Category: Reviews
REVIEW: Teufel Consono 25 5.1 speakers
Name: Consono 25 (Teufel) Type: 5.1 speakers Specs: Click here for full specs Price: £179 direct from Teufel With prices of all-in-one 5.1 home cinema receiver and speaker packages falling all the time, it's easier than ever to turn your…
REVIEW: Bookeen Cybook Orizon e-reader
Name: Cybook Orizon (Bookeen) Type: Touchscreen e-reader Specs: Click here for full specs Price: £209.99 direct from Bookeen Just like the tablet market, e-readers are quickly becoming ten-a-penny down at your local tech store. Kindle still rules the roost thanks…
REVIEW: Onkyo CS-545UK hi-fi
Name: CS-545UK (Onkyo) Type: Micro hi-fi with iPod dock Specs: Click here for full specs Price: £299 from AV-Land £300 wont buy you an awful lot when it comes to hi-fis these days, but Onkyo have staked a claim…
REVIEW: TVonics DTR-HD500 Freeview+ HD recorder
Name: DTR-HD500 Freeview+ HD recorder (TVonics) Type: HD set-top box and recorder Specs: Click here for full specs Price: £255.31 direct from TVonics Let's not beat around the bush; £250+ is a hell of a lot of money to…
REVIEW: Sony PRS-650 Reader Touch e-reader
Name: PRS-650 Reader Touch (Sony) Type: Touchscreen e-reader Specs: Click here for full specs Price: £199 direct from Sony Though many still expect the tablet onslaught to kill off the dedicated e-reader, 2010 still saw some 6.6 million e-reader sales…
VIDEO REVIEW: Memorex Tagalong and PartyCube iPod docks
Memorex have expanded their range of iPod docks with a few new additions, including the Tagalong and PartyCube, which we've had in the Shiny offices to test out for the last few days. Not aimed at audiophiles, these unusually-shaped…
VIDEO REVIEW: Blue Mikey iPod/iPhone Microphone
Audio specialists Blue have turned their hand to iPod/iPhone accessories with the launch of the Mikey microphone add on for Apple's devices. A stereo mic that can record CD-quality audio, it's a pricey but essential bit of kit for…
VIDEO REVIEW: Mindflex mind-control boardgame
"Do or do not, there is no try." The immortal words of green, drawf Jedi Master Yoda of the Star Wars films, said to the skeptical Luke Skywalker when he totalled his X-Wing in a swamp. We all know how…
REVIEW: Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W3 camera
Name: FinePix Real 3D W3 (Fujifilm) Type: 3D capable compact camera Specs: Click here for full specs Price: Around £350 If you've just bought yourself a 3D TV, you may be starting to wonder why you bothered. Though content is…
VIDEO REVIEW: Auluxe Dew 2.1 speaker system
Boasting a Red Dot Design award and sporting a substantial £199.99 price tag, the Dew 2.1 speaker system from Auluxe are quite an investment. But can the Dew speakers live up to the Auluxe branding, which itself suggests "audio"…