Five years of home theatre: The highs and lows

A lot has happened in the last five years in the world of home theatre. While the way the stuff that we watch and listen to is produced hasn't changed that much, the way we consume it has.

Digital TV take-up is on the rise, Blu-ray discs have made full HD possible, and the iPod has finally made hi-fi both portable and accessible. Not only is technology getting better all the time, it's also getting cheaper. While this is expected in other areas of consumer technology it's a relatively new thing in our lounge rooms. The venerable CRT lasted 50 years with only minor changes, but the era of the flatscreen has meant that things have changed dramatically in a short space of time.

So what have the changes been? While there may not be the cringe-worthy things that plagued mobile phones and digital cameras, there have been some dramatic headstones dotting the last five years. We're going to cover some of them in the next few pages. As the Mighty Boosh say: "Come with us now on a journey through time and space"...

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