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Review: Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX9V

Review: Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX9V

Overview

Looking for one compact 'travel zoom' camera that does it all?  read more »

Asda drops price of HTC Evo 3D to £250

Asda drops price of HTC Evo 3D to £250

Asda must have stumbled upon a box of unsold phones in its warehouse - that's the only reason we can think of for the decision to shift the HTC Evo 3D for not much dosh.

The first tri-dimensional phone never really got the success its next-gen innards warranted in the UK, with disappointing sales thanks to a sky high price tag.  read more »

LG ready to unveil quad core powerhouse at MWC

LG ready to unveil quad core powerhouse at MWC

LG is lining up two big feature handsets for launch at MWC 2012, as it tries to make in-roads early on in the smartphone market this year.

The LG X3 is first up, storming in with its quad-core processor and huge 4.7-inch screen and the LG CX2, which will attempt to win us over to life in the third dimension.  read more »

Nick Nolte: 3D TV will cause psychotic states

Nick Nolte: 3D TV will cause psychotic states

Actor Nick Nolte has claimed that 3D technology causes 'psychotic breaks' in an odd rant at the launch of his new television show.

While most of the chat at the Television Critics Association event was reserved for the growing trend to move from film to TV for major players, Nolte reserved a little bile for 3D.  read more »

Avatar 2 'four years away'

Avatar 2 'four years away'

James Cameron may have teased us with the thought of Avatar sequels in 2013 and 2014, but producer Jon Landau has revealed that we shouldn't be holding our breath – with the 3D classic not getting its next episode until 2016.

Speaking at a screening of Titanic 3D, Landau confessed that a sequel is 'four years away', which means we will have waited a massive seven years from the first film, although Avatar 3 may well be filmed at the same time and screened a year later.  read more »

Toshiba Camileo Z100 full HD 3D camcorder unveiled

Toshiba Camileo Z100 full HD 3D camcorder unveiled

Toshiba has unleashed its first full HD 3D camcorder in the shape of the Toshiba Camileo Z100.

Not only can the camcorder capture dazzling (apparently) 3D, but it can also play it back on the 7.1cm glasses-free 3D touchscreen. Now that's multi-tasking.

The dual lens system also offers 8x digital zoom, full HD 2D capture (1920 x 1080 at 30fps) and can take still pictures up to 16MP.

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The two CMOS image sensors are 5MP quality with back side illumination to boot.  read more »

Review: Toshiba 46TL868B

Review: Toshiba 46TL868B

Overview and features

Few TV brands have had as busy a 12 months as Toshiba. Not content with launching its biggest television range for years last April, Toshiba even managed to squeeze in a 'round two' of telly launches right at the end of 2011. And heading up this second raft of TVs is the TL868 series, as represented here by the 46-inch Toshiba 46TL868B.  read more »

CES 2012: B&O launches BeoVision 12-65 'ultra flat' 3D plasma

CES 2012: B&O launches BeoVision 12-65 'ultra flat' 3D plasma

Bang & Olufsen has taken to CES 2012 to reveal its latest 3D TV in the form of the B&O BeoVision 12-65.

The company describes the 65-inch plasma screen as "ultra flat" which left us wondering how flat its predecessors were until we realised it means "very thin indeed" combined with "an optical illusion" involving the aluminium speaker housing.

It's intended to sit on the wall rather than a stand, so the wall bracket comes partly integrated into the set itself, adding to the ultra flatness of the thing.  read more »

CES 2012: LG cuts bezel to 1mm on new Cinema Screen 3D TVs

CES 2012: LG cuts bezel to 1mm on new Cinema Screen 3D TVs

LG's latest batch of 3D TVs comes with a bezel of just one millimetre as the home entertainment industry continues to strive towards a bezel-less world at CES 2012.

Following Samsung's 2011 lead, LG has scythed the bezel down to a frankly outrageous 1mm width. For comparison, Samsung's 60D8000 LED Smart TV has a 1.5cm border.  read more »

First glasses-free 3D TV to hit US in early 2012

First glasses-free 3D TV to hit US in early 2012

Toshiba plans to launch the first glasses-free 3D TV set in the United States by the end of Q1 2012, reports have confirmed.

The company told CNET that the set will be similar to the 55LZ2 device already on sale in Europe and Japan.

That 55-inch device, which was launched at IFA 2011, boasts a 4K resolution of 3,840 x 2,160, however viewers can only watch 3D pictures at 1280 x 720.  read more »

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  • Review: Philips 50PFL7956T

    Overview

    This LED TV may have unusual, almost unique, dimensions that lend it an almost futuristic appearance.

    But the ultra-widescreen Philips 50PFL7956T Cinema 21:9 Gold's strange shape will make a lot of sense to committed movie buffs.

    The reason for its existence, of course, is CinemaScope. Films have been shot in the super-wide 2.39:1 format for yonks, and even now most films are presented on DVD or Blu-ray with black bars above and below them.  read more »

  • Samsung Galaxy S3 to get 3D functionality?

    Samsung may be about to bring another dimension to its Galaxy smartphone line-up, with the Samsung Galaxy S3 reported to arrive with 3D functionality, making it the Samsung Galaxy S3D.

    The idea of 3D on a smartphone isn't a new one – two phones in 2011 had the technology, the HTC Evo 3D and the LG Optimus 3D.  read more »

  • LG announces four home theatre systems for CES 2012

    LG has announced four new home theatre systems will be shown off at CES 2012 including the LG BH9420PW which comes with the Korean giant's latest 3D sound technology.

    The LG BH9420PW incorporates LG's proprietary '3D Sound Zooming tech' which will apparently, and intriguingly, match the sound with the location and movement of the on-screen 3D images.  read more »