Ooh là là! You’ll soon be able to do some last-minute brushing-up on your français on board the Eurostar as EE and Vodafone bring 4G and 3G to the Channel Tunnel. By this summer, EE promises high-speed data on the high-speed train — an improvement which would have made the last fifteen minutes of Mission: …
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January, 2014
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9 January
Pass Labs unveils next generation amplifiers at CES 2014
Nelson Pass is one of America’s leading amplifier designers, but he doesn’t change his products all that often, the last time was in 2006, so when he does it’s a big deal. I was knocked out by one of Pass’ earliest designs way back in the late 1970s, and over the decades he’s always made some of the best sounding …
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9 January
Panasonic’s prototype 4K LED boasts ‘plasma
LAS VEGAS — Following the demise of its plasma division last year, Panasonic has expressed its enthusiasm for the potential of LCD technology via its prototype Studio Master Drive 4K LED TV. At CES 2014, Panasonic offered attendees a look at its latest prototype — a local-dimming 4K LED TV — that it claimed delivered pictures as good as last …
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9 January
Devialet’s stunningly beautiful amplifiers at CES 2014
I reviewed the first Devialet back in 2010, and that advanced tech amplifier, the D-Premier, rocked the audiophile world. At the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Devialet is showing its next generation amps. There’s the new flagship Devialet 240, along with the more affordable Devialet 170 and Devialet 110, which can either be placed on a table or …
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9 January
TVs of CES 2014 wrap: LCDs get curved, 4K, bendy…and better
Now playing: Watch this: CNET’s TV reviewers talk the most notable screens of… 14:37 LAS VEGAS — Will it bend? If the answer is “no,” then it’s probably not a TV weird enough to catch the attention of the mainstream media at CES 2014. Samsung’s brilliantly bizarre bendable TV, followed closely and predictably by LG’s, made the biggest splash by …
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9 January
LG at CES 2014: gallery
Walk around the LG booth at CES with us as we explore the TVs, phones and gadgets of the show. (Credit: CBSi) The entrance to LG’s stand was consistently, absolutely packed full of people. A grand total of 140 screens lined the front wall, offering viewers the chance to see a huge 3D display in action. (Credit: CBSi) There were …
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9 January
CES 2014 Full Wrap: the show in review
Now playing: Watch this: CES 2014: final show wrap 5:10 With a show as big as CES, it’s always hard to distil it down to just a few key themes and products. But that certainly isn’t going to stop us from trying. In our last daily wrap video, we look at what ‘wowed’ at CES and what left us scratching …
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9 January
Kogan brings sub
The focus of much of Kogan’s business model is about offering affordable alternatives to brand-name high-ticket items. (Credit: Kogan) It’s a model that’s served the company fairly well — critics may argue that build quality is being sacrificed, but we’ve maintained that for many Kogan products, it’s a case of “horses for courses”: a AU$500 55-inch TV might not be …
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9 January
CES 2014’s home theater gear is the same, but better, and that’s a good thing (wrap
Living room tech always has a big presence at CES, but progress can often seem frustratingly slow, especially while other product categories make big leaps forward year after year. CES 2014 was a refreshing change of pace, as I was surprised to find quite a few interesting home audio and video products on the show floor. While nothing was truly …
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8 January
T
LAS VEGAS — Well, T-Mobile had an exciting week. CEO John Legere started things off on Monday night by getting himself kicked out of a party thrown by AT&T (as a result of this reporter’s tweeting — sorry). Legere and his team followed up today with Un-carrier 4.0, which entails paying the early-termination fees for customers and family-plan members, allowing …
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