Entertainment

This is big it is also heavy and the box it comes in would probably rate as deluxe accommodation by a homeless person. The main box does even contain the DVD player only it’s speakers and sub woofer.

This seems like quite a unique product. It is small yet produces a good depth and range of sound from built in speakers. If your musical tastes are not the same as others then it can be used with headphones.

This label tends to imply up market, the way things are put together, the offerings, in fact the label commands – and gets - a premium.

A lot of people cannot have a PC in the lounge because their other half is worried about the look, here is something that is thinner than a video or a lot of DVD players.

The popularity of DAB radios increase and currently if you take your old analogue radio in most retailers will give you a 10% reduction in the cost of a DAB unit in part exchange, the old unit is then refurbished and sent to Africa.

Ever wanted to go back in time to the 80's and all those great arcade games that didn't take a month of Sundays to play?

Ever thought of turning your computer into a home entertainment centre? Check out how the Pinnacle PCTV 200e fared.

This is a hard disc and DVD recorder/player but it also has the ability to do several other things. It should be an ideal piece of kit.

Digital Freeview television and radio on your computer sounds like a media junkie’s dream. However frustration and disappointment could follow.

Why restrict your MP3 player to just music? It could just as easily acts as a “talking book”.

Ever fancied being able to pull together all your media content from everywhere for viewing or listening on a TV? In theory the Pinnacle ShowCenter 200 can do this.

With the weather warming up and the daily commute getting you hot under the collar, chill out watching videos on this cool device!

Having looked at Video and DVD, DVD and Hard Disc, it seems a logical progression to look at a unit that has all three and that is what the JVC DR-MX1S is, now if only the name was something catchy.

Another year, another birthday, so another chance to treat myself. As regular readers will know my passion is Jazz and so a couple of True Stereo offerings are always very acceptable.

Fashion is not compulsory. Be a leader and not a follower by looking at an alternative to the iPod device.

Learning is certainly fun when wrapped up in a cartoon adventure as it is in this Focus Jojo Learning Maths offering that of course follows the National Curriculum.

Has Intel developed a Trojan horse aimed at infiltrating the modern living room? Check out the chip manufacturer’s latest initiative.

I am sure anyone over 30 has some music on cassette or LP and probably a lot on singles, some at least, they may not be ashamed of, so you need a way to transfer it to MP3 or CD.

This is a Freeview unit, but just like other recent items it does more, and in the case of the iPlayer+ that means playing MP3 and photo images on your TV and it also can collect and receive emails and even more.

No tape involved you can record to DVD – either R or RW - or to the built in hard disc certainly a vast improvement on the quality associated with VHS tape.

I have wondered for a while when DAB will spread to ‘music centres’ well it may not be mainstream yet but this ‘ghetto blaster’ size unit has DAB, FM, CD and of course the ubiquitous remote control.

Looking to expand your notebook and/or home entertainment capabilities, then we have some news for you.

For all those budding DJs out there the Home Mix CDJ-1 is a self contained 'portable' dual CD mixing console with some very advanced features.

A two band – DAB and FM – offering from Sharp that they describe as a ‘kitchen radio’. Not that sure why it needs a sleep timer and alarm, however it does do things slightly differently to other such offerings.

This is a multi function unit including fax. However for something that scans, copies, prints and sends and receives faxes it is very very small. Finally it is also an telephone answering machine and just for a bonus it can also read most types of photo cards.

Not just another DAB radio this one will tell you the time, it will even tell you what station you are listening to. However I am mortified to say it has so far resolutely refused to make the tea.

This will allow your PC or notebook to be used as a TV with Teletext function. This is Digital TV and it also has Digital Radio.

I have for many years enjoyed Bridge problems often found in daily newspapers, however as far as playing in a club they never seem to meet at times to suit me.

This is a DAB radio, it is also an FM radio and just for good measure it also has a CD and is described as a Micro System equipped with ‘ReVu’.

The first edition (2002) had more than a few problems, is the second edition (2005) any more useable, especially now it’s legal to buy a copy of MCE with OEM hardware.