is a very impressive and very much blur-free television.

Tags: toshiba, lcd, rate, television

21 February 2007, 11:03

Crave Talk: Which 'free' broadband ISP is best?

Crave To qualify you'll usually need to pay a monthly fee for an accompanying service such as a mobile phone, digital television or a landline talk plan. BSkyB Sky's free broadband offer is tied heavily to its television service.

Tags: plan, package, international, mobile phone

10 August 2006, 12:00

Packard Bell Smart TV 320: Ultra-cool PC telly

Crave But by far the most impressive was the Packard Bell Smart TV S320: a 32-inch HD-ready LCD television with a personal computer stuffed inside it. It's Intel Viiv-certified and uses a dual-core Intel Pentium D 820, 930 or 940 CPU; an entry-level ATI...

Tags: packard bell, hd, ray, television

13 July 2006, 9:51

Top ten animal geeks

Crave Dolly achieved significant celebrity, but never appeared in any major television shows or a motion picture. He spent most of his remaining time on earth as a celebrity, appearing on television and in a film with Evel Knievel.

Tags: age, talking, television, expert

20 December 2006, 14:44

CeBIT diary: it's all about Samsung on day one

Crave Most manufacturers were displaying handsets designed to receive television broadcasts via DVB-H (a standard for broadcasting digital television to handheld devices). The first day of CeBIT belonged to Samsung, which had a working Ultra Mobile PC...

Tags: television, visitors, handsets, dvb

9 March 2006, 19:28

The death of TV: Google to smack down UK's top channels

Crave It's too early to tell whether advertisers are turning away from television onto the Web, or if they're supplementing TV ads with online versions. What does this mean for the glorious creative output that UK television advertising is globally...

Tags: television, advertising, streets, advertisers

2 November 2006, 11:05

Crave Talk: Scientists invent power without wires

Crave No longer will you have to plug your television or laptop into the wall, and no longer will the Hoover run out of slack just before you reach that critical dust patch under the bed. The system establishes a very efficient pairing of electromagnetic...

Tags: television, air, frequency, rooms

15 November 2006, 12:03

Tour the stands at CES 2007

Crave Philips celebrated the sale of its millionth television with Ambilight with a one-off version of the 42PF9831D LCD that has 2,000 diamonds sprinkled around the frame. Sharp had the biggest television, a 108-inch LCD -- although unlike Panasonic's...

11 January 2007, 10:00