You used be able to buy a massive CRT with a built-in Dolby Pro Logic decoder and a set of speakers. Bingo: greatly improved sound out of your TV and no need to buy an external surround-sound system. Sadly, this practice has gone the way of the HD DVD, and we’re left with flat TVs …

If you are worried about the long-term economic future of our country, and the prospects of keeping your job over the next couple of years you might not want to consider the Loewe Connect 32, which in this particular configuration costs £2,300. At that price, this is the sort of TV you buy if you don’t want to derail the …

We’re pretty big fans of Humax PVRs here. They have proven to be reliable and feature-rich, if a little beastly looking. Happily, there’s a new model in town and it’s adds a bunch of new features and looks very pretty indeed. The new model, the Humax PVR-9300, offers the same basic twin tuner system as the 9200. It’s well worth …

Here at Crave we often get asked about 1080p 32-inch LCD televisions and our stock response is that at such small sizes the benefits of a high-resolution screen are small. You might as well save your money and get a 720p TV. Full HD does appeal to gamers though, who often have a limited amount of space but insist on …

You might think there’s nothing on TV these days, but LG reckons there are at least 935 hours of programmes for you to plonk down on its latest PVR, which features a fairly massive 320GB hard drive. What’s more, if you don’t think 935 hours is enough — and if you don’t, you probably aren’t reading this because you’re too …

Projectors offer quite a lot of bang for their buck, and here’s one of the best value we’ve seen for a while. For just £500, the X9 will produce a 720p picture from its native 16:9 DLP chip and also has a short throw lens, so if your room isn’t that big, you’ll still get a decent sized image (27 …

We’ve had the BBC iPlayer for some time now, and for many people, it’s changed the way they watch TV, allowing them to watch things they hadn’t considered before, or simply catch up on the latest episode of Dragons’ Den. Sky clearly sees the massive potential market for this among its millions of subscribers, so it has a similar product …

While Crave was visiting Sony at IFA, we were shown a trailer for a new Blu-ray movie — it was none other than the third instalment of Starship Troopers and a landmark for both silliness  and interactive features. So impressed were we, that we asked for a copy of the film to peruse, and Sony Pictures obliged. If you haven’t …

Thin TVs are all the rage at the moment, although truth be told, we aren’t sure why. Sure, when we ditched the massive CRT screens the massive size reduction that flat-screen TVs brought was amazing, but the biggest improvement was the potential screen size. Nowadays the advantage of shaving millimetres off the screen depth is greatly reduced. If you’re a …

Everyone knows Pioneer makes epic TVs. The PDP-LX6090 and the LX5090 have the most stunning blacks we’ve ever seen, as well as a generally amazing picture that wows the pants off everyone who sees it. The exciting news is that Pioneer has a new pair of 50- and 60-inch screens, designed to offer even more than the LX range. The …