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JAPAN: Greener TV panels from Panasonic’s big white box by the sea
You’ve probably never heard of Himeji: located about 100km west of Osaka, or about an hour and a half as the bus drives in the rain, this coastal city has the most visited castle in Japan, and for a while back in the 1930s was in danger of ...
The future of TV: talking tech with Sky's 3D guru
Sky’s 3D guru Chris Johns predicts big things for no-glasses Auto-3D screens, and explains why Sky is backing LG’s passive 3D TVs in the meantimeChris Johns, BSkyB's chief engineer responsible for 3D If 3D had a face it would look like Chris ...
3D or not 3D, that is the question: 2010 TV, hi-fi and AV sales figures revealed
Was 3D the hit the manufacturers wanted? How are music streaming products selling compared to classic hi-fi separates? Are we still going headphone crazy? Stand by for a snapshot of what has - and hasn't - caught the attention and loosened ...
JAPAN: research labs look way beyond 3D flatscreens for sound as well as vision
You may have been as amazed as we were to read about the plans for TV coverage should Japan win the 2022 FIFA World Cup; among the proposals was the suggestion that games could be transmitted to football stadiums around the world to be viewed as ...
Always looking for the NXT application
It's been almost two years since I visited NXT head office in Kowloon to find out what the company was up to, and discovered there's a lot more to it than just those early flat-panel speakers.And having kept in touch with developments out there ...
JAPAN: Could tumbling prices mean the big names' 3D strategy isn't going to plan?
So you thought 3D TV was all about bringing a more involving home cinema experience into the home? Think again: for the big names in consumer electronics, it was all about restoring some profitability into the TV market in the face of relentless ...
Vinyl turns tables as decks outsell CD players; 3D makes a slow start; receivers rule - 2010 UK CE sales revealed
Heavy snow, horror shootings, football upsets, new governments and gushing oil - 2010's been pretty eventful so far, but what consumer electronics products have we been tuning into - or tuning out of - the news with? The CE sales statistics ...
Toy Story 3 - laughs, tears, fears and technology firsts
"Mummy, I want to go home!" So piped up the under-five in front of me at yesterday's preview screening of Toy Story 3.What had perplexed the little fellow was not the movie - which hadn't even started - but the preceding, seat-shaking ...
Marantz 2010 - from budget hi-fi to 3D-ready universal Blu-ray players; the full range with pictures and prices
As our earlier news previewed, Marantz has unveiled its hi-fi and home cinema product launches for 2010. Highlights include media-streaming support, advanced iPod connectivity (10 products across the range can take a direct digital feed ...
A day spent at Arcam
It was a sunny day in Cambridgeshire, and I was on my way to visiting British hi-fi stalwart Arcam. The company had invited me to its lair, to see its research and UK manufacturing in action, as well as fill me in on the new raft of products with ...
