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British regulators move to quiet obnoxiously loud commercials {Engadget HD}
May 13th 2008 4:46PM Thank god!
Paramount Comedy Channel is terrible for this,
Good thing is, this might actually happen. The TV regulators in this country do seem to have teeth. Thats why normal commercial TV is watchable in the UK unlike the US. Ad breaks every 6 minutes is horrible, it'd drive me mad!
Blu-ray releases on April 1st, 2008 {Engadget HD}
Mar 31st 2008 2:14PM They mentioned this releases are in AVC, I wish studios would use VC-1 a bit more, I just think it looks better.
Sky One ponies up the cash for HD drama {Engadget HD}
Mar 21st 2008 6:28AM "We Americans may think it's cute or quaint to read about "progammes" and "colours," "
I do hate to have to point this out, but the language is ENGLISH, and unsurprisingly the ENGLISH know how to use it! That is how you spell those words, not how you Yanks spell it.
But yes I agree with the above poster, do you always have to start pointing out differences, and just get on with the news.
Just 5% of Europe's HDTV owners watch HD programming {Engadget HD}
Mar 5th 2008 6:38PM Agreed,
But I think there is another reason. We in the UK had a much better starting point than the American's. PAL looks infinitely better than NTSC, which I once saw referred to as Never The Same Colour (note the spelling ;) )
While HD is a huge jump over both systems, PAL is easier to live with than NTSC.
What we really need (in the UK anyway) is for the 'big 5' to launch HD simulcasts, now. Then get rid of that 10 charge from Sky.
If it was mentioned enough "also on HD" like the BBC are advertising the iPlayer at the moment, then it'd take off quick enough.
Toshiba giving away HD DVD players with LCD TV purchase... in Australia {Engadget HD}
Dec 22nd 2007 10:21AM ....and in the UK, I've just seen Tesco in Perivale (West London) giving away a tall pile of HD-DVD players away with Toshiba LCD TV's.
Pete.
Senator pushes for expansion of "V-chip" video censorship technology {Engadget HD}
Aug 5th 2007 6:53PM Leader of the free world? Not really possible if you don't have a free society in the first place.
TiVo announces most-watched commercials service {Engadget HD}
Jul 16th 2007 6:57PM Don't you think this is a bit of a civil liberties issue?
I'm sorry American's, I know you guys seem to like giving up freedoms, but giving over info of exactly what you watch on TV won't stop terrorism.
BBC, ITV to launch free satellite HDTV in UK by 2008 {Engadget HD}
Apr 29th 2007 5:23AM "Hmm, that's an interesting version of "free," must be the British spelling."
NOTHING in this world is free. Difference is in Britain we are up front about it.
Planet Earth coming to Discovery HD Theater in March {Engadget HD}
Jan 13th 2007 8:56AM As someone living in the UK, with access to the BBC's HD trial channel, I can tell you American's you are in for a treat, it is a simply stunning series. The BBC at their best.
LCD-TVs to surpass CRTs by 2009 {Engadget HD}
Jun 6th 2006 6:50PM Been into a few electrical retailers lately in the UK (looking to buy an LCD soon), and there are barely any CRT's! Some shops don't have any, I don't remember seeing a CRT in John Lewis on Oxford St.
