Clare Newsome's blog

 Always dreaming about the ultimate AV or hi-fi system you'll have one day - maybe even in your lottery-win yacht? Read on! We brought you news yesterday of the 2010 CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association) Awards, which ...

 We're a nation with 20 million MP3 players, but that still buys 80% of its music on disc; a country that delights in war games yet has a soft spot for Susan Boyle. The UK also hasn't gone bonkers for Blu-ray but remains keen for a DVD ...

As we wrote last week, Harrods – along with Currys and Sony Centres – is now taking pre-orders for Sony's 3D TV range. Finding myself near Knightsbridge today with some time to kill (but sadly without the shopping budget to indulge myself), I ...

     It's that time of year again, when the clever folk at GfK serve up the retail stats on exactly what we've all been buying for the past 12 months. How has the recession affected our hi-fi and AV buying habits? What's hot ...

Neill Blomkamp’s genius, and the secret of District 9’s appeal, lies in simplicity. The screenplay, which he co-wrote, isn’t hugely original: many of its key plot devices have been used before, most notably in James Caan’s 1988 sci-fi ...

We've got our hands on some pictures of Pioneer's forthcoming XW-NAS5 family of iPod systems - more details in this news story - which are due in November.The basic and premium models are styled identically, though the basic model just comes in ...

Early this year we brought you details of 2008's most popular home entertainment products, and now we've had our first update on 2009's most wanted. And it's a fascinating, myth-dispelling snapshot of the buying habits of recessionary Britain. ...

 We're still enjoying the novelty of using an iPhone or iPod Touch as a basic remote control - and for many other handy AV uses, as our recent feature covers - but at CEDIA Expo, we experienced an iPhone app that could elevate Apple's pocket ...

If it's detailed product stories and picture-packed show reports you're after, Andrew Everard has already slickly done the honours in our news section and not one , not two , but three blogs. However, here I am with a few extra nuggets of inside ...

 Launching a £1000 pair of headphones in the midst of a global recession wouldn't have been the first choice for Sennheiser, but after experiencing its new HD800 flagship (pictured above) in action, we're sure they'll find an audience.We ...