Latest Digital TV Receivers and DVRs News

Be prepared for the digital switchover with a digital box..

<p><strong>C-200 Popcorn media streamer delivers audio and video from all sources.</strong></p> The next-generation media streamer can be summed up quite simply, The Popcorn C-200.

<p><strong>Freeview setup made simple with the TVonics MDR-240</strong></p> The TVonics MDR-240 is the first Freeview box that meets with the latest Government Core Receiver Requirement all in readiness for the 2012 digital switchover. The MDR 240 takes the rocket science out of setting up your Freeview box, this intuitive box of tricks tunes in channels automatically once it’s powered up and plugged into the SCART socket, and that’s not all, the MDR-240 tunes again daily to make sure your Freeview channels are up to date.

<p>With Freesat challenging Sky for its subscribers, Sky have cut their introductory price to try and compete.</p> In the last quarter of 2008, 200,000 Freesat boxes flew off the shelves, converting thousands of homes from paid Sky subscribers into Freesat viewers, giving them the ability to finally watch High Definition content on their LCD & Plasma HDTVs.

Virgin Media is launching a free digital set-top box aimed at customers living in non-cable areas in the UK, in an attempt to make the digital switchover easier. The basic digital terrestrial television receiver will have a branded electronic programme guide.

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><b>It’s not ‘hooray’ for Blu-ray, well at least not for the current owners of Blu-ray disc players.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>According to the Blu-ray disc association, older Blu-ray models only support a few disc types.</b></SPAN></P>

<B>This month, we will see the release of Toshiba’s latest range of LCD HDTV’s, the Toshiba Regza C. The ‘value’ range will be significantly lower in price than their previous range, but due to this, they will lack certain popular features, such as 1080p and will have only 2 HDMI ports.</B>

<b>Technology today never ceases to amaze us and with another iPod compatible device, we are so excited to bring you the latest gossip. Viewsonic have created a projector, PJ258, in which you can dock your iPod and watch your music videos etc on a wall or projector screen.</b>

Sharp caused quite a stir at the CES 2007 show in Las Vegas, not only for introducing the World’s Largest LCD TV (108”), but also for the exciting range of Aquos HD LCD TV’s that are set to stun us with superb picture quality.

The Philips Cineos 42” 1080p HD LCD FlatTV with Ambilight Full Surround Technology shows off its colourful, but rather distracting, hi-tech frame.<BR> Philips have raised the bar with their new Cineos 42” 1080p HD LCD FlatTV with Ambilight Full Surround Technology.

<FONT size=2>Sony never fails to impress us with their amazing feature lists on all of their products, let alone TV’s. The Sony Bravia KDL-46W2000 LCD Digital TV is HD ready and has 1920x1080 resolution as well as Live Colour Creation and a Bravia Engine EX for ultimate performance picture quality.</FONT>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT size=2>Taking HDTV viewing to a new level is the Toshiba 37WLT68 37” HDTV ready LCD Television with the highly effective Active Vision M100 technology on board. Toshiba have included this state of the art technology to an astounding TV to ensure that you receive nothing but the best images along with natural colour, high speed scanning and enhanced detail.</FONT><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>

<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=2><B>CES 2007 has watched Samsung pull new and innovative Plasma and LCD technologies out of their sleeve, all designed to integrate, improve, and make viewing easier all round.</B></FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><FONT color=#000000 size=3><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></FONT><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>

<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=2><B>When Philips launched the first Ambilight LCD TV they hadn’t expected to celebrate the millionth sale by the end of 2006.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>So it only seems sensible to throw another handful of models into the market to see if they do as well.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT size=2><B> </B></FONT></o:p></SPAN></P><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></FONT><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=2><B>Being here at CES 2007 is undeniably like being a kid in an upmarket sweet shop, and out of all this choice it’s Sony’s latest technology that is tantalising our tastebuds.</B></FONT><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>

Continuing to take the lead in the digital radio world, Pure have produced a new radio that really rocks.  But this time they’ve roped in two other great British companies.

<FONT size=2>What you want in a household of more than one, is the ability to record one programme while watching another. </FONT> And Sharp’s latest digital recorder allows you to do exactly that.