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Toss-up: online movie rental services

Adam Turner Rather than buy yet another set-top box, you might be able to watch movies online directly via your TV or Blu-ray player.

Hire-tech at your fingertips

Adam Turner Planning a big night in? It's easier than ever to hire a movie without getting off the couch.

NBN clears the way for 4K video

Asher Moses Ultra high-definition or 4K video content, offering four times the resolution of current HD, is being touted by NBN Co as a key advantage for the National Broadband Network, which threatens to leave...

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LG beats rivals in race to sell new OLED TVs

YOUKYUNG LEE LG Electronics started taking pre-orders on Wednesday for the world's first big TVs that use an advanced display technology promising startlingly clear images on wafer-thin screens.

Headphones push sound through user's skull

People who don't want to disturb sleeping family members could use a new product from Panasonic that doesn't need speakers or even your own ears: wireless bone-conduction headphones.

TVs get bigger, bolder, smarter at CES

Rob Lever TV makers at CES will seek to dazzle consumers with bigger, bolder displays, and smarter technologies for consumers who want television to be a "multiscreen" experience.

Are consumers ready for television watching back?

Rob Lever In the new world of technology, television is not just for watching. It is also watching you.

Is 3D a gimmick or a proposition?

Rod Easdown Most Australians buying a television consider 3D a fad, survey finds.

Seeing double puts 3D on TV

Imaging To enjoy three-dimensional images at home, you can go cheap or expensive, writes Terry Lane.

Five-way shootout: catch-up TV

Nick Galvin Nick Galvin casts an eye over the internet options offered by the free-to-air networks.

'Wi-Fi Ready' ruse snuffed out by ACCC

Asher Moses Sony, LG, Panasonic, Samsung and Sharp, under pressure from the competition regulator, will stop marketing TVs and Blu-ray players that cannot connect to Wi-Fi networks as "Wi-Fi Ready".

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IMAX in your living room: the future of TV

James Manning A new television technology known as Super Hi-Vision offers viewers a picture 16 times the resolution currently available on HDTVs.

TVs and computers to skip the tip and start a new life

Carolyn Webb Where do old TVs and computers go once they've played their last rerun of I Dream of Jeannie?

Visionary bid for 3D format

Expensive and dorky glasses have put many off embracing this technology but changes are coming, writes Rod Easdown.

Apple iTV? Bring it on, says Samsung, as battle-lines drawn in the new tech war

Asher Moses in Las Vegas The threat of an Apple iTV cast a heavy shadow over the Consumer Electronics Show this year.

What you need to know when buying a TV

Rod Easdown Keep calm, take a deep breath and enter a new realm of home entertainment.

Plasma v LCD - which should you buy?

Rod Easdown Where your set is located can dictate which television is best for you.

Dust off the sounds of the past

Sight and Sound Hi-fi nostalgia will never pay the rent, writes Rod Easdown.

Three contenders ... $1000 home theatres

Rod Easdown It's now possible to buy a full 5.1 surround-sound home theatre for less than $1000.