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Article | 6/03/2012 Fire sale: TVs selling for bargain prices as updates loom

Group-buying deals site Catch Of The Day has an enticing deal today: a 55in Samsung Series 7 LED TV usually priced at $3799, on sale for only $1999.

Article | 2/03/2012 Will Apple embrace 1080p Full HD video on the iPad 3 and Apple TV?

In all likelihood, Apple's media event on March 7 will introduce a new iPad. We've even speculated what we might expect from next week's event.

Article | 21/02/2012 Patent reveals Google TV with Siri-like voice recognition

A patent filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office last fall shows that Google is creating a Siri-like voice interface for controlling ...

Article | 19/02/2012 Mountain Lion: Hands on with Mail

When Apple released Lion (OS X 10.7), Mail received its biggest overhaul ever, gaining many new and noteworthy features. The changes to Mail in Mounta...

Article | 14/02/2012 Apple, don't call your TV set the 'iTV': UK broadcaster

Independent British broadcaster ITV has reportedly written to Apple to request that it doesn't use the name 'iTV' for its expected connected TV set.

Article | 13/02/2012 The Apple TV may already be in TV makers' hands

Reports about Apple's expected television set continue unabated with a new claim that Apple is talking to Canadian telecoms Rogers Communications Inc....

Article | 17/01/2012 ABC iView streaming to iPhones soon, but no HD video planned

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is collaborating with US company Brightcove to bring improvements to the iView video on demand service, ...

Article | 11/01/2012 Eyes-on with LG's stunning OLED 3D TV

I just fell in love with a TV. Unfortunately, it will probably cost around $10,000, so our cohabitation plans are unlikely to come to fruition.

Article | 10/01/2012 LG shows off OLED, Google TV, Ultra Definition TVs at CES

In a comparatively low-key announcement -- none of the glitz and glamour and space-themed music of Samsung’s OLED announcement -- LG told the world th...

Article | 10/01/2012 Samsung's Super OLED TV: super-fast, super-light (and probably super-expensive)

Samsung is the first big manufacturer at CES 2012 to publicly show off an OLED TV, with today's announcement of the 'Super OLED TV': a 55in screen wit...

Article | 10/01/2012 Apple pipped by voice-enabled Lenovo smart TV

Lenovo on Sunday announced its first smart TV that will recognize voice commands and run Android 4.0 applications, getting a jump over Apple's rumored...

Article | 12/12/2011 Who makes the most reliable TV?

Among our readers, at least, LG seems to have emerged as the brand to beat in the high-definition television market. Readers gave LG sets high marks f...

Article | 8/12/2011 What’s new for TVs in 2012: OLED, video on demand, and the Apple TV

2011 was an interesting, if uninspiring year, for the global and Australian television markets: more 3D TVs (and fewer 3D broadcasts), more video and ...

Article | 25/11/2011 Oakley's $160 3D glasses: pricy, pretty and polarised

We found out about Oakley's GASCAN 3D glasses when LG announced a collaboration between the two companies, and we were immediately dubious.

Article | 19/11/2011 Why are LCD TV prices falling? You're not buying, that's why

The days leading up to Black Friday always bring door-buster deals on big-screen TVs, and this year is no exception. According to market research firm...

Article | 17/11/2011 LG says 4 out of 5 Aussies prefer its Cinema 3D TVs

LG has released the results from a test conducted with Australian consumers in Westfield shopping centres around Australia, saying that four out of fi...

Article | 13/10/2011 Sony pledges to repair faulty LCD TVs

"A very limited number" of three 40in Sony BRAVIA LCD TV models sold during 2007 and 2008 could in rare cases "over-heat and ignite", emitting smoking...

Article | 30/09/2011 What's better: active or passive 3D TVs?

Polarized "passive" 3D TVs hit the market in the beginning of the year as a response to the bulky, expensive, complicated active-shutter 3D TVs that t...

Article | 22/09/2011 Talking set-top boxes go on sale, could be used in digital TV switchover

Long-awaited talking digital TV set-top boxes have finally been made available for sale in Australia, after a lengthy testing and trial period. The bo...

Article | 2/09/2011 Samsung is giving away free 3D glasses

Samsung is liquidating its stock of 3D glasses for its 2010 range of 3D TVs -- the first generation of 3D models which included the excellent Series 7...