According to the latest figures from Ofcom, over 18 million British homes now have at least one television connected to a digital receiver.
Personal video recorders, which combine a Freeview digital tuner with the ability to pause, rewind and record live television, are especially popular, with one million devices being sold from January to march 2009 alone.
The Telegraph report that there are now almost nine million PVRs in UK homes, five million of which are Sky+ boxes, 2.6 million are Freeview recorders, and the rest are comprised of BT Vision, Virgin Media V+ and Top Up TV set-top boxes.
It means that most homes in the UK are ready for the digital switch over in 2012 and several areas of the country have already had their analogue service disconnected and are now digital-only.
Are you part of the 90% who have already made the switch over or are you still holding on to the traditional analogue??
If you are up-to-date then the new digital TV channels can look pretty impressive on an LCD or Plasma Television, particularly if its in HD.
AJ Electronics retail a full range of Plasma and LCD Televisions, for the full range please click here.
The US International Trade Commission has ruled that some Sharp LCD displays violate a patent owned by Samsung and should be banned from being imported into the US.
Samsung and Sharp, have been fighting in the U.S. and Japan over patented technology for LCD displays for a while now. Earlier this month, a trade judge said Samsung TVs, monitors and professional displays infringe four Sharp patents and recommended Samsung TVs also be banned from the U.S.
On the 24th Of June the U.S. International Trade Commission said the ITC said unlicensed Sharp LCD devices, including display panels and modules, and LCD televisions made overseas that use Samsung’s patented invention should be banned from the U.S.
Of course in the UK at AJ electronics we have a wide range of Samsung LCD TV’s with huge savings £360 off! this 40 inch Samsung LCD 1080p TV is just one example.
With the sun out and Glastonbury at the weekend, festival season is officially here. So are you packed and ready to go? If not we have put together our top 5 essential gadgets you’ll need to have a great time this Summer!
1. Despite having plenty of bands to listen to it is important to have some music for the journey and during the intervals. So why not invest in an Apple iPod, you will be able to store all your music in one place and listen to it at your leisure.
2. Now you’ve got your iPod you’ll need a speaker system to listen to it on, the Logic3 IP102B – i-Station Traveller is perfect for this. You will be able to share your music and have your own little disco inbetween the music.
3. Seeing all your favourite bands and spending quality time with your friends are memories you’ll want to keep forever. So a digital camera is an essential item, the Canon IXUS95 IS ideal but here at AJ Electronics we offer a wide variety to cater to all tastes.
4. As well as capturing still images of all the action why not also take along a Video camera to capture all your funny moments on film, like this Samsung HMX-H104BP Full HD SSD Camcorder.
5. Another good way to keep entertained when the rain comes, or when you’ve had enough raving is to watch DVDs on a Sony DVPFX875B Portable Player. Just make sure you remember some DVDs to watch!
All of these products are available at AJ Electronics, so why not order yours today ready for Glastonbury.
If you thought AJ Electronics only retail technological goods you would be wrong, we also offer domestic appliances from fridge/freezers to juicers.
This image above is a Samsung H Series RSH1DBRS American Style Fridge Freezer. It includes a twin cooling system and a tall water & ice dispenser, as well as being a very good looking appliance.
As well as a full range of fridge/freezers AJ Electronics also retails a variety of irons, toasters, kettles and blenders.
AJ Electronics offers free delivery on all of our products, so why not treat yourself today!
The digital photo frame is a product that is becoming increasingly popular in households, I know that each member of my family has at least one and so have a number of my friends.
The frame enables you to view all of the photos on your camera memory in a slideshow format. This is certainly easier and less time consuming than printing pictures and individually putting them into a photo album.
All you have to do is insert your digital camera memory card in to the frame and watch all of your fabulous summer pictures go by.
Ideal for your Summer holidays, weddings and barbecues!
Some of the more advanced digital photo frames can even hold and view videos with sound, so what are you waiting for?!!
AJ Electronics offer a range of Memoire and Phillips digital photo frames, for full details of these great products please visit our website.
Apple has put up a new warning notice on their support pages to companies who are hoping to use its iTunes music software as a selling point.
The statement says: “Apple is aware that some third-parties claim that their digital media players are able to sync with Apple software. However, Apple does not provide support for, or test for compatibility with, non-Apple digital media players and, because software changes over time, newer versions of Apple’s iTunes software may no longer provide syncing functionality with non-Apple digital media players”.
This notice is clearly aimed at Palm’s recent public push to let new users know that they can use iTunes to sync their music to the new Palm Pre. Apple could affect future syncing if they decide to make a more aggressive move to block such third-party digital media players.
Both BlackBerry and MP3 player maker Creative have used the power and appeal of Apple’s iTunes to sell their multimedia and allow people to switch away from Apple.
It is not clear at this stage if Apple is planning to take any further action than just this warning, but watch this space!
Here at AJ Electronics we offer a full range of Apple iPods that do work legally with iTunes, for the full product range please click here.
At the recent E3 Trade Show, Microsoft announced the newest version of their media player the Zune HD and shock horror its actually quite good!
The latest Zune features an OLED display which according to those who have seen it is a gorgeous display. The specs in brief, are: 3.3-inch, 480 x 272 OLED capacitive touchscreen display, built-in HD Radio receiver, HD output.
The HD output will require a new docking station and Microsoft have announced integration into the XBOX – and with the Xbox Microsoft has a delivery system that could rival the ITunes store – if developers develop for the Zune HD.
Gizmodo have some Video of the Zune HD in action.
No news as yet about a UK launch but the Zune HD looks like it could be much more successful that the original Zune.
So you have your new bucket and spade, digital camera and the suntan lotion but what about a new IPod to take on holiday to while away the hours on the train or plane listening to your music or podcast?
AJ Electronics have the full range of iPods from the iPod Touch to the iPod Shuffle, here are just some of our latest offers with substantial savings on most of the iPod Range.
We also have a range of iPod Accessories including FireWire cables, iPod Docks and iPod cases available.
With holidays around the corner, a digital camera is an essential summer buy, after all you don’t want to be missing classic snaps such as your Aunty falling in to the pool.
AJ Electronics offer a wide range of digital camera to suit everyones wants and needs.
Our selection includes Panasonic, Canon and Nikon cameras of the highest quality that will provide you with beautiful snapshots during these Summer months, as long as you use it correctly of course!
Whether it’s a waterproof camera you’re after or a stylish digital camera that will impress your friends and family, we have it all.
For AJ Electronics full range of digital cameras, please visit the product page.
Apple’s new web browser, Safafi 4 is claimed to be 4.5 times faster than Safari 3 and packed with a host of new features to making websites more accessible.
Safari 4 can load HTML web pages more than three times faster than IE 8 and three times faster than Firefox 3. It also includes HTML 5 support for offline technologies, support for advanced CSS Effects and is the first browser to pass the Web Standards Project’s Acid3 test, a test to see if it renders pages properly on your screen.
As well as all this, Safari 4 also packs Top Sites for a ‘visual preview’ of frequently visited and favorite pages, a full history search, Cover Flow-style browsing of bookmarks, Smart Address Fields to help with searches and Search Fields for fine tuning the very same and Full Page Zoom.
The browser is available to download now for both Mac and Windows, with a 64-bit version offered with Snow Leopard later this year, bumping up performance by up to 50% more.
Safari 4 is accessible on the ipod touch, for AJ Electronics full Apple range, please click here.
