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Is 'out with the old, in with the new?' itself becoming old hat? I ask because this issue we get reacquainted with JVC's DLA-N7 projector (p68), which has used two successive firmware updates to keep its performance premium, and report on Bang & Olufsen's new Beosound Level speaker (p16), the company's first to offer a modular construction and the promise of future upgrades. Firmware updates can be irksome for AV enthusiasts. No one wants their favourite flatscreen TV to suddenly lose a feature thanks to an overnight, over-the-net 'tweak. But when they're used to give consumers a better experience (often for no extra cost) and save us from considering an entirely new hardware upgrade, what's not to love? Modular designs, too, are a common-sense solution to the rapid pace of…
