NBN Co reveals details of Multicast offering

NBN Co has revealed details of its planned multicast service that will enable ISPs to deliver bandwidth intensive content destined for multiple users (typically video) as a single data stream to the NBN rather than replicating that data stream for each individual customer.
 

Samsung’s new Smart TV: iPad 2 smart?

Samsung’s new “Smart TV” range for 2011 puts a ton of computing smarts into what was once just a basic flat panel, building in as standard what once took a separate PC or advanced set-top box, with even 3D models and glasses very nicely improving over last year’s latest and greatest.
 

Kogan cuts JB Hi-Fi ‘cable con’ with free HDMI cable giveaway

If you’ve purchased a TV from JB Hi-Fi anytime in 2011, Ruslan Kogan wants to give you a free HDMI cable to “expose” the cable con which sees HDMI cables that should cost less than $10 selling for up to $199 in traditional retail.
 

Mirror, mirror on the HDTV wall, the iPad 2 can do it all!

At long last, the iPad 2 has ceased being a rumour and has become reality at last, with a range of rumours coming true and surprises like full mirroring of what’s on the iPad 2’s screen finally being able to be sent to an HDTV, albeit via an add-on HDMI connector, giving plenty of great reasons spurn the droids and plonk down the cash for an iUpgrade iNstead!
 

Jobs launches new Apple TV – a new reali-tv?

It’s that time of the year again, with Apple launching a new Apple TV, new iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, iPod Touch, a new social-music-network-aware iTunes 10 and the new iOS 4.1 with several bug fixes, all available either now, within the week or in the Apple TV’s case, by month’s end.
 

FOX Sports exclusive Live 3D sports channel in your face

Fox Sports is aiming to make Australian television history with a dedicated live sports broadcast of the Socceroos’ last home match before the 2010 FIFA World Cup, all in HD 3D.
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Elgato Netstream shares the TV love

I've been a fan of Elgato's EyeTV family for some time, and the Netstream networked tuner appears to be a worthy addition.
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Who wastes £52 billion a year on gadgets they don't use?

A new study suggests that your average Brit spends just over £3,000 each, every year, on gadgets. But that's not the half of it...
 

Super-DVD 5D disc is 5 to 10 years away… meh

All the brouhaha about Blu-ray needing to watch out because researchers have created a disc that can store 1.6TB of data today (and 10TB to come) is a bit of a load of bollocks, with the technology up to a decade away from commercialisation and even 10TB due to look teensy-weensy by then.
 

Incensed Freeview says existing plasma and LCD TVs OK

Claiming that the Melbourne Herald Sun newspaper had misled Australians in a report on Monday that claimed millions of plasma and LCD televisions would become obsolete from 1 May, 2009 due to changes in the way broadcasters transmit,  a seething free-to-air TV broadcasters' body Freeview has issued a statement to sooth the frayed nerves of consumers.
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