The Apple TV has been considered Apple’s next potential great thing for quite a while. First a hobby, it’s now a supposedly full-fledged product that seems strangely unfinished. To many, it’s just another streamer, a way to deliver TV shows and movies to your TV set, and content from your Mac or iOS device courtesy […]

The high-definition TV revolution resulted in tens and tens of millions of you buying new sets. As advertised, they delivered often superb widescreen pictures, assuming you fed it HD content. That was a good thing, for customers at any rate. But for manufacturers, it meant that these customers were off the market for five to ten […]

This week, the tech blogs and the tech pages in many newspapers will be filed with news of all the supposedly wonderful things that are being presented at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. But this is very much an annual ritual where loads of would-be products are on display, but many will never […]

The TV industry has certainly had problems generating huge profits, although sales have continued at a decent clip. Similar to the PC industry, TV makers have rushed to the bottom as prices crumble even on relatively full-featured sets with smart apps and 3D. When the first 3D sets appeared, the feature was restricted to premium […]