This summer’s sporting and regal events are set to be a great draw for the UK, and the rest of the world’s viewing pleasure. With quickly developing technology becoming readily available and increasingly cheap TVs, it is a great time to upgrade your television set to the latest technology. The London Olympic games, Euro 2012 and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and all set to draw millions of viewers who cannot make the events in person.
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Getting Ready For a Summer of Great Television
May 8th, 2012Samsung to Launch New OLED TVs Before Olympics
April 18th, 2012At CES 2012, Samsung premiered the current largest OLED display available, a television measuring 55” in screen size. Samsung wanted to make it clear that the release date for these televisions was going to be earlier than the Olympics so that the early adopters of OLED technology can enjoy the games in the very highest quality available on the market.
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April 16th, 2012
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Is Modern TV more Accessible?
April 13th, 2012Television, both as an entertainment industry and an art-form, has changed and evolved a lot in the decades since its introduction. It used to be an industry that was seemingly very ‘top down’ in the sense that large studios and production companies would dictate what we would watch, aided in part by the fact that we had fewer channels to choose from. However, as the cost of TV production comes down the television industry is becoming much more accessible both for consumers and independent producers.
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Apple Vs. Google Smart TVs
April 11th, 2012The battle between Google and Apple to become the leading provider of Smart TV is set to hot up this week with the introduction of the Google version 2.0 TV to the US market this weekend. With the advent of Apple’s smart TV ushering the so-called ‘i-POD effect’ into the TV market, we take a look at the differences between the two giants.
LCD and LED Televisions
March 30th, 2012Television has been a staple appliance in any home for several years now. Although this has never wavered and doesn’t look as though it will in the foreseeable future, the television sets that we use have changed. From starting with CRT and cathode sets which were big, bulky and gave a poor quality picture, televisions have bloomed over the years and are now almost unrecognisable from this description.
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The Safety of Buying Online
March 29th, 2012Over the past few years people have been buying more and more products off of the internet. However, many people are still reluctant to buy more expensive items such as televisions online, preferring to go into a shop and buying them in person. Although this may feel safer, many people do not realise that as well as the incredible savings available, there are laws set up to protect them when they buy goods online.
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Which TV is Right for You?
March 28th, 2012When it comes to buying a television there’s a whole range of things to take into account: price, model, size, brand, type… the list goes on and on. By choosing the type of TV first some of these other factors may fall into place, however with so much choice it’s easy to get swamped and panic. There are three main types of television: LCD, LED, and plasma and there are pros and cons to each:
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Use the Digital Switchover to Upgrade
March 6th, 2012With the government’s digital switchover scheme completing in just a few weeks, it is time to make sure that you and your television sets are prepared. This is a very exciting time for television, it is hailed as the biggest change to the industry since the introduction of colour.
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Synesthesia and Television
March 1st, 2012One question that is always asked in the industry of electronics, by producers and consumers alike is ‘what’s next for television?’ There have been considerable leaps forward in different avenues of technology, such as 3d televisions, LCD TVs and ever higher definition, but what comes after that?
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