Home Cinema

New Xbox 360 consoles will be shipping with integrated Blu-ray drives during the third quarter of 2008, writes Dominic Dawes. There is no announcement from Microsoft as of yet, but reports suggest a company called Pegatron has secured orders ...

OK, so by now anyone who pays close attention to the Forums will know that we’ve been out and bought a receiver, just to bring you an Onkyo TX-SR606 review as soon as possible, writes Andrew Everard. It’s been running overnight, and ...

Virgin Media customers will shortly be able to access the BBC's iPlayer streaming TV-on-demand service via Virgin's cable TV network. Following a deal between Virgin and the BBC, Virgin customers will be able to catch up on the last ...

Apple is expected to announce today that it has signed an important deal with major movie studios to sell their movies on its popular online iTunes store. In news that will have DVD (and Blu-ray) disc manufacturers and retailers quaking, ...

It's here. You've got it, we've got it, and everyone's tired from playing the game, rather than doing less-important things like eat, sleep and work. So, here's my verdict on the most anticipated game in the history of ...

Sharp has announced its latest 2.1 home cinema in a box system, the HT-DV50H. From what we can see it's essentially a floorstanding version of the HT-DV40H, with two tallboy speakers rather than the small, horizontal standmounters used ...

Marantz has introduced its latest AV amp offerings - the AV8003 networking pre-amp/processor and MM8003 eight-channel power amplifier - and claims the feature-packed combo is an "ultimate-quality audio and video entertainment hub" ...

The What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision forums have been a hotbed (or at least a warm futon) lately of speculation regarding Freesat, the new satellite TV service. So it's good to be able to confirm at least one concrete detail: ...

Home cinema without the clutter – that's the promise from Sony with its new DAV-F200 2.1 Bravia system. The main control centre can be wall mounted, or placed on a shelf or desk. Virtual surround sound is provided courtesy of two ...

New from NAD is this 5 x 80w multichannel receiver, the £900 T755. The design brief was based around NAD's "Music First" philosophy that dictates that all the company's surround sound products have the same "warm, ...