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NEWS: Toshiba takes laptop route to deliver big push for HD DVD

By Dominic Dawes | Wed, 6 Jun 2007, 2:49pm

Toshiba aims to put HD DVD disk drives on all its laptops next year. The company is in direct competition with Sony and Blu-ray, as it tries to counter Sony's advantage gained by all those Blu-ray drives sitting in every PS3 console. The ...

NEWS: Warners teams with web company to give away music – for free!

By Dominic Dawes | Wed, 6 Jun 2007, 12:35pm

From today, visitors to website lala.com will be able to listen to the digital music catalogue of Warner Music Group Corp. on their computers - for free. The site allows you to stream music freely on demand, only buying it if you want to ...

NEWS: B&W launches all-new 600 Series – now updated with prices

By Andrew Everard | Wed, 6 Jun 2007, 12:04pm

B&W has completely reworked its mainstream 600 Series speakers, claiming significant advances in both technology and performance. In fact, the company says the speakers offer 'levels of technology that have previously not been ...

NEWS: Expensive iTunes accused of breaking European law

By Dominic Dawes | Wed, 6 Jun 2007, 11:43am

Apple has been courting controversy this week, receiving criticism on several fronts about its service to iTunes users, as well as early adopters of Apple TV. The European Commission (EC) is currently questioning Apple, along with several ...

HOW TO... Get the most from your projector

By Dominic Dawes | Wed, 6 Jun 2007, 10:30am

So, you've decided to eschew that large flatscreen TV in favour of an even bigger – and most likely better – movie image in your living room. You've bought some new blinds to keep the light subdued, and you've been mugging up on the difference ...

NEWS: Hollywood relaxes stance on legalised copying for HD discs

By Dominic Dawes | Wed, 6 Jun 2007, 9:33am

Hollywood looks set to relax its grip on how buyers of Blu-ray and HD DVD discs can store and copy movies. Consumers could soon have the opportunity to make entirely legal backup copies for use on media servers and mobile devices, according ...

HOW TO... Set up your turntable

By Dominic Dawes | Mon, 4 Jun 2007, 2:34pm

So, it turns out the long-predicted demise of the turntable has been exaggerated. 25 years after the launch of CD, that ol' tradition of listening to music on flawed-yet-fabulous vinyl simply refuses to go away. But are you making sure your ...

NEWS: Supercharge your system with Musical Fidelity's new 550K monoblocs

By Andrew Everard | Mon, 4 Jun 2007, 1:00pm

How much power do you need to reproduce the dynamics of music? A lot more than you think, according to Musical Fidelity: it points out that classical concert hall levels can often peak at 113-116dB, and says that most amplifiers can't ...

HOW TO... Choose the right speakers

By Dominic Dawes | Mon, 4 Jun 2007, 12:39pm

Getting your speakers right is one of the most important things you will ever do when it comes to your music listening pleasure. And there are so many fine speakers on the market today, you could be forgiven for not seeing the wood for the ...

NEWS: Apple does new deal to stream video from YouTube

By Dominic Dawes | Mon, 4 Jun 2007, 11:59am

Apple is to start streaming video content from the massively popular YouTube website, using its Apple TV box. The announcement means Apple TV users will be able to browse a huge range of content on their TVs rather than computer screens. ...