Sharp Elite LED LCD takes crown for black levels, Kuro-who ?
Posted Friday, August 5, 2011 at 7:16 pm by Jason Cartwright
In the past Pioneer’s premium plasma TV brand Kuro had the crown of the best black levels on the market. That was of course, until Kuro’s were discontinued. The world has moved on from Plasma, with a clear LCD future, TV manufacturers have battled to achieve that same deep black level goodness. Until now.
Why does this matter? By accurately representing blacks, it means the colours ‘pop’ more. Not only that, but black is actually black, not the washed out backlit grey that your used to. Some people notice this more than others, but in a dark room, with a dark scene, you should only see elements that are lit.
The new 60 and 70 inch Sharp LCD TV’s come with the Elite label, quality and price tag to match. The Elite will sell for $6k+ but for the best of the best, that’s not out of this world. Naturally any decent TV that ships today has internet connectivity and apps. In the US, it’ll ship with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, CinemaNow, Vudu and Netflix. Given not all of the those services are available in Aus, expect our lineup to be a little modified.
Check out the video below for an eyes-on video from Engadget.
More info @ Engadget
Internet connected TV’s start supporting Win7 Play-to feature
Posted Friday, April 2, 2010 at 6:58 pm by Jason Cartwright
For what seems like an eternity, home users have had to search for ways to get content from their computers to their TV. Interim solutions have often been via set top boxes or game consoles, but ultimately this solution was only a workaround to what should have arrived years ago.
Toshiba will be the first manufacturer to ship a TV with a ‘Compatible with Windows 7’ logo. This means the network port in the back of their UX600 Cinema Series LED HDTVs will allow users to stream content directly from a Windows 7 PC to the TV. Making use of the ‘Play-to’ feature in Win7, getting content on your biggest screen in the house is finally a simply process.
Other TV manufacturers take note, this is the new benchmark, make this standard across all sets as soon as humanly possible.
More @ The Windows Experience Blog
