Exclusive: You may know Dolby best for its surround sound technology, but the company’s on the cutting edge of high-def video rendering too. Its latest system, Dolby HDR, uses LED backlighting to push contrast ratios to the max, and we’ve just heard that the first gogglebox it’ll be garnishing will be out Q1 next year.
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It’s not out until well into next year, but if you want to see what a high-end telly really looks like, get down to Selfridges to see Loewe’s Reference 52 telly in the flesh - or just check our snaps out right here!
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Screaming “BACK OFF!” in the face of CO2, Toshiba today has announced at IFA 2008 that upcoming LCD televisions and notebook PCs will be earning serious Mother Nature brownie points. Eco’d up to the eyeballs, the new Toshiba 42XV515D comes loaded with smart new innards that enable it to reduce the amount of backlights used via an ‘advanced brightness control’ technique, meaning it uses less power, which will keep the bunnies hopping in the meadows for another season at least.

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Want to avoid the mess of cable spaghetti behind your wall-mounted TV? Well, Sony’s new DMX-WL1T wireless video link should be right up your street: this box streams hi-def video (up to 1080i quality) to a TV in a similar way to Belkin’s FlyWire - although it seems that Sony’s solution only works with certain Sony Bravia screens.

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Widescreen 16:9 TVs didn’t take long to sweep away the old square 4:3 sets, but Hannspree’s latest portable TV is squaring up to the competition with a 5:4 aspect ratio. Trying out some new shapes eh Hannspree?

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All those high-def TV channels that Freesat is broadcasting right now for free could be directed straight onto your HD TV using this flat antenna. No need to install a satellite dish. Just screw the H21D on the wall and paint it.

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Swanky AV firm Pioneer has ripped the wraps off its upcoming range of Blu-ray players, revealing not one, two, three but FOUR new hi-def disc players due out before the end of 2008 - including one that’s fully compatible with BD-Live’s online bonus features.

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Think your HD telly’s the business? Think again. Samsung’s been wowing crowds with its 82 inch Ultra Definition screen.

With a resolution of 3,840 x 2,160 pixels, it puts even the nattiest 1080p TV to shame, and thanks to its LED backlight and 120 Hz refresh rate its colours are richer, and movement smoother, than anything else around.

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