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Is that a Freeview box in your pocket, or...

By Andrew Everard | Wed, 4 Jul 2012, 2:33pm

With the impending Olympics – has anyone managed to find a BBC programme of late that doesn't have an Olympic reference in it somewhere? –, thoughts have already started to turn to where and when we'll be able to watch the events.TVs in the ...

YouView: Hands-on with the Humax DTR-T1000 YouView box

By Joe Cox | Wed, 4 Jul 2012, 1:12pm

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 ...

The Week in HD - Monday 2nd July

By Kashfia Kabir | Wed, 4 Jul 2012, 11:03am

Hello everyone and welcome to The Week in HD, our weekly guide to the best HD films, TV shows, sports and Blu-ray releases to grace your screens.With Euro 2012 out of the way, this week it's all about Wimbledon and the British Grand Prix – made ...

TESTED: Range Rover Evoque Meridian in-car audio system

By Andy Kerr | Thu, 28 Jun 2012, 10:14am

Range Rover Evoque Meridian surround sound system £995 5 stars I’ve just spent a few days listening to the new Meridian Surround Sound system in the Range Rover Evoque. It’s a great-sounding system, and represents an exciting new chapter for the ...

The Week in HD - Monday 25th June

By Kashfia Kabir | Mon, 25 Jun 2012, 2:33pm

Hello everyone, and welcome to The Week in HD, our weekly guide to the best high-definition films, TV shows, sports, and Blu-ray releases to grace your screen this week. With Euro 2012 coming to an end with the final on Sunday, never fear, for ...

The Week in HD - Monday 18th June

By Kashfia Kabir | Mon, 18 Jun 2012, 1:20pm

Hello everyone, and welcome to The Week in HD, your weekly guide to the best high-definition TV shows, films, sports and Blu-ray releases. Here's our pick for this week:  The Woman in Black - Blu-rayBased on Susan Hills's ...

Boston Acoustics, Denon and Marantz unleash a deluge of streaming

By Andrew Everard | Thu, 14 Jun 2012, 4:50pm

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

By Andrew Everard | Wed, 13 Jun 2012, 5:09pm

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

By Andrew Everard | Wed, 13 Jun 2012, 12:19pm

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 ...

UPDATE First impressions: Simple Audio HD multiroom hi-fi system

By Andy Clough | Tue, 12 Jun 2012, 12:38pm

Read our full review of the Simple Audio Roomplayer 1We've been following the progress of Simple Audio for a couple of years now, waiting for this new start-up to bring its long-awaited high-resolution multiroom audio system to market.Well that ...