Runco intros RS-1100 and other 1080p projectors

If you're looking for the highest-end home theater DLP projectors, Runco is where you go, and the company has now introduced seven 1080p (1920x1080) projectors that will debut next month at CEDIA Expo 2006 (Custom Electronic Design and Installation...

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Posted by Staff on 17 August 2006

Last chance to get the World Cup in HD - £1400, screen not included

This range of computers is designed to allow users to view HDTV signals in real time via either DTT (Freeview) or satellite reception. And it's available now, while your Sky HD box is probably not even built yet, the company...

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Posted by Staff on 31 May 2006

Sky HD fiasco worsens - 17,000 installations postponed

Supply problems with its new HD box means that 17,000 installation dates are being rescheduled to cope with the shortfall. Sky is blaming the delay on "an unforeseen and very late hold up in the manufacturing process". Via The Register...

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Posted by Staff on 20 May 2006

Sky HD reviewed again, with pics

Sky are still not fully live so some things may change but the first thing I noticed is that the idents on Sky One are still in SD and therefore I could see the difference when the programme began. The...

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Posted by Staff on 17 May 2006

Sky HD box: the first review

Cricket has been billed as a killer app for HD and Sky hasn’t disappointed us. Those greens certainly look green and you could see tremendous detail when the cameras tracked the crowds at the England Vs Sri Lanka game today....

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Posted by Staff on 17 May 2006

BBC Planet Earth HD screenshots

Someone has recorded Planet Earth from the new BBC HD trial service and uploaded it to the newsgroups. Via IanD.net Screenshots on flickr...

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Posted by Staff on 17 May 2006

BBC HD launching now(ish)

It's supposedly official - switching to channel 145 on Sky right now reveals that it has been reserved for BBC HD. It was supposed to begin broadcasting on the 11th of this month, but since hardly anyone has an HD...

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Posted by Staff on 17 May 2006

More info on Sky HD

More details have appeared on the Sky HD website about the forthcoming Sky HD service.Pre-ordering of Sky HD ended on 5th April, but if customers have already registered, they will be contacted within the next fortnight to arrange an installation...

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Posted by Staff on 15 April 2006

HDTV trials are starting in London

Remember a few weeks ago when we talked about the BBC trials? Well, the network is taking applications for the trial that will take place in London. So, not to state the obvious, but you have to live in London...

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Posted by Staff on 11 April 2006

Sky HD available on 12th April

The 160GB box (what happened to the rumoured 300GB one?) costs £299, and they also want £10 a month for an HD subscription - that's on top of your usual Sky digital subs. Oh, and you'll need to have an...

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Posted by Staff on 10 April 2006

ICT anti-piracy measure doomed? Cue wild cheering

One of the nastier capabilities of both Blu-ray and HD DVD allows for content holders to force image quality degradation onto users whose TVs aren't quite up to snuff. The original plan was simple: if a TV lacked a secure...

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Posted by Staff on 28 March 2006

Sky HD 300GB box arriving in May 06 for £299

But the Internet abhors a vacuum, so rumours circulating about Sky's biggest project since its launch in 1989 mean that there was little surprise when the company announced a £299 price point for the box, a £10-a-month subscription fee and...

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Posted by Staff on 27 March 2006

Standard vs High-def, splitscreen

Note that these are actual screen grabs directly from the mini, and I haven’t done any post processing on the images, beyond a bit of scaling work to make the two sides identical—I had to slightly reduce the size of...

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Posted by Staff on 22 March 2006

Over-the-air HD demystified

Everyone knows that it's possible to watch TV with an antenna, but most people today don't understand why anyone would want to. We have all read the horror stories about how difficult it can be to receive a good OTA...

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Posted by Staff on 10 March 2006

More info on Sky HD plans

Sky’s channels are likely to be either 720p or 1080i; the platform itself is entirely 50Hz. Sky has not yet made a final decision on which channels will be in which format but the general consensus is that movies look...

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Posted by Staff on 27 February 2006

Disney movies to be available on Sky HD

Sky has announced a new agreement with Disney, which will result in additional Disney-based channels on the network, but more interestingly, it also plans to offer Disney titles via its broadband download service and on its forthcoming high definition channels....

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Posted by Staff on 27 February 2006

HD Freeview in the UK

Set-top box maker, Humax, has launched its first high definition (HD) digital satellite set-top box for the UK market.The HDCI2000 is designed specifically for people like us that cannot wait until mainstream HD services start later in the year, as...

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Posted by Staff on 22 February 2006

SkyHD clips available online

If you're at all interested in what Sky will be offering, they have four high-def videos available for download; two are rugby-related and two are content from the new National Geographic HD channel. You'll need Windows Media Player 10 as...

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Posted by Staff on 22 February 2006

Telewest HD service review

Of the pair the HD obviously works best on Pride. The resolution of the images is superb and yes you can see so much more on the close ups of the faces of the animals than you can in SD....

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Posted by Staff on 20 February 2006

Sky TV finalise their HDTV line-up

A new 24-hour network from the Discovery channel has found its way on to the final line-up of Sky’s HD TV offering for the UK this year.Other channels in Sky’s HD lineup include Artsworld HD, Sky Sports HD, Sky One...

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Posted by Staff on 25 January 2006

Sky demo Premiership in High Def

On Sunday, I was one of the first journalists to watch a live screening of a UK Premiership match filmed by satellite giant Sky in HD. And even before Chelsea and Charlton finished the 90 minutes with a 1-1 draw,...

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Posted by Staff on 24 January 2006

Godzilla PVR - record 4 HD channels simultaneously

Actually, this home theater PC PVR doesn’t just record 4 HDTV channels at once, it can record an additional 7 SD channels at the same time. So if you can find 11 shows on the television at the same time...

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Posted by Staff on 22 January 2006

Pioneer interview discusses Blu-Ray and their Elite BDP-HD1 Blu-Ray player

AP: An Elite model - the BDP-HD1. A very high-end product. Featuring 1080p output and compatible with DTS HD and the latest audio standards. So it's really designed to appeal to the performance people - the folks that are really...

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Posted by Staff on 20 January 2006

Are your HDMI cables 1080p ready?

Did you even know they might not be? I sure didn't, but Wireworld wants to make sure every HDMI cable you buy is clearly labeled to note if it is capable of carrying the highest of the high definition signals...

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Posted by Staff on 19 January 2006

Discovery joins Sky's HD package

The new channel, Discovery HD, will deliver exclusive content from Discovery’s library of more than 1,000 hours of high-definition programming, including content commissioned specifically for the network such as Sunrise Earth and Atlas. It will also screen feature-length “HDShowcase” presentations...

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Posted by Staff on 18 January 2006

Remote recording from Acogito

Acogito claims to have developed the world's first remote recording agent service (called "ACO Service"), which will be incorporated with its own HD PVR.The ACO PVR will feature dual HD tuners and the company's proprietary, patent-pending RCXML (Remote Control eXtensible...

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Posted by Staff on 14 January 2006

Toshiba demo SED display technology

As reported earlier, Toshiba & Canon’s newest display technology, SED, was on display at CES 2006. According to many who were able to actually view some of the sets, the displays were nothing short of amazing even though they were...

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Posted by Staff on 9 January 2006

Blu-ray vs HD DVD: Heavyweight title bout

The story that's dominating CES this year is the standards war around high-definition DVD, and this is no longer a phony war: both Blu-ray and HD DVD players will arrive in less than six months  What's clear from talking to...

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Posted by Staff on 8 January 2006

MTV and VH-1 Coming in HD

Media giant Viacom plans to launch a high-def music channel early next year that may be called MHD, Multichannel News reported Monday. Details are sketchy at this point, but Viacom apparently trademarked the "MHD" brand in late July and...

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Posted by Staff on 4 January 2006

UK's First HD Service Almost Here

UK's First HD Service Almost Here: Sky TV over in United Kingdomland will be launching the UK's very first HD service in early 2006. It will be available in 720p and 1080i for sexy goodness. The HD box will contain...

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Posted by Staff on 3 January 2006

Best of 2005: Telewest TVDrive

Until we get to see the new HD-friendly Sky+ the Telewest TVDrive is our favourite hard disk video recorder. It has all you'd expect including a 160 Gigabyte hard drive and trick play facilities, plus a few bonuses such...

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Posted by Staff on 29 December 2005

Sky's stylish new digibox

With all technology, looks are a big selling point - something that hasn't gone unnoticed at Sky. According to sources close to Digital Spy, the TV giant is planning a radical change of design for the entry-level digibox. The...

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Posted by Staff on 26 December 2005

Sky and Sony to jointly promote HDTV

David and Elton aren’t the only ones getting hitched today. Sony and Sky have just announced a marriage of sorts to promote HDTV. As you all know Sky intends to launch its HDTV service in early 2006. Now Sony...

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Posted by Staff on 22 December 2005

Just because its says presented in HDTV

Ok 99.9% of you already know this, but we don't want that guy in Hoboken missing out. To view HDTV your display has to be able to render at least 720p line of resolution (The CEA defines HDTV as an...

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Posted by Staff on 22 December 2005

House sets DTV deadline with a SWOOSH

Clearly there were larger forces than politics at play here. Originally, the digital transition plan to close down analog television was set for April 7, 2009. It's obvious that we have more college basketball fans in the House of...

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Posted by Staff on 19 December 2005

HDTV Antennas: do they exist?

I love checking the e-mails we get, because this is a great community that is quickly building. Better yet: we enjoy helping folks out so that they can become as passionate about HDTV as we tend to be! I...

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Posted by Staff on 18 December 2005

First commercial HD Satellite service for syndicated programs launches

We can't all be Matt Burns and have our own personal satellite and high speed Internet service for distributing and syndicating high definition content, so here is Point.360, the commercial satellite transmission service for the rest of us. Ok,...

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Posted by Staff on 15 December 2005

DViCO FusionHDTV5 USB Gold Hands-On Review

Got an HTPC? Have a PC but no OTA HD tuner? This gem is your answer. It plugs in via USB and and tunes your local HD stations for viewing through your PC. The review wrap-up: “The bottom line...

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Posted by Staff on 13 December 2005

Homes, gardens and food in HDTV

We have to wait a few months yet, but we've got some new high-def programming to look forward to in 2006. Scripps Networks is gearing up for HGTV in HDTV during the first quarter of the new year. Scripps...

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Posted by Staff on 11 December 2005

BBC HDTV via web trial trauma

As you probably know the BBC is currently trialling a new flash bit of software called iMP (integrated media player) which basically uses a peer-to-peer system to enable users to download and view a programme they might have missed...

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Posted by Staff on 9 December 2005

50% of HDTV owners do not have high-def

The headline says what we all know. In fact, I was surprised that 50% of HDTV owners are using high definition on the set. I would have thought it was around 30%. That may sound funny, but I sell...

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Posted by Staff on 9 December 2005

CBS reveals Victoria's Secret show in high-def!

Oh, the high-def gods have smiled upon us! I don't know if CBS read our sad post last week regarding the lack of an HD broadcast for the Victoria's Secret Fashion show, but it's a go! We just validated...

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Posted by Staff on 7 December 2005

Sky gives more details of HD programme line up

Sky has given more details of some of the programmes on its HD package. Unlike Telewest which is offering HD via its on demand system Teleport, Sky will launch HD with a series of channels all of which will...

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Posted by Staff on 6 December 2005

Telewest's HDTV service - preview

HDTVUK got a chance to see HDTV up close at Telewest's Woking HQ. Among the first HD programmes be offered to Telewest viewers is Pride, the BBC’s live action/CGI documentary style programme that focuses on the lives of a...

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Posted by Staff on 5 December 2005

Telewest first to launch UK HDTV service

Telewest has become the first British company to deliver a live HDTV (High Definition TV service) service to customers in the UK. Starting from today it is offering a limited High Definition service to a select group of 400...

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Posted by Staff on 5 December 2005

Sky HDTV: now it is 'early' 2006

Just a thought, but in the press release announcing the addition of National Geographic to its HDTV package Sky says HDTV will be ‘launching in the UK and Ireland in early 2006.’ ‘Early 2006’ isn’t exactly naming the day...

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Posted by Staff on 5 December 2005

Sky adds National Geographic to its HDTV line up

Sky has added the first of its so-called ‘third party channels’ to its HD line up. The network has confirmed that National Geographic HD will be available to HD viewers from early next year. It joins six other Sky...

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Posted by Staff on 5 December 2005

Sky to demonstrate HDTV today

Sky has called a big press conference for early Monday morning and there's no prizes for guessing what it is demonstrating. Yep, the gathered throng of journalists and analysts are going to be first to get a glimpse of...

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Posted by Staff on 5 December 2005

CNN's internet pipeline will be in high definition (but not quite)

Good news/bad news situation for people looking interested in more high definition news content. In case you hadn't heard, CNN will be launching Pipeline tomorrow, an online streaming video service (subscriber only). For $25 a month you get your...

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Posted by Staff on 5 December 2005

Choosing an HDTV antenna

Choosing an HDTV antenna can be a frustrating business. However, if you prefer to receive HDTV through an antenna, rather than a satellite or cable subscription, there are a couple of things that will make life easier....

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Posted by Staff on 4 December 2005

HDTV UK has a report on Telewest's "TV Driver" system

The first HDTV broadcasts available in the UK hit yesterday and HDTV UK was there to take a look at it. Oddly though, it seems that Telewest isn't currently broadcasting HDTV in a usual channel format, but rather automatically...

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Posted by Staff on 3 December 2005

Fox sez Blu-ray Wins

Fox's big fancy pants co-chairman has said he sees Blu-ray technology winning the race for the next-generation media format. Supposedly Blu-ray has the lead thanks to widespread Hollywood support, the release of the popular Sony PlayStation 3 consoles and...

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Posted by Staff on 3 December 2005

Telewest's HDTV service - preview

HDTV UK got a chance to see HDTV up close at Telewest's Woking HQ. Among the first HD programmes be offered to Telewest viewers is Pride, the BBC’s live action/CGI documentary style programme that focuses on the lives of...

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Posted by Staff on 2 December 2005

Telewest trials first UK HDTV service

Beating Sky to the punch, cable service provider Telewest has begun a limited trial of High Definition transmissions to a select few lucky people in south London. Although a nationwide rollout of the service has yet to be given...

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Posted by Staff on 2 December 2005

Celebrate the Holidays with Universal HD This December

Englewood Cliffs, NJ (November 30, 2005) - NBC Universal Cable invites you to celebrate the holidays with Universal HD this December with an entire week of marathons featuring the very best HD programming from 2005. On Christmas weekend, be...

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Posted by Staff on 2 December 2005

HDTVs sexiest 10 women from TV Predictions

Swanni is at it again and we love him for it. Phillip Swann has his list of the "10 Sexiest Women in HDTV" and it's fairly eclectic. We've got numbers ten through eight here along with our thoughts and...

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Posted by Staff on 2 December 2005

National Geographic joins Sky's HD lineup

This is for our friends across the pond. National Geographic is going to be in Sky's HD lineup. This is the first third party broadcaster to be in the lineup. Currently you have high-def versions of Artsworld and Sky...

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Posted by Staff on 29 November 2005

US Final of World's Biggest Video Game Tournament to Be Aired by Mark Cuban's HDNet

DALLAS, TX and SEOUL, KOREA - Nov 10, 2005 – Move over, poker. Competitive video gaming, known as “e-Sports�?, is poised to become the next spectator sport when it debuts on HDNet this week. For the first time in...

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Posted by Staff on 29 November 2005

Warner Bros. softens on HD DVD, says it'll do Blu-ray, too

October is shaping up to be a cruel month for Toshiba and the rest of the HD DVD gang. Last week Paramount confirmed that they were softening their support for HD DVD and would be releasing movies in both...

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Posted by Staff on 29 November 2005

Monsters HD Goes Ape Over King Kong Classics

New York, November 8, 2005 -- Monsters HD, the first-ever and only 24-hour channel exclusively devoted to the horror and creature feature category, today announced the acquisition of 44 classic and contemporary horror titles from Warner Bros. Domestic Cable...

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Posted by Staff on 29 November 2005

Is HD Ready for the Real World?

VOOM is back in the news and so it gives me great pleaure to introduce to you one of the key men making it happen - Mr. Greg Moyer. Moyer serves as co-general manager of the VOOM HD Networks...

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Posted by Staff on 29 November 2005

Get ready Ireland: ADSL2+ Network coming

Earlier this week Industria announced plans to roll out Ireland's first ADSL2+ network, providing phone, TV and broadband service for Magnet Networks customers. Besides 24mbps high speed internet, they also are trialling HDTV content, and hope to provide access...

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Posted by Staff on 29 November 2005

Canadians love their HDTVs

Canada's Rogers Cable Communications is reporting tremendous growth in their HD subscription base. They have doubled the amount of subscribers this year and just hit 100,000. This growth is attributed to the impressive number of high-def stations that they...

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Posted by Staff on 29 November 2005

MTV to launch HD channel

The first thing that came to mind when I heard about MHD (MTV’s new high-definition network) was, I wonder how long it will take before their running ‘The Real Life’ in HD? But apparently the format is and will remain...

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Posted by Staff on 29 November 2005

3840 by 2160

Ok, I guess 1920x1080 just isn't enough for some folks; who specifically I can't tell you as the average American household still doesn't own a 720p capable display, but that isn't going to stop Chi Mei Optoelectronics from doubling the...

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Posted by Staff on 29 November 2005

HDTV Calibration

All HDTVs should be calibrated. Here is the quick lowdown. What is calibration? Calibration is the finding and using the optimum settings for all of your HDTV’s display controls. These settings include (but aren’t limited to): Contrast Brightness Black...

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Posted by Staff on 29 November 2005

An Interview with Dale E. Cripps, HDTV Pioneer - 1998

Dale Cripps: The original goal of HDTV was to create a worldwide electronic production standard competitive to 35mm film. The goal soon became one to create a new experience for the home--the next generation of television. Test in Japan...

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Posted by Staff on 29 November 2005

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