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Thanks to some careful wording, Toshiba’s been able to launch the "world’s first upscaling TV".

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Did that projector just talk to me? At least that’s what you’ll say when you walk past the world’s first projector with voice guidance.

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Channel Five will arrive on free-to-air satellite broadcasting network Freesat in a couple of weeks.

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Boffins at Sharp have come up with an LCD that continues to show a picture when the power's pulled.

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Samsung has demo'd a 40in OLED full HD TV, but the company admitted that the screen is at the very limit of what it can manufacture today.

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Clearly unphased by the courtroom kicking its taken from Pioneer, Samsung's display division has demo'd a bendy OLED display.

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Pioneer has prevailed in its legal battle with Samsung over who owns key plasma display technologies.

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Sharp has taken the wraps off its latest range of Aquos tellies, which, it claims, are the world’s first LCD TVs to feature integrated Blu-ray Disc recorders.

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If magic’s your thing then the latest addition to LG’s Scarlet TV range is sure to get your pulse racing - sort of - because it performs a magic trick each time you turn it on.

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Sling Media's SlingPlayer-in-a-box gadget, SlingCatcher, is now available to Brits.

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If your electricity bills are getting you down, then perhaps it’s time you started living off grid? And, thanks to Sharp, you’ll still be able to watch TV while cuddling up to Mother Nature.

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Toshiba has re-iterated its plan to bring HD TVs kitted out with the Cell processor to market in a year's time and showed off its prototype at the CEATEC show in Japan this week.

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Brits bought 100,000 Freeset set-top boxes in the five months since the free-to-air satellite TV service began broadcasting. But the firm’s warned that some people are still confused about its HD offering.

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As the masses slowly catch on to the free satellite TV message, Panasonic has begun expanding its range of HD TVs with integrated Freesat tuners, by unveiling two further models.

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Sony has gotten all bent out of shape over OLED screens and given gadget fans a sneak preview of its curved organic LED display.

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Digital photo frames are nice to look at in the corner of your room, but Smartpart’s latest frame will need more space than that because it’s claimed to be the world’s largest.

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If you’re itching to get your hands on Nokia’s N96 flagship handset then scoot down to one of the Finnish phone giant’s flagship stores, where the talker will go on sale tomorrow.

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If there’s nothing on TV tonight, then how about having a conversation with your telly instead? Because, LG has created a stylish LCD display with an integrated webcam.

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Toshiba will next year begin mass-producing 45nm Cell processors, allowing Sony to put them into a (hopefully) slimmer PS3.

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Matsushita and Panasonic parent Matsushita are to extend their flat-panel display development deal.

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It’s time to chuck out your telly, stereo and sunglasses, because quirky Japanese retailer Thanko has launched a pair of specs that combine every form of electronic entertainment used by modern humans.

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Mitsubishi has finally unveiled how much it plans to charge for its laser-based HDTV and, as expected, the 65in stunner will be expensive.

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IFA British digital TV set-top maker TVonics launched its latest Freeview boxes this week: a compact tuner and the latest incarnation of its DVR series.

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IFA Folding screens have been used to section off rooms for centuries, but Daewoo’s finally given the protable partition a tech overhaul.

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IFA Sony and Samsung are at war over which firm can rightfully claim to have demo'd the World’s first 200Hz TV. Both showed off such sets at IFA this year.

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IFA Humax will release its awaited Freesat HD-ready DVR toward the end of the year, the company promised at IFA in Berlin today.

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IFA If you’ve got the wall space to spare, then perhaps you’ll be attracted by the world’s largest TV - which also features a resolution four times better than crummy old full HD.

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IFA In move to take on the likes of the Pioneer Kuro and Panasonic's Viera, Philips has announced the 42PFL9803 TV with black-enhancing LED backlight technology.

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IFA Measuring a super-slim 38mm at its thinnest point, the Essence HD LCD TV boasts a refresh rate of just 2ms and a full 1080p resolution.

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Panasonic has launched seven new Viera 1080p HD TVs. The range includes six plasma TVs ranging from 42 to 65in and a single 37in LCD TV, all with a selection of futuristic features.

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Which top-of-the-line graphics card should I buy?

I play Crysis and Half-Life 2-based games on a PC connected to a 50in Pioneer Kuro plasma, but my old GPU is starting to show it's age. What should I replace it with?

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Airbus A380-800: an airborne treat for gadget fans

I'm writing this sitting in a Singapore Airlines double-decker Airbus A380 bound for the carrier's home city. We're at 35,320ft and I'm up in tech heaven.

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