Entertainment

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.

Here two gifts available from Gizoo that tell the time although neither can be said to be clocks. One an adult gift and the other very defiantly for the younger ones.

A new name to me and probably to you but Funai products are often sold under various other names, now as 2006 draws to a close they are marketing under their own name.

With Christmas now bearing down very fast all those presents for the younger – and not so – young ones are fast becoming a nightmare, for the more Gadgetly minded I hope these suggestions help.

My annual trip to the Dream Toys event found new and enhanced toys, games and gadgets for kids both big and small for Christmas and beyond.

This DAB and FM radio also features ReVu that allows what you have just heard to be replayed. It can also accept a Charge PAK meaning no more batteries to buy, or course you can also run it from the mains.

Available desk space is at a premium in my working environment yet recently I have made room for a devil of a creature.

This tiny unit is somewhat confusing as being so small the controls are multi purpose and therefore there is a learning curve. However it is more than a standard MP3 player.

Fancy a Digital TV that will fit into a pocket? Well this offering from Evesham has a seven inch screen and given the right conditions can view any UK Digital TV station.

The Sony PSP has been around for a while now. Is it still likely to be top of the Christmas list this year? Well - it's top of mine at least.

Yes it’s true shop now have their Christmas displays – and not just at Harrods – so it must be autumn. Here are two items that are likely to be on your kids wish lists.

Maxfield, the German developer of personal audio products, has expanded its range with the release of its Max-Movie device.

This is a music and FM radio player, it can also be a rather good voice recorder. All this in a very tiny case that easily sits even in the smallest palm.

Having recently had the use of the Goodmans 37inch offering this one came in as the other was returned, same screen size but a little bigger and somewhat heavier.

Two or three times a year a get the chance to tell you about my hobby Jazz, here are two further CD’s from a label with a jazz section.

A truly portable DAB radio that can run for the best part of the day on a single charge on it’s built in battery. Now could this be a true portable DAB radio.

“No man is an island” according to John Donne and Tony Ellis is obviously of a similar opinion especially when it comes to his stick people.

From the same company that makes the excellent DigiFusion dual tuner unit with hard disc, this is a basic Freeview box at a basic price.

Managing your digital music can be simplied with a title such as Helium Music Manager.

Howzat! For the umpire’s decision on this new electronic cricket game – read on.

Yes I do mean wireless, not just no aerial lead, no mains lead either and it will work at any angle you require, so you can even have it sitting on the bed beside you if you so wish.

If you make long train/tube/bus journeys then this could be for you. You could watch last nights TV on your way to work, not on some tiny screen but this 7inch offering.

Yes I ended up looking at this during the World Cup, Wimbledon and the Open Golf but I actually requested it a couple of months before. First surprise it weights a lot less than my conventional 28inch.

Grabbing VHS tape content for conversion to digital format is the role undertaken by the Grabster AV400.

Is it a pen or a USB device? No it is a G-FLASH METAL

This is a toy I saw at the start of the year at the Toy Show, in it’s simplest form they are a set of two cubes with LCD screens, place them together and they interact, even leaving their own cube to visit one another.