Whilst perusing a Sony store looking for an all-in-one computer suitable for wall mounting an enthusiastic attendant gave me a demonstration of the Sony Rolly. And it is hard not to be enthusiastic about the Rolly. It’s an interesting concept, a dancing Mp3 player, that moves fluidly and accurately in time with the music emitting [...]
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Sony Rolly Dancing Mp3 Player
Monday, November 3rd, 2008Microsoft Xmas Showcase 2008
Monday, November 3rd, 2008You may, or may not, have noticed that we’re getting fairly close to that most wonderful time of the year, when radio stations start playing Mistletoe & Wine, scarf and gloves become a daily necessity and mince pies are back on the supermarket shelves. It’s also a time of the year where a fiercely drawn [...]
Tangent Quattro MK2 Review
Monday, November 3rd, 2008I’ve been playing with the Tangent Quattro MK2 for the past few days and absolutely love it. It’s small, packs a serious sonic punch for its size and has classic good looks to boot. The one thing I don’t love is the FM Radio. It’s just a little bit too old school for me, and [...]
IXOS XHP280 AV PowerStation Surge Protector
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008The new IXOS XHP280 both looks the business and almost certainly does the business (no, not that business). And, at £69.99 it’s definitely not unreasonably priced for a decent surge protector. It will most likely cost a lot more to replace any single piece of your A/V equipment, even if it’s a humble games console. [...]
SlingCatcher Available In The UK From Today
Thursday, October 9th, 2008I don’t make any attempt to hide the fact I believe that the SlingBox is the best thing since sliced bread. Although sliced bread still keeps the lead because, once toasted and covered in peanut butter, it’s very adept at taking out crappy 1980s VCRs and forcing people into the modern world. I am, therefore, [...]
PURE i-10 iPod Dock Review
Wednesday, October 8th, 2008I realize now that I must be reaching dangerous levels of geekiness; I find myself mentally adding the word “pwnage”, complete with the deliberate typographical error and associated change in enunciation, every time I see the brand name PURE. I really wish I was joking. Now I have got that out into the open I [...]
TerraTec Launches Cinergy PCI Satellite TV Tuners
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008The new Cinergy S PCI and Cinergy S2 PCI HD from TerraTec are a great match to the SelfSat HD-compatible antenna we saw in July. Both devices are PCI so at the moment Laptops are out of the picture, but they are a perfect addition to your home theatre PC and, as its name suggests, [...]
Tangent UNO FM Radio
Monday, September 15th, 2008If DAB reception is terrible in your house and you can make do with good old fashioned FM radio but want to do it with style then the Tangent UNO is… well… beautiful.
Arcam FMJ CD17-A18 Affordable High-End Hi-Fi
Friday, August 29th, 2008The FMJ A18 amplifier and CD17 CD are brand new entry points to the Arcam range, replacing the DiVA A70 and DiVA CD73 respectively. The pair clock in at a total of £950. £450.00 for the Arcam FMJ A18 amplifier and £500 for the Arcam FMJ CD17 CD player. Both sport a FMJ battleship build [...]
JoyTech Trilink Switcher
Friday, August 29th, 2008The JoyTech Trilink Switcher will turn 1 HDMI port into three. Obviously you’re not going to watch them all simultanously but the JoyTech Trilink Switcher will let you easily switch between one of three HDMI devices using the included remote. There’s no mention that this particular HDMI switcher will switch automatically based on what source [...]