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Samsung’s MovingStyle could be a hit, but price is the issue
Part of the fun aspect about visiting Samsung’s offices in Suwon, South Korea (aside from seeing South Korea, that is); is that you get an early look at products Samsung has planned for the coming year or get to see products that haven’t reached places such as the UK yet. The MovingStyle is one such…
Could Focal’s volcanic Mu-so Hekla spell the end of the soundbar?
We try not to discriminate when it comes to products. Whether it’s a £50 pair of headphones or a £5000 soundbar, our tastes are, well, broad. So when news arrived of a new entry in the Mu-so speaker range, our eyebrows arched not unlike Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti’s furry face caterpillars. For one, this new…
This article about 4K TVs completely misses the point
We live in age when scientists are often scrutinised on social media, their advice ignored and events that happened ‘debunked’ (see Kim Kardashian’s latest thoughts about the ‘supposed’ moon landing). We seem to live in a world where nothing happened the way it was, if you believe the conspiracy theorists. And sure, from the perspective…
A Warner Bros. sale is bad for the film industry
After ‘umm’ and ‘ahhing’ for a year, it does look as if the ‘For Sale’ sign has been hung on the Warner Bros’ water tower, and make no mistake, this is not a good thing for the film industry. Since the turn of the millennium, Warner Bros. has been subject to a number of takeover…
What happened to the QLED TV?
As I was writing up my review for the Samsung Q7F (2025), it occurred to me that QLED, as a technology, seems to be reaching towards the end of its lifecycle. It has become what Direct LED and Edge-lit backlights have become, TV technology that’s slightly long in the tooth with no real progress being…
Lifestyle projectors are becoming popular, but they won’t replace TVs
There have been lots of trends in the TV/Audio market this year, as always. Off the top of my head you could pick wired headphones, party speakers, bigger TVs and the increased interest in lifestyle projectors. It’s always difficult, at least for me, to figure out whether these are just ‘trends’ or whether there is…
Will Amazon finally get it right with the new Echo Studio?
Despite what the headline says, I come not to bury Amazon’s Echo speakers – I rather liked the Echo Studio. But it did have a ceiling to its audio performance, so while myself and many have called it the best-sounding wireless speaker in the Echo line-up, there are speakers from the likes of Audio Pro,…
Harman rules the audio market, but is that a good thing?
Harman International has finally completed the acquisition of Sound United, bringing brands such as Bowers & Wilkins, Denon & Marantz, Polk Audio and others under the Harman name. It’s an impressive roster of audio brands – likely the strongest line-up in the hi-fi industry. But it also feels a bit… strange. Not necessarily bad strange…
Spotify Lossless is here, but where’s the excitement?
It’s been four years since Spotify announced it was launching a lossless tier. It’s now rolling out to Premium subscribers, and you’d have thought there’d be people dancing in their homes to their Spotify playlists. But the response seems to be something of a shrug. Has Spotify missed the lossless boat? Does anyone really care…
Sony is embracing RGB LED, but OLED is staying put
While some TV brands place their (TV) eggs into one basket – Sony is not really a company that takes that singular approach. While TCL is all about Mini LED, LG is about OLED; Sony is almost screen agnostic. Look at its current line-up and you’ll find LED, Mini LED, WRGB OLED and QD-OLED models…