Evesham’s Home Cinema TV Stand September 01, 2007

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Evesham has updated its all-in-one surround sound TV stand, the Sound Stage X1, with the X2 – which looks virtually identical.

The idea is like having a one-speaker surround system like that from Philips and Denon, but which costs a lot less and doubles up as a TV stand too which can hide any unsightly wires. All you need to do is hook it up to a DVD player, TV or console and you are ready to rock.

Inside the industrial looking X2 is a sound processor and an amplifier, two 30W subwoofers, a 20W centre speaker and four 15W surround speakers. A new LCD display at the front – looking like an iPod, show’s the graphic equaliser and sound being output. It comes with a one-year warranty and costs a shade under £300. -Martin Lynch

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iTunes TV Comes To The UK September 01, 2007

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Months after US iPodders got iTunes TV downloads, the service has gotten a low-key green light for the UK.

The series available – all 28 of them to start – are largely US fare with a sprinkling of other content and consists of things like Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, Lost, South Park and Gray’s Anatomy, to name a few.

Episodes will cost £1.89 each to download to PC or Mac and will play on fifth generation iPods – and iPhones, whenever we get them. £1.89 is a lot more than our US cousins pay but then that’s always the story.

“We’re thrilled to bring TV programming to the iTunes Store in the UK”, said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of iTunes. “We’ve got 28 shows and expect to continue to add more great programming.”

With BT, the BBC and Channel 4 among others, all doing stuff with online TV, things are really starting to happen in the IPTV space. -Martin Lynch

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