Samsung ups the ante in the HD TV battle, turning on 240Hz Blue Phase LCDs. Read on for the lowdown on Blue Phase.

While Samsung, LG, Toshiba and others pump LED TVs, Sony rolls out another big hitter – the Bravia XBR9.

The 240Hz TV isn’t the only thing coming to home cinema in 2009. Onboard Internet looks set to be the next big trend in flat screens with Toshiba and Samsung jumping onboard.

We knew CES was big, but Sony’s CES display in Las Vegas this week is bordering on the ridiculous. See our photos.

It seems like LCD will take all the TV glory from plasma in 2009 with features like LED backlighting and 240Hz right? Here’s why you shouldn’t write-off plasma, the big daddy of home theatre.

Samsung followed the trend for brighter, lighter and thinner by unveiling their new range of LED TVs for 2009.

It's easy to treat buying a television as a numbers game, but the truth is that most of the figures on a TV spec sheet are so rubbery as to be meaningless. Refresh rates are an exception to the rule, although this is changing.

And we’re gearing up for more HD TVs, laptops, cameras, wireless devices that Las Vegas and CES 2009 can throw at us. Yes, we’re going to Vegas.

Nick Ross is on the show floor in the Thunderdome of component-land - Taipei. Check out the pics.