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This year’s Sound & Vision show left AV zombie cold… Like the sleet that blighted the opening day, this year’s Bristol Hi-fi Sound & Vision show was a half-hearted affair. The event offered few surprises, but those Arctic Monkeys who braved the chill February air and spluttered up their seven quid entrance would at least [...]

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To read this story, click here: Sony PS3 launch could be delayed – Yahoo! News

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Founded in 1912, Sharp Electronics is the world’s pre-eminent LCD TV brand. With a key focus on TVs, solar systems and copier/printer solutions, the Corporation employs 47,750 people, of which nearly half are employed outside Japan. It operates in 30 countries and its products are distributed to 164 countries worldwide. As of March 2005, annual [...]

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LCDTV supremo Sharp has completed its move from decrepit Manchester and Watford offices into shiny new headquarters based at Stockley Park, near Heathrow. The move unites both the consumer electronics and business products divisions, as well the Company’s fast developing solar business, under one roof. In addition to the relocation, the Company has announced several [...]

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According to the Energy Saving Trust, approximately £740m worth of energy is wasted every year due to electrical equipment being left on stand-by, or charging unnecessarily, in UK homes. As a result, the pressure is on consumer electronics manufacturers to ensure that excess consumption of electricity by household appliances is reduced as a major priority, [...]

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John Hunter and Donald Brody, sole owners of US distributors Sumiko, have confirmed that they have aquired the rights to British subwoofer brand REL. Says Brody, “The acquisition of REL was driven by 66 year-old founder Richard Lord’s desire to retire. Our first response was to try to convince him to continue,but after it became [...]

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At Panasonic’s pan-European Digital Networking Seminar, held in sun-kissed Lisbon, Portugal, the brand was fighting hard against the anti-plasma propogated by Sony and Sharp – both of whom have no PDP manufacturing facilities. Panasonic’s 65 inch 1080p Japanese plasma was compared against Sharp’s same size 1080p Aquos, while a 42 inch PDP was ranged alongside [...]

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At its European Digital network seminar, held recently in Lisbon, Panasonic vowed to obtain 10% of the global digital camera market. The brand has expanded its range of Lumix cameras and introduced new battery technology which extends the shooting life of its products (limited battery capacity was an early criticism of its range) – as [...]

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