LG‘s upcoming OLED TV panel measures 55 inches and comes with a contrast ratio of over 100,000:1, the company has announced.

The panel is also just 5 mm thin and has a color gamut that is “wider” than that produced by LCD panels. All of these characteristics make it a candidate for bringing OLED TV technology to the masses in a market that’s still dominated by LCDs.

“Although OLED technology is seen as the future of TV display, the technology has been limited to smaller display sizes and by high costs, until now. LG Display’s 55-inch OLED TV panel has overcome these barriers,” said Sang Beom Han, CEO and Executive Vice President of LG Display.

Of course, we’ll hear more of this panel at the next CES, along with those WiDi-supporting CINEMA 3D Smart TVs LG has announced earlier this month.

[via mashable]

Even the British occasionally have to change with the times. Following a study stating that 80 percent of all web video is now compatible with HTML5, the BBC has formally adopted the standard for videos on the desktop and mobile versions of its website. The full roll-out across BBC.com follows a pilot program in which the broadcaster tested HTML5 on the the Health section of the site. According to Electronista, the BBC has been working with HTML5 delivery systems throughout 2011 to build its iPlayer apps for the iOS. In other news, the BBC has just texted Flash and said it’s totally open to staying friends and meeting up for coffee sometime.

(via: geekgossips.com)

The boy wizard’s final film adventure, Harry Potter an the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, has raked in $126million (£78million) in takings since it opened in dozens of countries on Wednesday.

It has broken the record for midnight screenings in the U.S. and Canada with $43.5million (£27million) – setting the stage for a massive weekend debut.

As initial reports suggest that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 has taken a record $80million at the box-office in one day, here are the five biggest single days at the box-office:

1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon – $72,703,754
2. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – $68,533,840
3. The Dark Knight – $67,165,092
4. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – $62,016,476
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – $61,684,550

Initial reports on Friday’s North American takings suggested it had made a further $40million (£25million), thereby passing the $80million (£50million) barrier and making it the most profitable day in Hollywood history.

Outside the U.S., the sequel has sold $82.5million (£51million) in tickets since Wednesday, when it opened in dozens of countries, distributor Warner Bros said on Friday.

It has already broken records in Australia, Italy and Sweden and France for having the biggest opening day in history.

Box office analysts now predict that U.S. and Canadian ticket sales for the three-day weekend will hit $125million to $150million (£77million to £93million), but with the midnight record that range could be low.

Even if the box office total hits that forecast, it would be the highest-grossing Harry Potter debut and put the movie within striking distance of the biggest opening weekend ever.

That record belongs to the 2008 Batman movie The Dark Knight, which collected $158.4million (£98.2million) in its initial three-days. Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is the eighth and final film in the Harry Potter franchise and the first in 3D.

The earlier films have generated more than $6.4billion (£4billion) in ticket sales since the first movie a decade ago, plus billions more from DVDs and merchandise. The films are based on novels by British author J.K. Rowling.

The record-holder for any of the eight Potter films so far is the first in the franchise, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which has amassed $974.8million (£604.8million) globally.

Loyal fans eager to say farewell are expected to drive big numbers for the conclusion of the battle between good and evil in a fantasy world of witchcraft.

Film-goers, some sporting Potter-inspired costumes, queued at cinemas for the first showings and events coordinated with screenings.

Many early screenings were sold out before the movie had even opened.

(source dailymail)

The censor board recently found that the movie has some inappropriate language used and warned the theatre owners to pull down the movie from showing. But if the theatre owners didn’t pull it off so the police has seized the movie reels and have suggested that if some of the bad languages will be removed from the reel then they might allow them to run the movie again in the theatre.

If the theatre will continue to show the movie without giving any priorities to the warning from the censor board and the police then the theatre owner might have to pay either NRs. 10,000.00 or jailed for a year. The movie was released in Kathmandu and Pokhara Valley.

I was thinking to post the list some of the best tweepies from Nepal who must be followed in twitter and suddenly one of my friend posted the top 10 Nepalses you should follow if you’re into technology, so I am sharing the list here also with some additions to it. Thanks Swapnil

So here are the list of people you should follow on twitter.

*List in alphabetical order

Alok Thapa @aa1ok

Anjan Shrestha @anjhero

Ashma Aryal @azm002

Deep Sherchan @bexdeep

Bibek Shrestha @bibstha

Freddie Benjamin @freddie_b

Geshan Manandhar @geshan

Kailash Gyawali @iklash

Prashant Khanal @ipras

Bhupendra Khanal @leplan

Mahésh Shrestha @maheshcha

Manoj Chandi Shrestha @manojchandi

Ram Krishna Wagle @rkwagle

Swapnil Acharya @schwafnil

If you feel that you should be in this list, please comment on this post with your twitter link, it will be reviewed and the list will be updated again.