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The CNET UK Blu-ray player speed challenge

Crave Pioneer BDP-LX71 One cold and wet British summer, a Home Cinema reviewer was growing old waiting for a Blu-ray player to play his copy of Zombie Strippers -- for review purposes only, of course -- when an idea came to him.

Tags: pioneer, tray, blu, disc

27 November 2008, 11:51

Klipsch 5.1 speaker system: Worth every penny

Crave If you own a Pioneer Kuro LX-5090, this is possibly the setup for you. If you've just spent £1,000 or more on a new TV, we doubt you're going to thank us for telling you to spend even more. Sound always accounts for half the experience, though...

Tags: klipsch, speakers, stereo, pair

25 November 2008, 11:26

Yahoo CEO says 'time is right' for new leader

Crave Internet search pioneer. Timing is everything. And, so, it should come as no surprise that Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang feels the 'time is right' for a new leader to guide the embattled The company announced Monday that it has started a search...

Tags: yahoo, continue, deal, advertising

19 November 2008, 10:12

Philips 42PFL9803: Best LCD contrast ever?

Crave The 42PFL9803 costs around £2,000 -- which puts it in Pioneer LX-5090 territory -- and we're getting a review sample in very soon, so we'll be sure to tell you what we think. The world has gone LED crazy -- you can't throw a light bulb without...

Tags: philips, background, fans, scenes

18 November 2008, 11:37

Google dumps Yahoo ad deal

Crave The deal's demise is a new blow to the struggling Internet pioneer, whose stock has plunged to under $14 (£9) since Microsoft offered as much as $33 per share just months ago in an unfriendly acquisition attempt.

Tags: yahoo, deal, ads, ad

6 November 2008, 9:34

Philips Aurea 42PFL9903D: It's illuminating

Crave The only disappointment: it costs more than a 50-inch Pioneer Kuro. If you love Christmas lights and don't see why they should be restricted to just one time of the year, the Philips Aurea II is the TV for you.

Tags: philips, frame, christmas, leds

5 November 2008, 11:43

Welcome to the CNET UK Editors' Choice awards October 2008

Crave Pioneer LX5090This TV was chosen because, frankly, it's the best we've ever seen. Welcome to the first instalment of our new monthly awards programme. As the largest consumer tech site in the UK, we review hundreds of products every year.

Tags: editors, sound quality, ground, freeview

31 October 2008, 16:52

CNET UK Podcast 109: Windows 7 won't suck. Honest

Crave We also discussed what we've been craving this week, with Ian so excited about a limited edition Pioneer plasma that he pronounced the French for grey as "grease". No, your seeing spheres aren't playing games with you: we have indeed tweaked the...

31 October 2008, 11:01

Pioneer KRL-32V: Unboxing the Kuro LCD

Crave When we first got our hands on the Kuro LCD from Pioneer at the company's head office a few months ago, we were thrilled. Pioneer TVs are still some of the only ones we get excited opening -- it's a bit of an event.

30 October 2008, 16:31

Limited edition Pioneer Kuro: Perfect black meets perfect beige and white

Crave As if the price of Pioneer plasmas wasn't enough to keep them exclusive, now the company has added two new limited-edition screens. The media receiver also features network connectivity and DLNA certification, which means you can stream media to...

Tags: pioneer, screens, brightness, tvs

28 October 2008, 15:02

Microsoft unveils Windows Azure

Crave It's a transformation of our software and a transformation of our strategy," said Ray Ozzie, a computing industry pioneer who now serves as Microsoft's chief software architect. Microsoft yesterday announced a version of Windows that runs over the...

Tags: developers, servers, windows vista, preview

28 October 2008, 13:33

Crave Podcast 104: Airport scanners will read your mind

Crave We then discuss an enlightening BBC interview with Vint Cerf, Internet pioneer and vice president of Google, who shared some extremely interesting hypotheses about future technologies. Another week has passed, so it's only right we bring you...

Tags: podcast, bbc, theory, google phone

26 September 2008, 13:17

The 50 most significant moments of Internet history

Crave Described as 'administrative entities', Internet pioneer Dr Jon Postel introduces the top-level domains .com, .org, .gov, .edu and .mil in one of a series of documents called Request For Comments, which were papers published by the Internet...

25 September 2008, 15:02

Sharp Aquos XS1: Ultra-slim 1080p TV with LED backlight

Crave What is new is that the audio system is Pioneer-branded -- clearly one of the first signs that the two companies are working closely together. Sharp has gone to its new friend Pioneer to learn about high-quality flat-panel speaker design.

5 September 2008, 11:48

Photos: Pioneer Kuro KRP-500 and KRP-600 aren't KRP at all

Crave Everyone knows Pioneer makes epic TVs. The connection from the media box to the TV is based on DisplayPort, although Pioneer has modified it to suit its own needs. The exciting news is that Pioneer has a new pair of 50- and 60-inch screens...

4 September 2008, 11:09