Review: LG 15EL9500 OLED HDTV

OLED TV, it’s the future. Well that is what we’ve been told for the last 5 years, at least. However, it seems to have taken longer than anticipated for the technology to mature and develop and yet, even now, large screen sizes are still technically difficult to manufacture, with an acceptable lifespan and failure rate. Smaller screen sizes are now a commercial reality with Sony having released a model two years ago and now LG is coming to the fore and launching this 15 inch version at an eye watering £1,900 (approx). … Continue Reading

Review: Philips 37PFL7605 LED LCD HDTV

Philips has had a habit of doing things their own way and releasing TVs with features not seen from any other manufacturer. Just look at their 21:9 LCD TV, for example. But doing things your own way can sometimes fly in the face of how things should be done. So with that in mind we take a look at a new 7000 series TV from the company, the PFL7605. … Continue Reading

Review: Sony KDL-40EX703 LED LCD TV

Having looked at the very impressive budget CCFL based EX403 a few weeks ago we turn our attention to the EDGE LED KDL-40EX703 model. … Continue Reading

Review: Onkyo TX-SR608 AV Receiver

Everybody wants everything these days. Each year the consumer electronics industry feeds us with new reasons to render our latest pride and joy obsolete, which gives us ever-lengthening lists of features that (we think) we need. The problem is that expectations are so high we get upset when we don’t get it. Receivers seem to be bearing the brunt of this, as they, not the TV, are at the centre of our AV systems these days, and this is where the burden of expectation tends to lie. … Continue Reading

Review: Sharp LC-40CT2E LCD HDTV

With all the ‘Quattron’ advertising in the press and online, and with Sulu on the TV, you could be forgiven for thinking that Sharp were repositioning themselves as a high-end, high price, brand. But as you can see from the model we have here for review, the Aquos range of TVs for 2010 also includes the more usual budget fair from Sharp. Gone are the high quality finish, yellow subpixel and enormous price tag and instead we have a TV that will be sold exclusively through Dixons and Currys branches. … Continue Reading

Review: LG 47LX9900 3D LED HDTV review

Phil Hinton tests the flagship 3D LED LCD from LG and is pleasantly surprised at the results… … Continue Reading

Review: LG LE8900 (47LE8900) LED LCD HDTV Review

Over the last few years I have been impressed by LG’s attempts to both produce more accurate displays and include comprehensive calibration controls. Obviously LG has had no choice but to jump on the same band wagons as the other manufacturers and this has seen them … Continue Reading

LG Debuts HB45E Blu-ray Home Cinema system

London, United Kingdom. June, 2010 - LG Electronics (LG) announces its HB45E Home Cinema System. Versatile and uniquely stylish, the 400 watt complete 2.1-channel Blu-ray home cinema brings additional content into the living room via DLNA and LG Netcast. … Continue Reading

Yamaha announce 3D ready mid-range Receivers

Yamaha has announced details of two new home cinema receivers with 3D video and a new Yamaha 3D Cinema mode. … Continue Reading

Review: Paradigm Signature Sub 1

At the inaugural National Hi-fi Show, in 2009, there were some impressive demonstrations, in what was a stereo hi-fi dominated show. It wasn’t without its AV highlights with several traditional hi-fi, plus some more naturally AV focused manufacturers, demoing full multi-channel systems to varying degrees of success. As I wrote on the AV Enthusiast Blog, the top performing room of that list, by more than a small margin, was the Anthem/Paradigm/Sim2 room. … Continue Reading

Review: Apple iPad

With so much fuss made about the launch of Apple’s latest gadget, Andrew Mogford sat back for a week with his own iPad to give us his in-depth thoughts; so what was the outcome? … Continue Reading

Anthem Unveils its Latest Audio/Video Master

Anthem, the Canadian high-end AV power providing and processor heavyweight, has announced the availability of the Audio/Video Master 50v (AVM 50v), a state-of-the-art music pre-amplifier/home cinema processor. Following in the footsteps of its big brother, the multi-award winning Statement D2v benchmark design, the AVM 50v aims to offer the same state-of-the-art technologies though for significantly less outlay. With the £5999 AVM 50v, the Ontario-headquartered Anthem team has delivered a fully featured 7.1-channel audio and video processor with eight HDMI inputs, broadcast-quality digital video processing, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, XLRs, highest quality 1080p upscaling, Anthem Room Correction, and two stereo zones.

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Wall-mounting perfection from Peerless-AV Europe

Peerless-AV Europe has added to its range of award-winning TV wall-mount systems … Continue Reading