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Now the review of the Cambridge Audio Azur 650BD 'universal' Blu-ray player is online, time to add an update on what I've been up to with the player. I've had a second sample of the machine for some time now, working towards a review in the June ...

Cliff Richard did it. So did John Noakes, and Reg Varney. In the 60s and 70s, the skidpan at London Transport's Chiswick Works was a magnet for film and TV crews: we all saw buses pirouetting across our screens with varying degrees of elegance, ...

In Part 1 of this piece we looked at how Technicolor is bringing its expertise in broadcast, cinema and disc authoring and duplication to 3D content delivery for the home. But while there's a content distribution system in place for 3D over ...

Can't help feeling we've been here before – most DVD and Blu-ray players come with parental locks, allowing their use to be limited according to film ratings, Sky asks you for a PIN if you try to watch certain movie material during the day, and ...

As announced in our news section, Onkyo has a whole new range of home cinema products on the way in the next couple of months, with facilities including HDMI 1.4 for 3D passthrough and Audio Return Channel, upscaling and a stack of Audyssey ...

There are two reasons why I have a problem with firmware updates, and one is that they can be used to cover deficiencies in a product – things the manufacturer should have addressed before putting it into the shops.I've lost count of the number ...

This is the latest widescreen LCD from Samsung, which has just gone into mass production.And while most screens have an aspect ratio of 16:9, and Philips has been making a big fuss about its Cinema 21:9, the Korean giant has gone even further – ...

I've read this several times now, and I still can't work out the twisted corporate logic involved. See what you think... "TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Sony Corp. said Wednesday that it will restructure its network services operations by absorbing the ...

Things are changing in the global TV market, with LED backlighting making a move on the conventional CCFL technology in the LCD TV sector, and plasma TV sales putting in a late surge in the closing months of 2009.And brand shares are altering, ...

The Winter Olympics kick off in Vancouver tonight: the opening ceremony is at 6pm local time, or 2am back here, so fans of parades and flags will need plenty of strong coffee. Even if you stay up, you won't be watching proceedings in 3D, but ...