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What Hi-Fi?
What Hi-Fi?
Technology
Jonathan Evans

We look back 20 years to when Apple's iPod ruled the world and small TVs cost a fortune

What Hi-Fi? August 2005 cover with July 2025 cover Back Issues image.

The Back Issues series, pretty much by definition, highlights the differences and sometimes surprising similarities between What Hi-Fi? of yesteryear and the magazines we create today.

What I find particularly interesting is how there can be many issues from 30 or 40 years ago that are remarkably similar to what we have today – in terms of products, features and so on – while an issue from just 20 years ago might highlight just how quickly things can change in the world of home entertainment.

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