Thursday April 10, 2008 Philips ditches flatscreens in US
Philips is to stop manufacturing televisions for sale in North America, due to a sluggish global flatscreen market. The consumer electronics giant will hand over sourcing, distributing and selling of its own-brand and Magnavox-badged sets to Funai Electric, in...
Tuesday February 19, 2008 TOSHIBA CONCEDES HD DVD DEFEAT
Toshiba will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders following ‘recent major changes’ in the market. The company will continue, however, to provide full product support and after-sales service for all owners of Toshiba HD DVD...
Monday February 18, 2008 TOSHIBA GETS READY TO AXE HD DVD
Toshiba is preparing to ditch HD DVD, according to Reuters. The news agency's Japanese operation reported that the company was ready to concede defeat to Sony's rival Blu-ray format after losing the support of Wal-Mart and Warner earlier this month. We have...
Thursday February 07, 2008 Format war to end this year?
The hi-def disc war will be over by the end of 2008, according to a top market research firm. Gartner predicted Blu-ray’s imminent triumph over HD DVD, following Warner Bros’ decision to axe the Toshiba-backed format in January, dismissing the latter’s...
Wednesday January 30, 2008 The latest nail in HD DVD's coffin
Following the announcement on Monday that Woolworths will no longer be stocking HD DVD, the latest blow to the ailing format comes from DVD authoring company Sonic Solutions . At precisely a minute past midnight this morning, Sonic announced its intention to...
Wednesday December 05, 2007 BT Vision offers free films, ad breaks and all
Viewers will be able to download movies for free in a trial service from BT Vision, but as you may have already guessed, there’s a catch.
In return for the free film rentals from BT Vision Download Store, customers will be bombarded with a range of...
HRH goes HD
To mark the 50th anniversary of the traditional Yuletide message to the nation, Buckingham Palace has confirmed that for the first time ever the Queen's Speech will be broadcast in HD this year.
All that extra definition will mean that her madge will...
Thursday November 29, 2007 Win a Blu-ray deck in the latest What Video & HDTV!
If you’re getting tired of Christmas shopping already then you’ll love our festive round-up of the best TVs available, which will cut down on the time you need to spend trawling the shops. No matter what your budget is, there’s something here from everyone....
Wednesday November 21, 2007 HD for free!
High definition channels from the main terrestrial broadcasters could be available on Freeview by 2012.
BBC, ITV, Channel 4 And Five have signed a non-binding agreement to have non-subscription HD programming available in time for the completion of digital...
Monday November 19, 2007 The switchover goes wrong!!!
November 18th
I'm worried. Very worried. Switchover seemed to go okay but now - a few days after all analogue channels were turned off, I'm detecting a great number of people are having trouble. Brooks - the local independent TV store has already told me...
Thursday October 18, 2007 Crimestoppers joins fight against piracy
The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) has joined forces with charity Crimestoppers to make it easier to report film piracy in the UK.
FACT had previously been using a lo-call number for generating intelligence on those involved in the manufacture,...
Wednesday October 17, 2007 Video shop pirates jailed
A video store owner and his wife from Knowsley, Merseyside, have been jailed for copying DVDs and CDs in their home and selling the pirate material in their retail premises, following a prosecution by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT).
Ian...
Two arrested in web piracy investigation
Two men from Newport, Isle of Wight, have been arrested in connection with a probe into a website selling pirate films and music.
The arrests were made on 11 October 2007 by Newport Safer Neighbourhoods Team from Hampshire Police working with the Federation...
The Digital switchover has started!
At 2am this morning the analogue signal for BBC2 was switched off in the small Cumbrian town of Whitehaven, marking the start of the biggest revolution in the world of TV since the introduction of colour to broadcasts. Monitoring the first phase of the...
Tuesday October 09, 2007 Panasonic pledges to go greener
Tokyo, Japan and Panasonic has become the latest manufacturer to announce its intention to make a commitment to climate change by adding a series of ecological goals to its three-year business plan that concludes in March 2010.
The plan, that set the...
