Best of the Week - 16/05/08

So it's May 16th, making it 25 years since Michael Jackson first Moonwalked to his hit Billie Jean on the Motown 25th Anniversary Special TV show.

It's also 79 years since the presentation of the first Academy Awards, at a lunch at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. The Best Picture award went to Wings, starring Clara Bow and Gary Cooper.

And 18 years ago Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppets, died of pneumonia, aged just 54.

This week on whathifi.com, we've...

Been reporting on the state of the consumer electronics business, and its implications for Currys.digital, Pioneer and JVC/Kenwood
Brought you news of slimline TVs from Sharp and Freesat TVs from Panasonic
Told you what we think of the first Freesat HD box from Humax
And wondered whether UK consumer electronics retailing is about to get a shake-up

Andrew Everard

Andrew has written about audio and video products for the past 20+ years, and been a consumer journalist for more than 30 years, starting his career on camera magazines. Andrew has contributed to titles including What Hi-Fi?, Gramophone, Jazzwise and Hi-Fi Critic, Hi-Fi News & Record Review and Hi-Fi Choice. I’ve also written for a number of non-specialist and overseas magazines.