1960s Beatles player reaches record price By Andrew Everard 04 February 2013 1964 record player produced for Fab Four fans sells for £7700 on eBay in USA
Philips: flogging off the family silver? No, just going back to where the Philips brothers started By Andrew Everard 01 February 2013
LG reports increased profits, but TV business faces declining margins By Andrew Everard 30 January 2013 Overall revenues down but profits up, though TV price-competition and promotions proving costly
LG takes the fight to Panasonic and Sony with early OLED sales in Japan By Andrew Everard 29 January 2013 Company will launch 55in model in Japanese shops this spring; meanwhile Sony targets high-end US TV market
Logitech getting out of the remote control business By Andrew Everard 25 January 2013 Will also drop speaker docks by the end of the year, to concentrate on smartphone and tablet accessories
KOREA: LG Display's record fourth quarter swings it back into profit for 2012 By Andrew Everard 25 January 2013 Passive 3D display technology claimed as reason for turnaround, while rivals continue to struggle
Samsung announces record figures for 2012, looks forward to expanding large-screen TV market By Andrew Everard 25 January 2013 Company had revenue of almost £120bn last year, expects 60in+ and premium TVs to be a growing sector this year
Android smartphone market share continued to grow in end-of-year peak buying season By Andrew Everard 22 January 2013 Well over half of all smartphones sold in UK in run-up to Christmas were Android, while Windows is growing – but slowly
LG Optimus G 4G smartphone confirmed for UK By Andrew Everard 22 January 2013 Already on sale in Asia and North America, quad-core LTE Android handset is coming to the UK
Sony reveals 2013 Blu-ray systems and soundbar By Andrew Everard 22 January 2013 Four all-in-one home cinema set-ups go on sale in May, with sound bar to follow in June
Myryad launches Z200 Series CD player, amplifier and tuner By Andrew Everard 21 January 2013 New models now on sale, at prices starting from £595
KOREA: Seems it's not just the Japanese TV companies concerned about the rise of China By Andrew Everard 21 January 2013
USA: Disappointing iPhone 5 sales see LG overtaking Apple in phone market By Andrew Everard 21 January 2013 Korean company regains its second-place spot, lost after 2011 iPhone 4S launch, thanks to strong sales of Optimus G and Nexus 4 smartphones
Sony agrees sale of its US HQ, plans to attack TV market with 4K Ultra HD models By Andrew Everard 18 January 2013 Manhattan building will raise $1.2bn for cash-strapped company, as CEO says Sony is on its way to revovery
JAPAN/CHINA: Sharp offloading some of its TV business to computer maker Lenovo By Andrew Everard 17 January 2013 Talks 'in final stages' would see Chinese company taking over Sharp factory and boosting its TV presence
Bang & Olufsen set to close up to 125 shops as 2012/13 first-half profits slide By Andrew Everard 16 January 2013 Company will concentrate efforts on successful outlets and emerging markets such as Brazil and China
TAIWAN: Hon Hai starts selling its own TV sets By Andrew Everard 15 January 2013 Radioshack-branded 60in LED model sells for around £1250 – first stocks cleared in hours, larger sizes to follow?
Heavy metal Kuzma Stabi M turntable arrives in the UK By Andrew Everard 15 January 2013 £12,495 model uses solid aluminium construction for damping, comes with vibration-prooof cover
KOREA: Samsung doubled TV division profits in 2012 By Andrew Everard 15 January 2013 Company boosted sales of TVs to over 50m last year, made over £1bn profit from TVs
As CES 2013 showed, the Chinese aren't coming – they're already here By Andrew Everard 14 January 2013
February issue on sale now By Andrew Everard 13 January 2013 TVs from supermarket to supersized, superstar amplifiers, superb cinema systems and celebrity-endorsed headphones – all this and more in the brand-new issue of the magazine
UPDATED: Naim adds Mac version of n-Serve control app for its servers By Andrew Everard 12 January 2013 Newly-launched app, now in Mac App store, will control HDX, UnitiServe and NS01/02/03
Panasonic pulls plug on Shanghai plasma TV factory By Andrew Everard 11 January 2013 Falling demand for plasma blamed for closure, but some TVs will continue to be made in a second Chinese factory
Win Atlas Mavros interconnects and speaker cables By Andrew Everard 11 January 2013 We've two sets of high-end speaker cables and interconnects to be won
