Andy Clough's blog

The variety of sites and services for downloading or streaming music can be confusing. The best offer a huge library of songs, HD music and great value The music industry is not what it once was. Gone are the days of trawling through the ...

How much TV do you watch online? I ask the question because the BBC iPlayer has been a huge success, and today The MediaGuardian reports that the US catchup TV portal Hulu is heading for the UK.Never heard of Hulu? Nor had I. But what I do know ...

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 ...

On 20th June, Panasonic will release the first ever Blu-ray recorder in this country, offering the ability to record to HDD or archive on 50GB Blu-ray discs.We're the first to get our hands on a full production sample, and we'll be publishing ...

As you may already have read in our news story, we've just had an exclusive briefing on all Yamaha's new 2009 models, including its entire multichannel receiver range, new hi-fi systems, speakers and iPod docks. Just to recap, here are the key ...

We've spent the day at Panasonic's UK HQ in Bracknell, getting a full technical briefing on its range of forthcoming Blu-ray/Freesat recorders, due out on June 20th. We first caught a glimpse of the new recorders at Panasonic's European press ...

JUST UPDATED WITH UK PRICES.I've spent today at the Toshiba product launch where the company's full range of 2009 Regza LCD TVs and DVD players/recorders was unveiled, so here's the lowdown on the entire TV range.DV SeriesTV + DVD combi range19, ...

11.30am:Just arrived at Mercedes Benz World next to the Brooklands racetrack for Toshiba's 2009 product launch.Expecting to see the new LCD Regza ZV, SV, XV, RV, AV and DV flatscreen TVs, some with Resolution + upscaling, plus XD-E500 DVD player ...