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Hands-on with Virgin Media's new TiVo HD/3D set-top box

By Andy Clough | Wed, 30 Mar 2011, 1:32pm

We've been waiting quite a while for Virgin's new TiVo HD service to come on stream, and today the man from Virgin finally arrived with a new set-top box to plug into my home AV system.Selling for £199, plus £26.50 for the XL TiVo package ...

Picture gallery: check out Philips's 2011 TV, home cinema and hi-fi range

By Andy Clough | Tue, 8 Mar 2011, 1:03pm

 Our intrepid news ed Joe Cox is being given a full technical briefing in Barcelona on the entire 2011 Philips range as I write this, but in the meantime here are some pictures of the company's new 3D TV, home cinema and hi-fi products for ...

Photo gallery: Apple iPad2 launch as it happens

By Andy Clough | Wed, 2 Mar 2011, 7:15pm

 We're settled in our seats at BBC TV Centre in London, waiting for a live hook-up with Apple in San Francisco. You can read instant updates of what's happening at Apple's launch event tonight in our running news story and follow us ...

Highlights from the Bristol Show 2011

By Andy Clough | Sat, 26 Feb 2011, 8:58am

The Bristol Show is in full swing this weekend, and we've been rushing around like mad things covering all the exciting new hi-fi and home cinema kit being launched at the show.We've already covered a huge amount in our news channel, video report ...

Bristol Sound & Vision Show 2011

By Andy Clough | Fri, 25 Feb 2011, 9:00am

Welcome to the 2011 Bristol Sound & Vision Show, organised by Audio T in association with Sevenoaks and What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision. The show opens at 10am today and is open from 10-5pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday.Visit the show and you'll ...

UK specs, prices and pictures of Sony's 2011 3D TV and Blu-ray range

By Andy Clough | Tue, 15 Feb 2011, 6:29pm

 We've finally managed to extract UK prices and tech specs out of Sony to bring you a detailed breakdown of the company's forthcoming 2011 3D TV and Blu-ray range. So without further ado, here goes. KDL-CX32D: a 22in HD-ready LCD/DVD combi ...

Toshiba's 2011 entry-level Regza LCD/LED TV range in full

By Andy Clough | Tue, 15 Feb 2011, 1:16pm

 Toshiba has announced no fewer than five new ranges in its 2011 line-up of entry-level LCD/LED TVs, with models including built-in Blu-ray players and internet connectivity.Sizes range from 19in to 42in, and all models get a Freeview tuner, ...

In detail: Onkyo's budget 2011 multichannel receiver range

By Andy Clough | Thu, 10 Feb 2011, 1:41pm

Onkyo has just announced its 2011 range of budget multichannel receivers, as we've reported in news, so here in more detail are the pictures and tech specs for you to ponder over.All models except the entry-level TX-SR309 are network-capable, ...

The future of TV: talking tech with Sky's 3D guru

By Andy Clough | Tue, 8 Feb 2011, 10:13am

Sky’s 3D guru Chris Johns predicts big things for no-glasses Auto-3D screens, and explains why Sky is backing LG’s passive 3D TVs in the meantimeChris Johns, BSkyB's chief engineer responsible for 3D If 3D had a face it would look like Chris ...

The trials and tribulations of multiroom wi-fi

By Andy Clough | Sun, 23 Jan 2011, 8:17pm

 I’ve just been reading my colleague Andrew Everard’s column in the February issue of our sister magazine, Gramophone. Andrew’s piece is titled “The changing face of system connectivity”, and in it he outlines how far we’ve come from the ...