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Makers of fine novelty TVs, HannSpree, has updated its line with the musically-inspired HannsVass LCD TV. The new TV makes up part of the Style range, whose design has been inspired by the look of the cello.

Alongside its curvy sides, this 15in TV is clad in black walnut wood with a polished lacquer finish. The controls are situated on top so as not to ruin its good looks. That said, this is a fairly basic TV dolled up in a nice set of designer clothes.

The resolution is 1024 x 768 but response time is just 16ms so expect some blurring during fast moving content. While performance is not its strongpoint, if you want something very different for a second TV then this is the way to go. Just have £400 ready to go.

You can see more in the Style range here.-Martin Lynch

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Sharp might have snatched up a lot of the headlines by squeezing out a few extra TV inches, and from LCD too, but there were plenty of other massive HDTVs on show. LG showed off its 100in LCD which came out in Q1 last year but had been the biggest LCD TV until Sharp‘s CES 2007 monster.

Samsung (above) showed off its existing 102in plasma which is still pretty as a picture and has fantastic colour reproduction. Panasonic had its 103in plasma screen on show, while Sony settled for showing off an 82in Bravia HDTV 1080p prototype featuring some new colour processing technology called x.v. Colour Processing. See the TV prototype and the spec sheet after the jump along with some of the other runner-ups.

Not that I wouldn’t chop off a friend’s finger to have any of them.-Martin Lynch

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You know you’ve reached a certain status of wealth in your life when the cost of a Bang & Olufsen TV – or a B&O anything really - doesn’t make you laugh out loud.

Meet it’s forthcoming addition, the 26in BeoCenter 6-26 LCD TV, sporting some sleek looks, an in-built Freeview TV tuner as well as FM and DAB radio tuners. It uses B&O’s VisionClear display technology for boosting contrast on its high-glare screen with anti-reflective coating. Response time is 6ms (which is fast) and there are powerful two-way speakers, with room to hook up an optional digital surround sound module. Apart from nice lines it comes in a variety of colours including aluminium, silver, black, dark grey, red and blue.

There’s a 23in version of this that was announced a few months back and, as far as I can see, there’s nothing new on show here except for one glaring omission. This TV is NOT HD Ready. There are no HDMI inputs.

I could splutter on about the stupidity of this these days but what’s the point? Maybe the £3,000+ price tag doesn’t entitle you to one.-Martin Lynch

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So maybe you can’t afford that spankin’ new HDTV that was recently announced or perhaps you’ve already blown your entire life savings on a massive DLP set. Well, here’s the next best thing. Just cut a hole in your wall and lodge your DLP/CRT right in. It’s not the route we’d take, but if you’re low on cash and have a sledgehammer handy, it’s definitely the cheapest.

Click through for the “behind the scenes” comparison.

– Louis Ramirez

Break Your Walls to Make a LCD TV [via Gizmo Watch]

So maybe you can’t afford that spankin’ new HDTV that was recently announced or perhaps you’ve already blown your entire life savings on a massive DLP set. Well, here’s the next best thing. Just cut a hole in your wall and lodge your DLP/CRT right in. It’s not the route we’d take, but if you’re low on cash and have a sledgehammer handy, it’s definitely the cheapest.

Click through for the “behind the scenes” comparison.

– Louis Ramirez

Break Your Walls to Make a LCD TV [via Gizmo Watch]

So maybe you can’t afford that spankin’ new HDTV that was recently announced or perhaps you’ve already blown your entire life savings on a massive DLP set. Well, here’s the next best thing. Just cut a hole in your wall and lodge your DLP/CRT right in. It’s not the route we’d take, but if you’re low on cash and have a sledgehammer handy, it’s definitely the cheapest.

Click through for the “behind the scenes” comparison.

– Louis Ramirez

Break Your Walls to Make a LCD TV [via Gizmo Watch]

So maybe you can’t afford that spankin’ new HDTV that was recently announced or perhaps you’ve already blown your entire life savings on a massive DLP set. Well, here’s the next best thing. Just cut a hole in your wall and lodge your DLP/CRT right in. It’s not the route we’d take, but if you’re low on cash and have a sledgehammer handy, it’s definitely the cheapest.

Click through for the “behind the scenes” comparison.

– Louis Ramirez

Break Your Walls to Make a LCD TV [via Gizmo Watch]

So maybe you can’t afford that spankin’ new HDTV that was recently announced or perhaps you’ve already blown your entire life savings on a massive DLP set. Well, here’s the next best thing. Just cut a hole in your wall and lodge your DLP/CRT right in. It’s not the route we’d take, but if you’re low on cash and have a sledgehammer handy, it’s definitely the cheapest.

Click through for the “behind the scenes” comparison.

– Louis Ramirez

Break Your Walls to Make a LCD TV [via Gizmo Watch]

We were giddy to hear Ambilight was getting the 1080p treatment, and we’re likewise happy to hear that here are some bigger sets from Philips packing the same 1920 by 1080 pixel count. The new 47-inch LCD and 63-inch plasma both rock Philips Pixel Plus generation 3 tech, upgraded to 3HD spec. I have no idea what that means, but I know that Pixel Plus “makes shit look good.” It smoothes out the picture, removing noise and artifacts. Sounds like it would make things blurry, but no, I like it.

The model names are really stupid, though: 47PF9441D and 63PF9631D. I’ve seen sexier serial numbers. Like that time when that MP3 player had all those 0s and 8s. Curvy…Anyhow, both sets have HDMI intputs, and the plasma does photo and mp3 playback from USB.
$3k for the LCD, and $6k for the plasma.

Looks good, but if I were to buy a Philips TV, I’d make sure it had ambilight like the 1080p we talked about before. –Brian Lam

CES 2007: Philips LCD TV Finally hits 1080p HD [Gizmodo]

Noel Edmunds is about to kick Santa’s ass this Christmas. Love or hate/loathe/dislike/despise/abhor/detest/scorn him, the board game based on the hit Channel 4 TV series is set to dominate UK living rooms, according to the Christmas hot list from Toys R Us. The hairy one in the bad sweaters will be up against stiff…