television

Does Twitter help with Mumbai coverage?

Crave Every time there is a bombing or an earthquake or a tsunami, there are reports -- many of which appear on television and other 'traditional' media outlets -- that turn out to be completely wrong. As the tragic events unfolded in Mumbai, India, the...

Tags: reporting, events, draft, confirm

28 November 2008, 8:43

YouTube videos now available in widescreen

Crave YouTube announced on Monday that it has expanded the viewable width of all videos appearing on the site, creating an image that viewers will likely associate more with a movie theatre screen or high-definition television.

Tags: youtube, length, videos, viewing

25 November 2008, 9:22

BBC One and Two to broadcast live online

Crave BBC One and BBC Two will be available to watch live on the Internet from 27 November at the same time they are broadcast on terrestrial television. Viewers will be able to view the 'simulcasts' by accessing the homepages for each channel on bbc.co.uk.

Tags: broadcast, bbc, bbc radio, research

21 November 2008, 9:14

HP Dreamcolor LP2480ZX: One billion colours!

Crave HD television), sRGB, Rec. The generous chaps over at HP have just sent us what they proudly believe is the LCD monitor to end all LCD monitors. The HP Dreamcolor LP2480ZX's claim to fame is that it'll deliver colour reproduction the likes of which...

Tags: lcd, colour, panel, colours

18 November 2008, 10:48

Welcome to the CNET UK Editors' Choice awards October 2008

Crave Sure, it's not the cheapest television on the market, but if you're after quality, this is the TV you should buy. Welcome to the first instalment of our new monthly awards programme. As the largest consumer tech site in the UK, we review hundreds...

Tags: editors, sound quality, ground, freeview

31 October 2008, 16:52

Orange to be exclusive carrier of HTC Touch HD

Crave The operator is claiming this will be well-suited to various applications, including Web surfing, streaming mobile television and viewing photos taken on the handset's 5-megapixel camera. Orange is going to be the exclusive carrier of the HTC Touch...

Tags: handset, hd, htc, touch hd

28 October 2008, 9:53

The Queen visits Google's London headquarters

Crave The Queen has a history of embracing technology -- in 1953 she allowed television cameras inside Westminster Abbey during a state occasion for her coronation and in 1976 she became the first monarch to send an email during a visit to an army base.

Tags: channel, youtube, visit, face

17 October 2008, 9:26

Five ways the Japanese are technically better than us

Crave When it comes to technology, we do have a proud history of inventing such monumental gadgets as the modern flushing toilet, the television and the ZX Spectrum. We're British, so we know when we're being beaten at something.

9 October 2008, 16:58

Flip Video 'the future of journalism': UK chief blasts Sony, hints at HD

Crave Meanwhile, a big announcement is expected today from a major UK television channel. Having had a sneak preview of the Flip Video Mino courtesy of Firebox, we met with Ray Sangster, Flip Video's European president, in the swanky surroundings of the...

7 October 2008, 12:16

LG 50PG6900: 50-inch plasma goodness with built-in Freeview+

Crave We'll be reviewing it in full soon, so check the television reviews channel for our full verdict. In today's AV world we have a rapid explosion of little black boxes waiting to take over the space beneath our TVs.

Tags: lg electronics, waiting, lg, panel

6 October 2008, 10:57

Crave Podcast 104: Airport scanners will read your mind

Crave Next up is what we've been craving this week, including the new Google Phone -- aka the T-Mobile G1, the LG Flatron M2294D monitor-slash-television, and we tell you about Fujifilm's FinePix Real 3D System, which takes 3D photographs.

Tags: podcast, bbc, theory, google phone

26 September 2008, 13:17

Kodak OLED Wireless Frame: Organic snaps

Crave Kodak has cottoned on to the fact that a digital photo frame is basically a tiny television and boom! Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) televisions are so the future. In fact they're so so the future they're still pretty small.

Tags: kodak, frame, wireless, wi fi

23 September 2008, 9:48

Crave Podcast 103: Netbooks not good enough, says AMD

Crave Also in the show, we go hands on with 7digital's new DRM-free music service, look at a new range of Canon cameras, and marvel at the stupendously expensive Loewe Connect 32 Media television. Can you believe it's only been seven days since the last...

Tags: term, crave podcast, brad pitt, jump

19 September 2008, 12:00

From IFA with love: Crave goes wild in Berlin

Crave But if the rose or piano blacks just don't co-ordinate with your wipe-clean BDSM benches, you can turn to Galactic and its interchangeable leather television covers. It was all about the televisions at IFA 2008: bigger tellies, faster tellies...

3 September 2008, 10:34

Photos: Hands-on with new TVs from Sony

Crave The announcement that Sony would be producing a 'Motionflow' 200Hz television in the near future, called the Z4500, was an interesting one too. As we mentioned previously, Sony is having a good year with cool new products.

28 August 2008, 16:19