Entertainment

Blu-ray is one of two new DVD formats giving better sound and vision quality, of course to use it you will need an ‘HD’ ready TV.

The market is awash with 'video capable gadgets' - but without video they are just that - capable. Here we review a product aimed at helping you fill the memory on your mobile device with something to watch.

Not perhaps the most catchy title but if I say 50 hours or use on a single AA battery that becomes interesting and as a DAB radio around 14 hours, did I mention that it’s also tiny in size.

This is a small sized high quality twin tuner PVR, I have been happily using it for several months and in that time I have not had a single problem with it.

Poor manuals make reviewing difficult, however when far better manuals – for other products – are on the same CD it makes you fume.

This is a DAB/FM radio and CD player it comes in a wedge shaped unit containing everything ideal to sit by the bed as it has sleep timer an alarm among it’s features.

This upright unit plays CD’s and has an FM radio it also has a clock, alarm clock and sleep timer. It can also be mounted on a wall, all it’s speakers are built in. All in All it look rather stylish.

Do you fancy your own robot wars? The new N.S.E.C.T Swarm radio controlled creature could be just what you are looking for. A great toy for kids in the 7-11 bracket.

Every so often I tell you about my passion – not ‘X’ certificate – it’s jazz. One of the best double bass players around is Charlie Haden, and, here are two CD’s of his.

Winter finally arrived to coincide with the press day for 2007 Toy Fair. Unlike Dream Toys the Toy Fair is a trade and press event to display items available for the sale period up to next Christmas.

Don't stick with supplied cables, get the most from your audio source and upgrade.

Not really toys but they both came from Dream Toys. I can see these being useful for anyone who tends to find their mind can’t function as quickly as it used to. Of course it can help children as well but how will you bribe them to use it? Still what better products to cure those New Year hangovers.

Grado SR60 headphones...love the sounds, but what about the look!!!!

Shure E2 headphones (long term test)....get close and personal in your listening experience.

Audio output is often a neglected aspect with a computer purchase which opens the door for considering a dedicated speaker set.

Two more offerings that I first saw at the recent Dream Toys event, one that might temp the older users and one that could suit all the family.

A universal docking station for all iPod models (except Shuffle)

A cheaper and little less intrusive than other docks.

This is a device for recording and playing back music, video, pictures and voice. It is also an FM radio. However much as I have tried it always refuses to make the tea do the washing up or the ironing

These two items are both the biggest and the most expensive and also the noisiest of all the toys and games that I selected from this years Dream Toys event, the kids will love them.

Use any MP3 player in your car via an FM channel. Illegal (just) but worth doing.

Both of the products reviewed here are new versions of old favourites. Monopoly using a credit card rather than cash and a 1990’s version of Trivial Pursuits.

Containing features that could be described as small, fiddly, sexy and slow, this music player is also not over-endowed with storage capacity.

Say it very quietly I am looking at something that is pink, in fact worse than that it’s a series of things that are pink and at least one of them will not be able to be used behind locked doors.

A meteorite has landed preprogrammed with games that are truly out of this world, find, memorise and push the twelve buttons to control the ten different games … clear all ten games to play the final showdown.

As the prices of LCD fall the idea of picking one of the cheapest is perhaps not as stupid as it seems. A 32inch LCD TV for less than £600 and with free delivery.

Countdown was the first program on Channel 4 when it launched, now there is another quiz show on that channel that has a huge audience Drummond Park licence two versions of the game in the UK.

Continuing my series of 32 and 37inch LCD TV’s with this Digital and Analogue TV from LG, having both means PIP (Picture in Picture) can be used to show a second channel.

Here two different ways to charge your iPod – all types – and just for good measure one of the devices also allows files to be removed or added from the iPod as well.

This is the first of my follow on pieces from Dream Toys and Test Tube Alien along with Phlat Ball and a couple of different Oidz go under the microscope.