Annihilating an Icon: Matsushita Murders the Technics SL-1200

It has been rumoured for years, often perhaps with the cynicism of local distributors wanting to get a flood of orders, but it looks as if the Technics SL-1200 series has finally been flushed away by Matsushita (Panasonic to most) like a dead bug, an unwanted distraction. Most will have some sense of its greatness, […]

Posted at 6:28 pm on November 21, 2010 | 2 comments | Filed Under: Awful stuff, Business, PR | Continue reading →

3D goes back to the B

Whenever it feels confused or threatened Hollywood reaches for 3D like a desperate salesman trying to half remember a ridiculous promise to close that crucial deal. In the 1950s television looked like Death to the industry so the challenge was to find a way to pack more bums on those seats with something the little […]

Posted at 8:43 pm on August 19, 2010 | Leave a comment | Filed Under: Awful stuff, Business, Convergence, Film, TV | Continue reading →

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