Shows and launches
Sony Blu-ray players 2013 – full details, pictures, prices, release dates
Carrying on with our Sony coverage, here's information on the new Sony Blu-ray players for 2013 launched at CES.BDP-S1100 £80 (available February) 1080p playback Smart functionality Front USB HD Audio decoding Triluminos colour BDP-S3100 ...
CES 2013: Latest news on TVs, speakers, hi-fi and home cinema kit from this year's CES
CES 2013: If you want to know what the year in consumer electronics is set to hold, there’s only one place to be in January, and that’s the Las Vegas Convention Centre for CES 2013, the world's largest consumer electronics ...
CES 2013: Sharp 2013 TV ranges - details, specs, prices, release dates
Now we’ve had some more time to process all the information on Sharp's new 2013 TVs, here’s a rundown of the all the sizes, prices and key features for all the models...Sharp 8 Series TVs LC-60LE857K, 60in, $2999, available March (UK pricing tbc) ...
Loewe at IFA2012: Any colour you like
When Loewe talks about ‘individual design’ the company has a definite idea in mind. The German manufacturer, for a long time a byword for premium-priced TV luxury, today used its IFA2012 press conference to reaffirm its philosophy.While the other ...
'A perfect time to hang a large bus off the edge of a building in a seaside town'
Took a day out yesterday – yes, I know, but the weather was too good to miss – to combine a visit to the South Coast with the opportunity to indulge my passion for The Italian Job.Before we go any further, let's just make it clear we're talking ...
YouView: Hands-on with the Humax DTR-T1000 YouView box
The long-awaited YouView platform was finally launched today, with the Humax DTR-T1000 unveiled as the first - and, currently, only - YouView set-top box.We grabbed some hands-on time with the box, due on sale later this month for £299, this ...
Boston Acoustics, Denon and Marantz unleash a deluge of streaming
Almost there now, people – the last part of this report from the D+M Group event in Valencia is all about music of the streaming variety. Which is kind of ironic given that, for all the five-star grandeur of the Valencia hotel chosen ...
Denon revises its separates range, while Marantz delays its upmarket network player
Apart from the AV products launched at this week's D+M group European conference, both Denon and Marantz had news on the pure audio front.And for all the suggestions in some quarters that affordable stereo components are going the way of the ...
Valencia streets and the Temple of Ken: Denon, Marantz and Boston Acoustics re-invent themselves
Valencia is a place in a hurry: with just over a week to go before F1 engines are fired up in anger around its harbour for the European Grand Prix, the city is busy converting its streets, piers and bridges into a race-track, lined with safety ...
HIGH END 2012: it started with a Munichorn (or three), and ended with an atomic Antelope and a stealth band
As a voice said, somewhere a few rows back on the 15.05 from Heathrow to Munich last Wednesday, 'It's almost the last real hi-fi show in the world'.That's quite a billing to live up to, but every year the show organised by Germany's High End ...
