Sony: The 4K video revolution is at tipping point
EXCLUSIVE: Content will follow home tech
Sony is taking a brave gamble on the future of home entertainment technology by releasing its VPL-VW1000ES 4K projector before there’s native content to view on it.
Sure, you get a code for the 4K version of PlayStation 3 image software PlayMemories with every purchase of the ?17,000 behemoth, and its [...]
The Social Network writer, Aaron Sorkin, to adapt Steve Jobs biography for movie
Not the Ashton one
The Academy Award-winning screenwriter of The Social Network and Moneyball, Aaron Sorkin has been signed by Sony Pictures to adapt Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. The book has so far sold over 2.25 million copies, and Sorkin has been rumoured to be the man targeted by the studio to handle [...]
Apple rumoured to be buying German TV manufacturer Loewe
Apple iTV?
News that Apple?is about to buy German TV maker Loewe?has appeared on the internet over the weekend with unnamed sources claiming the deal will happen as early as next week.
According to AppleInsider.com, “Word of the negotiations was exclusively revealed to AppleInsider, and although the offer has yet to be accepted, a source claims that [...]
Sony conjures up magic with a Doll for UK HX8 Bravia TV launch
Kimberley Wyatt assists
Ex-Pussycat Doll and Got to Dance judge Kimberley Wyatt and world famous?magician?Drummond Money Coutts have been drafted in to help Sony put across the message that its HX8 Bravia edge-lit LED TV offers pictures as good as the real thing.
The set, available in 40-, 46- and 55-inch screen sizes, is in stores now [...]
Major League Baseball games now available through Xbox Live in UK
MLB.TV Premium launches
High definition footage of very game of the regular Major League Baseball season is now available to be streamed either live or through catch-up through Xbox Live in the UK, as MLB.TV Premium launches today. The service, which has been available on the Xbox 360 in the States and Canada since 27 March, [...]
BSkyB buys Acetrax video-on-demand service ahead of NOW TV launch
To take on Netflix and Lovefilm?
Sky’s NOW TV service, which the company says is still on track to launch in the UK before the end of June, has received a major boost.?The satellite broadcaster has confirmed in its latest earnings report that it has quietly acquired Acetrax, a video-on-demand service that already has apps on [...]
LG beats Samsung to the punch in announcing multiple screen cloud service
First “three screen” streaming solution
It is widely expected that Samsung will launch its own cloud service, S-Cloud, alongside the Galaxy S3 during its Samsung Mobile Unpacked event on Thursday 3 May. However, LG has beaten its South Korean rival firm by announcing its own cloud solution a full four days beforehand.
The beta version of LG [...]
Sky: Second screen experience in front of TV key
Tablets at the ready
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Sky?has told Pocket-lint that it sees tablets and smartphones as key in enhancing the viewing experience in front of the TV.
Ian Lewis, director of Sky Movies, told Pocket-lint [...]
Philips PicoPix 2480 projects 120-inch images
Small device, big imagery
Plug the Philips PicoPix 2480 into your laptop, smartphone, camera or tablet and you’ll be able to project your content up to 120 inches in size.
While smartphones and tablets try to establish ways of transferring their content on to a bigger screen, Philips has gone old school.
Compact enough to fit in a [...]
Sky to let iPad owners watch Planner recordings
Developing new app
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Sky is in the process of developing an app for the ipad that will let Sky+ users stream the saved shows and movies on their Sky box to their [...]
