Respected consumer electronics journalist Gordon Brockhouse reviews Pioneer's VSX-1020. If you are in the market for a new AV receiver be sure to check out this review. Brockhouse thoroughly examines the AV receiver providing detailed descriptions of initial setup, sound quality, muti-zone control, and the more advanced features including Bluetooth streaming, and iPhone control and playback.

It still amazes me how many people listen to music on their laptop speakers because they haven’t connected their iPod or computer to their home stereo/theatre. Here are a few thoughts to help out the technologically impaired. Keep these in mind for Father's Day - June 20, 2010. Read more...

Finally a solution to easily distribute audio to secondary zones including outdoors through Pioneer's iControlAV app for the iPhone/iPod Touch. Want easy control of your music from your patio? Pioneer's new VSX-1020-K can deliver this and a whole lot more. Check out the Tech Spotlight article for even more groundbreaking features. Read more...

Today I get the pleasure of welcoming a new team of bloggers to the Future Shop Community, a group made up of brand representatives from some of your favourite consumer electronics companies who will be sharing the latest and greatest from their worlds. It's a sort of "straight from the horses' mouths" approach to blogging, which should make for some interesting articles!