Shows and launches

Panasonic will use the CEATEC Japan 2009 show, opening next week, to show its prototype 50in Full HD 3D plasma TV, which sees high-definition 3D coming down in size to more domestically acceptable screens.Used with high-precision active shutter ...

 Micromega owner Didier Hamdi (right) with Ricardo Franassovici  I spent a fascinating day in Paris yesterday with Didier Hamdi, the new owner of French hi-fi company Micromega. Hamdi is an intriguing character: he was a world ...

 UPDATE: A new iPod nano with video camera, a larger capacity iPod Touch and a larger capacity iPod Classic, complete with price cuts, a new iTunes 9, a new OS 3.1 software... There was plenty of news at today's Apple event. Read all the ...

I've just had a full briefing from LG on all its forthcoming products for the remainder of 2009 and looking ahead to 2010, so here are the highlights:We've already reported on LG's 'Borderless' SL9000 and SL8000 LED and LCD TVs, positioned above ...

The world's consumer electronics manufacturers have descended en masse on Berlin this week as Europe's biggest consumer electronics fair gets underway. All the big names are here – LG, Sony, Samsung, Philips and Toshiba among them – all ...

Kaleidescape Mini multiroom AV system OK, I've just arrived at the ExCel Centre in London's Docklands and the doors to the 2009 CEDIA Expo have opened. A quick whizz round the show is in order, then I'll report back with the latest news. I'm ...

Sony will host its press launch at the E3 Electronics Expo in Los Angeles at 7pm tonight, and it's widely expected to launch a new slimmer, lighter version of its PSP games console, the PSP Go.We've already written a preliminary news story, but ...

As widely predicted on the web yesterday, Sky is teaming up with Xbox 360 to deliver Sky TV, sports and movies through the Xbox 360 from this autumn.Neil Thompson, head of Xbox 360 in the UK, says: "This is another ground-breaking moment for the ...

If it's detailed product stories and picture-packed show reports you're after, Andrew Everard has already slickly done the honours in our news section and not one , not two , but three blogs. However, here I am with a few extra nuggets of inside ...

Just about every manufacturer coming to Munich hoped to set the show alight with its new products, but it seems one took the task rather too literally.This is what greeted us on arrival on Saturday morning... The street was lined with the ...