We got rather excited about Panasonic’s latest DVD recorder range last week, and the company has already started delivering on its lofty promises. The ES15 is slightly different from the rest of the range as it doesn’t feature an integrated digital tuner or HDMI output. However, its USP is a high-value price tag, with interesting …

We’ve never seen anything quite like the Panasonic DMR-EH80V. It’s like the Swiss Army knife of DVD recorders, with both a hard drive and a VHS deck busting out of its oversized chassis. Going back to VHS is like an 80s nostalgia trip — you want to fire up a massive IBM ThinkPad and listen to Wham! for the complete experience. In …

While the forward march of technology usually results in lower prices for us consumers, it seems that a quiet revolution is starting in the world of DVD players. We seriously thought we would see DVD players given away free inside packets of Corn Flakes soon, but it seems like the latest icon of geek chic is a super-expensive DVD player that will …

Philips pulled off the most elaborate launch of CES so far, with a working Blu-Ray player, gorgeous new Ambilight TV technology and a rather spiffing new VOIP phone. Crave took time out after the event to be given a guided tour of the new technology as most of it was unveiled way ahead of the Spring launch. Philips’ Blu-ray player looks gorgeous, …

I get to see most new gadgets as they pass through the office, but some things you can only touch at trade shows, and even then some security guard is watching over you, ready to break your arms if you look suspicious. There have been a couple of examples this year — the best home projector I’ve ever seen in …

Toshiba has been shouting about the HD DVD format for a while, fighting off Sony’s rival Blu-ray in a bitter standards war. Toshiba’s format is supposedly cheaper to produce and has the backing of Microsoft, but so far we’ve yet to see a non-prototype HD DVD player. Today at CES, Toshiba showed off not one but two new players, one designed to hit …

Pioneer got the jump on its rivals in announcing the first Blu-ray player to hit the market today at CES, even if it was only thanks to press conference timing. However, when it launches in June the BDP-HD1 won’t come cheap. This 1080p compatible player will cost $1,800, and it doesn’t even record to the format. The player is geared …

We haven’t seen many portable media centres from Samsung, and the last one we reviewed (the YH-999) certainly didn’t impress. But that only makes the YM-P1 even more of a revelation — Crave got hands-on with it at CeBIT and our first impressions were overwhelmingly positive. This thing has some serious game. Sporting a 30GB hard drive and a 102mm (4-inch) screen, the YM-P1 will cost £399 …

You have to hand it to Sony. The company danced around LCD for years, giving token gestures to the flat-screen fraternity and refusing to take it seriously. But all it took was a load of bouncing balls (and a decent product, of course) to make the Bravia range one of the most recognisible LCD ranges in existence, and a powerful …

I’ve been reading your TV reviews and I’m really interested in the Samsung LE32R41BD. I’ve been looking at different prices around the Web and I was just wondering if you could clear something up for me. Samsung has two models that look the same to me on paper, but have different product numbers. The LE32R41BD is the one you reviewed, …