HDTV Reviews

With IFA 2008 just over a month away now, Samsung has already jumped the gun and released details of their brand new HDTVs. First up are the 46-inch Samsung LE46A956D1M, and the 55-inch LCD LE55A956D1M , from the Samsung Series 9 LCD (A956) HDTV range. Going from Samsung’s normal numbering system and the specifications, the new Series 9 LCD duo appear to be the new high end models above the newly announced Series 7 LCD (A780’s). Read more

From Sharp’s XL2E Series of three LCD HDTVs, we have the 42-inch Sharp LC-42XL2E 1080p model. The LC-42XL2E has a very impressive and sleek design with a slim black gloss frame surrounding the screen, finished off with a stylish silver line at the bottom of the frame, above an interesting but attractive backwards angled bottom edge Read more

The extremely attractive Philips 32PFL9603D is one of Philips’ latest LCD HDTVs from their very impressive Philips 9600 Series. Before I get into the juicy technical details of the 32-inch Philips 32PFL9603D/10, lets talk a little bit about the design and styling. I have seen a lot of HDTVs, but this has to be one of the most stylish and attractive looking sets I have seen. Read more

From tomorrow (1st July), Sky will be re-branding their Sky HD service to “Sky+ HD“, and reducing the price significantly. I believe the name change has been done to avoid confusion with people thinking that Sky HD does not include the recording and pausing features as offered by the Sky+ service. Read more

The latest Bravia to be announced by Sony is the Sony Bravia S4000 series. This new Sony S4000 range improves on the previous S3000 series by adding many new features and reducing the overall footprint size of the units. Although Sony have yet to announce the pricing for this series, we expect it to be aimed at the budget end of the market (going by the previous S series). Read more

Monster is making the whole wireless HD or wireless HDMI a lot more real with the newly announced Monster Wireless Digital Express HD wireless HDMI cable replacement kit. Monster, who are mostly known for the high quality but overprices cables have teamed up with Sigma Designs to produce this wireless HD device which uses a HDAV UVB system to wirelessly transmit audio and video in full 1080p HD. Read more

Things got interesting here in Europe and America over the last few months with Pioneer introducing the second generation Kuro plasma HDTV lineup which promised 5x deeper black levels, improving on the already impressive Kuro generation. Read more

We have had our eye on the very impressive Samsung SC-HMX20C full HD (1080p) camcorder since the start of the year when Samsung announced this beauty. For most people, HD is the king, and in particular 1080p in h.264 is the very best available, allowing you to record amazing HD quality yourself. The Samsung SC-HMX20C camcorder looks great and is a handy size, fitting easily into most hands. Read more

Before I kick off the review, I would like to point out to the readers that the Sony KDL-46W4100 is known as the KDL-46W4000 in the UK and European markets. For some reason Sony felt the desire to name what is known as the W4100 series in the U.S as the W4000 series in Europe, so this review can also be called the Sony KDL-46W4000 Review! Read more

I don’t normally post about HD camcorders but the new Sanyo Xacti HD1010 1080p camcorder just look too good to not write about. I would assume most HDTV owners to some respect are interested in recording their own HD footage. The new Xacti HD1010 builds on Sanyo’s very impressive Xacti HD1010, but adding a number of features and bug fixes. Read more