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Article | 16/02/2007 Yamaha YHT-475B

Yamaha's YHT-475B is a mid-priced home theatre system offering a good range of customisation for the budding enthusiast. What it lacks are next genera...

Article | 9/02/2007 Netgear EVA700 Digital Entertainer

Netgear's EVA700 is one of the burgeoning range of media streamers available on the market. These take multimedia files from your computer and output ...

Article | 19/01/2007 Mediagate MG-350 HD

The world of media streamers is ever-evolving, and Mediagate's MG-350 HD is one of the latest models to take advantage of high definition formats. Thi...

Article | 10/01/2007 JVC GZ-MG57

It's always nice to have choice. JVC certainly provide in this regard with their five-strong range of Everio camcorders. Sitting right in the middle o...

Article | 10/01/2007 Aiptek Mini Pocket DV8900

Although the DV8900 is primarily billed as a digital video camera, it's really a whole lot more, with support for music, voice recording and still ima...

Article | 10/01/2007 Sony HDPSL1 Hard Drive Photo Storage

The latest fad to hit the world of digital photography is displaying photos in LCD digital frames. Paper is just so last millennium. We saw it fairly ...

Article | 20/12/2006 Samsung VP-DC165Wi

There are a lot of things going for the Samsung VP-DC165Wi, including Dual Layer recording and a great feature set. The trouble is they just don't mak...

Article | 18/12/2006 Sony VRD-MC3 DVDirect

What do you do if you want to transfer your video footage from a camcorder to a DVD, but you don't own a PC? One possible solution is to use Sony's ne...

Article | 14/12/2006 Jabra c820s

Not typically a company associated with noise canceling headphones, in the c820s Jabra has nonetheless produced an impressive device. Offering a great...

Article | 13/12/2006 Creative Live! Cam Video IM Pro

The lengthily named Live! Cam Video IM Pro is one of Creative Labs' mid-range webcams. It's got a heap of functionality and decent video quality to bo...

Article | 13/12/2006 Canon DC100

When it comes to the budget end of the DVD camcorder market, we're used to seeing pictures marred but all kinds of compression artifacts and inaccurat...

Article | 13/12/2006 Sanyo Xacti HD1A

Sanyo's Xacti HD1A is an interesting device. For a start, it's the smallest High Definition camcorder on the market, and one of the cheapest. It also ...

Article | 28/02/2007 Canon DC22 fires top shot

The DC22 is Canon's mid-range DVD camcorder. While many DVD camcorders at this price point aren't known for their image quality, Canon has bucked this...

Article | 6/12/2006 Logitech mm28

Logitech's mm28 is a standalone speaker setup for use with portable music players and other small devices such as a PSP. The system uses flat panel NX...

Article | 6/12/2006 Logitech PlayGear Amp

The PlayGear Amp is a speaker system that's designed to be a companion to the Sony PSP. Two mini speakers fold out from the main body and the PSP slid...