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Loewe’s Art LED range for 2011 has gone on sale in screen sizes of 32, 40 and 47 inches. Prices range from $6,643 to $9,710, with some models incorporating 250GB or 500GB integrated hard disks. They also have up to 200Hz refresh rates, to optimise motion reproduction; edge LED backlighting, for maximum contrast; and, for [...]

Loewe has announced a world first in video streaming: programmes that can ‘follow’ users of its TVs around the home. Known as DR+ Streaming with ‘Follow Me’ function, it allows viewers to pause any programme, then pick up exactly where they left off on another television in another room without missing any of the action. [...]

Samsung is poised to launch three new LED Smart TV ranges in NZ, with pricing still to be confirmed. The D8000, D7000 and D6600 series will offer 2D, 3D, HD and streaming content, PVR functionality via USB recording, and “Smart Hub” entertainment options. As with Samsung’s 2011 plasma TV range, these sets will have unusually [...]

Sony NZ today confirmed pricing and specifications for a range of TVs it predicts will turn the idiot box into “the smartest device in the house”. “The new 2011 Bravia LCD TV line-up offers New Zealanders a gateway to an enormous and dynamic world of content and only Sony can provide this range of on-demand [...]

Trusted Reviews has given the tentative thumbs-up to Philips’ first passive 3D TV with a 21:9 ratio. Stressing it was an early production model, TR praised the ultra-wide, 50-inch LED stunner for its snazzy design, affordability, multimedia flexibility, Dual View Gaming option, and lack of cross-talk and subliminal flickering while watching 3D content. However, the [...]

Sony NZ is about to announce a “big increase” in 3D displays as part of  a “fundamental shift” from passive to active viewing in its 2011 TV range. “We will have 23 [2D and 3D] models in the first half of 2011,” Sony’s Tim Barlow told ScreenScribe.tv. “The overall range will be a similar size [...]

Smarthouse reports Samsung Electronics will unveil a “swag of new IP enabled TVs” at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, as it switches focus from 3D to Internet content. Home Cinema Choice has a preview of LG’s 3D range for CES while on the eve of the year’s biggest hi-tech showcase, Trusted Reviews has posted [...]

Trusted Reviews has judged the best TV of 2010 to be one you can’t buy in New Zealand: Philips’ ultra-wide LED model, the 58PFL9955H Cinema 21:9. Runner-up was Panasonic’s 3D plasma series, with an LED model from LG and a Samsung LCD TV rounding out the top five. Sony’s best placing was eighth, for its [...]

The last of the consumer electronics giants to start selling 3D TVs in NZ, Sony, has just started shipping to retailers three LED models with varying 3D capabilities. They range in price from $4000 for a 40-inch display to $10,000 for a 60-inch, and each TV is being bundled with two pairs of 3D active [...]

Loewe today announced a new range of ultra-chic, high-spec German TVs, audio systems and stands in NZ it claims offers more than a million combination options “to create a uniquely personal home cinema solution”. The LED TVs in the Individual series range from 32 inches to 55 inches, and comes in two design styles: Compose, [...]