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If you’ve been lusting after one of those swanky new wi-fi hi-fi units, but can’t afford to splash out on a Sonos, there’s a cheaper alternative now being touted by Philips. Its UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) SLA5520i wi-fi audio link sells for a measly 99 quid and should help liberate all those tunes from [...]

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Sony Computer Entertainment has unveiled a website to foster what it calls its E-Distribution Initiative. The brand hopes the site, at www.playstation.com/beyond, will aid the PlayStation in the development in a new era of play-per-play gaming. At the heart of the EDI is the PlayStation Network Platform, which will allow users to chat online and [...]

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asahi.com – Flat-panel TV makers take aim at exclusive hotels Brand building is everything to the hyper competitive Japanese TV companies. As new hotels are constructed and old ones refurbished, the major flatscreen vendors are engaged in tough bidding wars for what’s increasingly seen as prime promotional real estate. Somehow, we can’t quite imagine the [...]

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It’s looking increasingly likely that Warner Home Video has chosen to disable the high definition component output on ‘at least some’ of its first batch of HD DVD discs, including Batman Begins and Walk The Line. Both HD DVD and Blu-ray players allow Studios to dictate whether the component outputs, the only way to deliver [...]

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Intel is in the fast lane, and not just because of its sponsorship deal with BMW Sauber F1 this season (its corporate sponsorship is part of a broader technology and co-marketing agreement between the two). You only had to visit the Intel Developers Forum (IDF), held recently in San Francisco. It’s a great event to [...]

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Sport comes squarely into the AV arena with the news that the World Cup, from the Stage 1 kickoff on June 9, to the final in July, will be broadcast in 5.1 Dolby Digital. Dolby has confirmed that it is providing a feed from every World Cup game from all 12 stadium venues, for both [...]

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Brian Blessed, the veteran actor and stage performer noted for his booming voice and larger-than-life screen portrayals, has been confirmed as the host of this year’s Home Cinema Choice Awards. The ceremony, which takes place Friday April 7th, is an invite only trade event, which celebrates the best equipment reviewed by the magazine over the [...]

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Sky’s Skybybroadband legal peer-to-peer download service now has 125,000 registered users. Amazingly this has been achieved in just three months. The service allows Sky customers to download movies and TV shows to their PC at no extra cost. There are currently around 300 films to select from, and Sky says this will increase to 500 [...]

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