Home Cinema
In detail: Onkyo's budget 2011 multichannel receiver range
Onkyo has just announced its 2011 range of budget multichannel receivers, as we've reported in news, so here in more detail are the pictures and tech specs for you to ponder over.All models except the entry-level TX-SR309 are network-capable, ...
ISE 2011: The art of projector screens
More news from the ‘sad-but-true’ department: despite the burgeoning popularity of home cinema projectors, consumers don’t pay anything like as much attention to the screen they’re projecting onto as they do to all the other aspects of their home ...
Diary of a Blu-ray virgin
John's got himself a shiny new Sony TVAs many of you know, I'm not a huge fan of (waggles fingers) "Home Cinema". Don't get me wrong, I love the movies. I used to watch three or four a week without fail, I review films for a local free rag and ...
Foehn and who? Hands-on with Ebuyer's £60 Blu-ray player
Day oneForum member Garth Man posts a find. A multiregion Blu-ray player, selling for just £57.99. We follow the link, have a quick look at the Foehn & Hirsch BD2101, and within an hour someone with more credit limit than sense – ie me – ...
CEDIA Awards 2010 - Dream cinema systems at land or sea!
Always dreaming about the ultimate AV or hi-fi system you'll have one day - maybe even in your lottery-win yacht? Read on! We brought you news yesterday of the 2010 CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association) Awards, which ...
I remember when... DVD arrived in the UK (June 1997)
Thomson isn't a manufacturer we encounter too often these days, but back when a DVD player was as coveted as a Steve Jobs creation on launch day, the French company led the way on our shores. Having eagerly previewed DVD since its Japanese ...
Cambridge Audio Azur 650BD: multichannel music and multiregion modification
Now the review of the Cambridge Audio Azur 650BD 'universal' Blu-ray player is online, time to add an update on what I've been up to with the player. I've had a second sample of the machine for some time now, working towards a review in the June ...
Protecting family values with filter chips
Can't help feeling we've been here before – most DVD and Blu-ray players come with parental locks, allowing their use to be limited according to film ratings, Sky asks you for a PIN if you try to watch certain movie material during the day, and ...
The new Onkyos: more products, more pictures
As announced in our news section, Onkyo has a whole new range of home cinema products on the way in the next couple of months, with facilities including HDMI 1.4 for 3D passthrough and Audio Return Channel, upscaling and a stack of Audyssey ...
I remember when... VHS took on Betamax (May 1978)
Blu-ray vs HD-DVD and MiniDisc vs MP3 remain fresh in the memory, but for the biggest format battle of them all you need to go back to the late 1970s. Having had little competition for its professional U-Matic video cassette player, Sony had ...
