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Andrew Everard
21 October 2009 16:40
As reported in News , there's a whole stack of new home cinema equipment on the way from Yamaha over the next couple of months. Above is the £1100 RX-V2065 receiver. complete with set-up microphone and its two remote control handsets, while below are
Filed under: home cinema, home theater, Yamaha, hi-fi
Andrew Everard
17 August 2009 16:20
As promised in our news story , here's a closer look at all the new Onkyo products launched today. This is the new flagship AV receiver, the £2400 TX-NR5007... ... and here's the same model with its front flap open showing the minor controls. Meanwhile
Filed under: home cinema, home theater, TX-NR1007, PR-SC5507, CS-435UK, TX-NR3007, Onkyo, iPod dock, ND-S1, AV receiver
Andrew Everard
09 August 2009 11:54
Answering a forum question the other day I was surfing around for the best price for an SPL meter, and stumbled across a bargain I felt I should pass on. Since Tandy vanished from our shores, and with it ready availability of the Radio Shack meters, setting
Filed under: home cinema, Maplin, SPL meter, calibration
Andrew Everard
20 July 2009 11:55
The morning inbox usually contains all kids of strange press releases, more often than not as the result of handing out business cards at, or simply registering for, overseas shows. Just this morning I have been offered unbeatable prices on plastic mouldings,
Filed under: home cinema, home theater, Bed Theater, TV mount
Andrew Everard
15 April 2009 20:37
Been a lot of cut and thrust here in the WHFSV office in the past couple of days about the merits or otherwise of the new 'height' channel you can enjoy thanks to Dolby Pro-Logic IIz. Why? because the review moles are busy down in their burrow, rootling
Filed under: home cinema, home theater, Dolby Pro-Logic IIz, Onkyo TX-SR607, presence channels, Meridian, Yamaha
Andrew Everard
03 March 2009 15:40
It's that time of year again when the major manufacturers start having their big US trade shows, to introduce the products due in the shops over the next few months. One of the biggest is Sony's Open House, held in Las Vegas, and this year's is proving
Filed under: AV, home cinema, HDMI, home theater, Sony, 2009 AV receivers
Andrew Everard
24 February 2009 09:47
It's a Blu-ray future: sales of discs are growing fast, with the UK leading Europe into the Blu-ray revolution. That's the result of research from Futuresource Consulting, a company not exactly known for keeping quiet about the success of Blu-ray Disc.
Filed under: home cinema, home theater, Blu-ray sales, Blu-ray Disc
Andrew Everard
04 February 2009 15:05
Regulars on our Forums may have noticed that I'm not HDMI's biggest fan. Actually, let me be a bit more specific: I've no problem with the connection system itself, carrying everything from hi-def pictures to hi-rez sound – well, unless you have Sky+HD
Filed under: home cinema, hd EZ lock, Blue Echo Solutions, HDMI, home theater