http://www.televisions.com/Images/gui/whitelogo.jpg Mon, 19 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 So, you’re buying a new flat-panel HDTV. Congratulations! But with brochures, adverts, and cut-price offers desperately trying to sell you a TV — any TV! — it’s nearly impossible to make an informed decision. Well, suffer no more: We’ve condensed years of experience with flat-panel LCD and plasma TVs into this one-page primer. Where you feel you need more information, follow the links to our in-depth articles on plasma, LCD, and other HDTV topics.]]> Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 When most people hear Salzburg, they think Mozart. But there’s more than just stunning alpine views and classical music to this city of 150,000 people. Away from the tourist bustle, on the city’s outskirts, Sony DADC operates Europe’s largest Blu-ray production facility. Televisions.com paid them a visit.]]> Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Modern home-cinema technology is complex and often hard to install — it’s easy to make mistakes if you don’t know exactly what you’re doing. We’ve put together this list of the 20 most common mistakes to help you get the best out of your home cinema.]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 It’s not just the projector that’s responsible for producing sharp, contrast-rich pictures and natural colours — users often underestimate the importance of choosing the right screen.]]> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Internet connections are becoming an increasingly common feature of flat-panel TVs — including, for example, those made by the South Korean manufacturer Samsung. The company’s internet platform, “Internet@TV”, offers content specifically tailored to Samsung TVs.]]> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Internet connections have become a common feature in today’s flat-panel TVs. Panasonic, for example, offers an internet platform by the name of “Viera Cast”, which allows users to surf specially tailored content on their TV screen.]]> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 More and more TVs can now access the internet — including many models from the Dutch manufacturer Philips, which calls its TV internet platform “Net TV”. Net TV allows users not only to access specially tailored online content, but also to visit normal websites.]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Blu-ray players produce pictures at the highest level of quality, but you’ll need to do a little fine-tuning to achieve optimum results. Here, we present a few handy tips.]]> Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Many home-cinema fans will have a projector hanging from their living-room ceiling. But do you know where it was made? We travelled to the Norwegian city of Fredrikstad, where one small company, projectiondesign, develops and produces high-end projectors.]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Economical cars, alternative power sources, energy-saving measures — environmentally conscious business is the done thing these days. In the TV and home-theater sector, too, it’s possible to do your bit for the environment — and your wallet!]]> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 We already described some valuable tips for bringing sound and picture into line in our how-to article "Readjust your home-theater setup for better picture–sound interaction". But these related mostly to how to position your center and surround speakers. Here, we’ll look at a few other tricks for improving synchronization.]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Brand-new and appetizingly shrink-wrapped — the long-awaited Blu-ray release of your favorite movie stands before you on the store’s shelves. Grab your copy, pay for it, take it home — and enjoy top-quality video and audio in your living room. But what goes into making a Blu-ray disc? Are they complicated to manufacture? We travelled to the Czech capital, Prague, and the German town of Gütersloh to watch the making of the “Iron Man” Blu-ray disc.]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Quality even varies on Blu-ray discs — and the differences can be dramatic. In this huge home-cinema exclusive, we present the Blu-rays that give the best picture, sound, and bonus material.]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 So, you’ve got a sleek, new flat-panel TV, but trailing, tangled cabling is spoiling your living room’s look. Wireless technology can present a viable alternative — find out when here.]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 What projector user wouldn’t want the best setup for their projector? But whether a ‘best setup’ even exists is a topic of endless discussion — whole internet sites are devoted to it. Supposedly, you can achieve dramatic increases in contrast, at the same time as correct grayscales and authentic movie colors, all by simply tweaking a few settings. Is it true?]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 It’s that small logo on Blu-ray cases: BD-Live. BD-what? BD-Live is a system that allows you to download from the internet and enjoy interactive content — via your Blu-ray player! We ask the question: what is BD-Live and what can it offer you?]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 What are the advantages of Blu-ray discs over DVDs? Which TV do you need to tap into the new disc’s full potential? Can Blu-ray players also play back DVDs in decent quality? Here, we answer some of the most important questions for Blu-ray beginners.]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Valuable specialist advice for free: A list of popular movie scenes that we use to evaluate the quality of TVs in our laboratory. The scenes are also ideal for quickly checking picture quality in the showroom.]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 The arrival of high-definition Blu-ray discs introduced us to a new set of audio formats — and, with them, a whole new set of potential problems. Find out here how to side-step common errors associated with DTS-HD, Dolby TrueHD, and Secondary Audio.]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400 It’s one of today’s buzz-words: 1080p. But what exactly does 1080p mean? Here, we explain the background to the technology — from the ground up.]]>