The problem with buying gadgets is that they're bound to be obsolete at some point. But, as Laptop Mag's Avram Piltch explains, that point is way sooner for some things than others. Here are 10 gadgets you should avoid like the plague right now, however tempting they might seem: Read More >

We assumed the gorgeous 8K ultra-HDTVs we saw at CES this year were years away. But Japan's NHK has just completed the first over-the-air broadcast of a 7680x4320 signal using UHF frequencies—just when you'd finished paying off your giant HDTV display. Read More >

So far, the best thing you could say about Ikea's media centre-TV centaur was that it came with an appropriately quirky introductory video. But GigaOm's got some actual, you know, details about the Uppleva. And they're looking very, very appealing. Read More >

Reports coming out of Japan make good reading for those still waiting for OLED tech to hit the TV market in reasonable numbers and for reasonable prices, with Panasonic and Sony said to be considering a joint venture to mass produce OLED sets. Read More >

Remember when Foxconn got loose lips and started popping off about a certain Apple HDTV that's in development? Seems like someone at Apple put the fear of god into its manufacturing partner, because all of a sudden, Foxconn is claiming that they had "neither confirmed, nor speculated" about any such thing. Yeah, OK. Read More >

When we saw the gorgeous Samsung Super OLED TV at CES, we were stunned. We wanted it in our living room. We thought about stealing it. We wanted to buy it but turns out, we can't afford it. It's going to cost around £5,500. Read More >

Meet the Bang & Olufsen BeoPlay V1. It’s the Danish ultra-premium electronics manufacturer’s latest foray into affordable TVs. When I say “affordable”, the 32-inch model is still a whopping £2000, so maybe affordable isn’t the right word. But the V1 range has a neat Apple-loving trick up its sleeve – it’ll swallow an Apple TV whole, turning it into the world’s first Apple HDTV, of sorts. Read More >

We thought Sharp's eye-skewering, 85-inch 8k TV ad CES was an act of Zeus. It literally made us nauseous, it looked so good. But that's nothing, as of right now: Panasonic just dropped a 145-inch 7,680 x 4,320 mega-set. Read More >

Philips may have been a household TV name in the 90s and 2000s, and its 21:9 cinema screens recently made some noise in the UK, but now Philips is out; it’s handing over the reins to Hong Kong-based TPV Technology for Philips TVs in name-only. Read More >

You’ve just won the lottery and you’ve got a spare £600,000-odd burning a whole in your pocket; what do you spend it on when you’ve already got a Bugatti Veyron, a penthouse in Kensington, and a yacht bigger than my house? How about an absolutely massive TV? Panasonic’s commercial 4k2k, 152-inch monster plasma screen is now on sale to regular consumers in the UK, courtesy of the new technology section of Harrods. Read More >

You can go on and on about how great the flatscreen TV in your home theater is, but I guarantee it won't hold a candle to the image, brightness, and colour quality of Dolby's £26,000-odd reference monitor. Read More >

The tablet revolution is well underway, and it won’t be long before we’re all saying things like: “Is that your tablet or my tablet?” and “Oh, I appear to have sat on your tablet and broke it. Here – have my spare one”. Read More >

Over a year ago we argued that the "smart" part of Smart TVs — the apps, the connectivity, the widgets — is useless. Unwanted. Turns out we weren't alone. Everyone really does just want a dumb TV. Read More >

We're already pretty much in love with OLED displays, but besides stunning picture quality and low power consumption, when they were first introduced it was promised that one day OLED panels could be actually printed. And that day has finally come. Read More >

When companies announced their latest models last month, the future of television looked good and bright and true. Apparently it's also really freaking expensive. Read More >