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Panasonic SC-PT870 review

It doesn't look like anyone at Panasonic HQ had much fun designing the SC-PT870 but it's a good 5.1-channel home-cinema system nevertheless. Music played via the USB socket isn't much cop, but the system performs admirably otherwise, delivering particularly impressive sound with movies Read more

£249

11 June 2009 by Ian Morris

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D-Link DSM-330 review

The D-Link DSM-330 wireless media streamer carries great promise for watching files on your TV that you've downloaded from the Internet. With support for DivX and Xvid, the possibilities are excellent, plus picture and sound quality are both impressive for a streamer at this price Read more

£130

6 February 2008 by Ian Morris

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Freecom Network Media Player 350 WLAN review

Freecom is mainly known for its external hard drives, and this capacious 500GB model has a media streamer built-in. With high-end outputs and comparatively wide codec support, this could well be the answer to your hi-def video problems Read more

£185

25 September 2007 by Ian Morris

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Hisense MP800H Media HD Player review

The MP800H Media HD Player offers 1080p video playback, either via USB or over your home network, for a remarkably low price. This media streamer may not have as many features as a Popcorn Hour machine, but it costs less than half as much, and its playback capabilities will be good enough for most people Read more

£70

12 October 2009 by Ian Morris

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Apple TV 2007 review

Apple TV is a sleek little media streamer that allows you to send music, videos, photos and podcasts from your iTunes library to your television -- styling is near-perfect and it's so simple to use... if you have suitable content. Read more

£156

19 April 2007 by Ian Morris

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LaCie LaCinema Black Record review

The LaCinema Black Record media streamer with built-in Freeview PVR and a 500GB or 1TB hard drive is a slick-looking piece of kit, with an attractive user interface to match. LaCie may need to iron out a few flaws with firmware updates, but this device makes recording TV a simple process Read more

£420

15 June 2009 by Ian Morris

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D-Link Boxee Box review

The D-Link Boxee Box media streamer has major networking problems and, although we've been promised a solution in new firmware, we can't comment on this until the company releases the update. Read more

£200

24 November 2010 by Ian Morris

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Archos TV+ review

The Archos TV+ is a cross between a PVR and a media streamer. Coming in an 80GB or a 250GB version, this machine can record your favourite television programmes on its capacious hard drive. With plenty of plug-ins and features, does it fulfill both categories? Read more

£245

19 February 2008 by Ian Morris

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Best surround-sound systems for the World Cup

With the World Cup looming, it's important to make sure your audio set-up is as capable as your TV -- after all, sound is half the experience when it comes to England lamenting its inevitable defeat. We've rounded up four of our favourite ways to treat your lugholes to glorious surround sound Read more

14 May 2010 by Ian Morris