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Sony XEL-1 OLED 11-inch TV not coming to Europe until 2009

If you was wondering when the new Sony XEL-1 OLED 11-inch TV was coming to Europe we say sit back and get ready to be annoyed. This TV is not coming to Europe until 2009.

Reports new in this morning from Japan’s Nihon Keizai Shimbun says that Sony has plans on selling the XEL-1 OLED 11-inch TV in Europe 2009 which in our eyes is a little too late would you not think.

A Sony representative did however say that it would not be a surprise if this Television made it to the UK before 2009.

So far this TV from Sony has been on sale in Japan since December 2007, so why the hell have we had to wait so long for it? It has also been seen is the U.S. Come on Sony pull your fingers out and get the ball rolling.

The Sony XEL-1 OLED is going to be an expensive TV at an estimated guess of about $2,500, come on that much money for an 11-inch TV are you kidding, we may be wrong about the price so we will have to wait and see.

One thing is for sure, I will not be buying one.

For more in-depth details click one of the following: Europe 2009 or UK 2009.

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Miniweb: new TV Key service on the Sky Digital TV platform

Miniweb Interactive, a UK headquartered company that is changing the economics of the interactive TV industry, today announced the availability of its new ‘TV Key’ service on the Sky Digital TV platform, making TV Key enhanced programming available to over 8.8 million Sky users and all TV channels.

At the same time, Miniweb has also announced a content acquisition programme, aimed at providing the services required to enable advertisers, brands, channels and content owners to quickly, easily and cost-effectively launch video rich interactive applications on the Sky platform.

“Today’s launch on Sky makes TV Key functionality available to over 8.8 million TV viewers in the UK and can be used by any broadcaster or channel on Digital Satellite. It is the first step on our interactive road map,” said Ian Valentine, CEO, Miniweb Interactive. “Our mission is to change the economics of interactive TV so the industry can deliver video rich interactive services over broadband to multiple types of TV device. Through the use of on-air TV Keys and content delivered via Freefone, this new service is a more economical approach, more aligned to a broadband world, making interactive TV affordable for all broadcasters, advertisers and channel owners. These online services will seamlessly migrate to broadband enabled TV devices as they become available in the market. I urge anyone who previously saw the economics as a barrier in leveraging the power of interactive TV to get in touch.”

The TV Keys service is now delivering the economies and interactive capabilities of the web to the TV and has already gained the interest of a number of brands, channels and content owners. Miniweb expects to announce new content from household names in the coming weeks and months.

The Miniweb platform makes it easy to re-purpose and successfully deploy internet content as an enhanced TV service with continuation of channel video. Miniweb has also produced the tools and templates that make it easy and quick to design, build and publish interactive TV Sites. Miniweb’s standards based and open interactive platform enables next generation interactive 2.0 experiences through low cost author-once publishing and low cost deployment with maximum viewer reach.

TV Sites are interactive destinations that are made available to the consumer through the TV Key homepage on the Sky EPG. Sites are easy to use with a remote control and are often associated with TV programming. A specific TV Site can be accessed directly by entering a numeric shortcut known as a TV Key, which can be used as an on-screen interactive prompt and connects a viewer directly to a TV Site.

TV Keys are the best on-screen response mechanism for content owners as unlike phone numbers or web URLs, they are easily remembered and immediately usable with a remote control, as well as being free to use. Viewers of any channel can enter a TV Key at any time, by pressing ‘Interactive 0 2’ on the Sky remote.

Content or channel owners and developers looking to launch interactive applications should contact Miniweb: info@miniweb.tv or call +44 (0) 20 8232 2020

New launch of Blinkx Broadband Television, interact with TV: Download Now

A great new service has just been launch by the name of Blinkx Broadband Television (BBTV) which you can download right now. A new web service where you can interact with TV.

Blinkx is California-based and is the world’s largest video search engine which will allow you to search more than 18 million videos across the web; the question is “How good is it?

It will however give you high picture quality videos on a full screen unlike the small screen typical of much online video and in addition all users will be able to interact with the videos they are watching.

The new BBTV service will create a speech track of the video which also allows users to go to certain points just by searching for a particular word, you will be able to click on these certain words in the transcript for additional information on people or places featured, while the videos also link through to other websites which have related information.

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HandleEasy 321rc Remote Control by Doro

Doro who is a Swedish consumer electronics company have done a survey, which has revealed that around half of the British find TV remotes confusing. In the age range 60 and over it was 63% who had trouble with their remote.

The study also revealed that every second Brit only uses 6 buttons on the remote and this coincides with the launch of a very simple remote, not surprisingly from Doro. It’s called the Doro HandleEasy 321rc, which has been designed with the more senior audience in mind, and it is perfect for anyone who just wants a plain and simple remote.

The remote can learn functions that you can allocate to each button and will control television, radio or stereo which require a remote to operate. The HandleEasy is on sale now at Argos for £19.99.

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Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles: did you help save the show?

Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles has aired its two part finale, and it is not sure if the show will be back for a second season. The show has not had great viewing figures, so did you do your bit in trying to help save the show by watching the season finale.

I have to admit Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles is not exactly the best show on TV at the moment, but I had to try and get in to it just to see how good the effects of the cyborgs are compared to that of the big screen.

The thing is if there is a second season of T:SCC, I do not think I will be watching it. How can they make rubbish like this and stop making superb Sci-Fi programs like Stargate is beyond me.

Sky Adding 3 More HD Channels

It has been announced that Sky will be adding three more HD channels, this will take the total up to 17. The new channels to be launches are Sky Sports HD 3, Sky Movies Premiere HD and FX HD.

Say has said that since May 2006 they have signed Read more

Pioneer will no longer produce 42-Inch Plasma TVs

Following on from the news the other day from Cheap TV that Pioneer are to start producing LCD TVs, it now seems as if the consumer electronics giant have decided to Read more

Television more influential than blogs and podcasts

If someone asked me what is more influential out of Television and blogs/podcasts, I would have to answer blogs and podcasts of course but a new study is giving a different answer.

The Ketchum/University of Southern California carried out a study into US media usage and found that 73.6% of people rely on Local TV; newspapers accounted for 68.9% and news websites 38.1%, while blogs were at a poor 13.4% Read more

The Fashionable LCD TV Range From LG

With many gadgets and gizmos becoming more fashion-conscious, LCD TVs seem to be following suit. LG’s new LCD range was recently unveiled at London Fashion Week and proved that TV’s aren’t the old ugly boxes they used to be! The LG6000 LCD HDTV Series are available in sizes 32”, 37”, 42” and 47”. Read more

The Anderson Ultimate Bed Has All The Storage You Could Want

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Autograph Monroe Bedstead by Marks & Sparks

It looks as if Marks and Spencer are jumping on the band wagon with this Autograph Monroe Bedstead that has a TV option. This is a real leather bed which can come with either a 26” or 32” flat screen TV. Read more

Looking forward to Lost: Confirmed Dead

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Watch TV on the Sony PSP: See the Video

We all love to watch TV and many of you love the Sony PSP, so combining both of these things together is just brilliant all round. This is just great and many people are Read more

Milo Ventimiglia Gets Armoured With Matt Dillon and Skeet Ulrich

My favourite hero Milo Ventimiglia has joined the case of new action movie Armoured. Milo will be joining a cast which already includes Skeet Ulrich, Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Columbus Short, Fred Ward and Jean Reno. Read more