Home Cinema

You tend to discover a lot when you tour the product showrooms of major consumer electronics companies, and LG's,  housed in its impressive Twin Towers HQ building here in Seoul, was no exception.Here we saw the 2008 Emmy awarded to company ...

 Many of the tempting technological marvels we encounter promise a life-enhancing effect. But few of the little beauties qualify as life-changing – yet that’s exactly what home cinema projectors have done for me. Before I run the risk of ...

I finally got round to replacing my DVD player with a Blu-ray player this weekend, and boy has it been a revelation. Yes, of course I've seen numerous demonstrations of Blu-ray in our test rooms at work, but there's nothing quite like having one ...

With the regular work I now do on the gaming side of The Leisure Lab, I'm lucky enough to get occasional invites to see upcoming console releases. Yesterday was a bumber day in that regard, as I got to spend some time with Eidos' Tomb Raider: ...

We had the Sony people in the other day, bringing the new STR-DA2400ES receiver. And while we haven't got round to giving the thing the full test workout - we don't do listening or viewing with the proud (and slightly nervous) 'parents' looking ...

As a gamer as well as a home cinema and hi-fi fan, it didn't take much persuading for me to stay at the office a bit late last night to watch the live feed of Microsoft's press conference at E3. Microsoft's policy tends to be to concentrate on ...

 After a slow start, sales of PlayStation 3 have finally reached the numbers that Sony would like. In Japan last week, sales of PS3 overtook those of Nintendo’s Wii for the first time due in no small part to the arrival of Metal Gear Solid 4 ...

Panasonic showed its new Blu-ray range at Abbey Road studios last night, alongside a full range of Freesat TVs, a new AV amp and a preview of the first ever Disney Blu-ray release with BD Live functions. Introducing the new range of ...

After the huge success of the iPlayer, the BBC has confirmed plans to make every episode of every single programme ever broadcast on the BBC, available to view online. The content will be available either via the iPlayer, via ...

Sony's NAS-S55HDE GigaJuke We've just had a private tour round Sony's Weybridge HQ and a sneak look at some of the new products heading to the UK in the coming months, including more TVs, Blu-ray home cinema in a box systems and ...