Tag Archives: Panasonic
Out with the old, in with the new: Apple’s Japan development is a sign of the times in consumer electronics
New ‘smart community’ in Yokohama will have Apple tech centre at its centre, replaces Panasonic factory The times they are a-changin’ in Yokohama, Japan, where Apple is set to build a massive technology development centre on the site of an old Panasonic radio factory. Part of the 3.8 hectare site is to be bought by […]
Toshiba’s TV-making pull-out is bad news, not good, for Japan’s surviving manufacturers
And then there were three: Toshiba’s announcement that it’s to stop making TVs and instead licence out its brand means only Panasonic, Sharp and Sony are left carrying the Japanese flag in a market sector the country once dominated – but for how long? If you think Toshiba’s decision to stop making TVs for export […]
REVIEW: Technics R1 and C700 systems tested
I’ve now had a chance to review both the Technics C700 Premium system and the Reference R1 set-up, and the results are very promising So, almost a year since I first heard the beginnings of the Technics revival, the boxes started arriving containing the review samples. And having now listened to both the R1 Reference […]
Technics is back – and here’s the inside story
I’ve been following the development of the products chosen by Panasonic to revive one of the best-known names in audio – and they’re nothing if not ambitious Technics is back. Speaking at IFA in Berlin today, Michiko Ogawa – former Technics engineer, celebrated jazz pianist and the leader of the Panasonic project to revive the […]
OLED TV could be turning into the plasma of the future – and not in a good way
With crumbling alliances, tumbling prices and the threat of incoming Chinese TVs, what was heralded as the display technology of the future could already be heading for footnote in history status The last month of 2013 hasn’t been a good one for OLED TV technology. Not only has one of only two OLED TVs on […]
Pioneer’s getting back into the TV business – well, almost…
The announcement, reported in trade magazine ERT, that Pioneer TVs will soon be back in Dixons stores, could just show the way forward for the big Japanese names Pioneer was a – umm – pioneer for the Japanese TV business when it launched its Kuro range back in the Spring of 2007, it embarked on […]
Amidst all the weeping and wailing about the end of plasma, are we missing the bigger picture?
The reaction to the announcement that Panasonic is shutting down plasma panel production, and thus ending its line of plasma TVs by March next year, has been extraordinary. Amidst the editorials – some even exhorting us to sob like some Victorian cortege mourner, donning our best deepest ever blacks and joining the mute procession down […]
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