Blogs

There's an unwritten rule in organising press events: Never let the engineers do the presentation.          Too many times I've sat through endless sets of PowerPoint slides as the R&D people ...

The countdown to the 2012 Bristol Sound & Vision Show, organised by Audio T in association with Sevenoaks and What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision, has begun. The show opens at 10am on Friday, February 24th and runs until 5pm on Sunday, February ...

After the US launch of its 2012 TVs at CES last month, Panasonic has unveiled the new sets we will see in the UK this year.A new flagship plasma, larger LED-backlit LCD TVs and its first passive 3D models join the line-up, which include six ...

Welcome back to another week of HD and 3D films, TV shows, sports and Blu-ray releases.  While last week was Grammys and Baftas, this week concludes the awards season with the Brit Awards and the Oscars. We can all probably predict the ...

We're at Sony's Tokyo HQ all this week, getting the inside info on the company's TV strategy, forthcoming 2012 TV range and other new products heading to the UK later this year.Some of what we're being shown is so secret it's covered by a ...

Sony has committed itself to focusing on picture quality as the No.1 priority in developing its 2012 TVs.The shift in focus follows research by the Japanese electronics giant, which is putting picture and sound quality back at the heart of its TV ...

Welcome back to another week of HD and 3D films, TV shows, sports and Blu-ray releases.Last night was a big night for film and music alike, with both the BAFTA Film Awards and the Grammy Awards taking place. Whitney Houston tributes poured in at ...

Disc of the month     Super 8: fine film-making and superb sound    Super 8 | Blu-ray | *****    Given Hollywood’s current enthusiasm for low-risk productions, it should be no surprise that so ...

With sales of hi-fi and AV separates hitting a 20-year low (of which more later), manufacturers and retailers of quality kit are certainly facing some challenges. However, powered by their passion for better-quality sound and vision, they're ...

(...Or 'How Japan's consumer electronics companies went from masters of the TV universe to "Holy s—, now what?"') Just about three months ago I wrote a blog post about the fears being expressed that 'Made in Japan' was proving unsustainably ...