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JVC has unveiled its latest home cinema projector line-up, promising a 'substantial improvement in image quality' alongside 'the industry's highest native and dynamic contrast'. Other advancements include a new imaging device, an upgraded version of the company's e-shift technology, 4K source compatibility and a user-selectable Intelligent Lens Aperture.

KEF has today announced a desktop speaker designed for use with a PC, Mac or laptop. The new X300A is an active speaker that connects to its source via a ‘distortion free’ 96kHz/24 bit USB digital input. This, reckons KEF, ensures that 'high-definition sound is achieved throughout the system'. A 3.5mm input is also on hand for smartphones and MP3 players.

AV retailer KJ West One is throwing open its doors for an evening of high-end audio on October 16 in association with British brand Quad.

When I sat down to watch the Blu-ray review copy of the hit DreamWorks animated feature Kung Fu Panda 3 at the weekend, it didn't take long to realise that something about the audio sounded a little 'off'. A quick look at the disc's Set-Up sub-menu revealed the problem – the only English language track available (as with the multiude of other language tracks) was presented as 'lossy' DTS 5.1! Which seemed rather strange given that the previous two Kung Fu Panda films had been chanpioned for the dynamic lossless multichannel soundtracks that accompanied them on Blu-ray.