Some time ago, we compared the thickness of a Toshiba TV to a fruit pastel. It seems Sony agrees that comparing food to technology is a good idea, because it’s just announced its new LED backlit TV, the Bravia ZX1, is as thin as a piece of toast. This screen achieves its amazing skinniness — …

The BBC has broken the hearts of obsessive news junkies and Wimbledon fans across the country with the announcement that it’s scaling back its ‘Red Button’ interactive service. From the end of the year, the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 will use the capacity to start broadcasting their HD channels. The BBC currently uses this Multiplex B capacity for three …

It’s been successfully proven that floor-standing speakers are responsible, in part, for at least one in every 1,000,000 divorces. As much as all humans love the sound of 5.1 surround sound, not all of them like having their lounges filled with hulking great speakers. Jamo, luckily, understands this dichotomy, and has sought to reduce speaker size to a mere suggestion …

Here are some facts that you may not know about kelp, unless you’ve been to the Wikipedia page too: per 100g, kelp has 0.6g of fat, 1.7g of protein and 40kcal of energy. Kelp is also used to make the speakers found in the Samsung HT-BD8200 Blu-ray speaker bar. Apparently, kelp is a good material with which to construct speakers …

We’ve waited for ages, and now it seems that Ofcom has decided to allow high-definition channels to join the Freeview line-up, possibly from as early as next year. Except there are a number of catches that mean getting HD over the air won’t be as simple as it first seems. Will I need new equipment? Yes, you will. This is …

Perfect for getting video from your PC on to your TV with minimal effort, we’ve always thought the Popcorn Hour was the answer to our media-streaming prayers — and now it seems things are about to get even better. The Popcorn Hour C-200 builds on the terrific system that earned itself our coveted Editor’s Choice award and pumps in some …

There’s been a fair bit of excitement this morning on Twitter over a story on one of our favourite sites, Boing Boing, claiming the BBC is about to apply DRM to Freeview. The move would prevent equipment from being able to record high-definition TV content unless the set-top box manufacturer has signed a contract with the BBC and is subsequently …

You can always tell when BBC Worldwide is dipping its toe into the tepid waters of online content licensing because suddenly there’s a new way to watch episodes of either Top Gear, Doctor Who or both. And today is no exception, with the Guardian reporting that blinkbox has done a deal to show older editions via its online streaming and …

You know the score: you bought an iPod or iPhone and you find yourself with all of your music on one device. But how do you listen to it on that expensive home cinema in your lounge? Onkyo, like so many other companies, is keen to be the receptacle for your pod-based device with its Digital Media Transport — a …

Not so very long ago we had the WD TV in for review. We’re old hands at the media-streaming game, but even we were excited by the WD TV, because it cost very little and had massive format support. We weren’t disappointed in person, and our review congratulated it for doing many things for very little money. Bizarrely, it seems …