7 days in HD: dare you enter the hi-def Tardis?

Oh, how time flies when you are having fun. It feels like a mere five days ago and not seven that we last posted our wonderful left-field look at HD.

Then we remembered it was, and that the last '7 Days' was posted late due to unforeseen circumstances (ie, we forgot).

So this week we've got something special for you: a '7 Days' that covers all the HD news of the last five days!! How's that for a bargain?

Confused? You will be, but not as much as you are when you read a certain other weekly jaunt into the land of mobile phones and unicorns…

As promised, here is the news...

Hi-def tardis

Before you read on, please click here for John Pertwee singing the Doctor Who song. Absolutely mental. Anyway, apparently the Tardis has had to get a complete makeover as the next season of Doctor Who is going to be shot in HD. This means that it will be more detailed than ever. Woohoo!

Blu-ray losing to downloads

A report from Reevo suggests that Blu-ray may well lose out to downloads because you have to eject the discs and that is seen as inconvenient. Not as inconvenient as waiting a day for a hi-def movie download to, er, download.

LG not stopping plasma production

Stop press! LG is not quitting its plasma production, despite one of its bigwigs alluding to the possibility that the company might due to how expensive plasma screens are to make. Ah, so life is still good at LG after all.

Kuro not dead – just taking a break

Pioneer's premium Kuro brand isn't dead, just resting itself ready for the big fight ahead. Pioneer has hinted that a resurrection could well happen soon, and it's not just talking about the events surrounding Easter.

Moto TouchZINE HD spotted?

Motorolla could well be making a phone capable of outputting Full HD. Then again, it might not be - as all we have is some dubious looking Photoshopped pics and a nice slathering of speculation.

Sony's Full HD Cyber-shot camera

Cameras aren't like they used to be in the old days, where all they were good for was taking still images. Now you can make full-on Full HD movies with them. Sony is the latest to jump on the high-definition bandwagon, with its new 1080p Cyber-shot camera.

And now on to the stuff we have labelled 'fun'

Hi-def howlers

This week's obscure objet d'art, which claims to be HD but really isn't, is a band. They come from Oklahoma and have called themselves The Hi-Def Howlers.

What sort of music do they play, we hear you cry? We'll let the band speak for themselves:

"The Hi-Def Howlers play a wide selection of pop, rock, and alterna-pop music from present-day radio hits to classics," explains their biog.

"Since April 1999 the band has been appearing at various Oklahoma City area clubs and establishments and has also performed at numerous area events."

So, there you go. They probably won't be playing Wembley any time soon, but they do have a rather nice selection of band T-shirts!

Swanni's Annual 'Best & Worst' HDTV List

Phillip Swann, the 'US high-definition guru' has posted some candid and quite harsh analysis of celebrities under the HD (lime)light. Here are some snippets of what he thinks celebs look like under the glare of HD…

Teri Hatcher: "Forehead is covered with bulging veins, making it look like a page from a AAA Road Map."

Demi Moore: "Skin is extremely coarse and leathery. She also has those tell-tale wrinkles around her lips, suggesting she's a chain-smoker."

Donald Trump: "Haven't seen fatter cheeks since before Oprah went on a diet."

George W Bush: "The president's face was haggard and coarse, as if the entire weight of the world was on his shoulders."

Clint Eastwood: "Clint's face looks like his first TV show: Rawhide!"

Amish TV stands

Yup, you heard it here first, the latest craze to come out of America is TV furniture made by the Amish.

The Amish Showroom is reportedly one of the biggest makers of wood-based furnishings for your hi-def plasma screens.

And the reason:

- They OWN hundreds of wooded acres in the Richard Dorer hardwood forest.

- They OWN a residential construction company, with Amish Framing Crews, and can provide you with the "know how" to help try and get Amish furniture into your home.

- And they DO NOT operate a 'web store only' business.

Good to know and not bad considering the Amish religion means its followers resist the adoption of many modern conveniences.

If a plasma TV isn't a 'modern convenience', then we don't know what is!